DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.

  • My brief appearance on AbemaTV’s Agenai! Friday

    Friday, March 9th, I was invited to appear on “Agenai! Friday” (Episode 7), a show on AbemaTV. What is AbemaTV? It is a live streaming service that adopts the model of TV, and streams content on various channels at a specific time. You can also access their backlog of shows for free. I like their […]

  • Daigo’s Panel on Money and Games in Japan

    Today, Daigo streamed a panel discussion about Money and Games. It was super interesting. I just wanted to watch for my own purposes, but I took a few notes, so I guess I’ll put them out there. Some disclaimers: I’m just a guy living in Japan, and Japanese is my second language. So I might […]

  • Fighting game events in Tokyo, 2018 February and March

    2018 January Fighting Game events, 2018 April and May Tokyo Fighting Game Events It seemed like it was useful to track the fighting game events going on around the 2018 EVO Japan tournament, so I’m going to also keep track of things that are going on in February in the Tokyo area, to the extent […]

  • Japan Pro Gaming License quick translation

    Translated from http://chigesoku3.doorblog.jp/archives/52891378.html It was announced 2018-02-01 that the “Japan ESports Union (herein-to JeSU)” was founded. This is the birth of a new union with cooperation of a variety of existing esports organizations and game maker organizations. JeSU is involved in running the 2018 Japan Game Party that will be held on Feb. 10th and […]

  • Thoughts on EVO Japan 2018 from a volunteer

    Table of Contents 1. The Good 2. The Bad 3. The Personal 3.1. Commentators * 3.2. Cosplayers * 3.3. Game players * 3.4. People I didn’t expect to meet * 3.5. I met Seth Killian * 3.6. Super Hype Games * 3.7. Sunday casuals at Esports Square * 3.8. Final words * I’ve been playing […]

  • Fighting game events in Tokyo around the EVO Japan timeframe (that I know of)

    2018 February and March Fighting Game Events in Tokyo I’m super excited for EVO Japan. It will be my first EVO, but I’m not sure that counts. I’ve been living in Japan for the past ten years, and regularly go to the Fighter’s Crossover (that’s the name) Street Fighter V weekly event at E-sports Square […]

  • Alan’s 6th Birthday

    Today, 2017-12-16, is Alan’s sixth birthday. This year, instead of getting lots of presents, Lisa’s planned a nice trip for him. Since Alan really loves trains (what six year old in Japan doesn’t?) this trip is a train-focused trip. His birthday conveniently fell on a Saturday, so we were able to take an overnight trip […]

  • 2017.11 Trip to Korea

    When we were visiting New York over the summer, I met with lots of friends. While we were having dinner with Lena, a good friend of mine from grad school, she mentioned that she and her family would be going to Korea in November for a kind of Thanksgiving. Since Korea is so close to […]

  • 2017.10 October (work) trip to Taiwan

  • Tokyo’s Fighter’s Crossover -Akihabara- 100th Anniversary Team Ratio Tournament

    -Fighter’s Crossover- Akihabara is a weekly gathering, usually on Wednesday, at Akihabara’s E-sports Square for Street Fighter V players. It is organized by Kagechhi, and this weekend he ran two tournaments celebrating having held 100 of these locals. The second event on October 29th was a “Ratio” Tournament. You build a team of 2-3 people, […]

  • Tokyo’s Fighter’s Crossover -Akihabara- 100th Anniversary 2-2 Team Tournament

    -Fighter’s Crossover- Akihabara is a weekly gathering, usually on Wednesday, at Akihabara’s E-sports Square for Street Fighter V players. It is organized by Kagechhi, and this weekend he ran two tournaments celebrating having held 100 of these locals. While most people are watching Canada Cup, I thought it would be fun to write up a […]

  • 2017 November 23 Red Bull Tower of Pride SFV Tournament in Tokyo, Japan

    This November, Red Bull is running a very interesting Street Fighter V tournament in Tokyo. The format is unique, and looks like a lot of fun. You can find the website here: https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/events/red-bull-tower-of-pride but all the information is in Japanese. I’ve translated the details page, and rules and regulations in case anyone is interested. You […]

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