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It’s a massive celebration of the fighting games esports! The top players are here, and the World Tours kick off a new season. Evo Japan 2025 has even more to offer.
Global Finals of the previous official circuits happened a while ago, and the fighting games community (FGC) is hungry for more top-level action. After a break, the World Tours are back for the biggest titles.
The best players in the world gather in Tokyo to battle at Evo Japan 2025, earn early standing points, and create a wonderful experience for everyone at the venue and online. Evo Japan 2025 is an iconic event! It brings lots of excitement, and we highlight some of the best things you should keep an eye on during the tournaments.
Where to watch Evo Japan 2025?
The English broadcast of the Evo Japan 2025 tournaments is on the official Evo channel onYouTube. You can watch the Sunday stream right here: the stream Evo Japan 2025 is below.
7 things not to miss at Evo Japan 2025
Being part of this fighting games esports event is a great experience, even if you join the fun online. Still, what about the cherry on the Evo Japan 2025 cake? Here are a few things that make the tournaments even more special.
1. World Tours 2025 for six games
The new esports season starts for TEKKEN 8, Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear Strive, and Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising.
It’s generally awesome to witness how top competitors rush into the new circuits to battle for leaderboard placements. Evo Japan 2025 is a fresh page for the esports community, and the event has the highest tier within:
Sure, all the top players are here, but with some sad exceptions. Arslan Ash cannot attend due to visa issues. It’s the problem he talked about after a big team tournament,TEKKEN 8 Pakistan vs Korea.
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The SNK World Championship 2025 continues with The King of Fighters XV and FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves tournaments. The winners earn direct invites to the Global Finals event.
In addition to this, FATAL FURY, Street Fighter 6, and TEKKEN 8 at Evo Japan 2025 have qualifiers for theEsports World Cup 2025.
2. FATAL FURY CotW has the first big esports tournament
The game has been out for just around three weeks. This period is obviously too short for the pro community to figure outeverything in FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves. However, it’s a pretty good moment to start competing seriously.
FATAL FURY is not part of the main lineup, but it’s present at Evo Japan 2025 as a side tournament. We will be able to see such a top level of competition for the first time!
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Having FATAL FURY: CotW being part of the SNK World Championship 2025 and Esports World Cup 2025 qualifiers makes the battle more serious and more spectacular.
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3. Top-level highlights of new characters
It’s been a few months since we all gathered for the Grand Finals ofTEKKEN World Tour 2024andArc World Tour 2024. New characters have joined the games since then, and they may have a presence at Evo Japan 2025.
It’s always impressive to see what top professionals can do with new fighting game characters with the high stakes of World Tours. Also, the tournaments should reveal the current state of the metas.
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4. Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact: A new playable demo and exhibition matches
We are approaching the release date of theHunter x Hunter fighting game. Moreover, it was officially confirmed that Nen Impact is in the main lineup of Evo France 2025.
For those who can’t wait to see more of this tag-team anime fighting game, tune in for themain Japanese streamon Friday, May 9. The event features interesting exhibition matches. It is unclear if they will be highlighted in the English stream.
A new build of Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact is playable for everyone on the venue. We can expect lots of videos from FGC influencers, like we saw atEvo Japan 2024.
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Some of the brightest anime personalities made it to the game, adding their weird but mighty powers to the variety of tag-team mechanics.
5. A peek at upcoming characters
Evo Japan is a chance for the developers to reveal some upcoming characters via trailers or playable demos.
6. TEKKEN 8 Season 2 and the showcase of the current Street Fighter 6 meta
Season 2 changes in TEKKEN 8 threw the game into a period of turbulence. Some of them were reversed, and thedevelopers had to apologize. We need to see what’s going on with the game on the top competitive level in terms of mechanics and characters.
There already was a big tournament at LVL UP Expo 2025, withArslan Ash and Rangchu battling in the grand final.
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Despite everything that happened with the transition to Season 2, the game is still fun, and the pro community is ready to battle for World Tour domination.
As for Street Fighter 6, the situation around this game is different. Beyond the introduction of new characters, it has not been getting big adjustments since Recovery Drive Reversal. Capcom promises a massive update with the release of Elena, so Evo Japan 2025 is one of the last chances to witness the current meta.
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Unlike some other fighting titles, Street Fighter 6 (SF6) has been sticking to a stable gameplay paradigm for quite a while. We enter the new esports season with this close-to-perfect build.
7. Unique niche tournaments
When was the last time you saw Soulcalibur II having an esports tournament? Well, this happens at Evo Japan 2025!
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The esports season starts with Evo Japan 2025, and the next stop is right around the corner: Combo Breaker 2025 is from May 23 to May 25.
Another big fighting game is absent from Japanese tournaments: Mortal Kombat is banned in the country. However, we have Pro Kompetition 2025 qualifiers up and running in other regions.MK1 gamescom LATAMwas the most recent tournament.
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