took place and TaeJa got a BYE in the first round, won 2-0 against TriMaster, and 2-0 against Hendralisk which qualified him for the first season of 2013 WCS Season 1 America: Challenger League. His first match in 2013 WCS Season 1 America: Challenger League was against the Korean Terran player Heart where TaeJa would edge out a victory 2-1. He then faced the young American player Illusion and once again won 2-1. In the round of 16 he faced another Korean Terran player, Polt, whom he was 2-0'ed by and sent to the group stage matches to determine whether he would go to Premier League, stay in Challenger League, or be eliminated from WCS America altogether.

Before the fate of his 2013 WCS Season 1 America run waseasily 3-0'ed, showing his dominance. In the round of 4 he once again played against his teammate TLO. This time, the match was much closer, with TaeJa winning 3-2 and advancing to the finals. There, he faced yet another teammate, Snute, and once again TaeJa would edge out the victory 4-3 and he was crowned HSC 7 Champion.

Returning to 2013 WCS Season 2 America, in the round of 32 TaeJa was placed in Group B with Polt, the Australian Zerg mOOnGLaDe, and the Chinese player XY. TaeJa defeated Polt 2-1, getting revenge from the previous season's Challenger League where he got 2-0'ed. He would then cleanly beat XY 2-0 to advance to the round of 16.

TaeJa was announced as one of the invited for Finland's ASUS ROG Summer