![[EVO Japan 2025] MenaRD Wins the Street Fighter 6 Division!](https://i0.wp.com/uploads.saigacdn.com/2025/05/evojapan-2025-streetfighter-6-tournament-final-00.jpg "[EVO Japan 2025] MenaRD Wins the Street Fighter 6 Division!")
A photo report from the "Street Fighter 6" main tournament division of "EVO Japan 2025 presented by LevTech (hereafter, EVO Japan 2025)," the fighting game festival held from Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 11, 2025!
MenaRD Wins the "Street Fighter 6" Division
The players who advanced to Top 8 were:
- Momochi, from ZETA
- Ryukichi, from FAV
- MenaRD, from WBG RB
- Akira, from REJECT
- kobayan, from SS Kumamoto A.M.G
- Higuchi, from ZETA
- NL, from Falcons
- Leshar, from DRX
(Names are based on start.gg)
Winners Semifinals: Momochi vs. Ryukichi
Ryukichi won 3-2.
Winners Semifinals: MenaRD vs. Akira
MenaRD won 3-1.
Losers Round 1: kobayan vs. Higuchi
kobayan won 3-2.
Losers Round 1: NL vs. Leshar
Leshar won 3-0.
Losers Quarterfinals: Akira vs. kobayan
kobayan won 3-2.
Losers Quarterfinals: Momochi vs. Leshar
Momochi won 3-2.
Winners Final: Ryukichi vs. MenaRD
MenaRD won 3-2.
Losers Semifinals: kobayan vs. Momochi
kobayan won 3-1.
Losers Final: Ryukichi vs. kobayan
Saiga NAKRyukichi won 3-2.
Grand Final: MenaRD vs. Ryukichi
MenaRD won 3-1! He took home the championship.
I want to thank everybody that's here. Thanks to god, my team, Weibo, Red Bull, and everybody that came to this tournament. Everyone knows that this was a very difficult season for me. Blanka was not as strong, and I’ve lost Luke, so I had a pretty rough year, but something that I learned this year is that, you never have to stop believing in yourself. I think we all need a little bit of delusion in this impossible life. Thank you.
And one more thing.
Umehara-san, please tell me when. I'm waiting for you.
Thank you!
- 1st Place: MenaRD
- 2nd Place: Ryukichi
- 3rd Place: kobayan
- 4th Place: Momochi
- 5th Place: Akira
- 5th Place: Leshar
- 7th Place: Higuchi
- 7th Place: NL
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