{"id":55014,"date":"2025-12-16T15:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T06:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55014"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T06:53:26","slug":"92-year-old-grandma-wins-tekken-8-tournament-trophy-in-japanese-senior-citizen-esports-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/92-year-old-grandma-wins-tekken-8-tournament-trophy-in-japanese-senior-citizen-esports-league\/","title":{"rendered":"92-year-old grandma wins Tekken 8 tournament trophy in Japanese senior citizen esports league"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese esports association Care recently held its 12th biannual tournament, featuring the hit game <strong>Tekken 8<\/strong>, which was livestreamed on the association\u2019s official YouTube channel. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/12\/15\/160588.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a> reports, what\u2019s so peculiar about this tournament is that all of its participants are senior citizens. This tournament saw 92-year-old Hisako Sakai taking the winning trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u7b2c12\u56de\u30b1\u30a2e\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u30ab\u30c3\u30d7TEKKEN8\u3010\u6c7a\u52dd\u5927\u4f1a\u3011\u3000\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u914d\u4fe1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5cj0XFWPkA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Care association is a Mie prefecture-based organization whose goal is to \u201ccreate an environment in which the elderly can casually participate in esports.\u201d According to their <a href=\"https:\/\/careesports.com\/careesports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>, this comes as an effort to promote the wellbeing of the elderly and aid them in living healthy and active lives. Their first tournament was held in 2019, with the participants competing in online matches of Shogi and Othello (Reversi), complete with a full-on professional broadcast and commentators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u9152\u4e95\u30d2\u30b5\u5b50(92)\/Claudio vs \u6a2a\u7530\u73b2\u5b50(95)\/Jun \u7b2c\u4e09\u8a66\u5408\u3010\u7b2c12\u56de\u30b1\u30a2e\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u676fTEKKEN8\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXQZ4MytV3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Care\u2019s 11th esports tournament, held in summer this year, brought a new challenge to the competitors with the introduction of Tekken 8, and it seems like they\u2019re enjoying duking it out in Bandai Namco\u2019s classic fighting game. The most recent tournament, held this November, saw 8 grandmas and grandpas clash in one-on-one Tekken 8 showdowns, with the oldest participant being 95-years old. Care esports tournaments are currently held twice a year across Mie, Aichi and Gifu prefectures, but the association hopes to be able to host a full-blown national tournament in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-senior-citizen-vtuber-agency-behind-86-year-old-virtual-idol-to-launch-a-rent-a-grandmother-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Japanese senior citizen VTuber agency behind 86-year-old virtual idol to launch a \u201crent-a-grandmother\u201d business<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/87-year-old-grandma-vtuber-formally-apologizes-for-lying-about-her-age-turns-out-she-was-a-whopping-six-months-younger-than-advertised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>87-year-old grandma VTuber formally apologizes for \u201clying\u201d about her age. Turns out she was a \u201cwhopping\u201d six months younger than advertised<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese esports association Care recently held a Tekken 8 tournament for senior citizens, with a 92-year-old lady taking first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":55016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>92-year-old grandma wins Tekken 8 tournament trophy in Japanese senior citizen esports league - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Japanese esports association Care recently held a Tekken 8 tournament for senior citizens, with a 92-year-old lady taking first place.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/92-year-old-grandma-wins-tekken-8-tournament-trophy-in-japanese-senior-citizen-esports-league\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"92-year-old grandma wins Tekken 8 tournament trophy in Japanese senior citizen esports league - 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