{"id":3339,"date":"2026-04-11T03:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/3339\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:35:22","slug":"capcom-cup-12-which-ended-with-a-victory-for-the-japanese-player-saahara-is-recounted-in-38-photos-from-the-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/3339\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPCOM CUP 12, which ended with a victory for the Japanese player, Saahara, is recounted in 38 photos from the event."},"content":{"rendered":"

CAPCOM CUP 12″ in Review<\/p>\n

The 48-player tournament was held, and the top 16 players on the final day were as follows.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal 1: Fudo vs Blaz
\n\"\u3075\uff5e\u3069\u9078\u624b\"FudoSaiga NAK
\n\"Blaz\u9078\u624b\"BlazSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

The quarterfinal match was between Fudo and Blaz.<\/p>\n

\"\u3075\uff5e\u3069\u30fb\u5009\u6301\u592b\u59bb\"
\"\u3075\uff5e\u3069\u30fb\u5009\u6301\u592b\u59bb\"Fudo and KuramochiSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

Hugging with his wife, Yuka Kuramochi (@yukakuramoti<\/a> ), who was cheering for him in the front row of the hall. Unfortunately, Japanese player Fudo was eliminated from the tournament.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal Game 2: Sahara vs DualKevin
\n\"DualKevin\u9078\u624b\"DualKevinSaiga NAK
\n\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"SaaharaSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

The second quarterfinal match was played between Saahara and DualKevin.<\/p>\n

\"DualKevin\u9078\u624b\"
\"DualKevin\u9078\u624b\"
\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

Saahara won after gradually getting his moves together!<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal Game 3: Vxbao vs Higuchi
\n\"\u3072\u3050\u3061\u9078\u624b\"HiguchiSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

The third quarterfinal match was Vxbao vs.<\/p>\n

\"\u3072\u3050\u3061\u9078\u624b\"Saiga NAK
\n\"Vxbao\u9078\u624b\"VxbaoSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

HIGUCHI won with an overwhelming victory!<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal Game 4: micky vs Kilzyou
\n\"micky\u9078\u624b\"Player mickySaiga NAK
\n\"Kilzyou\u9078\u624b\"KilzyouSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

The fourth quarterfinal match was between micky and Kilzyou. Kilzyou wins to advance to the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Semifinal 1: Sahara vs Blaz
\n\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"SaharaSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

I knew Blaz was super strong when I was watching from the audience. I just have to do my best to win.<\/p>\n

\"Blaz\u9078\u624b\"BlazSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

I am very happy to have made it to the semifinals. I have nothing but confidence in myself!<\/p>\n

\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

The two players were evenly matched until the middle of the game, but it was Saahara who won the overly heated battle!<\/p>\n

Semifinal 2: Kilzyou vs Higuchi
\n\"Kilzyou\u9078\u624b\"KilzyouSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

To be honest, I am very relieved to have qualified for the EWC. Today is my birthday, so please support me!<\/p>\n

\"\u3072\u3050\u3061\u9078\u624b\"HiguchiSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

First of all, happy birthday to Kilzyou! I think I am riding a wave right now, having beaten strong players such as Leshar and Vxbao to reach the top 4. I have two more matches to play, so I want to win and win the championship.<\/p>\n

\"\u3072\u3050\u3061\u9078\u624b\u3068Kilzyou\u9078\u624b\"
\"Kilzyou\u9078\u624b\"Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

It was a close match that went all the way to a full set, but Kilzyou won!<\/p>\n

3rd place match: Blaz vs HIGUCHI
\n\"Blaz\u9078\u624b\u3068\u3072\u3050\u3061\u9078\u624b\"Blaz and HiguchiSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

Blaz and Higuchi faced off in the third-place match.<\/p>\n

\"Blaz\u9078\u624b\"
\"\u3072\u3050\u3061\u9078\u624b\"Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

Higuchi, who had been playing in the semi-finals for several consecutive rounds, came up one step short and finished in 4th place. Blaz won the third place.<\/p>\n

Final: Sahara vs Kilzyou
\n\"\u30a2\u30fc\u30eb\u3055\u3093\u3068RyanEarl and Ryan HartSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

Finally, the “CAPCOM CUP 12” final was held!<\/p>\n

\"\u5802\u3005\u3068\u3057\u305f\u5165\u5834\"
\"\u5802\u3005\u3068\u3057\u305f\u5165\u5834\"
\"\u5802\u3005\u3068\u3057\u305f\u5165\u5834\"A grand entrance!Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

Both players enter the arena.<\/p>\n

\"Kilzyou\u9078\u624b\"KilzyouSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

I just want to do my best to win.<\/p>\n

\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"Mr. SaaharaSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

Just one word, let’s win!<\/p>\n

\"\u63e1\u624b\u3059\u308b\u4e21\u8005\"Both shaking handsSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

The “CAPCOM CUP 12” Grand Final was held to determine the “strongest” of the year.<\/p>\n

\"\u512a\u52dd\u306f\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\uff01\"
\"\u512a\u52dd\u306f\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\uff01\"The winner was Mr. Saahara!Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

Continuing the momentum from this year’s tournament, Mr. Saahara won the grand final! The victory was thanks to the “GlimPearl” lever-less controller supervised by Mr. Saahara.<\/p>\n

\"Kilzyou\u9078\u624b\"KilzyouSaiga NAK<\/p>\n

Kilzyou had been fighting a close battle up to this point, but he was unable to stop Saahara’s momentum.<\/p>\n

\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"
\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"
\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"
\"\u3055\u306f\u3089\u9078\u624b\"Saiga NAK<\/p>\n

The winner of the “CAPCOM CUP 12” received a prize of 1 million dollars. Congratulations again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPCOM CUP 12″ in Review The 48-player tournament was held, and the top 16 players on the final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3383,3385,8,17,3386,3384],"class_list":{"0":"post-3339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japan","8":"tag-capcom","9":"tag-game","10":"tag-japan","11":"tag-japanese","12":"tag-saiga-nak","13":"tag-street-fighter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}