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Japan’s newest (and craziest) energy drinks are energy cards you drink from【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2026
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Creators team up with Street Fighter franchise, say speedy energy delivery is great for gamers and students.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • drinks • energy drinks • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • video games • weird)

Street Fighter Hadouken Churros to be launched and eaten in Tokyo, Okami pudding on offer too

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2025

Hadouken Pasta also on the menu at themed cafes celebrating Capcom art and history exhibition.

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• Japan
• (cafes • Capcom • Capcom Creation • churros • COK • food • Great Capcom Exhibition • hadouken • hodoken • restaurants • Street Fighter • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)

McDonald’s Japan reveals Street Fighter-themed Street Burgers and crossover videos【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2025

Ryu takes on Gouki Nalds and Chun-Li battles Smile Guile.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 2 • Street Fighter II • video games)

Street Fighter is coming to McDonald’s Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2025

Guile, as usual, is waiting.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 2 • Street Fighter II • video games)

Final Fantasy furniture, Monster Hunter pieces too, coming from Japanese houseware company

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 18, 2025

Nitori wans to provide everything you could need for your home, including your gaming space.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • furniture • gaming furniture • interior • Monster Hunter • Nitori • Square Enix • Street Fighter • video games)

Japanese esports player removed from US tournament after joking with customs agent

• Master Blaster
  May 27, 2025

Looks like international travel is no joking matter.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • Combo Breaker • esports • gaming • Kobayan • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • travel • video games)

The Great Capcom Exhibition is coming to Osaka this spring

• Master Blaster
  Mar 8, 2025

All the Capcom characters are here, from Ryu to the other Ryu!

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Devil May Cry • events • exhibitions • Great Capcom Exhibition • Monster Hunter • Nakanoshima Museum of Art • Osaka • Resident Evil • Street Fighter • video games)

Street Fighter sushi bento boxes are here so you won’t have to fight on an empty stomach

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2024

Eye-catching regional sushi gets awesome-looking bento illustrations of video gaming’s martial arts masters.

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• Japan
• (bento • bento boxes • Chun-Li • cool • food • kakinoha sushi • Nara • persimmons • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • sushi • video games)

Sushiro joining forces with Street Fighter for discounts and contests

• Master Blaster
  Jul 23, 2024

Go home and be a family man and take them out to Sushiro!

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• Japan
• (Capcom • COK • collaborations • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 2 • Street Fighter II • sushi • Sushiro • Sushiro Super Bargain Festival • video games)

Uniqlo built a giant, playable arcade game to celebrate its new line of Capcom T-shirts

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2024

Gamers can play the massive machine later this month in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • crazy • fashion • Monster Hunter • Resident Evil • shirts • Street Fighter • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video games)

Spy x Family meets Street Fighter as Yor battles Chun-Li in awesome anime video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 6, 2023

S x F vs. SF.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chun-Li • manga • Spy x Family • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • video • video games)

Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2023

Who’s man enough to fight with Seiji?

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • Capcom • COK • crazy • funny • Guile • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 2 • Street Fighter II • video games • weird)

Using real-world violence to defeat the Street Fighter 6 cast, starring Saori Yoshida【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2023

Video game developer Capcom releases how-to-beat videos for Street Fighter characters with the help of Olympic gold medal wrestler.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • video games)

Street Fighter cafe now open in Tokyo for fans hyped and hungry for SF6 launch/lunches

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2023

Favorite foods and drinks of Street Fighter stars old and new on offer.

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• Japan
• (cafes • Capcom • drinks • food • restaurants • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)

Street Fighter 6 throws fierce punch of ‘90s nostalgia, brings back anime movie theme song【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2023

New preview video features iconic J-pop song from the climax of the Street Fighter II anime movie.

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• Japan
• (anime • Capcom • Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokorozuyosa • J-Pop • music • Ryoko Shinohara • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • Street Fighter II • Street Fighter II anime movie • Tetsuya Komura)

Beautiful Japanese martial artist recreates fighting video game moves in the real world【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2023

Strikes and poses from Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, and more.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful women • Chun-Li • cool • Dead or Alive • martial arts • Street Fighter • video • video games • Virtua Fighter)

Pocky x Street Fighter II collaboration comes with a special game for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 29, 2022

Will you be able to deliver a Pocky K.O.?

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• Japan
• (arcade games • biscuits • chocolate • COK • cool • food • Glico • Pocky • Pocky K.O. • retro games • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • sweets • video games)

Street Fighter Chun-Li now appearing on free prescription record notebooks at Japanese pharmacies

• Casey Baseel
  May 12, 2022

Strongest woman in the world wants you to be the healthiest person in Japan.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Chun-Li • health • medicine • medicine notebook • okusuri techo • Pharmacies • Street Fighter • video games)

Blind fighters only at Street Fighter V e-sports tournament to be held in Tokyo, streamed online

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2022

Field made up almost entirely of gamers blind since birth will compete for the Shingan Cup title.

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• Japan
• (blind • COK • e-sports • professional gamers • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video games)

Gamer sake Gaming Rainbow coming this spring, cans illustrated by past and present greats

• Master Blaster
  Feb 24, 2022

Proving once again that there’s nothing you can’t make gaming and/or gamer.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • art • drinks • gaming • Gaming Rainbow • illustration • Mika Pikazo • SakeBottler • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • Tsuchida Sake Brewery • video games)

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