April 3, 2023
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan gamer Arslan “Ash” Siddique won the Tekken 7 competition at EVO Japan 2023 on Sunday after beating South Korea’s Meo-IL.
The Lahore-based player has now won three EVO titles. In 2019, he won the Tekken 7 tournament in Japan as well as the Evolution Championship Series in the United States.
In August last year, he finished third in the EVO 2022 Tekken 7 competition.
On Sunday, Siddique played as Zafina to dominate Meo-IL, who was using Geese Howard, 3-0 in the tournament’s final leg.
【#EVOJ23 "TEKKEN 7"優勝者決定】
Grand Final Arslan Ash VS Meo-ILさすがパキスタンの王！
完成度の高さで圧倒した、納得の優勝🔥＿人人人人人人人人＿
＞ Arslan Ash ＜
￣Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y^Y￣Congratulations!!!!!!!!#EVOJapan2023 pic.twitter.com/okL2i23ha4
— EVO Japan 2023 (@evojapan2023) April 2, 2023
The top three winners, including third-placed Rangchu from South Korea, were later awarded cash and additional prizes by Tekken series game director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada.
【#EVOJ23 "TEKKEN 7"表彰式】
上位3名には賞金のほか、豪華副賞が贈られました🎁
どの試合も達人の間合いでひりつく緊張感がありました！
誠におめでとうございます‼️🥇Arslan Ash
🥈Meo-IL
🥉Rangchu#EVOJapan2023 pic.twitter.com/EMEwY1OheE— EVO Japan 2023 (@evojapan2023) April 2, 2023
According to the website for the tournament, EVO is the world’s biggest fighting game tournament with a long history where fighting game players from around the world gather in Las Vegas to compete against each other. It added that EVO Japan is another world championship in the same spirit of the main EVO tournament.
In February, another Pakistani, Atif Butt, emerged as the new “King of the Iron Fist” after winning the Tekken World Tour 2022 videogame tournament in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Butt was a member of the team founded by Ash himself.