Street Fighter 6’s millionaire champ skips tournament for major VTuber event

Recent winner of the Capcom Cup X, Wang “UMA” Yuan-hao has opted to skip an upcoming tournament because it clashes with a Hololive concert.

Capcom Cup X made major waves in the last week, as it crowned a new champion. Wang “UMA” Yuan-hao bested the other challengers for a $1 million cash prize. With the new title, he was invited to an upcoming Red Bull Street Fighter 6 event in New York.

After some deliberation, Yuan-hao, often referred to as UMA, has decided to attend the upcoming Vtuber Hololive event. Both events would have clashed, with the fifth Hololive Festival – dubbed Holofes – taking place in Japan and Red Bull’s Kumite event in the US.

Reported by fighting game commentator Andrew “Jiyuna” Fidelis, it took nearly a full day for UMA to come to his conclusion.

Street Fighter 6’s champ UMA ditches Red Bull for Hololive

Holofes is Cover Corp’s – the company behind Hololive – major annual festival. It features full concerts throughout the event from most of the roster, with an adjacent convention, Super Expo.

With an increase in personnel, there are now two days of concerts, across three stages. These also now include the Japanese company’s worldwide talent from Hololive English and Indonesia.

During the tournament, UMA was noted as wearing his favorite Hololive merch. His hoodie as he won the million-dollar prize featured Ookami Mio, who has just over 1.1 million subscribers on YouTube.

UMA isn’t the first from Asia’s esports and sports world to highlight their love for the VTubing company. In New Japan Wrestling, wrestler Great-O-Kan went straight to the event after finishing a match last year.

The Capcom Cup X featured one of the biggest prize pools in the pro-fighting game scene, with a total of $2 million awarded to players.

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