Japanese esports org REJECT simply made the largest set of roster strikes in combating recreation historical past, signing a number of top-tier gamers and placing all of them beneath one banner for Road Fighter.
Whereas Road Fighter is standard globally and dwarfs each different title at main tournaments by way of entrants, it’s particularly standard in Japan. Large names like Daigo, Tokido, and Fuudo are real celebrities there and are nonetheless competing regardless of all three of them being middle-aged at this level.
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And, because it so occurs, Japanese esports org REJECT has opted to signal all three of them on the similar time, together with the now-former DRX participant Leshar who took third at Capcom Cup 11.
Rising their full roster of Road Fighter gamers out to seven, that is essentially the most a company has ever invested in a single recreation throughout the FGC. It’s Road Fighter historical past within the making.
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In an announcement video, it was confirmed that REJECT wouldn’t solely be renewing SF legend Tokido’s contract by way of the 2025 Road Fighter League, they had been signing three new gamers: Daigo, Fuudo, and Leshar.
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Daigo virtually wants no introduction at this level. He’s been competing since 1998 and has discovered his resolve, going utterly sober in 2025 and specializing in Road Fighter absolutely to attempt to win extra titles earlier than he retires.
Fuudo is in an identical boat, nonetheless competing at 39. He’s nonetheless a pressure to be reckoned with in Road Fighter 6 and has had top-tier placements at a number of majors by way of each 2024 and 2025, actually leveling up his play and getting constant podium finishes.
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Leshar is the distinctive one right here, a comparatively younger Korean participant who’s been taking up the circuit since Ed recreation out. He’s probably the greatest on this planet at taking part in this deeply technical character and has cemented himself as one of many greatest up-and-comers within the scene.
These 4 gamers be part of AngryBird, BigBird, and Akira, three rivals who persistently podium end at main occasions, to create essentially the most stacked Road Fighter roster ever devised. The FGC has by no means seen a present of pressure like this all targeted on one recreation.
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It’s on the level the place one among REJECT’s greatest worries ought to be gamers teamkilling one another in bracket and knocking one another out at majors.
It isn’t recognized simply how a lot it price to get all of those gamers united beneath one banner, nevertheless it definitely wasn’t low cost to purchase out the world’s greatest expertise all of sudden. The truth that one org is keen to take a position so closely in the way forward for Road Fighter is an efficient signal for each the Road Fighter League and combating recreation esports as an entire.
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