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Tekken 7 at Evo Japan 2023: notable players, stream schedule, and more

Everything you need to know about one of the largest FGC events of the year.

Evo Japan, one of the largest fighting game events of the year, is set to take place from Friday, March 31st to Sunday, April 2nd with 5264 attendees. This year, Tekken 7 will be one of the featured games, with 889 players competing for the top spot.

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Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend.

Notable Players

Some of the world’s most notable Tekken players will be in attendance, including Knee (S.Korea), Arslan Ash (Pakistan), Jimmy J Tran (USA), Anakin (USA), Chikurin (Japan), Shadow20z (USA), Kkokkoma (S.Korea), LowHigh (S.Korea), Atif Butt (Pakistan), Kahn (Pakistan), Chanel (S.Korea), Infested (S.Korea), Book (Thailand), Sephiblack (Germany), Kaizur (USA), Tetsu (Germany), Super Akouma (France), JDCR (S.Korea), Mulgold (S.Korea), Breadman (S.Korea), Dawook Sikandar (Pakistan), Rangchu (S.Korea), TAKE (Japan), double (Japan), Doujin (Philippines), AO (Japan), Mihawk (Germany), youjin_boy (Japan), NOBI (Japan), K2RO, Yuu (Japan), KuroKuro (Japan), Qasim Meer (Pakistan), Ulsan (S.Korea), PINYA (Japan), Bilal (Pakistan), pekos (Japan), Awais Honey (Pakistan), SAINT (S.Korea), JeonDDing (S.Korea), Tissuemon (Japan), noroma (Japan), and Tokido (Japan) among others.

Tekken 7 Stream Schedule

Evo Japan 2023 will be streamed on various platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, DouYu, Mildom, and Twitter Live, with streams available in three languages: Japanese, English, and Chinese. The English stream for Evo Japan 2023 will be a stateside, remote studio production. It is expected to largely follow Main Stage competition, with additional field reporting from the show.

DAY 1 | Friday, March 31st
Tekken 7 Pools
12pm-2pm JST // 4am-6am BST
Thu 11pm-1am EST // Thu 8pm-10pm PST
Streamed on twitch.tv/evojapan01

Tekken 7 Pools
2pm-4:30pm JST // 6am-8:30am BST
1am-3:30pm EST // 10pm-12:30pm PST
Streamed on twitch.tv/evojapan03

DAY 2 | Saturday, April 1st
Tekken 7 Pools
9am-10:30am JST // 1am-2:30am BST
Fri 8pm-9:30pm EST // Fri 5pm-6:30pm PST
Streamed on twitch.tv/evojapan01

Tekken 7 Pools
2:15pm-4:30pm JST // 6:15am-8:30am BST
1:15am-3:30am EST // 10:15pm-12:30am PST
Streamed on twitch.tv/evojapan03

Tekken 7 Semi Finals
4:30pm-7pm JST // 8:30am-11am BST
3:30am-6am EST // 12:30pm-3pm PST
Streamed on twitch.tv/evojapan03

DAY 3 | Sunday, April 2nd
Tekken 7 Finals (Top 8)
12:30pm JST // 4:30am BST
Sat 11:30pm EST // Sat 8:30pm PST
Streamed on twitch.tv/evojapan01

For a full stream schedule of available games, including Street Fighter, Guilty Gear and more, click here.

Tekken 7 Bracket

For those who want to keep up with the Tekken 7 bracket at Evo Japan 2023, the bracket can be found at start.gg.

With Tekken 7 being such a popular fighting game, fans from all over the world will undoubtedly be tuning in to watch their favorite players compete at Evo Japan 2023. With such a diverse pool of players and the opportunity to watch the event in multiple languages, it’s sure to be an exciting weekend for fans of the game.

As with every Evo event, exclusive reveals are one of the major highlights. Could we learn of a returning or new character for Tekken 8? We’ll have to see. But for now, enjoy the show!


Aziz Peregrino-Brimah aka Zee the CEO | Founder / Editor-in-chief of TekkenGamer | Gaming has been a passion of Zee's since the early days of Atari and ColecoVision. His first experience with Tekken was in the early 90's, and it was Tekken 3 that sealed the deal. True story... As a teenager Zee once received his Winn-Dixie paycheck and spent it all at the arcade the same day. Needless to say, his mother wasn't pleased.

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