Tekken Austria 🇦🇹

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Here are your top 10 as of spring 2026! Special thanks to @weurp for making the graphic!

It was close, but it wasn't enough, 2nd place at @viennality this year 🥈 #Lingnation Huge congrats to @badmanner_aut for taking the trophy 🏆 And also to @justyais, incredible run 👊

It took a few years but I finally managed to get a placement thats better than 2nd at @viennality :D Ggs to all my oppenents, Proud of my fellow austrians @justyais and @MrCroftx for their insane runs and making this an austrian top3! (Obligatory cool Trophy pic included)

TOP 3 Tekken 8 🥇@badmanner_aut 🥈@MrCroftx 🥉Yais Congrats to all of them 🙌

A big congratulations to our @badmanner_aut for winning 1st place 🥇 at the Tekken Event hosted by Viennality 🔥 Such a strong performance from all the competitors 💪

Here are the results of our Tekken 8 Tournament over at Button Festival 2026! Congratulations to @justyais for bringing it home! VOD will be uploaded shortly on our YouTube Channel

With a very dominant performance our team has beaten Team Iceland 10-1! Thank you guys for tuning in to our stream. It was a pleasure to collaborate with the Icelandic FGC!

We are proud to announce that the event got approved as a Dojo Event for the European Tekken Cup! Special thanks to @viennality and last by schachermayer for hosting <3 You can register here: start.gg/tournament/las… #TEKKEN8 #TEKKEN

Team Zaza clutches it in an insane Grand Final vs Team Furysergei! Absolute banger sets, peak #GoodAssTekken. GGs to all participants and of course thank YOU for watching! See you in the next one. Join our Discord if you want to be part of Mash Fest #5!

We're proud to announce our teams for Mash Fest #4! Make sure to tune in at twitch.tv/tekkenaustria on 17th of January at 5 pm CET for the Group Phase and on the 18th of January at 4 pm CET for the Finals!

@Harada_TEKKEN Thank you for everything you've done!

I’d like to share that I’ll be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. With the TEKKEN series reaching its 30th anniversary—an important milestone for a project I’ve devoted much of my life to—I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close. My roots lie in the days when I supported small local tournaments in Japanese arcades and in small halls and community centers overseas. I still remember carrying arcade cabinets by myself, encouraging people to “Please try TEKKEN,” and directly facing the players right in front of me. The conversations and atmosphere we shared in those places became the core of who I am as a developer and game creator. Even as the times changed, those experiences have remained at the center of my identity. And even after the tournament scene grew much larger, many of you continued to treat me like an old friend—challenging me at venues, inviting me out for drinks at bars. Those memories are also deeply precious to me. In recent years, I experienced the loss of several close friends in my personal life, and in my professional life I witnessed the retirement or passing of many senior colleagues whom I deeply respect. Those accumulated events made me reflect on the “time I have left as a creator.” During that period, I sought advice from Ken Kutaragi—whom I respect as though he were another father—and received invaluable encouragement and guidance. His words quietly supported me in making this decision. Over the past four to five years, I’ve gradually handed over all of my responsibilities, as well as the stories and worldbuilding I oversaw, to the team, bringing me to the present day. Looking back, I was fortunate to work on an extraordinary variety of projects—VR titles (such as Summer Lesson), Pokkén Tournament, the SoulCalibur series, and many others, both inside and outside the company. Each project was full of new discoveries and learning, and every one of them became an irreplaceable experience for me. To everyone who has supported me, to communities around the world, and to all the colleagues who have walked alongside me for so many years, I offer my deepest gratitude. I’ll share more about my next steps at a later date. Thank you very much for everything. 【Postscript】 Although I will be leaving the company at the end of 2025, Bandai Namco has asked me to appear at the TWT Finals at the end of January 2026, so I expect to attend as a guest. For 30 years I kept saying, “I’ll do it someday,” and never once performed as a DJ at a tournament event. So instead, I will be releasing—for the first and last time—a 60-minute TEKKEN DJ-style nonstop mix (DJ mix), personally edited by myself, together with this announcement. Listening to it brings back many memories. Thank you again, sincerely, for all these years. ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7… December 8, 2025 - The Final Day of TEKKEN’s 30th Anniversary - Katsuhiro Harada [日本語版 (Japanese version)] このたび、2025年末をもちまして、私はバンダイナムコを退職することにいたしました。 長く携わってきた『鉄拳』シリーズが30周年という大きな節目を迎え、ひとつの区切りとして最もふさわしい時期であると考えたためです。 私の原点は、日本のゲームセンターや、海外コミュニティの小さな講堂やコミュニティセンターで、まだ小規模なトーナメントをサポートしていた時代にあります。 アーケード筐体を自ら運び込み、「鉄拳もぜひ遊んでみてほしい」と声をかけながら、目の前の参加者と向き合った日々。 あの場で交わした言葉や空気が、私という開発者の核を形作りました。 時代が変化しても、あの経験が自分の中心にあります。 そしてトーナメントシーンが大きく成長した後も、皆さんは旧知の友人のように私に声をかけ、会場で対戦したり、バーで『一緒に飲もう』と誘ってくれました。 それらもまた、大切な思い出です。 ここ数年間、私生活においては友人達との死別があり、仕事においては、私が尊敬する多くの先輩方の引退や逝去に触れてきました。 そうした出来事の積み重ねが、私に『開発者として残された時間』について考える契機を与えました。 その過程で、私がもう一人の父親のように敬愛する久夛良木健さんにも相談し、貴重な助言と励ましのお言葉をいただきました。 この言葉もまた、今回の決断を静かに後押しするものとなりました。 そして、この4〜5年をかけて私の担ってきたすべての業務やストーリーや世界観、そして責務をチームに段階的に引き継ぎ、今日に至ります。 振り返れば、VR作品（サマーレッスンなど）や『ポッ拳』、ソウルキャリバーシリーズをはじめ、自社他社問わず数多くのプロジェクトに携わる機会に恵まれました。 いずれのプロジェクトも新しい発見と学びに満ち、かけがえのない経験となりました。 これまで支えてくださった皆様、世界中のコミュニティの皆様、そして長年ともに歩んできた仲間たちに深く感謝申し上げます。 次の歩みについては、改めて皆様にお伝えいたします。 これからも、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。 +あとがき 2025年末をもって退職致しますが、2026年1月末のTWT FINALには顔を出してほしいと会社からお願いされていることもあり、FINALにはゲストとして顔を出すと思います。 これまで30年間『いつかやるよ』と言い続けてやってこなかったトーナメントイベントでのDJですが、その代わりとして“最初で最後のDJ風60分ノンストップ鉄拳ミックス（私による初編集DJ mix）”も、今回のポストに合わせて公開します。 ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7… 様々な思い出が蘇ります。改めて皆さんありがとうございました。 2025年12月8日 - 鉄拳30周年最終日 - Katsuhiro Harada

@MedNino6 @luminousRage You‘ll get them next time 💪

I came in second place at the first major tournament for the EMEA Cup, not the result I had hoped for, but I am still very satisfied with my performance and would like to congratulate @luminousRage a well-deserved win!

This was from our recent FT10 Moneymatch! If you're curious how it turned out feel free to check out the set! youtube.com/watch?v=iF7whN…

Woshige Moment

And our Keno beats @zaza in their money match for a 600€ pot! Thank you for the amazing set. Youtube VOD + Highlights will be released soon!

Our Goat

we are ready!

a lot of good ass tekken coming our way! 📌15. Nov @viennality x @dachunityleague Finals Linz 2025 [start.gg/tournament/vie…] 📌22-23. Nov @viennality x VIECC 2025 [start.gg/tournament/vie…] 📌29. Nov KnockAUT (Area 52 Edition) [start.gg/tournament/kno…] feel free to join 👊

Hey guys! We made an Instagram account for the Austrian Tekken community, be sure to check it out. We will be posting photos, highlights and general funny clips from the community ❤️ instagram.com/tekken_austria…