Hajime Taniguchi, better known as Tokido, is a Japanese fighting game player who plays the King of Fighters and Street Fighter franchises.
11 Facts About Tokido
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Tokido is known for playing multiple fighting games on a competitive level in addition to Street Fighter, including Tekken, Marvel vs Capcom 3, and BlazBlue.
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Tokido is a three-time EVO champion, having won Capcom vs SNK 2 in 2002 as well as winning Super Street Fighter II Turbo in 2007 and Street Fighter V ten years later.
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Tokido has had 19+ Evolution top 8 finishes in 9 different games across 15 years, a feat surpassed only by Justin Wong.
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Tokido was introduced to fighting games in the 1990s, when he played The King of Fighters '94 on the Neo Geo MVS.
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The first Street Fighter game Tokido came in contact with was Street Fighter 2 on the Super Famicom.
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Tokido got into Street Fighter IV late compared to other high-level players.
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Tokido reached second place multiple times during the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour, losing only to Infiltration at Final Round 19 and NorCal Regionals 2016.
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Tokido was released from Mad Catz in 2016, as the company was having financial trouble due to the poor sales of Rock Band 4.
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Tokido is considered to be one of Japan's five "fighting game gods", a title he shares with Daigo Umehara, Shinya Onuki, Tatsuya Haitani, and Naoto Sako.
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Tokido is known for taking on a somewhat eccentric persona on stage.