It's almost time for EVO Japan 2025!

21 April 2025

At the moment of writing, Evo Japan 2025 is less than a month away. The seventh edition of the hugely popular fighting games tournament is set to be held at the Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Halls in Tokyo (Japan) from Friday, May 9th, to Sunday, May 11th, 2025. The Evolution Championship Series: Japan 2025, as the event is called officially, has grown into one of the most-anticipated annual events for players and fans of fighting games in the world of international esports. While the tournament schedule has not been published yet, we do have a few useful details already, including the fighting game titles that will feature during Evo Japan 2025.
(You can watch the trailer for Evo Japan 2025 on their official Youtube channel via this link)

7 fighting game titles at Evo Japan 2025

Like last year, Evo Japan 2025 will feature a total of seven fighting game titles, including globally well-known titles like Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8. Players who want to compete in one or more of the titles can register via the event’s official website. At the moment of writing, no less than 8.648 players have registered for Evo Japan 2025, with previously mentioned Street Fighter 6 attracting most players by a mile. Out of the 8.648 registrations so far, 6.536 players registered for Street Fighter 6.
The seven titles selected to feature during Evo Japan 2025:

As you may have noticed, two of the titles listed above have “5on5” written after them. That is because outside of these two titles, all of the titles will be played in a 1v1 format, as is traditionally the case. Street Fighter 3: Third Strike and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. will be played in 5v5 format though, for the first time in history.
Prize pool distribution
Besides the participating titles, the organizers behind Evo Japan 2025 have also already published the prize pool distribution for the tournament. Considering the heavy interest in Street Fighter 6, it comes as no surprise that the competition was given the biggest share of the total prize pool.

	1st PLACE	2nd PLACE	3rd PLACE
Granblue Fantasy	$ 7.901	$ 3.160	$ 1.580
Guilty Gear Strive	$ 8.779	$ 3.512	$ 1.756
King of Fighters 15	$ 7.023	$ 2.809	$ 1.405
Street Fighter 3	$ 3.512	$ 1.405	$ 702
Street Fighter 6	$ 12.290	$ 4.916	$ 2.458
Tekken 8	$ 9.657	$ 3.863	$ 1.931
Virtua Fighter 5	$ 3.512	$ 1.405	$ 702

*Prizes originally in Japanese yen, converted to US dollars

Those fans and followers who are not fortunate enough to be able to be at Evo Japan 2025 in person naturally have the chance to follow all of the action online. Organizers RTS and Sony Interactive Entertainment are providing free streams in English via Evo Japan’s official Twitch and Youtube channels.