Korean esports organisation DRX has introduced Hina of Ok-pop group QWER as its new official ambassador.
Introduced by a publish on X, Hina would be the ‘protagonist of a brand new journey with DRX’, marking yet one more crossover between the music world and aggressive gaming.
Hina, also called Jang Na-Younger, is the youngest member of QWER, a South Korean pop-rock woman band. The group was shaped by the “QWER Challenge”, a YouTube sequence aiming to create a lady group composed of feminine on-line personalities. Debuting on the finish of 2023, Hina is the band’s guitarist, keyboardist and was beforehand a well-liked TikTok creator and cosplayer.
The QWER identify comes from the 4 main keys utilized in League of Legends, with the group’s fandom named ‘Scuttle Crab’, in reference to the impartial goal within the MOBA sport.
DRX’s Aggressive Leads to 2025
Hina’s announcement comes shortly after DRX locked its qualification for the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), which can happen later this month in Paris, France. The crew certified because the Pacific’s fourth seed after incomes 12 championship factors all through the season, following the top-six end within the newest Stage 2.
Other than VALORANT, DRX is principally identified for its presence in League of Legends and Tekken 8. Competing within the LCK, the crew wasn’t in a position to qualify for the season-end LCK play-ins, dropping its likelihood to qualify for the 2025 World Championship.
Then again, nevertheless, DRX not too long ago got here in tenth place on the 2025 Esports World Cup, after incomes key membership championship factors throughout Tekken 8, Avenue Fighter 6, and PUBG Cell. Its outcome allowed the organisation to gather $600,000 (~£443,051) of the $27m (~£19.93m) prize pool devoted to the Membership Championship.
