- Sako was actually surprised by the overall result in B league. He didn't have much confidence until he got to play.
- "When you look at the list of players, getting 3rd place [in A league] is good enough for me. Of course, I feel terrible for the matches I lost, but I really lost so I can't really complain."
- Sako admits that he was completely defeated in those three matches against Bon-chan, Momochi, Umehara.
- He points out that Bon-chan trained with Pugera who has better Ibuki. (Bon invited Pugera to train with him after the second stage)
- Sako researches by looking at the videos that his opponents lost.
- He thinks Viper will do better than Chun-Li against Elena, and Uryo's Viper is scary.
- They both live in Osaka but since Sako doesn't go to the arcades they rarely see each other.
- He thinks it's in Elena's favor.
- "If you watch out for kara-throw and fMK, all Ken has left is Hadoken in that range."
- Dealing with Hadoken and Healing are the keys.
- Sako thinks it's good to see a young player like Michael (23 years old) compete with the men in 30s.
- "This old man isn't done yet!" is also an inspiration when fighting young players. (laugh)
- "If there's a SF2X player who can compete at highest level at 40, I can do it, too." (laugh)
- "I lost in the mind game, then I lost the game itself."
- "At the beginning, I won because I made Momochi play my game."
- In the second half, Momochi played extremely defensive, so Sako went in and got countered.
- He says he completely lost confidence when Healing didn't help (gain life lead). He was too afraid of getting countered so he wasn't sure what to do, being aggressive or defensive.
- (His wife asks "Do you think you're mentally strong or weak?") Sako thinks he's mentally weak as seen in Momochi match. He thinks he should give himself more time between a match instead of eagerly continue which is a bad habit.
- "[Umehara] was too strong [to the point that] I laughed during the match." (laugh)
- "[Umehara's] fending and the way he uses hop kick and crMK>Hadoken were amazing."
- "All I can say is he was great! I completely lost!" (laugh)
- (When pointed out that Sako used to use Evil Ryu) "I think there's no better Evil Ryu than [Umehara's]"
- "Umehara's Evil Ryu should be illegal." (laugh)
- (His wife asks "What if you use Evil Ryu, too?") Sako thinks if he uses Evil Ryu the score may change, but outcome will be the same. "Sadly, I don't feel like winning (Umehara)."
- "I will train hard to close the gap." (between himself and Umehara)
- "Fighting game becomes fun when you get to fight Umehara."
Future
- Sako will attend Shadowloo Showdown in February.
- There's possibility that he will change character.
- He also plans to play Guilty Gear Xrd.
