Recently, a 73-year-old woman (playing as the pink version of Panda no less) beat a 73-year-old man in the finals of the Tekken 8 portion of the 11th biannual Amigo Club Cup, an esports competition ...

Care Esports recently organized a Tekken 8 tournament in Japan featuring senior citizens from local care homes. The participants clashed to win the King of the Iron Fist title. In this groundbreaking ...

Care home tournaments challenge stereotypes and spark national attention. A 73-year-old woman defeating her opponent in a Tekken 8 final may sound like an internet oddity, but in Japan, it’s part of a ...

The full tournament is available on the Care e-Sports Association YouTube channel. Sakai mains Claudio, using him to defeat powerful opponents like the 95-year-old Reiko Yokota’s Jun, the 74-year-old ...

A 92-year-old grandmother and care home resident won first place at a senior citizens’ Tekken 8 tournament. Hisako Sakai went viral following her win at the Japanese esports association Care’s 12th ...

Trust some elderly Japanese folks to come up with a positive story around Tekken 8. Esports association, Care, has been running tournaments since 2019, with its last two introducing Tekken to the mix.