ZeRo

ZeRo
Personal information
NameGonzalo Raúl Barrios Castro
Born (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995
Chillán, Chile
Career information
Games
Playing career2006–2020
Team history
2012vVv Gaming
2014Clash Tournaments
2015–2018Team SoloMid
2018–2020Tempo Storm
Career highlights and awards
Project M

(3 majors won)

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

(23 majors won)

  • 5x 2GGS champion (2017)
  • 3x Community Effort Orlando champion (2015-2017)
  • 2x The Big House champion (2015, 2016)
  • Apex champion (2015)
  • EVO champion (2015)
  • Super Smash Con champion (2015)
  • Genesis champion (2016)
  • 2GGT: Abadango Saga champion (2016)
  • KTAR XIX champion (2016)
  • UGC Smash Open champion (2016)
  • Frostbite champion (2017)
  • DreamHack Austin 2017 champion
  • Royal Flush champion (2017)
  • Smash 'N' Splash 3 champion (2017)
  • Shine champion (2017)
  • PAX Arena at PAX West 2017 champion (2017)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Subscribers819 thousand
Views365 million

Last updated: February 2025

Gonzalo Raúl Barrios Castro (born April 17, 1995), known by his gamertag ZeRo, is a Chilean professional Super Smash Bros. player and streamer. He was considered the best Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player in the world throughout his career, with a record-breaking 56 consecutive tournament wins in the game from November 2014 to October 2015, including high-profile tournaments such as EVO 2015 and The Big House 5. Prior to the release of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, he was a top ranked Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Project M player. His best known characters are Diddy Kong in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pit in Project M, Meta Knight in Brawl, and Fox in Melee.

ZeRo retired from professional competition in January 2018 to focus on streaming and "close the chapter" with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Following allegations of sexting two minors in 2014, ZeRo's sponsors cut ties with him in July 2020 due to his admittance to the allegations. In September 2022, ZeRo settled a defamation lawsuit he had filed against Jacqueline "Jisu" Choe in response to her allegations.