Bandai Namco Presents the Tekken Pro Championships with Over $10,000 in Prize Pool

1.5 Million Yen is on the line today in Japan as 8 officially recognized 'Pro' gamers for Tekken 7 battle it out. The action kicks off at 5:45 PM in Tokyo on March 24 which translates to 1:45 AM Pacific and 4:45 AM Eastern time so you might want to grab a coffee for this occasion. The top level players from the country competing in this double elimination tournament are Yuu, Noroma, Hakai Oh, Take, Nobi, Pekos, Double & lastly AO. This high profile Japanese tournament event is being simultaneously streamed live on the official Twitch Tekken channel and the losers side of the tournament being broadcasted on the 876TV YouTube channel so be sure to tune in live if you don't want to miss out.

TEKKEN Pro Championships Stream ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/tekken

Losers Side Stream ≫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlsLhUXVzJ0

Tekken 7 Pro Champ Site ≫ http://www.tk7.tekken-official.jp/esports/pro_champ.php

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EVO 2015 Runner-Up AO from Japan is Heading to UTXVI

Once again, the next international competitor entering France's large-scale Ultimate Tournament XVI is BlackEye AO from Japan! 3rd place at EVO 2014, Runner-up at EVO 2015, MASTERCUP.6 & Tougeki (SBO) 2012 championship and even more are all under his belt making him a heavyweight Tekken competitor. AO will be joining fellow Japanese player Take to take on not only Europe's best Tekken players, but also every other international competitor entering. This won't be his first time into the territory either after coming home the champion of France's Republic of Fighters 3 tournament so it will be well worth looking forward to seeing how he performs in the tournament come this October 17th. Only Practice from Korea and Take/Ao from Japan are the first batch of players confirmed for the event with even more players and announcements to come for the tournament in the future so you can all look forward to what will be a great event for Tekken.

Ultimate_Tournament Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/Ultimate_TA

Tekken Arena Facebook ≫ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTekkenArena

Tournament Registration ≫ http://tekkenarena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=264&t=7304

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Republic Of Fighters #3 | Fighting Game Tournament Held on May 17 – 18 in Paris

UPDATE: Added the newly released AO teaser for the event!

ROF is a fighting game tournament being held in Paris, France next month that features TTT2 in the lineup. The tournament features cash prizes equating to 3500€ as well as international players such as Ryan Hart and Japan’s AO in confirmed attendance. If you happen to be in the region looking for the next best event to go for after UTXV, this is it. For more information on the tournament you can head to the English version of the website or contact the Tekken event manager for the event – Alhassane Stinson over here.

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Full MASTERCUP.6 Results, Japan & Korea Takes It!

After 15 straight hours of pure Tekken, we have finally found our team that prevails over everyone else in the massive 5on5 MASTERCUP.6 tournament. The "AO-chan Daisuki Kiss Shite" team consisting of Japan's AO, Pon & Zeugaru alongside Korea's Qudans & Secret successfully defeated team "Dai Nihon Fuuryoku Hatsudensho (Gaiden)" in the Grand Finals to take home the crown. It's been a long journey for the combined Japan and Korean team but they deserve a big congratulations for overcoming the gargantuan amount of entrants the tournament had. You can see the full results below and be sure to come back tomorrow as the massive 7on7 KRvsJP event will be taking place.

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MASTERCUP.6 - Help Me!! and Qudans Attending

This year's MASTERCUP.6 tournament in Japan looks to have some strong Korean players attending once again to try and take on the very best that Japan has to offer in the big 5on5 tournament series. Help Me will be returning to the Mastercup tournament after losing out to Shana's team just outside of Top 8 of MC.5 and Qudans will be joining Help Me and hopefully not dropping out like last time. The players are already registered up on the official website and it's surprising to see that they're both on AO's team. Qudans has registered under his Mishima team (Kazuya/Devil Jin) while Help Me is registered with his Paul/Marduk team. Hit the link to see the team.

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