Hailing from Japan, Take Enters Ultimate Tournament XVI

Introducing the next international competitor to the upcoming Ultimate Tournament XVI in France, Take from Japan! You may be more familiar with this player after he managed to enter top 8 at EVO this year or maybe from him being a True Tekken God rank alongside Nobi in Japan during TTT2's age. This heavyweight Bob / Bryan player will be making his debut in Europe by facing off against Europe's best players alongside fellow international player Only Practice from Korea. Ultimate Tournament XVI will be taking place this October on the 17th in Pourrieres, France with even more international competition to come in the future. For now, you can familiarize yourself with Take with the following video.

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Korean Challenger Only Practice Enters Ultimate Tournament XVI

Presenting the first international competitor for the upcoming UTXVI tournament in France, Only Practice from Korea! Only Practice will be entering the tournament bringing his signature style of extremely good execution and combo optimization in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. This marks a rare occasion since it's not often that you see Only Practice play outside of Korea so this will be Only Practice's first time playing in Europe. Only Practice is amongst the first of the international competition announced for UTXVI with more to come in the future. A trailer video for the new challenger has been prepared and is now available for viewing. Europe's upcoming large scale Ultimate Tournament XVI will be taking place at Pourrieres, France in October this year.

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MASTERCUP EVO 2015 Interview with Japan's ORZ Yuu & Nobi

Japan's most famous Tekken playing duo Yuu & Nobi recently got picked up by the Otaku React Zest group which is a company that is set out to spread the otaku 'Akiba culture' which may have a negative connotation depending on who you ask. Their recent efforts have them sponsoring top Tekken players to EVO which is what's making this a frightfully difficult tournament to come up top now with the increase in well regarded foreign players. MASTERCUP sat down with both Yuu & Nobi to ask what they feel and think traveling across the world and competing in such an event, as well as general past experiences and who they're watching out for. The complete Japanese interview is now published on the MASTERCUP website which you can see in the URL. I can't currently provide a full translation of the interview so feel free to use complete auto translate but I've done a little bit of the interview below.

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EVO 2015 - Schedule and Tekken 7 Pools Now Available

The pool scheduling as well as player brackets for Evo 2015 which is happening on July 17 - 19 are now out for viewing. Tekken 7 pools will be played out on both Friday & Saturday which unforunately leaves out the previous plan which was to have Friday as a practice day. Nonetheless, pools start at 8:00 am local time so be sure to get there early to participate. Now that the Tekken 7 brackets are also out, you can see the vast number of international Japanese competitors in it to win the tournament so the competition will of course be really fierce at this year's Evo. Don't forget however that there's also the TTT2 side tournament being organised at the BYOC area at Evo so there's more Tekken to play beside the official Tekken 7 tournament. Have a great time everyone.

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Ultimate Tournament XVI Announcement - It's Back on October 17th

Ultimate Tournament XVI - This year's installment of the largest Tekken tournament in France can now be announced to be taking place on the 17th of October this year! It is set to be held in Pourrieres, France near the port city of Marseille located at the southern side of the French country. This will be no doubt, a big event for Tekken in Europe and the competition will be the strongest it has ever been for this time around. Europe will have to pool it's players together to defend their turf against the incoming Japanese, Korean, American and even Venezuelan players coming in to take home the victory. A victory which is being guaranteed to be worth at least €800 which is being given out amongst the top placers at the event. Mark the date: Saturday, 17th of October as it'll be a Tekken event not to miss this year!

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