A photo report from the "EVO Japan 2025 presented by Levtech (hereinafter, EVO Japan 2025)," a fighting game festival held from Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 11, 2025.
We take a look at the main tournament for the "Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (hereinafter, GBVSR)" division, where 7 out of the Top 8 competitors were from Japan!
"GBVSR" Heats Up with the Rise of Japanese Competitors
The players who advanced to the Top 8 were...
- しお (hereinafter, Shio)
- ひのきの棒 (hereinafter, Hinokinobo)
- Zangief_Dream
- 傘兎 (hereinafter, Kasausagi)
- IBUSHIGIN とろろ (hereinafter, Tororo)
- a1r0ke
- debagame
- OGA 小雨 (hereinafter, Kosame)
(Names are based on start.gg)
Winners Semifinals: Shio vs Hinokinobo
Shio won 3 to 2.
Winners Semifinals: Kasausagi vs Zangief_Dream
Kasausagi won 3 to 1.
Losers Round 1: Tororo vs a1r0ke
a1r0ke won 2 to 3.
Losers Round 1: debagame vs Kosame
debagame won 3 to 0.
Losers Quarterfinals: Zangief_Dream vs a1r0ke
Zangief_Dream won 3 to 0.
Losers Quarterfinals: debagame vs Hinokinobo
Hinokinobo won 1 to 3.
Winners Final Shio vs Kasausagi
Kasausagi won 1 to 3.
Losers Semifinals: Zangief_Dream vs Hinokinobo
Zangief_Dream won 3 to 2.
Losers Final Shio vs Zangief_Dream
Zangief_Dream won 0 to 3.
Final Kasausagi vs Zangief_Dream
Kasausagi won 3 to 2 and took the victory!
The Winner is Kasausagi! First Large-Scale Tournament Victory
I've been playing Ferry since the release of "Granblue Fantasy: Versus," the previous game before GBVSR, and this is my first time winning such a big tournament, so I'm truly happy.
Thank you very much.
(Translated from Japanese)
- 1st place: Kasausagi
- 2nd place: Zangief_Dream
- 3rd place: Shio
- 4th place: Hinokinobo
- 5th place: a1r0ke
- 5th place: debagame
- 7st place: Tororo
- 7st place: Kosame