This season is here again.
The official team league for "Street Fighter 6," "Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2025 (hereafter, SFL: Pro-JP 2025)," will kick off on Friday, August 29, 2025.
For the fifth consecutive year, Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. will be the top partner, and the total prize money is 15 million yen!
We bring you the joint interview held prior to the opening of "SFL: Pro-JP 2025"!
The team we are interviewing this time is "Crazy Raccoon."
Interview with Crazy Raccoon!
- Dogura: (2024 record) 71% win rate / 55 points acquired
- Shuto: (2024 record) 50% win rate / 50 points acquired
- Kazunoko: (2024 record) 67% win rate / 75 points acquired
- Bonchan: (2024 record) 56% win rate / 60 points acquired
(The following block quotes are translated from Japanese.)
― Please tell us about the characters you plan to use and your impression of Crazy Raccoon.
Dogura: I think I'll continue to use M. Bison, and Elena feels good, so I want to play with those two characters.
Crazy Raccoon finished second last season, and it was a frustrating feeling to be so close, so this year, we're aiming for first place.
Last season, I didn't emphasize finishing first in the qualifiers much, thinking "If we're in the top 3, we'll make the playoffs, so it'll work out," but then I really felt the big advantage of finishing first.
This year, we're going into it with the mindset of finishing first in the qualifiers and winning the playoffs!
Shuto: In addition to Akuma and Marisa, I'm exploring if I can use another character.
This year, for Crazy Raccoon, it was difficult to decide the lineup in the early stages due to each member's main characters changing, but towards the end, we started scoring points and felt like we were getting in shape.
This year, we have that advantage from the start, and we'll be adding other characters, so I want to pick up the pace from the beginning.
Kazunoko: I'm thinking of using Jamie in addition to Cammy.
This year, I think everyone will probably approach the SFL with multiple characters.
The rules have changed, and the importance of the fourth member has increased, but since all four members of Crazy Raccoon are strong, I think it will work out quite favorably for us.
We want to get through the qualifiers in a better position and win the offline finals.
Bonchan: My characters are Akuma, Sagat, and Terry.
This year, Tachikawa also joined Crazy Raccoon as a coach.
I think that's a clear advantage that other teams don't have, so I hope we can come up with a good strategy with the coach for the new rules as well.
I'm confident this year too.
― As you mentioned, "SFL: Pro-JP 2025" seems to be a tournament where the overall strength of four players will be questioned due to the rule changes.
Dogura: It's hard to put into words, but when I was a reserve, there were times when I calmed down, thinking "Oh, I don't have to play today," but this year that won't be allowed.
Furthermore, the weight of the points has increased, so the overall strength of the team will be tested.
In addition, there were quite a few teams until now where an absolute ace would just win a lot and somehow make it work, so in that sense, I think Crazy Raccoon's high overall strength will work to our advantage.
― What is the appeal of Crazy Raccoon?
Dogura: As for content we can deliver to our fans, I feel like "Owaren," the practice matches among this team, will start again this year.
I think the person who wins a lot in this practice will take the lead of the team, so we'll approach practice as if it were the real thing.
Don't miss our regular practice streams!
― Please tell us your impression of Division S.
Dogura: Division S has Good 8 Squad, who won last season, so all teams will be wary of them.
The players making their league debut this year are Sahara, Kobayan, Takagi, and Seiya.
Each team has new players, so I'm paying attention to how they play and how much they win.
Shuto: Looking at it again, I suddenly thought, "Our team is strong."
All the teams are strong, but when you look at overall strength, we can go against various people evenly, and everyone has a high win rate.
I won't know until it actually starts, but at this stage, I think we might be the strongest.
Kazunoko: Good 8 Squad is a really strong team, so whether we can beat them will determine if we can pass the qualifiers in first place.
Conversely, if we suffer a big loss to another team, the qualifiers will be quite difficult. We can't let our guard down for even one match.
However, the members of REJECT and ZETA DIVISION Geekly in Division F are all stable, so I think it was lucky that we are in a different division from them.
Bonchan: I thought the members of Victrix FAV gaming were interesting.
Sako was originally the face of Victrix FAV gaming, I think. Fujimura, Moke, and Ryukichi are the three who has been close friends.
I have the impression that they often practiced together, so perhaps they will be good at strategizing.
I also think Saishunkan Sol Kumamoto has a good composition.
Their members have changed quite a bit and they look strong. Well, our team is stronger, though! (laughs)
I get the impression that we'll be competing with them at the top.
