Evolution 2014 Day 2 summary

Information
- Niconico to stream Evo 2014
- Evolution 2014 Day 0 summary
- Umehara's Road to Evo 2014 champ
- JFGC's new low: Going to Evo just to do PPV show
- GODSGARDEN to do PPV stream
- Kana Ueda confirmed, learns English for Evo 2014
- Nagisa to cosplay at Evo 2014
- Beast Note's Evo 2014 wishlist
- Evolution 2014 Day 1 summary

Super Street Fighter II X

Team Japan 2-3 Team OGSF
Tokido (Claw) 2-1 Mike Watson (Box)
Tokido (Claw) 0-2 Alex Valle (Ryu)
Umehara (Box) 2-0 Alex Valle (Ryu)
Umehara (Box) 0-2 John Choi (Sag)
Nuki (Chu) 1-2 John Choi (Sag)

Evolution 2014 Day 1 summary

Information
- Niconico to stream Evo 2014
- Evolution 2014 Day 0 summary
- Umehara's Road to Evo 2014 champ
- JFGC's new low: Going to Evo just to do PPV show
- GODSGARDEN to do PPV stream
- Kana Ueda confirmed, learns English for Evo 2014
- Nagisa to cosplay at Evo 2014
- Beast Note's Evo 2014 wishlist

Pools
8:50 - Infiltration (Aku) 2-0 775 Yao (Cam) *28,000v
9:06 - KB (Abe) 0-2 Xian (Gen) *30,100v
9:18 - Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez (Ros) 0-2 (P2G) Cabbage (Vip) *34,400v
9:39 - Todakai507 (Gen) 0-2 Yossan (Juri) *32,000v 61,200u
9:48 - Dieminion (Gui) 2-1 Xiaohai (Cam) *37300v *DM went to hell and back
10:04 - Illija (Aku) 2-0 Gootecks (Ros) *39100v
10:20 - Haitani (Ruf) 2-0 Tuck (Ruf) *42300v
10:26 - Christian Santos (Sak) 0-2 Nuki (Chun) *42900v
10:33 - S42 Blanka (Bla) 0-2 Latif (Vip) *41200v
11:13 - Kaneka (Dec) 0-2 (P1G) Momochi (Ken) *42400v 85700u
11:19 - Ryan Hart (Sag) (P1G) 2-0 Floe (ERy/Yan) *42400
12:47 - Samson (Chun) 0-2 Koji KOG (Haw) *39,600v
12:54 - Isauro Mishima (ERy) 0-2 Laugh (ERy) *41300v
12:58 - KSK (Abe) (P3G) 2-1 Dragoomba (Ruf) *43,200v *somewhat great comeback
13:10 - Cryoh (Gui) 0-2 (P2G) GamerBee (Ado) *43,700v
13:28 - PR Rog (Box) 2-0 PieGuy (Cod) *43,300v
13:49 - G Flow (Dan) 0-2 GamerBee (Ado) *45,900v
14:14 - Semitry (Hak) 0-2 Nyanshi (Sag) *47600v
14:24 - KSK (Abe) 2-0 Fraser Ching (Cam) *48300v
14:30 - Dawgen Hower (Zan) 0-2 Air (Ryu) *48700v
15:32 - Mago (Fei) 2-0 Li (Haw)
15:53 - K Brad (Cam) 2-1 Somniac (Dic) *50400v
16:15 - Smug (Dud) 2-0 Stebs (Ryu) *53000v
16:31 - MOV (Yun) 2-0 Yomi Knishes (Vip) *52200
16:38 - Layec (Hak) 0-2 Misse (Mak) *51600v
16:46 - Bon-chan (Sag) 2-0 BrolyLegs (Chu) *53000v
16:52 - AKG Grandmaster B (Hon) 0-2 Umehara (ERy) *53800v
0-2 *P1R, almost P2R
1-2 *missed Ultra timing in 1R
17:16 - Umehara (ERy) 2-0 Emersion (Claw) *52500
2-0
2-0
17:25 - Dakou (Cam) 2-0 C-Los (Ken) *52800
17:31 - Mike Ross (Hon) 2-0 Daytrip (Fue)
17:52 - Flash Metroid (Cod/Zan) 0-2 Alex Valle (Ryu) *53800

Quarter Final
18:47 - XSK Samurai (ERy) 0-2 Koji KOG (Haw) *46100
18:51 - Eita (Aku) 2-1 Shinba (Abe) *50400
19:03 - Brentt (Ruf) 1-2 Taiga (Yun) *49800
19:13 - Cabbage (Vip) 2-1 Tampa Bison (Dic) *54200
19:16 - [Losers] Umehara (ERy) 2-0 Alex Valle (Ryu) *61300
2-0
2-0
19:24 - Sanford (Oni) 1-2 Mago (Fei) *60900
19:33 - NGL Chris (Ken) 0-2 Xian (Gen) *60400
19:51 - Marq Teddy (Guy) 1-2 Sako (Ele) *66200 *Sako almost lost

Non-match result updates (Las Vegas local time)
7:56 - Crowd before open
8:02 - Niconico stream starts
8:02 - Venue
8:16 - Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez is both player and judge in the pool. Controversy awaits.
8:21 - Nagisa cosplaying Lilith (she prepared just for this event)
8:30 - 22,300 viewers on Twitch. 33,000 unique views on Nico.
8:31 - R eating something on Nico stream again (same as last year). Bad MC.
8:32 - Fuudo on Nico.
8:54 - James Chen in red shirt. Ultra David looks normal.
8:59 - Yossan is in Losers already.
9:00 - 29,300v
9:00 - R is eating while commentating. What a pig.... (And how does Nico allow this?)
9:02 - Company booths
9:08 - MomoChoco
9:09 - Someone in chat said Xian has world's strongest eyebrows. Agreed.
9:10 - Tokido
9:15 - Uu (pronounced Ooh, KoF player) and Umezono (3rd Strike player) on Nico.
9:21 - Tokido, Eita, Haitani went through their 2nd fight.
9:23 - R realized half way that he's supposed to commentate Cabbage match, not talking to guests.
9:50 - ASW's Mori is in LA. (presumably with Kana Ueda)
9:51 - Cabbage survived first pool.
9:57 - Eita and Xian survived first pool.
10:01 - KSK on the mic. He said GODSGARDEN channel is "currently" free. It's too late, man. Damage is done. You locked people out from the beginning, some people already paid you, and now you say it's free for now? And we know you'll charge people for a crappy "show" again soon. (Like charging people to listen to your karaoke session you did.)
10:11 - Note that KSK doesn't actively play SF4 so don't expect any real commentating.
10:14 - 70,900u
10:14 - Nagisa playing something
10:29 - ChocoBlanka survived first pool
10:33 - Hameko (writer) on the mic. He's interviewing Gen, 13 year old Japanese Tekken player sent by Twitch (coming with his father).
10:54 - Kazunoko won first fight
11:17 - No commentator on Nico at the moment because R goes to play. No complaint from us.
11:34 - Harada x Nagisa
11:42 - Nuki survived first pool. Kokujin & Nuki on Nico.
11:58 - Sentosu survived first pool.
12:04 - R is back on the mic, was eliminated in first pool.
12:09 - Kazunoko survived first pool. He said Alex Myer (Sakura player) almost got him in the Winners final.
12:21 - 99300u
12:24 - Cabbage on Nico.
12:33 - Momo Choco on Nico.
12:44 - Sentosu (MC, Poison player) and AO (Tekken player) on Nico.
12:52 - 111,800c
13:07 - Sako survived first pool.
13:17 - Mizoteru lost his passport and iPhone last night....
13:21 - First pic of Nyanshi
13:21 - Nagisa & Itabashi Zangief
13:25 - Momochi survived first pool.
13:33 - Koji KOG survived first pool.
13:43 - Fuudo survived first pool.
13:51 - R wants GamerBee match to end quick so he can eat burger. Yes, the pig is eating again. They even show him eating at the desk beside the chewing sound. Shame.
13:56 - Japanese Smash Bros. players on Nico.
14:01 - Note that Niconico does not focus on streaming every matches. They sometimes cut it to show the guests.
14:04 - KSK in Losers now.
14:08 - Up until now, R didn't really provide a professional commentary.
14:15 - Nyanshi is playing and R is still talking to Smash players. This's a nightmare.
14:20 - We reached our limit. Closing Niconico and watch official stream instead (just like what we did last year). 実況・解説 しっかりしろ.
14:28 - James Chen doesn't realize that KSK looks so happy after a win because KSK thinks he's an underdog.
14:28 - KSK survived first pool in Losers
15:18 - Itabashi Zangief survived first pool.
15:25 - ASW's Mori arrived at venue.
16:26 - Mizoteru survived first pool.
17:07 - It's a break, watch Nico in case there's Umehara interview. Square Enix producer Takamasa Shiba on Nico... for no reason. He's a fan and friend of Umehara though. He even calls Umehara "Ume-chan." Hey, how about Dissidia sequel with Umehara as battle planner?
17:09 - Mago survived first pool.
17:21 - Bon-chan survived first pool.
17:28 - Clearly Nico stream is smoother. Only we have to deal with the idiots on the mic.
17:36 - Kana Ueda arrived at the venue!
17:45 - Why are R and Shiba talking about BUKKAKE? WTF.
17:59 - Kokujin survived first pool.
18:02 - Now R is inviting Shiba to his PPV show. Great. 格げー関係ないなら消えろ....
18:05 - Nico basically put random people on stream and expect things to happen. No script, no time limit. 台本ないのはまずい
18:13 - Shiba just called Square Enix "Kuso-Enix." That's brave.
18:19 - Infiltration put in Losers by Velociraptor
18:22 - It's supposed to be a closing statement, why is Shiba is still talking?
18:28 - Shiba finally gone. Now only R is gone too.
18:30 - Umehara vs. F Champ, where's the stream!
18:34 - Umehara put in Losers by F.Champ. So it's E Ryu vs. Dhalsim, and Umehara didn't counterpick with Yun? Our worst nightmare.
18:41 - Official stream is showing trailer of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
18:44 - Skisonic & Ultra Davis on the mic.
18:50 - While KOG is playing, Nico has Harada and Tekken players talking without the match showed. gg
18:58 - Skisonic will do 15% better if he doesn't randomly raise his voice.
19:06 - Skisonic needs to realize that the hype comes from the match, not the tone of his voice or the way he talks.
19:08 - Ski and Ultra David got trolled by fake result, saying Umehara is out of tournament.
19:25 - Sentosu put in Losers by Taiga.
19:32 - Sako beat Laugh.
19:34 - Nagisa vs. Ono
19:35 - R begins actual commentating. Thank God.
19:38 - Haitani put Eita in Losers.
19:39 - Cabbage and Tokido put in Losers by Snake Eyes.
19:51 - Despite saying he's a fan, Ski still doesn't realize that Sakonoko is just online ID, not his alias. Sakonoko now means Sako's daughter.....
19:55 - Yossan eliminated Xiaohai
19:58 - Fuudo the mic. Good.
20:01 - Umehara elimitaed by John Choi.
23:28 - Umehara vs. Nagisa vs. Ono

Since Umehara is out of the tournament, we end our record here as usual.

JFGC's new low: Going to Evo just to do PPV show

As expected, Kokujin and Nuki today started streaming pay-per-view show from Las Vegas, just like what GODSGARDEN is doing.

Beast Note has been following the JFGC for years now but we can say that today is its lowest point. Some people go to Evo just to do PPV show. They're now asking for money for what once was free, not to mention that they should offer it for free because the fans are what made them who they are today.

In September 2013, Kokujin and Nuki launched his own PPV show called KokuNuki. The show struggles for a relevant content because they're not a top SF4 player and the guests are mostly their friends that you'll ask who? The show then featured various cross-promotion of online games or mobile games. What they're doing now is purely business.

For what GODSGARDEN has done, better read The Fall of GODSGARDEN and article above.

The JFGC fans gave them social position, these people turn it into business opportunity, and then use the fans to fund their trip.

USF4 Ver.1.01 change list released, special stream planned featuring Daigo Umehara

The balance change list of what's called "Ver. 1.01" of Ultra Street Fighter IV is released today for Japan. This contains the changes from original USF4 released in Japan on April 17. You'll also find new detailed information of 4 new characters: Poison (11 changes), Rolento (18 changes), Elena (35 changes), and Hugo (14 changes). For the translation, we'll just let other websites handle it.

Additionally, it's announced that this changes will be demonstrated on a special stream on June 1 (21:00 JST) by Daigo Umehara and Momochi. The latest version of Decapre will also be shown.

R, Nuki, Yuka Kuramochi (model), producer Sugiyama, assistant producer Ayano will come again just like the pre-launch stream.

Sako spotted at Taito Station Shinjuku

It's reported that Sako has visited Taito Station Shinjuku Minami-guchi Game World branch this evening to play Ultra Street Fighter IV. As we often mention, the game center has the highest level of competition in the country. This's where Daigo Umehara usually plays.

It's unusual for Sako to be at the place, since he lives in Osaka (500 km. away). We assume that he has some business to do in Tokyo, because it's unlikely for him to purposely come and train there, especially just after having a new family member.

Also reported this evening
- Umehara, Sako, Eita, were playing Evil Ryu. (Umehara's been playing Evil Ryu for a while now.)
- Nuki and Fuudo were also there.

USF4 world premiere stream planned, feauring Daigo Umehara

It's revealed that Daigo Umehara, Tokido, Mago, Bon-chan will play Ultra Street Fighter IV on Niconico stream on April 16, the night before the launch. Nuki will also come as MC.

Update: Dengeki reported that Sugiyama producer and Ayano asistant producer will also participate. There'll be exhibition match with "batsu game" (losers must do weird stuff).

Niconico account isn't required to view the stream.

Mago's main character in USF4 still undecided, 95% not Fei Long

Mago has revealed tonight the probability of his main character in Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Sagat 30%
Oni 30%
Chun-Li 20% (in hard training)
Juri 5%
Fei Long 5%
Other 10%

It'd be interesting if Mago happens to main Chun-Li. Because Mago was the first top player who picked Fei Long in 2010, and then popularised it. Mago also taught Fuudo, who later won Evo 2011.

Some of well-known Chun-Li players (SF4 series)

• Nuki (since 2008, now switching back from Seth to Chun-Li again)
• Nemo (before Yang)
• Ricky Ortiz (sub)
• Infiltration (sub)

KSK, Nuki, Kokujin confirmed for Evo 2014

It's revealed that KSK, Nuki, Kokujin, Sentos (MC and Dictator player) now have plane tickets for Evolution 2014.

This's not surprising since they all now host their own pay-per-view internet show on Niconico. They'll surely stream something from Las Vegas. But while they're more like entertainers now, don't let your guard down when you play them in the (USF4) pools!


Note that this's Nuki's first Evo in SF4 era (last time was 2008). He was supposed to be with Kokujin in Evo 2012. KSK participated in 2010 and 2012.

Umehara confirmed for Chokaigi 2

Niconico announced today that Daigo Umehara will appear in the Fighting Games Stage in its Chokaigi 2 event on April 28 (14.30 to 16:30).

Nuki, R (Guy player), Sako, Haitani, Tokido, Mago, Fuudo, Uryo, Bon-hcan, are also confirmed. A 4 on 4 exhibition match will be held for SSF4AE2012 and Vampire Savior (via Vampire Resurrection).

Umehara was invited last year for an exhibition match at Chokaigi 1.

Note that we're not sure what will happen since Umehara was also confirmed to attend Norcal Regionals 2013 which is scheduled on April 26-28. This's clearly a schedule conflict.

Capcom to hold all-night Vampire Resurrection stream on Nico

Nuki revealed tonight that Capcom will hold an all-night Vampire Resurrection stream on Niconico on March 19 (next Tuesday) starting from 11 PM JST. In the show, players such as Nuki will come to have online match against users from home. Capcom producer Ayano will also participate.

Nuki cancels Evo 2012 trip

Just a few days before Evo 2012, Nuki just announced that he will not go to Evo 2012 because his grandmother who raised him just passed away. He also apologized to everyone who gave him supports, and also asked everyone to cheer on Kokujin who is now going to Evo 2012 alone without him.

Nuki was invited to compete in Tournament of Legends which will be held at Evo 2012 and was expected to compete in SF4AE2012.

Namanushi Mahjong Fight Club 4 summary

On Saturday night (June 3), there was a live show/event on Nico Nico called "Namanushi Mahjong Fight Club 4." As the name suggests, well-known streamers (user stream) on Nico are invited to compete in the mahjong tournament. There were 4 teams; Talk Show Streamer, Female Streamer, Video Uploader, Fighting Game Streamer. Each team had 4 players. (Points will be carried over to the next players.)

FG Streamer consists of Sentosu (the Dictator player), Itabashi Zangief, Nuki, and Kokujin. The team originally had Soushihan KSK instead of ItaZan. But Nico denied his appearance for an unknown reason. (His name is also filtered in the chat.) However, ItaZan is good at mahjong.

A protest and a joke: Kokujin brought KSK's picture to the show and treated him like he just passed away. He later threw the picture to the trash bin on the way to the door after self-introduction. (Don't worry. KSK is still alive, and they are close friends.)

The entire show was more than 9 hours. In the last game, FG Streamer was 2800 points behind the Talk Show team. But Kokujin managed to win 24300 points  (Tsumo after Riichi, 8100 all) and won the tournament.

Here is the results after each turn.

First player (Sentosu)

1. FG Streamer 140,500
2. Female 128,300
3. Talk Show 105,500
4. Uploader 25,700

Second player (ItaZan)

1. FG Streamer 136,700
2. Talk Show 123,100
3. Female 122,500
4. Uploader 17,700

Third player (Nuki)

1. FG Streamer 131,100
2. Female 114,700
3. Talk Show 108,500
4. Uploader 45,700

Fourth player (Kokujin)

1. FG Streamer 152,300
2. Talk Show 122,800
3. Female 107,800
4. Uploader 17,400

In the last round, one of Kokujin's opponents is an infamous streamer who is also a porn actress (picture - right).

Umehara in Taito Station Shinjuku Minamiguchi 20th anniversary event summary

Info
- Umehara participating Taito Station 20th anniversary event
- Date: May 19
- Time: 14:00
- Stream: Here
- Guest: Nuki, Kokujin, R (the commentator), Bon-chan
- Famitsu now posted a report of this event here.

Talk Show
- Umehara answered questions from fans.
- He chose tea color (Ryu) because other good players already have their own color.
- He chose Laputa (Castle in the Sky) over Nausicaa (of the Valley of the Wind). He actually watched both anime. (Beast Note: They're 26-28 year old classic anime.)
- TOPANGA League match against Mago: He aimed to use Hurricane Kick Fei Long's FADC.
- One game, one player, for living in an isolated island: SF2X and a Guile player. He likes fighting Guile.
- Chosen as SF3 teammate by Haitani: He confirmed the story that Momochi said. He added that he didn't want to compete because he stopped playing and he only good at fighting Yun. He said (joked?) that he cheered on Nuki to win Haitani so he won't have to go.


Exhibition Match (First to 7)

Bon-chan 3-7 Umehara

1. 2-1
2. 0-2
3. 1-2
4. 0-2
5. 1-2
6. 2-0
7. 2-0
8. 1-2 *intense
9. 0-2
10. 1-2

- They gave away Umehara's book "Willpower to Keep Winning" with autograph to the attendees by raffle.
- They had two surprise birthday cakes for Umehara, one from the game center and one from Kokujin.
- The female staff who brought out the cake in the picture below is TOPANGA's Negi.
- Umehara gave away a piece of cake to the attendees who won him at rock-paper-scissors.
- A little girl, an Umehara fan, gave him birthday present. Umehara gave her his cake.

Chou Tougeki 2012 summary

Info
- Chou Tougeki is held inside Nico Nico's Chokaigi (Nico Nico's "Super Conference")
- Chou Tougeki's first details
- Big announcements from Tougeki
- Umehara confirmed for Chou Tougeki exhibitions
- Umehara participates Chou Tougeki SSF4AE2012 qualifier
- The SSF4AE2012 and SF3 Third Strike qualifier are in Day 1 (April 28)
- Exhibition matches is in Day 2 (April 29)
- After the stream of the first day ended, there's a wedding ceremony (on Chou Tougeki's stage) of a couple who met because of Street Fighter IV.
- Tougeki producer announced that Tougeki 2012 finals will be held in August somewhere in Narita.

Stream of qualifiers
- Day 1
- Day 2

Media reports
- Famitsu (Day 1 and Day 2)
- Weekly ASCII

SSF4AE2012 qualifier
- Uryo won. He chose Momochi and Haitani as his teammates for Tougeki finals.

(The numbers are rounds)
[Winners] Kyoku (Yan) 2-0 Mago (Fei)
[Winners] Uryo 2-? Across
[Winners] Kawaguuchi (Ros) 2-? masa
[Winners] Cabbage 2-? MOV
[Winners] Rikimaru ?-2 Fuhajin
[Winners] Kyoku 2-? Haitani
[Winners] 2-gun DH Taryan (Fue) 2-1 Bibi (Chun)
[Winners] Kazunoko (Yun) 2-0 Tokido (Aku)
[Winners] MDR (Ruf) 2-1 Shin (Jur)
[Winners] Uryo (Sak) 2-1 Umehara (Ryu) *the first 2 rounds were very close
[Winners] 2-gun DH Taryan ?-2 Fuudo
[Winners] Cabbage 2-? Nuki
[Winners] Kazunoko (Yun) 0-2 Dogura (Dic) *Ultra finish in last round
[Winners] Fuhajin 0-2 ItaZan
[Winners] Kawaguuchi (Ros) 2-1 Araki (Haw)
[Winners] MDR 2-? Momochi
[Winners] Uryo (Sak) 2-0 MDR *18 hit combo and perfect in last round
[Winners] Fuudo 2-1 Kawaguuchi (Ros) *Fuudo lost 1st round but won with perfect in last round
[Winners] Cabbage 1-2 ItaZan *pixels comeback from ItaZan in 1st round (Ultra finish)
[Winners] Kyoku 1-2 Dogura *Dogura fought back after losing 1st round *good game
[Winners] Fuudo 1-2 Uryo *pixels comeback from Uryo in 2nd round (he almost lost)
[Winners] ItaZan 1-2 Dogura *Dogura almost lost but he survived 2 rounds with pixels of life
[Losers] Across (E. Ryu) 1-2 Umehara (Ryu)
[Losers] Mago 2-? Haitani
[Losers] MOV 2-? Nuki
[Losers] Tokido ?-2 Kyoku
[Losers] Shin (Jur) 1-2 Momochi (Cod)
[Losers] Momochi (Cod) 2-1 Umehara (Ryu)
[Losers] MDR 1-2 Momochi
[Losers] Masa 2-? Araki
[Losers] Bibi (Chun) 2-? masa
[Losers] Bibi (Chun) 2-? Kawaguuchi
[Losers] MOV 2-? Fuhajin
[Losers] Mago ?-2 Kazunoko
[Losers] Momochi 1-2 Bibi (Chu) *Good game from Bibi
[Losers] Cabbage 0-2 Kazunoko *Kazunoko dominated
[Losers] Fuudo 2-1 Bibi
[Losers] ItaZan 2-0 Kazunoko *Good game from ItaZan

Top 4
[Winners Final] Uryo 1-2 Dogura *Dogura clearly played better
[Losers] ItaZan 2-1 Fuudo
[Losers Final] ItaZan 0-2 Uryo
[Grand Final 1] Uryo 2-1 Dogura *Uryo almost lost but made pixels comeback in 2nd round
[Grand Final 2] Uryo 2-0 Dogura *Dogura cameback in 2nd round with no life left

SF3 3rd Strike qualifier
- Haitani won. He chose Momochi and Daigo Umehara as his teammates for Tougeki finals.
- Momochi later revealed that Haitani talked to him and decided about SF3 and SF4 team for Tougeki 2012. They still wanted one member. It's for fun so they don't want to drag SF3 players with them. They considered SF4 players instead. They approached Umehara after TOPANGA Charity Cup 2012 but they were drunk at the time so it was not really confirmed. (Haitani and Momochi live in south west, but Umehara live in Tokyo. It's hard to go to a local qualifier together.)
- Famitsu reported that Haitani talked to Umehara again before the finals, Umehara said "If you won, then [teaming up] is okay." He later laughed because Haitani actually won it.

Exhibition matches
- Ten players are paired randomly by drawing. (pic)
- Since there're 5 pairs, one team will have to play 3 times.
- There was no stream but Choco Blanka reported the results realtime.

Nuki + Fuudo vs. Umehara + Kazunoko (pic)
Nuki (Seth) 0-2 Umehara (Ryu) *Ultra finish in 1st round
Fuudo (Fei) 1-2 Kazunoko (Yun)
Semi-final
MDR + Momochi vs. Mago + Uryo
Momochi - Uryo O
MDR - Mago O

Tokido + Haitani vs. Umehara + Kazunoko
Tokido - Kazunoko O
O Haitani 2-1 Umehara
Haitani 1-2 Kazunoko O

Final
Mago + Uryo vs. Umehara + Kazunoko
O Uryo 2-1 Umehara
O Mago 2-0 Kazunoko

Mad Catz booth
There's Mad Catz booth at Chou Tougeki where Japan's Team Mad Catz members (Umehara/Mago/Tokido) had autograph/photo session and played games with visitors.
- Umehara's book Willpower to Keep Winning with autograph is sold at the booth.
- Team Mad Catz appears! (pic)
- A stick with Team Mad Catz autograph (pic)
- Team Mad Catz cap (2500 yen) (pic)
- Umehara posing with Jojo's Bizarre Adventure cosplayers (pic)

Umehara confirmed for exhibition in Chokaigi

As previously announced, Nico Nico restreamed Tougeki 2011 for free yesterday. But the show also had a talk corner for some announcements, mainly for the complete list of the players who will participate exhibition matches in Tougeki's qualifiers and special event in Nico Nico's Chokaigi which is called Chou Tougeki.

Good news is Daigo Umehara is confirmed to be there. The bad news is there will not be streaming of the exhibition matches on April 29. Although the qualifiers will be streamed for free.

1. Fuudo
2. MDR
3. Haitani
4. Mago
5. Tokido
6. Kazunoko
7. Uryo
8. Momochi
9. Umehara
10. Nuki

This is actually 2 on 2 tournament and the players on the list will be paired randomly by drawing.

Nuki himself also appeared to talk on the show with Tougeki producer and Nico's staff Neo Tower. (They revealed that they actually were at Evolution once and went to the swimming pool together. They said there were around 30 Japanese that year.)

The 2nd TOPANGA Charity Cup summary

Info
- The 2nd TOPANGA Charity Cup announced
- Umehara confirmed for 2nd TOPANGA Charity Cup
- Nico to stream 2nd TOPANGA Charity Cup
- TOPANGA T-shirt (3000 yen) will be sold at the event as a fundraising
- You can donate via Paypal (link in official site)
- All donations will go to Japan's Red Cross
- TOPANGA Charity Cup official site
- Tournament started late due to registration process
- There are 47 teams* (2011 had 24 teams)
- Both 4gamer.net and brackets said there're 49 teams.
- Brackets provided by sako's wife
- Full report by 4gamer.net


Results

Driver's High 2-5 Kao TV!
O Hai Teki (Mak) - Soushihan KSK (Abe)
Hai Teki (Mak) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O
ug2 (Gui) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O
O Sabo Hani (Vip) - Naruo (E. Ryu)
Sabo Hani (Vip) - Kazunoko (Yun) O
Kindo (Fei) - Kazunoko (Yun) O
Meu (Mak) - Kazunoko (Yun) O

??? 3-5 BET50
Bozeck (Gouken) - R (Guy) O
(Chun) - R (Guy) O
(Ibu) - R (Guy) O
O Genei Domino (Jur) - R (Guy)
Genei Domino (Jur) - Rokotsu (Gen) O
O Okkun (Ibu) - Rokotsu (Gen)
O Okkun (Ibu) - Arai (Claw)
Okkun (Ibu) - VER (Gouken) O

Poi Poi 5 5-0 ???
O Nuki (Set) - (Cod)
O Nuki (Set) - (Ryu)
O Nuki (Set) - (Chun)
O Nuki (Set) - (Hon)
O Nuki (Set) - Shisho (Fue)

??? 0-5 TOPANGA
(Set) - Fuudo (Fei) O
Chamaru (Cam) - Fuudo (Fei) O
Ryoricho (Cam) - Fuudo (Fei) O
Sandaime Ryochin (Aku) - Fuudo (Fei) O
Tatsu (Ryu) - Fuudo (Fei) O

Kao TV! 5-1 Sokuseki
Soushihan KSK (Abe) - Kuhofuu (Dan) O
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Kuhofuu (Dan)
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Mahou Shoujo Zangi-tan
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Gachaboy (Ado)
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Kuma (Dict)
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Tsubapii (Claw)

Angry Zonk 5-1 Yukai na Deshi-tachi to Joseki no Hito to Mister X
O Karipaku (Cod) - Murata (Yun)
O Karipaku (Cod) - Nabe (Aku)
O Karipaku (Cod) - Suda (Ryu)
O Karipaku (Cod) - Negi (Ibu)
Karipaku (Cod) - Sentosu (Dict) O
O Shitone (Ado) - Sentosu (Dict)

Kosuri Sei 5-3 Dragon Boy Z
O Kiharu Boy (Sag) - (Guy)
O Kiharu Boy (Sag) - (Dud)
Kiharu Boy (Sag) - Waike (Jur) O
KOICHINKO (Sak) - Waike (Jur) O
O Tonpy (Vip) - Waike (Jur)
Tonpy (Vip) - Dragon Boy (Box) O
O Gasshuku (Vip) - Dragon Boy (Box)
O Gasshuku (Vip) - Hagejin (Zan)

Santaro to Yukai Kamoshirenai Nakama-tachi 5-3 Ikari no Pero Bin Man
O Santaroman (Sag) - Peroperoman (Vip)
Santaroman (Sag) - Yoshiwo (Gui) O
O Dashio (Set) - Yoshiwo (Gui)
O Dashio (Set) - Ikari Oyaji (Cod)
O Dashio (Set) - Hanamaruki (Sag)
Dashio (Set) - Shungoku Neurosis (Dict) O
Younashi (Juri) - Shungoku Neurosis (Dict) O
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Shungoku Neurosis (Dict)

Jukujo Suki Gamer 2-5 Poi Poi 5
O Michun (Cam) - Nuki (Set)
Michun (Cam) - Dogura (Dict) O
Yuu (Aku) - Dogura (Dict) O
M Dash (Sak) - Dogura (Dict) O
Shitamachi Prince (Cod) - Dogura (Dict) O
O Cabbage (Vip) - Dogura (Dict)
Cabbage (Vip) - RF (Sag) O

Pyonkichi (Ryu) - Kuramu (Haw) O
(Claw) - Kuramu (Haw) O
KEN (Ibu) - Kuramu (Haw) O
KAN (Sak) - Kuramu (Haw) O
Mother Bee (Zan) - Kuramu (Haw) O

Tamami Sei 1-5 Kao TV!
O Hibiki (Dan) - Soushihan KSK (Abe) *must see
Hibiki (Dan) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O
Nantoka (Gouken) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O
dey@Tsui (Yan) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O
MASHE (Ryu) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O
Shorushu (Aku) - Naruo (E. Ryu) O

O YHC-Mochi (Dha) - French (Cod)
O YHC-Mochi (Dha) - Kuroken (Dud)
YHC-Mochi (Dha) - Y. (Cam) O
sako (Ibu) - Y. (Cam) O *sako got perfect'd last round
O Haitani (Mak) - Y. (Cam)
Haitani (Mak) - Haneyama (Jur) O
O Uryo (Sak) - Haneyama (Jur)
Uryo (Sak) - Kawaguuchi (Ros) O
Momochi (Cod) - Kawaguuchi (Ros) O *Momochi got first round but couldn't close it

O Tsukishi (Dict) - Wiser Sanma (Yan)
Tsukishi (Dict) - Ojisan Boy (Yan) O
Nyanshi (Sag) - Ojisan Boy (Yan) O
Shakaho (Yun) - Ojisan Boy (Yan) O
One Chance Taro (Mak) - Ojisan Boy (Yan) O
O Machabo (Fei) - Ojisan Boy (Yan)
Machabo (Fei) - Nemo (Yan) O

O Nishikin (Bla) - Ban (Ros)
Nishikin (Bla) - Sakuya Style (Cam) O
O Younashi (Jur) - Sakuya Style (Cam)
Younashi (Jur) - NO--NAME (Mak) O
O Reiketsu (Claw) - NO--NAME (Mak)
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Chichi@Kuroneko (Aku)
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Strike-san (Ken)
*Reiketsu played very well

O Tonpy (Vip) - Mago (Fei)
Tonpy (Vip) - Bon-chan O
Kiharu Boy (Sag) - Bon-chan O
AOI (Sag) - Bon-chan O
O Gasshuku (Vip) - Bon-chan
O Gasshuku (Vip) - Fuudo (Fei)
Gasshuku (Vip) - Umehara (Ryu) O
O KOICHINKO (Sak) - Umehara (Ryu)
O KOICHINKO (Sak) - Tokido

O Soushihan KSK (Abe) - (Guy)
O Soushihan KSK (Abe) - Shino-chan (Oni)
Soushihan KSK (Abe) - Inco (Ruf) O
ItaZan - Inco (Ruf) O
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Inco (Ruf)
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Kuramu (Haw)
O Kazunoko (Yun) - (Ros)

Dashio (Set) - Wiser Sanma (Yan) O
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Wiser Sanma (Yan)
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Kyoku (Yan)
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Acqua (Yan)
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Nemo (Yan)
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Ojisan Boy (Yan)

O Nuki (Set) - R (Guy)
Nuki (Set) - Rokotsu (Gen) O
O RF (Sag) - Rokotsu (Gen)
RF (Sag) - VER (Gouken) O
O Eita (Aku) - VER (Gouken) *Eita's big comeback in last round
Eita (Aku) - Arai (Claw) O
Kindevu (Ruf) - Arai (Claw) O
O Dogura (Dict) - Arai (Claw)
O Dogura (Dict) - Shiro (Mak) *perfect in last round

Semi-final

Nishikin (Bla) - Tonpy (Vip) O
O Dashio (Set) - Tonpy (Vip)
O Dashio (Set) - Kiharu Boy (Sag)
O Dashio (Set) - AOI (Sag)
O Dashio (Set) - Gasshuku (Vip)
O Dashio (Set) - KOICHINKO (Sak)

Kao TV! 5-4 Poi Poi 5
Soushihan KSK (Abe) - Nuki (Set) O
O Naruo (E. Ryu) - Nuki (Set)
O Naruo (E. Ryu) - Kindevu (Ruf)
Naruo (E. Ryu) - Dogura (Dict) O
O ItaZan - Dogura (Dict)
ItaZan - RF (Sag) O
O Nekojita (Abe) - RF (Sag)
Nekojita (Abe) - Eita (Aku) O
O Kazunoko (Yun) - Eita (Aku)

Final
Santaro to Yukai Kamoshirenai Nakama-tachi 5-4 Kao TV!
O Dashio (Set) - Soushihan KSK (Abe)
O Dashio (Set) - Naruo (E. Ryu)
O Dashio (Set) - ItaZan
Dashio (Set) - Kazunoko (Yun) O
O Reiketsu (Claw) - Kazunoko (Yun)
Reiketsu (Claw) - Nekojita (Abe) O
Santaroman (Sag) - Nekojita (Abe) O *Santaroman taunted in 1st round but lost, even got perfect'd in last round
O Younashi (Jur) - Nekojita (Abe) *Younashi ended the match with raw U2 on reaction

MVP
Reiketsu, a Claw player who is a fan of Umehara

Highlight 1
Karipaku, a female Cody player defeated 4 members of TOPANGA Fight Club with her solid performance

Highlight 2
KSK tried to punish Dan's Super by Abel's Ultra but failed

Note
- There're many well-known players/persons in Japan's FGC in this charity event. Some people you saw on the stream in the background are well-known in the community but they don't go to a tournament, especially female players.
- Many people came to this event even they live far away. (IIRC YHC-Mochi lives in the south-west coast of Japan 800 kilometers away)
- From the facts above, this is easily the biggest Street Fighter tournament in Japan because you don't normally see those people in the same venue like this.
- 95.8% of viewers rated the show on the main stream "Extremely good."
- The show ended with more than 166,000 attendees and more than 186,000 comments.

Photo
- Kao TV team
- Kao TV team after the final
- Peace! and more (Umehara, Tokido, Nuki, sako, Haitani)
- Players in a restaurant after the event: Table 1 (Umehara, Shiro, Fuudo, Momochi, Choco, Eita, Haitani, Kindevu) Table 2 (Nyanshi, R, Uryo, Mago, Tokido, Bon-chan, sako, Nuki)

Nuki confirmed for Evo 2012

It is announced today that Nuki will compete in Tournament of Legends (July 6-7), the 32-man Super Street Fighter II Turbo tournament side event at Evolution 2012 (July 6-8).

Nuki used to be at Evo 6 times. The last time was 2008. And he then quitted Street Fighter IV in 2009.

This year in February, KSK bought an Xbox 360 with SSF4AE and set up Internet for Nuki. That was when he actually started playing again. It looks like the hype brought him back.

This news should also mean that he will compete in SSF4AE2012 at Evo 2012. Although he still needs to learn all the matchups of new characters.

Tournament of Legends already confirmed Tokido. We also expect to see Daigo Umehara added to the list of players as he was the winner of the SSF2T side tournament last year at Evo 2011.

Umehara and Nuki are the only 2 players in history who won both Evolution and Tougeki in the same year on the same game. Umehara won Evo 6 times, Nuki won 3.

	Umehara	Nuki
Evo 2002	X	O
Evo 2003	O	O
Evo 2004	O	X
Evo 2005	X	O
Evo 2006	O	O
Evo 2007	X	O
Evo 2008	X	O
Evo 2009	O	X
Evo 2010	O	X
Evo 2011	O	X
Evo 2012	?	O

Capcom X GODSGARDEN: SFxTK tournament detailed

The details of the world's first Capcom official SFxTK tournament has been revealed just now. The full name is "Capcom X GODSGARDEN SFxTK Spring Start Dash Festival in Akihabara Clark Studio." It'll be held on March 30 at Akihabara Clark Studio. It's an offline open tournament for 32 players. Nuki, Kokujin, Nekojita, and Kazunoko are already confirmed to participate. You can apply now here. There'll also be streaming here starting from 8 p.m. (JST).

Prizes
1st place - PlayStation Vita, SFxTK parka, SFxTK smartphone case
2nd place - SFxTK parka
3rd place - SFxTK smartphone case
All participants - file folder, hand towel

The tournament was first mentioned on the stage in Capcom's official SSF4AE2012 national tournament.

Umehara in LG Cup SF4HD Global Championship 2012 Japan's qualifier

On Saturday, Daigo Umehara appeared as a guest in talk session in LG Cup Street Fighter IV HD Global Championship 2012 Japan's qualifier. He was unusual talkative because he's between two friends who are one of the most talkative fighting game players - Kokujin and Nuki.

Nuki is Umehara's old friend and it seems like they didn't meet in a long while.

- Talking about olden days, Umehara joked that he thought Nuki's era is over when Nuki finished just 3rd place in a tournament. Because Nuki was so strong and always finished 1st place.
- They tried to find the right character for Nuki to play in SF4 Ver.2012.
- Nuki was interested in Sakura. (Nuki likes female characters.) Kazunoko made him interested a bit in Seth. Kokujin cheered on Seth, too.
- Umehara said Sakura gives Ryu more trouble than Seth.
- Umehara made fun of the fact that Nuki likes to talk about the olden days.
- Umehara mentioned that Dan is strong, mainly from shoryuken invincibility.
- Kokujin: Who's easy to play but strong? Ume: Adon.
- Umehara chose Ryu over Akuma because Akuma doesn't give him big advantage over Ryu.
- Umehara said Ryu's HP shoryuken is fun.
- Nuki is a renowned Umehara fanboy and he won't hesitate to say something awkward like "When I played SF4 slot machine, Umehara's face popped out." Viewers joked about platonic love/unfulfilled love as usual.
- Talking about the legendary parry at Evo: Ume said Raou liked to Super Art him, so it's like he practiced with Raou. Kokujin actually was there, too. He said it was so loud they couldn't hear anything else after the parry.
- Kokujin asked about how famous: Ume said sometimes he got a special treat from restaurants.
- In Zero 3 era, Nuki said there were 20,000 participants in national tournament.
- Umehara surprisingly knows a lot about smartphone version of SF4.
- Umehara playing the first Street Fighter, couldn't do shoryuken. KSK reported. [Pic]
- 4Gamer.net has a report about this event. [Link]

Umehara in adult manga

It was reported on Twitter that the latest issue of the monthly adult manga Potpourri Club released on November 1 (cover below) has a 20-page story about a girl version of Daigo Umehara.

As seen in the sample picture below, "Ume-chan to!" (With Ume-chan!) is the story about Ume Hara, a girl who is one of the fighting game's Seven Heroes. Long story short, she ends up doing something special with a boy named "Ōnuki" (Nuki's real name).

Some other details in the manga based on true stories.
- Ume is not good at giving a live interview.
- The game center looks like Taito Station. (Umehara plays at Taito Station Shinjuku South)
- Ume holds the stick "Umehara Mochi" style.
- Ume's jersey has a logo that looks like Mad Catz's claw.
- They go to eat ramen. (Umehara likes ramen)
- Ōnuki's hoodie. (He wear a hoodie in the tournament in 1998 (National Zero 3) and 2005 (Tougeki))
- Ōnuki yelling "AIIIIIIIII!!" (from their second fight of Tougeki 2005, after Umehara won the first round)

The female manga author already has around hundred of works published. Apparently she is also a fan of the fighting game players.

Umehara and Nuki know and fought each other since 1997. They formed a team and won Street Fighter III in Tougeki 2005. They are the only 2 players who won both Evolution and Tougeki in the same year on the same game. And because they are a great couple, there is a running joke saying Nuki has an unrequited love.

This is not the first time (a form of) Umehara appears in a manga. This is also not the first time Umehara is used as a material for adult content. An adult game released in May featured Denpa Jikkyou meme.