Category: Japan

  • 2019 May and June Fighting Game Events in Tokyo

    Previous: 2019 March and May Fighting Game Events in Tokyo | 2019 July and August Fighting Game Events in 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 […]

  • 2019 March and April Fighting Game Events in Tokyo

    Previous: 2019 Januray and February Fighting Game Events in Tokyo | 2019 May and June Fighting Game Events in 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. Very […]

  • The Japan Capcom Street Fighter League powered by RAGE

    Table of Contents 1. What is the Japan Street Fighter League powered by RAGE? 1.1. League Rules 1.2. Special Rule “FINAL ACT” 1.3. Grand Finals 1.4. Prize Pool 2. 2019 Street Fighter League powered by RAGE Schedule 3. 2019-01-26 Street Fighter League Team Draft 3.1. Extreme Class draft 3.2. Beginner Class draft 3.3. Final Teams […]

  • Zangief Festival

    On the first public day of the JAEPO (Japan Amusements Expo and part of Tokaigi 2019 Game Party Japan out in Makuhari Messe exhibition center, there were lots of video game, and more importantly to me, fighting game related events. One of those was the “Zangief Festival” set up by the TV Show Ariyoshieeeee (broadcasts […]

  • A grab bag of Japan SFV news: super interesting pre-Capcom Cup Gachi-kun vs. Tokido FT5

    Table of Contents 1. JeSU Activity 2. Yomiuri News article about a Capcom Pro League in 2020 3. Street Fighter League High Class team member selection process 4. Shinobism announces sponsorship by Takeya Chemicals 5. Bloomberg News Japan posts a video about NLBC 6. Also, Abema / OpenRec are doing a lot of SFV content: […]

  • Capcom Street Fighter League Powered by Rage Beginners Class Auditions

    Table of Contents 1. What is the the Capcom Street Fighter League Powered by Rage? 2. Episode One 3. Episode Two 4. Episode Three 5. Episode 4 6. Closing thoughts 1 What is the the Capcom Street Fighter League Powered by Rage? This is the new three on three team league battle that Capcom Announced […]

  • 2019 January and February Fighting Game Events in Tokyo and Fukuoka

    Previous: 2018 October, November, and December Fighting Game Events in Tokyo | 2019 January and February Fighting Game Events in 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. […]

  • What might the Capcom SFV Arcade Cabinet mean for SFV in Japan?

    Table of Contents 1. Fighter’s Crossover -Akiba- 2. Studio Sky 3. Red Bull Nakano Gaming Sphere 4. Shot Bar Lucy 5. What new audiences will arcades open up? 6. Non-arcade spaces are appealing to a different demographic as well 7. Final thoughts and a bit on the hardware Capcom announced that they would release an […]

  • My comments on the 2018 Japan Premiere and Tokyo Game Show

    I was a volunteer for the 2018 Japan Premiere, which was held at the Tokyo Game Show. I took a few pictures, and thought I would write up me experience here. This is more of a personal blog entry than useful information for the FGC, but feel free to keep reading if you want to […]

  • Studio Sky transforms into “Gaming Office Studio Sky”

    2018-09-14 at about 2pm JST, Momochi announced that Studio Sky is undergoing a change. Here is a rough translation. スタジオスカイに関してのご報告https://t.co/mqij7cI2Pf — Echo Fox |ももち (@momochi212) September 14, 2018 Studio Sky transforms into “Gaming Office Studio Sky” Studio Sky has been operating as a rental space up until now, but from today we change how we […]