Saiga NAK reported on-site for three days during the fighting game festival EVO Japan 2026 presented by Leverages (EVO Japan 2026), which was held from Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3, 2026. As the only media outlet in the world to cover all 12 main tournaments, we are bringing you an exclusive photo report of the action from the 2XKO tournament category!
Looking Back at the Main Tournament 2XKO!
The following eight players advanced to the final tournament:
- M80 Hikari
- M8 Wawa
- TSM Leffen
- Evil Geniuses Supernoon
- Kayne
- ONi bleed
- DRX poka
- DFM Ikoan
Winners Semifinals: Hikari vs Wawa
Winners Semifinals: Leffen vs Supernoon
Leffen noticed an issue in the middle of the match and requested a monitor replacement.
Despite a 30-minute delay, Supernoon kept his focus and took the victory.
Losers Round 1: Kayne vs bleed
Losers Round 1: Ikoan vs poka
Saiga NAKAll eyes were on this high-stakes showdown between Japanese players.
The crowd wondered how many EVO champions Japan would produce this year...
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Saiga NAKIkoan secured the win, and poka was eliminated from the tournament.
Losers Quarterfinals: Leffen vs bleed
Saiga NAKLosers Quarterfinals: Ikoan vs Wawa
Saiga NAKWinners Finals: Hikari vs Supernoon
Saiga NAKThe Winners Finals determined the first player to lock in a spot in the Grand Finals!
Saiga NAKHikari clutched out the set to advance straight to the Grand Finals!
Losers Semifinals: Wawa vs bleed
Saiga NAKWawa came out on top in the Losers Semifinals!
Losers Finals: Wawa vs Supernoon
Saiga NAKA massive matchup with a Grand Finals spot on the line!
Saiga NAKSupernoon outplayed Wawa, who was fatigued from playing back-to-back sets, earning himself a rematch against Hikari!
Grand Finals: Hikari vs Supernoon
Saiga NAKA run-back of the Winners Finals.
Supernoon's Teemo slowly applied pressure, but Hikari remained completely unfazed.
Saiga NAKHikari reached match point, but both players traded hits with a sliver of health left as the clock ran down... timeout! Supernoon survived by a hair.
Still, Hikari's momentum proved unstoppable as he reset and cruised to victory with three straight wins!
Saiga NAKUsually calm and collected, Hikari let out a massive roar of triumph!
Saiga NAK- 1st: Hikari
- 2nd: Supernoon
- 3rd: Wawa
- 4th: bleed
- 5th: Leffen
- 5th: Ikoan
- 7th: poka
- 7th: Kayne
