Mother Trains for a Month to Compete With Son in SF6 Tournament

Back in July, Capcom instituted a new nationwide tournament in Japan which they called the Street Fighter 6 National Parent-Child Tournament.

It is an event in which teams made up of one elementary or junior high school player and one parent get to face one another in various qualifying events, with the winners going to an eight-team final where the winning team gets a free trip to Tokyo for the whole Capcom Cup 13 experience, including free accommodation and transportation.

The team also gets tickets for up to two other family members apart from the winning participants. The other finalists also get free, all-access tickets to Capcom Cup 13, but without the free accommodation and transportation.

The first of the events took place yesterday for both the Hokkaido and Chubu regions, with many participants taking part with their parents. The Hokkaido event was won by a father-daughter duo called “Nasaneba Naranebar.” In her winning interview, the daughter, Yuuyu, who uses A.K.I., said that she is in High Master rank in the game and even has a sister in Legend rank. Presumably, the sister was outside the age category to compete.

Meanwhile, the Chubu event was taken by a father-son duo called the “Taki Family.” The father made use of Sagat, while the son displayed a mean Yasmine.

However, the team that took most of the headlines was a Chubu team called “Eriii,” consisting of a mother and her son. The mom picked up Street Fighter 6 and trained for a month just for this event so that she would be able to compete with her son.

She was good, but eventually they lost to the Taki Family. However, they also warmed the hearts of many who loved the sacrifice the mother made to play with her son.

Capcom has hinted that this could be an annual event and is a way to continue to leverage esports within the community. They aim to improve intergenerational communication with events like this and also develop a hospitable environment for young talent in Street Fighter 6 and probably beyond.

Street Fighter 6 remains incredibly popular in Japan, and this event is yet another example of this, with viewership sitting at a little over 250,000 on YouTube and around 85,000 on Twitch.

The event will take place across seven regions across the country, and the next stop will be Tohoku and Kansai on the 17th of October 2026.

Japan has been very creative in integrating Street Fighter 6 into its community, constantly creating tournaments of all kinds to bring people together, and this is just the latest. However, it is extra special as it is one of the few that actually brings families closer together.