Despite everything that happened with the transition to Season 2, the game is still fun, and the pro community is ready to battle for World Tour domination.
The TEKKEN 8 tournament at EVO Japan 2025 has quite a few interesting aspects. We totally need to see Anna Williams on the top scene! With all the hype around this DLC character, a top player should surely take the character into competitive play.
Meta changes in Season 2 did not land properly, even if we've already witnessed some big TEKKEN 8 tournaments. But now, with the best players in the world converging on Tokyo for EVO 2025, we're sure to get a better look at how the meta is rolling.
TEKKEN World Tour 2025 (TWT 2025) has it's first qualifier at this fighting games esports event. EVO Japan 2025 has a Master+ status, so the top players can earn quite a lot of standing points. Who can guarantee themselves an early boost in the official competitive circuit?
Everything you need to know about the EVO Japan 2025 TEKKEN 8 tournament is right here.
Stream: TEKKEN 8 at EVO Japan 2025
The initial TEKKEN 8 stages happened throughout the first two days of EVO Japan 2025. The final brackets open up on day three, and the official English stream above highlights these matches.
Results
Two big TEKKEN 8 esports qualifiers occur at EVO Japan 2025.
- The top players receive TWT 2025 standing points, and the reward is super high: 800 points for the winner!
- The top four placements give players spots at the upcoming TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2025 event.
Below you’ll find the TEKKEN 8 EVO Japan 2025 matchups and final results — including characters in each bracket. A match to keep an eye on is the ULSAN vs. Rangchu head-to-head: The TEKKEN 8 Esports World Cup 2024 winner faces the TWT 2024 champion.
Knee, one of the greatest TEKKEN players of all time, entered the top eight via the upper brackets. Maybe it's a sign that the legend adapted well to the current installment?
Winners semifinals | Winners final | Grand final |
|---|---|---|
| Mangja 2:0 Meo-IL Law vs Jack-8 | Mangja 0:3 Knee Lidia, Law vs Bryan | Knee 3:2 Mulgold Bryan vs Claudio |
| Mulgold 1:2 Knee Claudio vs Bryan |
Losers round 1 | Losers quarterfinals | Losers semifinal | Losers final |
|---|---|---|---|
| ULSAN 2:0 Rangchu Dragunov vs Kuma, Panda | Mulgold 2:1 ULSAN Claudio vs Dragunov | Mulgold 3:0 PINYA Claudio vs Raven | Mangja 0:3 Mulgold Law vs Claudio |
| PINYA 2:0 Shadow 20z Raven vs Zafina | Meo-IL 1:2 PINYA Jack-8 vs Raven |
The TEKKEN legend is really back! Knee defeated Mulgold twice in his top 8 run: in the semi and the grand final. In the winners final, Knee earned a clear win vs Mangja.
Knee is the TEKKEN 8 Champion at Evo Japan 2025!
Knee was on Bryan throughout the Evo Japan 2025 TEKKEN 8 tournament. In general, most pro players stick to their main characters: Season 2 did not change the preferences of ULSAN (Dragunov), Rangchu (Kuma/Panda), and Mulgold (Claudio).
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Who comes after Anna Williams? EVO Japan 2025 TEKKEN 8 finals revealed the answer. Games such as Granblue and FATAL FURY use this event as an opportunity to highlight their new DLC characters as well.
We knew that it’s someone from the TEKKEN legacy roster. Fahkumram was confirmed as the next TEKKEN 8 character in Season 2. So far, we have only this reveal. The gameplay trailer will be shown at Combo Breaker 2025.
TEKKEN World Tour 2025 leaderboard
Finishing EVO Japan 2025 on top means receiving a nice portion of TWT 2025 points. This boost can help TEKKEN 8 pros to eventually qualify for the World Tour Final event!
There will be only three Master+ qualifiers, and they all are EVO events: in Japan, Las Vegas, and France. Check out the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 leaderboard after the very first TWT 2025 tournament in the table below.
Placement | Player | TWT 2025 points after EVO Japan | TEKKEN 8 characters at EVO Japan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRX | Knee | 800 | Bryan |
| 2 | Freecs | Mulgold | 560 | Claudio |
| 3 | Mangja | 400 | Law, Lidia |
| 4 | VARREL | PINYA | 300 | Raven |
| 5-6 | Freecs | ULSAN | 220 | Dragunov |
| 5-6 | Freecs | Meo-IL | 220 | Jack-8 |
| 7-8 | VARREL | Rangchu | 180 | Kuma, Panda |
| 7-8 | Team Liquid | Shadow 20z | 180 | Zafina |
The next big chance to earn TWT 2025 points is a Master qualifier at Combo Breaker 2025, from May 23 to May 25.
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