Mikogami Kotone’s Overwatch Team Settles on a Name After Four Hours of Coached Practice

NIJISANJI — Mikogami Kotone’s Overwatch team chose a name late Wednesday after about four hours of practice for an event tagged #nijiEX_OW. Kotone, who plays tank, streamed the session with fellow Nijisanji talents Onotora, Yuuhi Riri, Hoshirube Sho and Fura Kanato.

The group played practice rounds across several maps, including Ilios and King’s Row, with a coach giving feedback between fights. The same points came up repeatedly: calling out who steps onto the objective, setting the front line, and using ultimates with restraint. Late in the session, one participant said the team no longer spent its time bunched up five-deep in a small space, as it had on the first day.

“Expecting everyone to do 100 percent right away is tough, so I hope we can keep working at it step by step.” — Mikogami Kotone, closing the stream

About two and a half hours in, the team stopped to review replays of rounds it had lost, walking through positioning and when to commit to a push. The coach’s advice drew praise from chat.

Near the end, the team turned to its name. Two candidates, “5DPS” and “Wan-ope” (a Japanese term for working a shift alone, a nod to a lineup with four damage players and one support), were floated, and the team went with “Wan-ope.” The name was then submitted.

In her closing remarks, Kotone said she had arrived late after an outside collaboration stream earlier in the day, where she ate a large amount of food with two senior colleagues, and that she had leaned on caffeine to stay sharp. She said the team was improving member by member and that she wanted to understand her role better. Kotone said she would gather whoever was available the next day, possibly bringing in a stand-in, and that the team’s next meeting would likely be a scrim. She also said she wanted more time to put what she had learned into practice under the coach’s eye.