EVO Japan 2026 drew a record 34,000 attendees, with Street Fighter 6 setting a Guinness World Record at 7,168 entrants and ZETA DIVISION's Yamaguchi becoming the first Japanese SF6 champion. Full international FGC report including MenaRD's Kemonomichi context, the Hokuto no Ken sidebracket pulling 10K viewers, and what r/FGC was actually saying.
TYPE-MOON, French-Bread and Aniplex announced Melty Blood: TWI-LUMINA at EVO Japan 2026 for an early 2027 launch. The teaser confirms Black Len's long-awaited playable debut, refined battle mechanics, and a story by Kinoko Nasu. Here's what FGC players abroad are debating: rollback netcode, EVO 2027 chances, and Switch 2 day-one parity.
While the world watches Inoue vs Nakatani and Daigo vs MenaRD, Japan's Golden Week 2026 packs 8 more events into the same eight days—including a single Saturday (May 2) where Tokyo Dome, Ryogoku Kokugikan, and Tokyo Big Sight all run major events at once. From EVO Japan to centuries-old folk festivals, here's what else is happening.
