Evo Japan 2019

The 2019 Japanese Evolution Championship Series, commonly referred to as Evo Japan 2019, was a fighting game event held in Fukuoka, Japan on February 15-17. This was the second Evo event to take place in Japan. The event offered tournaments for various fighting games, such as Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and King of Fighters XIV.

2019 Japanese Evolution Championship Series
Tournament information
LocationFukuoka, Japan
DatesFebruary 15–17, 2019[1]
Venue(s)Fukuoka Convention Center
Purse¥10,000,000 (US $91735)[2]
Final positions
Champions
  • SFVAE: Yusuke Momochi
  • T7: Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique
  • GGXrdR2: "Samitto"
  • BBTAG: "Tomo/relo"
  • SC6: Kevin "Keev" Akre
  • KOF14: Murakami "M'" Masanobu
Tournament statistics
Attendance13,000 (all three days)[3]

Games

Evo Japan 2019 featured six games in its lineup as announced through the office website. The lineup consisted of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, King of Fighters XIV, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Soulcalibur VI, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.

Results
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition[4][5][6]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Yusuke Momochi Victrix|Momochi Zeku, Kolin
2nd Keita Ai CYG|Fuudo Birdie, R. Mika
3rd Powell Cammy
4th Victor Woodley REC|Punk Karin, Nash
5th Koichiro Matsumoto Yoshimoto|Jyobin Necalli
Naoki Nemoto Liquid|Nemo Urien
7th Li-Wei Lin UYO|OilKing Rashid
Junichi Tanabe Crusher Birdie
Tekken 7[4][5][6]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Arslan Siddique VSLASH|Arslan Ash Kazumi
2nd Alexandre Laverez PBE|AK Shaheen, Paul
3rd Jae-Hyeon Kim CherryBerryMango Jin, Noctis
4th THY|Chikurin Geese, Jin
5th Jimmy Tran WG|Jimmy J Tran Bryan
Destiny Geese, Asuka, Akuma
7th Nopparut Hempamorn WG|Book Jin
Choi Jinwoo Saint JACK-7
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2[4][5][6]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st WG|Samitto Chipp
2nd Chachacha Kum
3rd Tomo Leo
4th Masahiro Tominaga YG|Machabo Ky, Sol
5th 310 Venom
WG|Lox Jam
7th Nage Faust
Zadi Raven
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle[4][5][6]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Tomoyasu Nakata Tsurugi|Tomo/Relo Mai/Gordeau
2nd Aicormakkos Ruby/Gordeau
3rd Hide Ruby/Gordeau
4th KYONOentremete Mitsuru/Yuzuriha
5th Shige Orie/Izayoi
Noble Carmine/Es
7th Pizamayo Blake/Yuzuriha
Gouda Gordeau/Nu-13
Soulcalibur VI[4][5][6]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Kevin Akre SF|Keev Nightmare
2nd Jovian Chan Shen Chan Cervantes
3rd SHK Zasalamel
4th Raymus Chang Jin Yuan Shen Yuan Siegfried, Sophitia
5th Tamonegi Maxi
Shiwapon Sophitia
7th KANG-MIN Taki
Jashin Ivy
King of Fighters XIV[4][5][6]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st Masanobu Murakami Sanwa|M' Shun'ei/Billy/Iori, Benimaru/Shun'ei/Iori
2nd Chiahung Lin Blackwell|E.T. Blue Mary/Billy/Oswald, Choi/Blue Mary/Oswald
3rd Score Choi/Najd/Mature, Najd/Heidern/Mature
4th SR Leona/Kim/Gang-Il
5th Zhuojun Zeng DouyuTV|Xiao Hai Alice/Blue Mary/Iori, Alice/Shun'ei/Iori
Laggia Alice/Blue Mary/Shun'ei
7th CG|Pineapple Zarina/Hein/Oswald
Akira Alice/Blue Mary/Shun'eil, Alice/Shun'ei/Leona

References
  1. "Outline". Evojapan.net. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. Hills, Dakota 'DarkHorse' (15 January 2019). "EVO Japan's prize pools reach over $90,000 for the mainstage titles with Tekken 7 payouts larger than the World Tour Finals". EventHubs.
  3. "EVO Japan 2019 Tournament Results". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. "EVO Japan 2019: Round Up + Full List of Winners". Playasia Blog. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. Taylor, Nicholas 'MajinTenshinhan' (14 February 2019). "EVO Japan 2019 results". EventHubs. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. "Evolution Championship Series: Japan 2019". Liquipedia Fighting Games Wiki. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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