On December 14 (Sat) and 15 (Sun), 2024, the " National Prefectural eSports Championship 2024 SAGA " was held at SAGA Arena in Saga Prefecture. The competition was held at SAGA Arena in Saga Prefecture in 2024, with heated competition in four different titles: "IdentityV 5th Personality," "Puyo Puyo eSports," "Pazudora," and "eFootball. Puyopuyo eSports " was held in two divisions, one for elementary school students and the other for the general public. Yuki (@kryu_puyo ) from Tokyo won the elementary school division, and Tomokun (@tomokunblue ) from Tokyo won the general division!
The winner of the "Puyopuyo eSports" category was decided!
The semi-finals were held on the first day with the winners of the preliminary rounds held in various locations, and the winners advanced to the finals on the second day. The final tournament was presented by ALF as the play-by-play commentator, momoken as the commentator, and Shiyota as the professional player.
In the elementary school division, Yoshi and Yuki faced off!
The final tournament of the elementary school division featured a matchup between Yoshi, representing Shiga Prefecture, and Yuki, representing Tokyo!
The final game was a heated contest, with both players sending Ojamapuyo to each other in the midst of many chains of Puyos, and both players erasing all the Puyos they could.
In the final game, the two players sent Ojama-Puyo to Yuki, who tried to prevent his big chain from forming, but Yuki was able to keep the Ojama-Puyo at bay and continued to build his chain.
Both Yoshi and Yuki try to place their Puyos and send them all at once to their opponents, but Yuki is the first to set up a chain and takes one!
Yoshi tried to regain his momentum and win again, but it was already too late. Yuki takes the win with 10 moves!
I'm so happy to have won after I made a big chain at the end!
In the general division, Tomo-kun and An were competing against each other!
In the general division, we have Tomokun, a JeSU pro-licensed player representing Tokyo, and An, a representative of Mie prefecture!
An took the lead in the first round, but Tomokun quickly caught up. An attacked and tried to control Tomokun's movements, but Tomokun remained unmoved.
An tried to take advantage of Tomokun's opening by using a variety of strategies, but Tomokun was able to get back in front of An at every turn. A chain battle ensues, but Tomokun keeps digging and watching An's situation.
An shows a big chain of 12, but Tomokun shows 15 chains of all erase. He scored 118,000 points.
Tomo-kun was up 9 to 2. An was sent an Ojamapuyo from a large number of chains, but was unable to return it, and Tomo-kun won his fourth consecutive championship with a score of 10!
Saiga NAKAn is a good player, so I was happy that I was able to respond well to her by being aware of how to set up a good form so that I could be ready for any moves she might make.
With this victory, Yuki has won the championship for the second year in a row, and Tomokun has won the championship for the fourth year in a row! Mr. Ouchi sent his praise.
Interview with Tomokun and Yuki, the winners!
Q. It must be tough to keep winning first place, but what motivates you to keep winning?
Tomokun: I did my best because of the cheering voices and the desire to hold consecutive championships.
Yuki: My idol is Tomo-kun, so I wanted to win with him.
Q. What made you decide to compete in this tournament?
Tomo-kun: I am in my fourth year of university, and I was busy with various things, so I thought it would be okay not to compete, but I wanted to go to Saga with Yuki and win the championship, so I decided to compete.
Yuki: I entered the competition because Tomo-kun was my goal.
Q. You said that you adapt the way you stack Puyos depending on your opponent.
Tomo-kun: I can tell who is this type of player, or who is aggressive or defensive.
Yuki: If I play 10 games ahead of time, I can tell what kind of style my opponent has by the fifth game or so. But I don't like to win by taking countermeasures, and I want to win by continuing to play my own Puyos. This time, I really wanted to win, so I took countermeasures, but usually I want to win by continuing to play my own Puyos.
Q. What are your ambitions for next year?
Tomokun: I think I will participate again next year, so I will do my best to win 5 consecutive championships!
Yuki: If I am able to participate in the general division next year, I would like to compete against strong players and fight Tomo-kun in the finals!