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Team Secret goes for Asian mixup with VCT 2026 roster; Team Secret Academy's Pinoy coach helms main team

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Mark Demayo

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767702176189Media.jfif" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="(L-R) Rizkie Adla &quot;BerserX&quot; Kusuma, Kim &quot;TenTen&quot; Tae-young, Jose Carlo &quot;Rbtx&quot; Jamir, Jessie &quot;JessieVash&quot; Cuyco. Photos by VCT Pacific"/>(L-R) Rizkie Adla &quot;BerserX&quot; Kusuma, Kim &quot;TenTen&quot; Tae-young, Jose Carlo &quot;Rbtx&quot; Jamir, Jessie &quot;JessieVash&quot; Cuyco. Photos by VCT Pacific</div>MANILA -- &quot;AdoboKimchiGoreng Gang&quot;Team Secret&#x27;s Philippine-based VALORANT division goes for an Asian mix coming into the 2026 VCT season after adding two Koreans, another Indonesian, a returning Pinoy veteran, and promoting a Filipino coach into the once Pinoy-dominated roster.Before Christmas Day of 2025, Secret announced the signing of Indonesian sentinel Rizkie Adla &quot;BerserX&quot; Kusuma from BOOM Esports and Korean duelist Kim &quot;TenTen&quot; Tae-young from ZETA DIVISION.And on January 6, the roster is rounded out with the two remaining Pinoys in the squad in 2025 VCT Pacific Stage 2 roster holdover Kelly &quot;kellyS&quot; Sedillo and Jessie &quot;JessieVash&quot; Cuyco returning to the starting lineup.Secret earlier began rebuilding shortly after VALORANT Champions: Paris concluded by signing <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/10/29/valorant-team-secret-signs-sylvan-from-masters-bangkok-winning-t1-0957">Ko &quot;Sylvan&quot; Young-sub</a>, who was part of the T1 team that won VALORANT Masters Bangkok. The organization also moved the squad&#x27;s analyst and Academy team coach, Jose Carlo &quot;Rbtx&quot; Jamir, to the head coach position. The Adobo Gang previously ran a <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/10/24/valorant-team-secret-joins-vct-rostermania-with-release-of-zesbeew-n1zzy-and-wild0reoo-1734">Southeast Asian roster</a> during VCT Pacific Stage 2, but did not yield results and ended with their lowest placement in the league to date. Before BerserX and TenTen&#x27;s signing, <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/12/16/patmen-and-xavi8k-reunite-in-global-esports-while-papi-departs-team-secret-s-invy-joins-paper-rex-1404">Secret parted ways</a> with 2025 head coach Ji &quot;meow&quot; Dong-jun and long-time flex player Adrian Jiggs &quot;invy&quot; Reyes who moved to the VALORANT Masters Toronto champs and Pacific powerhouse, Paper Rex. <div> </div><div>Mix of fresh VCT talent and veteran experience</div>TenTen will mark his second VCT year donning his first Southeast Asian jersey. The younger brother of VALORANT Masters Bangkok MVP, Kim &quot;Meteor&quot; Tae-oh of T1, has been suiting up for mostly Japanese teams, except for T1 Academy, before his signing with Secret. The Korean duelist made his debut in the VCT with ZETA in 2025 during Stage 1 to replace long-time player Yuma &quot;Dep&quot; Hashimoto, who was sidelined by an injury.BerserX, meanwhile, brings additional veteran presence to the squad after spending more than four years with BOOM Esports.During the pre-partnership era, BerserX and the Indonesian squad managed to win the Pacific Last Chance Qualifier to compete at VALORANT Champions: Istanbul in 2022.After that, BOOM competed in the Challengers scene and managed to enter VCT Pacific in 2025 by virtue of getting second place in the VCT Pacific Ascension 2024 behind the current Nongshim RedForce, after BLEED Esports was removed from the circuit. BOOM had mixed results during the 2025 season and failed to retain its slot for the 2026 season after coming short in this year&#x27;s edition of Ascension.Rbtx has been involved with Filipino and Southeast Asian teams throughout his coaching stint in VALORANT, notably with the pre-partnership era iteration of Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ), Oasis Gaming, and Team Secret Academy. During his long stint with Oasis, he was part of the Sibol VALORANT squad that won bronze during the <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/10/23/sea-games-valorant-team-cops-2nd-bronze-for-esports">32nd Southeast Asian Games in 2023</a>, which included former Team Secret member Brheyanne Christ &quot;Wild0reoo&quot; Reyes and incoming Global Esports rookie Xavier &quot;xavi8k&quot; Juan.The new iteration of Team Secret will see action in the 2026 VCT Pacific Kickoff beginning in January 22, first facing off against Ascension returnees Nongshim RedForce.

Team Secret's Philippine-based VALORANT division goes for an Asian mix coming into the 2026 VCT season after adding two Koreans, another Indonesian, a returning Pinoy veteran, and promoting a Filipino coach into the once Pinoy-dominated roster.

Team Secret's Philippine-based VALORANT division goes for an Asian mix coming into the 2026 VCT season after adding two Koreans, another Indonesian, a returning Pinoy veteran, and promoting a Filipino coach into the once Pinoy-dominated roster.