Yusuke Momochi, better known as Momochi, is a Japanese professional

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player, particularly of ones in the ''

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'' series by

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. Momochi won the

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championship, as well as winning the EVO 2015 title for ''

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''.

Gaming career

Momochi played for

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up until his contract ended January 1, 2017 and was signed almost immediately by Team Echo Fox, along with former EG teammate

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and previously unsponsored Topanga partner Tokido. He is part of a team of three — consisting of fellow Japanese players RF and Kindevu — that took home first place at the 2010 Super Battle Opera tournament for Street Fighter 4. He also placed second at one of the final qualifiers for EVO 2011, Shadowloo Showdown. In 2011, Momochi signed with professional

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team Evil Geniuses along with Ari "fLoE" Weintraub and Yuko "ChocoBlanka" Kusachi. In 2012, Momochi won the UK qualifier for the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Finals for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike: Online Edition,

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and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012. Momochi would later receive 3rd, 5th, and 7th in the respective tournaments at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Finals. In 2014, Momochi qualified for the Capcom Cup by winning South East Asia Major and defeating fellow Japanese player

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. At EVO 2014, Momochi received 7th place in

by being defeated by French

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specialist, Olivier "Luffy" Hay in the beginning of Top 8 Losers. Momochi would later win the 2014 Capcom Cup by taking out Darryl "Snake Eyez" Lewis, being put into losers bracket by

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, then completely dominated everyone in the bracket and defeated Ho "Xian" Kun Xian, in the Grand Finals. Because of this victory, Momochi was given the first qualifying spot in the 2015 Capcom Cup. Momochi has been a contender in every Topanga A League tournament. Momochi currently holds 2nd place in the fourth Topanga A League and because of that, he has qualified for the fifth Topanga A League. Momochi is also in the 2nd Topanga World League.

Personal life

He currently lives along with Chocoblanka in Tokyo, Japan but was originally from Nagoya, Japan. Momochi is married to fellow fighting game player Yuko "ChocoBlanka" Kusachi. After Momochi won Capcom Cup 2014, he was thinking about taking ChocoBlanka to

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. He is also a distant descendant of the famous Momochi ninja family of Iga.

Tournament results

References

External links

Evil Geniuses profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Momochi, Yusuke 1986 births Living people People from Nagoya Japanese esports players Fighting game players Evil Geniuses players Echo Fox players Team Razer players Street Fighter players Marvel vs. Capcom players