Surprise Character Pick Helps Japan Take Home First Tekken World Tour Championship kotaku.com

Over the weekend, the Tekken World Tour finals played out in Bangkok, Thailand, bringing together some of the best Tekken 7 competitors in the world to fight for the year-end championship.
With Arslan Ash, Awais Honey, and last-chance qualifier Bilal Ilyas all part of the Tekken World Tour finals, many were looking for Pakistan to make a deep run in the main event.
AdvertisementWhile incredible Tekken 7 players in their own right, the grand finals matchup between Chikurin and Ulsan came as a surprise.
Afterwards, the rest of the Japanese contingency rushed the stage and hoisted Chikurin into the air in a display of solidarity, happy to see their country win its first Tekken World Tour championship.
“When Chikurin came over to practice before the Tekken World Tour finals, he grinded Akuma,” Yuu explained, according translations from fighting game community figurehead Andrew “jiyuna” Fidelis.