DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.

  • Trip to Angel Forest Shiobara in Nasu

    Table of Contents 1. 2021-10-21 2. 2021-10-22 3. 2021-20-23 We decided a few months back to take another trip domestically in Japan, since we were not going to do any international travel this year. We rented a house for three days and two nights in the Nasu Angel Forest that is dog friendly. They have […]

  • 2021-09 Japan FGC Roundup

    This is a roundup of random stuff that I’ve been following over the past month or so. No real deep research or anything, but I like having a permanent record around, and a little more space to express my opinions that I get in twitter. 【お知らせ】 カンロ株式会社様と忍ism Gamingの共同開発、戦う脳のためのグミ「BRAON(ブレオン)」が本日より販売開始です🎉 2種類の味があり、片手で手を汚さず食べられる新形状!ゲーマーには嬉しい仕様✨ まずはオンラインのみでの販売となります。 🔽ご購入はこちらhttps://t.co/qrVYziGL6r pic.twitter.com/Quwf98IDBE — 忍ism Gaming […]

  • Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2021 Pre-Season

    Table of Contents 1. 2021-09-25 Day 1 2. Day 2 Capcom ran a pre-seaon for the 2021 Street Fighter League: Pro-JP. It was streamed on a paid site, about $20 for a ticket for both days. I watched it, and took some notes. 1 2021-09-25 Day 1 There was acutally a streamed show last night […]

  • Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2021

    Table of Contents 1. Leading up to the Draft 2. The Teams 3. The Format 4. The Draft 5. The Final Teams Street Fighter League is happening again this year. Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2021 will start in October, with a pre-season that has games 2021-09-25 and 2021-09-26. This year’s league is structured differently from […]

  • 2021-06-21 Hoshino Risonare Yatsugatake

    We’ve been in the pandemic, working from home, since February 2020. We went once to a cabin in 2020 September, out in Nasu, which was nice. We haven’t had a chance to get vaccinated yet, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics held in 2021 during a pandemic when Japan has about 12.5% of the population vaccinated, […]

  • Q1 Fighting game events in or around Tokyo

    Previous: 2020 Q4 Tokyo FGC Events | Next Seems like I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking FGC offline events in the Tokyo area. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but feel free to contact me if you want me to add anything. You also should try TopTier.gg which tracks fighting game locals around the world. […]

  • 2020 October JP FGC News Round-up

    Table of Contents 1. JP Street Fighter V Women’s League 1.1. 10/03 Day 1 archive 1.2. 10/10 Day 2 archive 1.3. 10/17 Day 3 archive 2. FAV Cup Mini October 17th 3. Orugan Zaka Game sako and Itabashi Zangief vs. Dogura and Nauman 4. JeSU Mie esports union Covid-19 Charity Tournament “Kounyuudou-kun Cup” 5. Aim […]

  • 2020 September JP FGC News Round-up

    A lot happened in Fighting Games in September. I tweet a bunch of stuff, but I now realize that it is really hard for me to find specific events if I ever want to refer back to them. So I’m going to go through my twitter feed and comment on stuff that happened in September […]

  • 2020 Q4 Fighting game events in or around Tokyo

    Previous: 2020 July to October Tokyo FGC Events | 2021 Q1 FGC events in or around Tokyo Seems like I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking FGC offline events in the Tokyo area. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but feel free to contact me if you want me to add anything. You also should try […]

  • Weekend trip to Nasu

    We usually go to America in the summer for a month or three, but this year due to Corona Virus we didn’t go. So we spent a bit of time thinking about safe vacations, and settled on renting a cabin in Nasu, a vacation spot about a three hours drive from Tokyo. A friend of […]

  • eXeField Akiba opening event

    eXeField Akiba is a new e-sports facility in Akihabara, located in the Akihabara UDX building. It is part of NTT eSports, and they had an opening ceremony 2020-08-10. The video is above. I’ll add some simple running commentary with just a basic overview of what is going on. 28:35 Watch that opening movie. Now this […]

  • Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2020 Pre-Season

    Table of Contents 1. Schedule and stream links 2. Under 22 and Open Tournament Day 1 3. Under 22 and Open Tournament Day 2 4. JeSU Pro License holder invitational 5. Final Pre-Season Tournament Capcom is running a Street Fighter League Pre-Season in Japan. They have the details on their main JP SFL site. I […]

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