Street Fighter 6 Dominates Early Evo Japan 2026 Registration Numbers

With early bird registration now closed for Evo Japan 2026, the official Evo account has released entrant numbers for each featured game, and while the leader is unsurprising, the scale of the gap is genuinely staggering.

Street Fighter 6 sits comfortably at the top with over 3,000 registered entrants, dwarfing every other title on the lineup. The next closest game, Guilty Gear -STRIVE-, currently has just over 200 entrants, meaning SF6 has more than fifteen times the player count of its nearest competitor at this stage.

This once again underlines the extraordinary grip Street Fighter 6 has on the Japanese fighting game scene. Even amid ongoing criticism over its slow content rollout, limited costumes, and conservative balance updates, the game remains the default competitive platform for a huge portion of the FGC in Japan.

Other heavily marketed titles are trailing far behind. 2XKO sits at roughly 140 entrants, while Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has around 130. Despite strong publisher backing and visible promotional pushes, neither game has managed to meaningfully close the gap, at least not yet.

Taken together, the numbers paint a clear picture: SF6 alone accounts for the overwhelming majority of Evo Japan’s competitive participation, while the rest of the lineup is fighting over a comparatively small slice of the player base.

There is, however, a positive trend for Evo itself. According to the official post, overall registrations are already more than double what they were at the same point last year, suggesting renewed momentum for the event as a whole heading into 2026.

In other Evo news, the organization also announced the addition of CEO founder and veteran tournament organizer Alex Jebailey as Product Manager for Live Events. In this role, Jebailey will oversee Evo’s flagship tournaments as well as related productions such as the Evo Awards, which have become a staple of the FGC calendar.

Jebailey confirmed the move on social media, saying:

“I am truly happy and proud to announce I’m officially on the @Evo Team as Product Manager for their Live Events!
I can continue my GOAT TO award-winning work for fighting game communities all over the world in the biggest way possible. This is my destiny fulfilled.”

Tickets for Evo Japan 2026 are still on sale, with the main event scheduled to take place from May 1st to May 3rd, 2026. With Street Fighter 6 already setting the competitive pace, all eyes now turn to whether any other title can close the gap before brackets lock in.