Rainbow Six: Nip announces departure from Kamikaze, world champion in 2021

Ninjas In Pajamas announced on Tuesday (22) the departure of player João Kamikaze Gomes from the organization. World champion in 2021, when the NIP won the Six Invitational title over Team Liquid, Kamikaze leaves the ninja team after spending more than 4 years in the organization. According to the updated R6, Tropics's player Köniz will soon be announced as the new NIP player.

Altos and downs until you reach the top of the world

After a prominent passage at Black Dragons alongside Psycho, Julio, Wag and PZD, with whom he won a azilian title, a League vice and a semifinal of Six Invitational Kamikaze moved to the teammates to Nip in June 2018.

After a start without great results with the new team in the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Kamikaze helped Nip consolidate as azil's best team in international championships, especially from Six Invitational 2020, when young Piano and Uzi were already Played Psycho, Julio and Kali himself.

At the Rainbow World Cup played in Canada in 2020, Kamikaze and the NIP reached the grand final, the first of a azilian team in the history of the largest R6 event. Despite the historic campaign, the ninjas were defeated by Space station Gaming 3-2.

Following the season, harmed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Ninjas In Pajamas won the regional edition of Six Major August, with a 3-0 win over doing Clan in the grand final.

In May 2021, Kamikaze lived its biggest moment with Ninjas In Pajamas by winning the title of Six Invitational, played in Paris. With an unbeaten campaign in playoffs, the NIP won the first World Cup for azil with a 3-2 win over Team Liquid in the grand final.

Following the season, Kamikaze won with the Nip a title of the Elite Six Cup and was runner-up of Six Major Sweden, with a 3-2 defeat by Faze Clan in the grand final, and asilia R6, with the ninjas being beaten by 3 to 1 by Liquid in the decision.

In 2022, however, both Kamikaze and Nip had a season far below expected, with the team accumulating early eliminations in major international championships and ending in the penultimate placement of the overall standings.

In May to the bad results, the ninjas dismissed two world champion players by Org: Julio, the largest of this year, and Kamikaze in November. Now, keeping only Psycho, Uzi and Pin of the Invitational Champion Cast, the NIP will try the place for the Six Invitational 2023 via Latin America qualifying, which only gives a place for the Rainbow Six World Cup.