Park Se-jun


Park Se-jun, also referred to as Sejun Park, is a South Korean Pokémon video gamer and Pokémon Trading Card Game player. He is known for winning the 2014 Pokémon World Championships as a video game player.
In November 2019, Park was picked up by esports team T1 as a player for the Pokémon Video Game, Pokémon Trading Card Game and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

''Pokémon'' career

Park is highly regarded as one of the best players in the world, and has consistently made Top 8 finishes as a video game player at the Pokémon World Championships. He made his debut on the international stage in 2011 by finishing 2nd in the Senior Division of the 2011 Pokémon World Championships, and as a fresh Masters Division player in 2012, finished 5th at the 2012 Pokémon World Championships after losing to Wolfe Glick in the quarterfinals.
In 2013, Park repeated history and placed 5th again at the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in Vancouver, losing to Ryosuke Kosuge in the quarterfinals.
In the following year, Park won the 2014 South Korea Video Game National Championships. He then proceeded to win the 2014 Pokémon World Championships in Washington, D.C., defeating Jeudy Azzarelli in the Masters Division finals. Park was notable for being the first South Korean to win the Pokémon World Championships and to win with a Pachirisu in his team, which was much adored by fans. In honor of his achievements, Pokémon Korea hosted a celebratory event known as 'Champion's Day' in November 2014.
In 2016, Park earned an invitation to the 2016 Pokémon World Championships as a Trading Card Game player.
In December 2019, Park won the Pokémon World Champion Invitational 2020, a grassroots tournament for Pokémon Sword and Shield in which all video game World Champions from past years were invited to. He executed a flawless run during the tournament, defeating Ray Rizzo, Paul Ruiz and Naoto Mizobuchi in pools, and then Wolfe Glick and Shoma Honami in the semifinals and finals respectively.