The semi-annual Tekken tournament for seniors is over and has crowned a new champion. This time, the significantly older title defender could not prevail.
What kind of tournament is it? Twice a year, the Care Esports Association from Japan hosts a Tekken tournament in nursing homes from 3 different prefectures. In the 13th edition, 9 seniors fought in online mode for the title.
But before the tournament on June 13, 2026, the individual fighting seniors were introduced with their own spotlight video on YouTube. Of course, the title defender from the last tournament in November 2025 was also included. The 91-year-old Hisako Sakai was able to defeat her opponent with a feared tactic and become champion. Now she had to concede defeat to 74-year-old Sadayuki Kato.
The tactic of the 91-year-old no longer worked
How does the Tekken player play? Hisako Sakai uses the tactic: Press as many buttons as possible and as quickly as possible. With that, she was able to become champion once, but this time she could not compete with the professionalism of her opponent.
Sadayuki Kato had a focused look at the game throughout the final and looked as if he knew exactly what he was doing. Next to him, the title defender hammered away on the controller without even looking (from 02:38:10 in the video of the livestream on YouTube).
In the best-of-5 final, Sadayuki was able to win 3-1 with his character Miary Zo and became the new Tekken champion of the seniors.
A real esports tournament just for seniors: Another highlight, besides the players of the tournament, is the professional organization of the event. There are 3 casters and hosts of the tournament who commentate on every match and talk about the players and their performances after the matches.
A nice way to teach the elderly among us about modern e-sports. The next tournament will take place in November 2026.
Unfortunately, 73-year-old Yoshie Murabe was not there this time. She won the 11th tournament of the Care Esports Association with the panda and did not find it particularly difficult in the end: 73-year-old wins Tekken tournament in the nursing home, says: “Didn’t feel particularly difficult”
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