Daigo Umehara's Event Schedule 2015

- Canada Cup's Master Series [January 9-11]
- 5th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 18]
- Yonpahi radio show [January 23]
- 6th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 25]
- Taipei Game Show [Jan 31]
- Tokaigi 2015 [Feb 1]

Sunday, February 10, 2013

K.O. Fighting Game Festival Kuwait 2013 summary

Info
- February 7-9
- Umehara joins tournament in Kuwait
- SSF4AE2012 bracket 

Notes
- Umehara played casual matches against Kuwaiti players on stream before tournament in Day 3.
- This's biggest fighting game tournaments in Kuwait. The event is big. Venue is big, and there's a lot of people.
- The crowd at the venue was very nice cheering just everyone.
- R (Guy) said that Kuwaitis treated him very nicely.
- R (Guy) was seen singing Mazinger Z theme song on the stage.
- R (Guy) commentated off-stream in Japanese language. He didn't participate the tournament but also received a trophy at the end of tournament.
- Nishikin received a surprise birthday cake after tournament.
- There're casual matches on stream after the tournaments.
- The stream had more than 11,000 viewers at peak.

Pictures from R
- R with Tokido and Mago at the airport (departure)
- R was surprised by the fact that Justin Wong likes "Moe" anime.
- R struggling with Ryan Hart's Kitkat Kunai?
- R and Umehara arrives Japan together


Day 1
Exhibition (SSF4AE2012 10 on 10)

Team Kuwait 4-10 Team Japan

Mesh3al (Fei) 2-0 Gachi-kun (Sag)
Mesh3al (Fei) 0-2 Okkun (Ibu)
Feras (Dic) 2-0 Okkun (Ibu)
Feras (Dic) 1-2 Rariken (Sag) *close last round
Hayat (Fei) 0-2 Rariken (Sag)
Osama (Oni) 2-0 Rariken (Sag)
Osama (Oni) 1-2 Shin (Jur)
Iori (Set) 0-2 Shin (Jur)
King Vega (Claw) 1-2 Shin (Jur) *close last round
Aziz (Cam) 1-2 Shin (Jur)
Nox (Guy) 1-2 Shin (Jur)
Sai (Ruf) 0-2 Shin (Jur)
Fawaz (Fei) 2-1 Shin (Jur) *Shin almost made a big comeback in 2nd round but Fawaz did it instead in last round
Fawaz (Fei) 1-2 Nishikin (Bla)

Day 2
SSF4AE2012 3 on 3

Team Mad Catz 3-0 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Kazuma (Jur)
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Ink (Claw)
Mago (Fei) 2-1 Boochi (Cam)

Team Mad Catz 0-0 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Feilachawi (Yun)
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Hayat (Fei)
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Sai (Ruf)

-R- (Boxer) 0-2 Ryan Hart (Sag)
Super Santarou (Sag) 2-1 Ryan Hart (Sag)
Super Santarou (Sag) 0-2 Xian (Gen)
Nishikin (Bla) 1-2 Xian (Gen)

Day 3
SSF4AE2012 3 on 3

[Winners] Team Mad Catz 2-3 Team ???
Tokido (Aku) 2-0 Gachi-kun (Sag)
Tokido (Aku) 2-1 Shin (Jur)
Tokido (Aku) 0-2 Okkun (Ibu)
Mago (Fei) 1-2 Okkun (Ibu)
Umehara (Ryu) 1-2 Okkun (Ibu)

[Losers] Team Mad Catz 0-0 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Santarou Man (Sag)
Mago (Fei) 2-1 -R- (Boxer) *very close last round
Mago (Fei) 0-2 Nishikin (Bla) *close last round
Umehara (Ryu) 2-1 Nishikin (Bla) *Nishikin won 1st round and almost won 2nd since Umehara just continuously walked straight to him.

[Losers] Team Mad Catz 3-1 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 2-1 Ganoon (Sak) *Perfect'd by Ganoon in 1st round
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Dookey (Ken) *Dookey almost had big comeback in 1st round
Mago (Fei) 1-2 Aziz XIV (Cam) *Mago tried to escape corner but got punished by Ultra (finish) in last round
Tokido (Aku) 2-0 Aziz XIV (Cam)

[Losers Final] Team Mad Catz 3-1 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Shin (Jur)
Mago (Fei) 2-1 Gachi-kun (Sag)
Mago (Fei) 1-2 Okkun (Ibu) *Rekka got punished by Ultra (finish) in last round
Tokido (Aku) 2-0 Okkun (Ibu)

[Grand Final] Team Mad Catz 3-1 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 0-2 Akimo (Hon) *Mago almost had big comeback but timeout in last round
Tokido (Aku) 2-1 Akimo (Hon) *Tokido struggled in first 2 but perfect in last round
Tokido (Aku) 2-1 RariKen (Sag)
Tokido (Aku) 2-0 KijijojiKen (Ken)

[Grand Final 2] Team Mad Catz 3-0 Team ???
Mago (Fei) 2-1 RariKen (Sag)
Mago (Fei) 2-0 Akimo (Hon) *Akimo dropped FADC Ultra punish and lost in last round (close)
Mago (Fei) 2-0 KijijojiKen (Ken)

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