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Topanga Charity Cup is a yearly arcade Street Fighter tournament held in Japan in order to raise funds for charity. It originated as a reaction to the 2011 Touhoku Earthquake in Japan and they have raised thousands of dollars every year to help out. This 5v5 team tournament always displays some of the best Street Fighter action as 90% of all the top Japanese players attend. This year is no different. If you have a favorite Japanese player I'm sure he or she will be there.
Here's a preview of what the Topanga Charity Cup is like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utvCKdKkFYc
Topanga announced that 169 teams have already registered and they expect more than 200 teams to compete, meaning they expect more than 1000 players to take part in this tournament. Other than EVO, no other SF4 tournament has been able to break the 1000 player barrier.
Some of the notable teams that have signed up.
1. Daigo, Misse, Oshino, Bonchan, Mago
2. Momochi, Kazunoko, Nyanshi, Jyobin, Nemo
3. Justin Wong, Ryan Hart, Pepeday, Pugera, Poongko
4. Sako, Choco, Fuudo, Tokido, YHC-Mochi
5. Infiltration, Saulabis, DBKoopa, Bigdanmul, Hydebuffy
6. Yossan, Younashi, Shin, Waikei, aiai
7. Cojiro, Kenzo (svelteaverage), Jinetta, Nizza, Daichan
8. Sentosu, KSK, Kokujin, Nuki, Papatiwawa
9. Kichijojiken, Dashio, Kim1234, Santarou, Shiro
10. Jeppa, Youshikibi, Kai, Super Uriajjo, katakana de aoki
11. Sabohani, TKD, Itazan, Taiga, Nekojita
12. Kiyomatsu, Kindo, Hamu, Takitategohan, Electribe
13. Inco, Nishikin, Kyoku, Akimo, Tonpy
14. Shinba, Y., Ebi, Juso, Vivi
15. Gachikun, Waike, Visor, Enoki, Ryuukichikun
16. Machabo, Shiroken, Taku, Naruo, Initial Kyouzo
17. Ninomae, Dath, Muscle Kingdom, Karu, Kitasenju DJ
18. Sasori, Yoshiwo, Baby Nine, Miko, Choujin
19. Okkun, Harumi, Shimauta, Tomato Tiger, Oppo Ibuki
20. AC Revenger, Shungoku Neurosis, Eisukei, Chometaro, Tsukiji
21. Mizoteru, Reiketsu, Tsuiggi, Anton, Oitajin
22. Haitani, Kyabetsu, Kindevu, Eita, Dogura
Other notable players who are teaming with unknown players: Marn, Storm Kubo, Meimomo, G.Y.R.O., Sasa, Fenriru, Pikagoma, Harideshi, Meu, Keiji N (deejay), Noguchi (guile), KOK, akajojo, Iori (fuerte), Daikoku (chun), Gonzalez, Dragonboy, Begatamin, Maribo, Misaki (mago's student), Haneyama (chun), Joe, Nitto, HJM (dudley), Hanamaruki (sagat),
For a full list of teams, check out USD's article on Shoryuken. http://shoryuken.com/2015/07/01/topanga-lends-a-hand-with-their-fifth-street-fighter-iv-charity-cup-this-weekend/
This year Topanga Charity Cup will be streamed on Nico Nico. It's free to watch, but I will warn you that the site has a tendency to kick you out and make you temporarily wait a minute or so to get back in as premium members have priority "seating." My advice is that you keep the refresh ready. As soon as a notification pops up in Japanese, be sure to refresh so you don't get kicked out.
Stream 1: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv224069963
Stream 2: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv224070148
Venue: Tokyo Leisureland Palette Town
Tournament starts at 10:00 am (Sat) Japan - 6:00 pm Pacific (Fri) - 9:00 pm Eastern (Fri)
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On the same weekend in Japan (July 5th), Capcom and Square Enix have teamed up for an Ultra Street Fighter 4 x Gunslinger Stratos 2 collaboration tournament named the Ouka Ranbu Cup. This is a round robin tournament where each SF4 player will be teamed up with a GS team of 4. The players will compete in their respective game, but each win will count as a point. The team with the most amount of points will be crowned the winner.
The USF4 players will compete in a round robin FT2 and every player is only allowed to use up to 3 characters.
USF4 participants: Daigo (invite), Xian (invite), Justin Wong (invite), Ryan Hart (invite), Kyoku (qualified), Pugera (qualified), Kakuge Jigoku aka Fighting Game Hell (qualified), Shinba (qualified)
Gunslinger Stratos Teams: Yafumi Children, Popo Elementary School, School of Fuudo, Aaron EX, Going to Tokyo to Throw Away Solomon, Nonkei-Ken, Protect Sekiyou Kun and 7 others Corp, Honsen Demasen
Commentators: Aru aka Papatiwawa, Fuudo, Yu
Start time: 10:30 am Japan Time - 6:30 pm Pacific - 9:30 pm Eastern
End time: 5:00 pm Japan - 1:00 am Pacific - 4:00 am Eastern
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/guns_ch
