Hidetaka Kano, Hiroki Goto, Jason Momoa, and Others Take the Stage at the “Street Fighter: The Movie” Special Event Celebrating Its Return to Japan! A Street Fighter II Showdown on a Giant Screen, Too!

At the special “Street Fighter: The Movie” homecoming event in Japan, a star-studded cast—including Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, and Jason Momoa —took the stage, along with Hidetaka Kano, who provides the Japanese dub for the film.
They promoted *Street Fighter: The Movie*, which is set for a simultaneous worldwide release on Friday, October 16, 2026.

Star-Studded Cast Appears at Street Fighter: The Movie Special Event in Japan

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...And so, on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, a special " Street Fighter: The Movie " Japan Homecoming Event was held at the plaza in front of PePe at Seibu Shinjuku Station.

Hiroki Goto ( @510njpw ), who plays Edmond Honda.

Hidetaka Kano ( @kano9x ), the Japanese voice actor for Joe.

Takayuki Nakayama ( @takaNakayama ), director of "Street Fighter 6" and a producer on "Street Fighter: The Movie."

Kitao Sakurai ( @kitao_sakurai ), director of *Street Fighter: The Movie*.

Noah Centineo ( @ncentineo ), who plays Ken.

Centineo has a particularly great vibe.

Andrew Koji, who plays Ryu.

Callina Liang ( @callina.liang ), who plays Chun-Li.

Jason Momoa ( @prideofgypsies ), who plays Blanka.

With a 3-2-1 countdown, the world premiere trailer for *Street Fighter: The Movie* was shown on the UnicaVision screen.

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The approximately 3-minute trailer features characters such as Ryu, who appears on the verge of awakening his “Hado of Murderous Intent,” as well as Dhalsim, Balrog, Vega, and Dan.

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*Street Fighter: The Movie* will be released worldwide simultaneously on Friday, October 16, 2026.

Film Overview
Title	Street Fighter: The Movie
Director	Kitao Sakurai
Executive Producer	J.J. Hook, Jay Ashenfelder, Kenzo Tsujimoto, Haruhiro Tsujimoto
Producers	Mary Parent, Kale Boiter, Jason Momoa, Takayuki Nakayama, Stephan Makul
Starring	Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Karina Liang, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i,David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Andrew Schultz, Vidyut Jarmwal, Eric André, Orville Peck, Olivier Richters, Hiroki Goto, Raina Barrandingham,Alexander Volkanovski, Kyle Mooney, Mel Janson, Featuring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Jason Momoa, and others
Japanese Dub Cast	Hiroki Takahashi, Yuji Kishi, Fumiko Orikasa, Hiroki Yasumoto, Miyuki Sawashiro, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Cho, and others
Original Title	Street Fighter
Distributor	Towa Pictures / Toho

Hidetaka Kano vs. Hiroki Goto "Street Fighter II" Showdown Also Takes Place

In the latter half of the event, a "Street Fighter II" showdown between Mr. Kano and Mr. Goto also took place.
The match was projected onto the Unica Vision screen, drawing the attention of the entire Shinjuku area.

Kano emerged victorious.
This played out exactly as he had declared before the match: “ I can’t beat him in real life, but in the world of video games, I’ll beat the crap out of him! ”