It has been several years since e-sports became widely recognized. More and more cases have been found where eSports is used in various situations such as schools, local governments, care prevention, and corporate activities. Anytime, anywhere, with anyone. eSports has the potential to become a lubricant for communication, and it can be played casually anywhere, anytime, with anyone. This time, we covered the " SF6 TAIYO CUP 2024," an e-sports in-house tournament at TAIYO HOLDINGS CO! Employees from all over Japan who made it through the qualifying rounds gathered in Tokyo to compete in a fierce battle!
TAIYO HOLDINGS also sponsors the Street Fighter League.
The brand statement " A fun world is created by people who have fun. TAIYO HOLDINGS has sponsored the Street Fighter League for four consecutive years under the brand statement, "The world of fun is created by people who have fun. TAIYO HOLDINGS manufactures and sells solder resist, an electronics material that is indispensable in the digital domain, including automobiles, smartphones, home video game consoles, and peripheral devices. As the company expands its business, with the number of employees increasing 1.8 times over the past 10 years, an e-sports tournament was planned to unify the company's will and invigorate communication.
Greetings from Ms. Yukiko Yoshino, Executive Officer / Chief Branding Officer, Taiyo Holdings Corporation
Thank you very much for coming here today. As the scale of our business expands and the number of group companies increases, we host the TAIYO CUP in the hope that our employees will have the opportunity to interact with each other, which they do not normally have the chance to do. As you all know, our solder resist is used in many products such as game consoles, and we feel a connection with e-sports in that it is indispensable. I believe that e-sports will become a new world of dreams, as if it were an Olympic sport, and I hope to work with the company to create an enjoyable world. I think it will be a rare opportunity to play games in such a wonderful venue, so please enjoy the games with your teammates who have practiced hard.
The "SF6 TAIYO CUP 2024" Final, where fierce competitors gathered from five locations across Japan.
At the "SF6 TAIYO CUP 2024" held offline at a certain location in Tokyo, a total of nine teams, including the representative teams that won the regional qualifying tournaments held in Tokyo, Saitama, Osaka, Fukushima, and Fukuoka prefectures, plus two teams from Taiwan and Korea, clashed in a tournament! Mr. Frieda (@frieda0914 ) and producer Shuhei Matsumoto were on hand to provide commentary.
Nice to meet you! (Saitama, Japan)
Saiga NAKI was watching the practice, and I thought everyone was amazing...I'm scared...lol I hope I can win at least one game, or even win the championship! I am looking forward to meeting you!
Long time no see (Osaka)
Saiga NAKI'm from Osaka! We are originally three good friends, but this is a good opportunity for all of us to practice... right? (We will do our best!
Team Digibe (Osaka)
Saiga NAKI am very happy to be able to play games today at such an amazing venue. I hope to enjoy myself and go home!
Hamada and his henchmen(Tokyo)
Saiga NAKI've been polishing Luke's fist and Honda's head butt for this day, so I'm going to beat all the competitors and win the tournament! Thank you very much for your cooperation!
Team Dosanzi (Tokyo)
Saiga NAKWe have had a lot of fun practicing for this tournament, including the preliminary rounds, so we hope to have fun in the finals as well. We look forward to your support.
We will represent Nihonmatsu! (Fukushima)
Saiga NAKWe have practiced a lot for today, so first of all, we hope to show the results of our practice. Above all, I hope to have fun and deepen exchanges with everyone. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
On-bu ni Dakko (Fukuoka)
Saiga NAKAs the team name suggests, these two guys are "piggybacking" on him (lol). We hope you will watch their eye-catching play and his eye-catching play! Thank you very much.
Kagamihana Suigetsu (Korea)
Saiga NAKThank you for joining us today. I am honored. I have been practicing hard and I hope to win at least one game. I look forward to working with you!
Taiwan No.1 (Taiwan)
Saiga NAKWe have been training bloody hard for today! We're going to put it all together and fight, so look forward to today! (by local interpreter)
From beginners to experts, a lively showdown!
The "SF6 TAIYO CUP 2024" final was held with the participation of local employees from Korea and Taiwan. The atmosphere at the venue was warmed up by an unexpectedly strong statement from Taiwan.
Each team of three players played a winner-take-all game. Even if there is a difference in ability, upheavals can easily occur.
Thanks to modern controls that make it easy to execute special moves, even those with no fighting game experience can enjoy the excitement of "Street Fighter 6.
While most of the players used controllers (pads), there were many players who brought their own devices. Nice to meet you," the captain of the "Razer Kitsune " team, brought his own Razer Kitsune! who brought a Razer Kitsune, was " about 1700 MR, " according to Furi~da-san, who was watching the qualifying tournament.
The audience was excited to see the unique team balance of Fukuoka's "On-bu-ni-dakko." After both the spearhead and the midfielder were defeated early, the general came on the scene and turned the tables with three consecutive victories, which caused the audience to get excited!
The cafeteria was also cheering!
Taiyo Holdings also puts a lot of effort into its employee cafeteria. Handmade bread and cookies produced by the company cafeteria were on display at the event.
The quality is so high that we hope it will be displayed at the "Street Fighter League: World Championship 2024" to be held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in March 2025! It was displayed together with an acrylic stand of Capcom Cafe's original goods, so it seems that there are some hardcore fans in the cafeteria..!
The prizes for the winners were SFL tickets and photo rights!
The "SF6 TAIYO CUP 2024" final was held in the blink of an eye. The winning team will receive tickets to the "Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2024 Grand Final" as well as a photo opportunity with the winning team. The priceless and luxurious prizes will make the players even more excited.
The "piggyback" general is fighting hard! Using Rasheed, he won the championship with a series of victories!
The "On-bu-ni-dakko" team leader showed an outstanding performance. His teammates looked up to the heavens in amazement.
The runners-up, Hamada and his henchmen, also received tickets to the Street Fighter League: World Championship 2024. The event will be held at Ryogoku Kokugikan, where merchandise and activities will also be available.
The winner of the tournament was "Onbun Ondakko" who received tickets to the Street Fighter League: World Championship 2024 and Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2024 Grand Final, as well as a photo opportunity with the winning team! Street Fighter League: World Championship 2024" and "Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2024 Grand Final"! Congratulations!
Saiga NAKI'm going to retire this year, but thanks to him, I have good memories. Thank you very much!
Saiga NAKI really had to rely on him...he really carried me on his back. lol I really wanted to win at least one game, but he did a great job. I really wanted to win at least one race, but he did a great job. Thank you very much!
Saiga NAKI am happy to have won. I have been playing fighting games for a long time, and I am glad that so many people are playing this game. Thank you very much.
It was fun again as last year, and especially this year, I thought that the contestants have become more diverse. I am glad to see that people have been playing the game for so long, and we will continue to update the game and do our best so that people can continue to enjoy playing it! Thank you very much for showing us a good match today. I hope we can have a rivalry game with Capcom someday (laughs).
Summary by Mr. Hitoshi Saito, Representative Director and Vice President / CEO of Electronics Company, TAIYO HOLDINGS CO.
First of all, congratulations on winning the championship. I would also like to thank everyone for their hard work. I could feel the results of your amazing practice. Also, I would like to congratulate Korea and Taiwan! I think Korea also has great things to offer, so please keep up the good work and get stronger. Taiwan had nothing to do for more than 2 hours and I watched them drinking beer. lol Also, thank you to all the staff who planned and managed the event. Thank you Capcom for your cooperation as well.
I really enjoyed your thrilling, dynamic and exciting play. I used to like martial arts too, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to start...! I like Lily! (laughs) I think it is very good that we can communicate across borders through this kind of e-sports, so I would like to continue to do so. Let's realize an enjoyable society with this sense of togetherness! Thank you very much for your time today!
The event ended with a great deal of excitement, with gorgeous play-by-play commentary and prizes, transcending national borders, and on a scale that was hard to believe for an in-house tournament.
Anyone can enjoy e-sports. Street Fighter 6" in particular, in addition to being a flashy and easy-to-understand fighting game, has become much more accessible with the introduction of modern controls that allow players to easily execute special moves. We hope that working people who have seen this game will try to incorporate it into their company social gatherings and recreational activities! This is the "SF6 TAIYO CUP 2024" report.
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