KOFXI Sawakoro Festival 2023

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Tournament Report by ATG

Preface

Sawakoro Festival is the biggest annual KOFXI 3on3 tournament in the world, hosted by the famous Nagoya-based player of the same name. The German community has strong ties with the Japanese KOFXI player base since years now, with annual visits to Japan and even visits from Sawakoro to Germany. My group of players, based around the Mad Gear club in Frankfurt, finally decided to participate in the festival for the first time:
Kofxi 2023 german team.jpg

  • ATG: Oswald/K'/Vanessa(L)
  • SenseiEnrique: Kensou/Oswald/Gato(L)
  • Arit: Clark/Ralf/Jazu(L)
  • AD_Ryan: Iori/Kula/Ash(L)

We left for Japan in late September, and after some brawls in Tokyo (Good Day 21[1][2], Shinjuku Sportsland[3][4]) and Fukuoka (G-Stage Nanakuma[5]), we finally arrived in Nagoya on Friday, October 6th.

2023/10/06

Kofxi 2023 port24.jpg
We arrived at port24 in Nagoya on Friday, the arcade legendary for KOFXI in Yagoto (south-east Nagoya).

A lot of players from all over Japan and Taiwan were already present and going at it several XI-Setups. We were warmly welcomed and brought (and received) our first batch of (personal) presents with us. Sawakoro gifted me this awesome Geese that was a KOFXV random preorder bonus (hard to get):
Sawakoro geese.jpg

I almost took no fotos on that evening, there was just too much excitement to play, and we went at it immediately, until closing time.
This is the tournament key art - above it you can see a custom artwork gifted to port24 by Kingcar a few years ago, the leader of the InsertGame-Dojo in Solingen, Germany, who also play KOFXI:
Sawakoro festival 2023 banner.jpg

These were taken by Sawakoro:
senseienrique & atg playing / miekazu & yukito / adryan & atg
Sawakoro festival 20231006 germans playing.jpgSawakoro festival 20231006 miekazu yukito.jpgSawakoro festival 20231006 adryan atg.jpg

Here is a link to the livestream for that day, feat. players from Japan, Taiwan (Yukito) and us:
2023/10/06 KOFXI Casuals with Germany and Taiwan(TW) (KOF11 野試合 ドイツ勢 &台湾勢襲来!!)【ポート24八事】
2023/10/07 KOF11 野試合 (ドイツ勢 &台湾勢襲来!!)【ポート24八事】

2023/10/07

Saturday was the first official day of the Sawakoro Festival, with the big east vs. west team battle taking place. The vast majority of players had already arrived, and there were a full 7 versus setups for XI, with fierce casual matches between top players going down without any breaks.
We arrived around noon, and were immediately met with a big surprise - none other than legendary Vanessa player TORI has come out of retirement! I talked to Sagawa later, who also commented the Sawakoro Festival and teamed up with Tori and Yamate, and he intentionally kept it a secret!
Sawakoro festival atg vs tori.jpgDatei:Sawakoro festival tori.png

Results

Results
First Place Rock, Sawakoro, U-rasia
Finalists Zakuroman, Tobidogu-San, Yanjirou
3rd place Kyuntakuya, Yukito, Uguu / Kodzuka, Kentucky, Shou

Videos

2023/10/08 KOFXI 3on3 Tournament Sawakoro Festival RE （Aブロック） 【ポート24八事】 <-A-Block & Play-offs
2023/10/08 KOFXI 3on3 Tournament Sawakoro Festival RE （Bブロック） 【ポート24八事】 B-Block & Losers' Tournament

Character usage

Overall Character usage

Kofxi sawakoro festival 2023 character usage.png

Leader usage

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List of all Teams & Characters

19 teams, 57 players

Mount Everest

Everest

  • Oswald
  • Kula
  • K'(L)

Shingo

  • Kula
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

Gian

  • Kula
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

砂町リベンジャーズ

Yanjirou

  • Kula
  • K'
  • Gato(L)

Zakuroman

  • Ryo
  • Kula
  • Gato(L)

Tobidogusan

  • King
  • Kensou
  • Jazu(L)

∞Shadow

千国/Sengoku

  • Silber
  • Ryo
  • K'(L)

わかほう/Wakahou

  • Ralf
  • Kula
  • Gato(L)

ヤスダのダチ/Yasuda no dachi

  • Duolon
  • K'(L)
  • Duck
  • Kensou

おれも

Makotsu

  • Eiji
  • Oswald
  • Ash(L)
  • Gato(L)

Nori

  • Ralf
  • Kula
  • Gato(L)

Miekazu

  • K'
  • Kula
  • Duck
  • Oswald(L)

シン石間幕府

Ryotsu

  • Ryo
  • Jazu
  • Kula
  • Gato(L)

Tetsu

  • Gai
  • Gato
  • Ryo(L)

GRID

  • Maxima
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

殺法

Ryumi

  • Terry
  • Yuri
  • Ryo(L)

Tennkawa

  • Shen
  • Oswald
  • Ash(L)

Zorbon

  • Kula
  • Iori
  • Kyo
  • K'(L)

パチンコ

Rukkora

  • Kula
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

Aoi

  • Kula
  • K'
  • Gato(L)

MAVEN

  • Terry
  • Duck
  • Malin(L)

Random Team 3

TSR

  • Maxima
  • Kula
  • Gato(L)

Yakimeshi

  • Kula
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

Seikindorobo

  • Gato
  • Maxima
  • Adelheid(L)

ブレイキングダウン１１

Kyuntakuya

  • Eiji
  • Oswald
  • Kula
  • Kim
  • Gato(L)

Yukito

  • Iori
  • Griffon
  • Duck
  • Kyo(L)

Uguu

  • Ralf
  • Gato
  • Malin(L)

遊びにきた

Tacchi

  • Momoko
  • King
  • Malin(L)

Operaza

  • Whip
  • Adelheid
  • Elizabeth(L)

Ayuri

  • Kula
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

MAD GEAR

ATG

  • Oswald
  • K'
  • Vanessa(L)

AD_Ryan

  • Iori
  • Kula
  • Ash(L)

SenseiEnrique

  • Kensou
  • Oswald
  • Gato(L)

RATE'S

Kani

  • Kula
  • Oswald
  • Adelheid(L)

Gori

  • Kula
  • Gato
  • Ryo(L)

TORU

  • Gato
  • Kula
  • Oswald
  • Vanessa(L)

幽✩遊✩白書 炎（テリー）の絆

Kodzuka

  • Eiji
  • Oswald
  • Terry
  • K'(L)

Kentucky

  • Whip
  • Kensou
  • Yuri
  • Athena(L)

Shou

  • King
  • Gai
  • Gato
  • Oswald(L)

ちっすジャーさんです。

SPOOKIE

  • Ryo
  • Kensou
  • Gato(L)

Ozuma

  • Oswald
  • Gai
  • Gato(L)

Roger

  • Maxima
  • Kyo
  • Ryo(L)

Random Team 4

Arit

  • Clark
  • Ralf
  • Jazu(L)

Kingcar

  • Maxima
  • Oswald
  • Adelheid(L)

Zone

  • Kim
  • Ryo
  • K'(L)

Random Team 1

Hokuto

  • Kula
  • Kim
  • Gato(L)

Kenoh

  • Ralf
  • Oswald
  • Ryo(L)

Saginomiya

  • Iori
  • Kula
  • Ryo(L)

サワコロック大陸

Sawakoro

  • Griffon
  • Mary
  • Silber(L)

Rock

  • Ralf
  • Ryo
  • Gato(L)

U-rasia

  • Oswald
  • Whip
  • Kula
  • K'(L)

Random Team 2

Sana

  • Kula
  • Oswald
  • Gato(L)

Arata

  • Kula
  • Gato
  • Ryo(L)

Kurocha

  • Duck
  • Kula
  • Adelheid(L)

生交代推進委員会

Sagawa

  • Kula
  • K'
  • Gato(L)

Yamate

  • Vanessa
  • Oswald
  • K'(L)

TORI

  • Kula
  • Oswald
  • Vanessa(L)

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