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Street Fighter is in the middle of a coordinated push across multiple fronts. Street Fighter 6 is in Year 4 with new character Arjun out October 13, the live-action film Street Fighter / The Movie opens worldwide October 16, and a live-action adaptation campaign is running in Japan and abroad.
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Street Fighter's current identity across these stories is a franchise being pushed through Street Fighter 6 updates and a live-action film on the same October 16 window. The game side has a settled Year 4 structure: Arjun released October 13 as the second Year 4 character, following Alex's release on the same date, with both characters built around accumulated recoverable damage. C. Viper's Outfit 4 also landed October 13, stacking a paid cosmetic drop onto a character release. The Fighting Pass 'Get Ready for Arjun!' ran from September 8 and included a Giga Wing title plus a tie-in with the film.
The film Street Fighter / The Movie is the live-action adaptation directed by Kitao Sakurai, produced with Legendary Pictures and Capcom, distributed by Paramount Pictures and Legendary Pictures, and opening worldwide October 16. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo plays Ken, and Callina Liang plays Chun-Li. Premium-format screenings include IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, SCREENX, ULTRA 4DX, and Dolby Cinema. Promotion includes a giant arcade cabinet in Times Square, an anan issue 2515 cover feature, and a wearable Guile hair popcorn bucket sold at AMC. The Japanese dub panel at Tokyo Game Show 2026 featured Hiroki Takahashi, Yuji Kishi, and Fumiko Orikasa with Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama, and Nijisanji VTuber Kuzuha joined the dub as Interpol agent Marvin.
Street Fighter 6 collaborations extend beyond the film. Apex Legends ran a crossover event from September 23 with an Apex K.O. mode using Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, and Dhalsim and eight Legend skins. A four-part Star Detective Precure! story will run in Battlehub from December 17 with no international release announced. Hardware partnerships include four Japan-only AGV helmets for Juri, Cammy, Gouki, and Ken, and a GRAPHT Command Trigger for PC with four Street Fighter 6 collaboration models.
Key facts
- Year 4 second character Arjun release date
- October 13, 2026 ↗
- Live-action film worldwide opening date
- October 16 ↗
- Film director
- Kitao Sakurai ↗
- Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li cast
- Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, Callina Liang as Chun-Li ↗
- Premium film screening formats
- IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, SCREENX, ULTRA 4DX, Dolby Cinema ↗
- Apex Legends crossover start date
- September 23, 2026 ↗
- Detective Pretty Cure collaboration start date
- December 17 ↗
- AGV helmet lineup and market
- Four helmets (Juri, Cammy, Gouki, Ken), sold only in Japan, 47,300 yen each ↗
- Street Fighter 6 platforms
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC ↗
Timeline
- Oct 13, 2026 Street Fighter 6 Adds Arjun as Second Year 4 Character
- Oct 10, 2026 Oji League vs Streamer Army Set for October 24 Street Fighter 6 Showdown
- Oct 9, 2026 Giant Street Fighter Cabinet Appears in Times Square
- Oct 8, 2026 Street Fighter: The Movie Takes The Cover Of Anan Issue 2515
- Oct 6, 2026 VTuber Katame No Pudding To End Activities On October 11
- Oct 5, 2026 Tokyo Game Show 2026 Cosplay Roundup: Ann, Tifa, Aigis
- Oct 5, 2026 Street Fighter / The Movie Sets IMAX, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema Screenings
- Oct 4, 2026 X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Idols, And Fighters To One Makuhari Stage
- Oct 4, 2026 Paramount Releases 'The Love Of Street Fighter' Trailer Ahead Of October 16 Opening
- Oct 4, 2026 Paramount Trailer Puts Ken And Ryu At The Center Of Live-Action Street Fighter
- Oct 4, 2026 Star Detective Precure! Joins Street Fighter 6 in Four-Part Story
- Oct 4, 2026 AGV And Street Fighter 6 Launch Four Japan-Only Juri, Cammy, Gouki, Ken Helmets
- Sep 20, 2026 Capcom Announces Street Fighter 6 and Detective Pretty Cure Collaboration
- Sep 20, 2026 Street Fighter 6 Shows Alex Gameplay Footage At Tokyo Game Show 2026
- Sep 19, 2026 Street Fighter Movie Dub Cast Talks Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li at Tokyo Game Show 2026
- Sep 18, 2026 Apex Legends and Street Fighter 6 Crossover Event Opens September 23
- Sep 18, 2026 BS12 To Air Street Fighter II Movie HD Remaster And Dragon Maid Film
- Sep 18, 2026 Street Fighter Movie Debuts Wearable Guile Hair Popcorn Bucket
- Sep 17, 2026 Capcom Shows Arjun Playtest At Tokyo Game Show 2026
- Sep 17, 2026 Kuzuha Joins Japanese Dub Of Street Fighter Movie As Interpol Agent Marvin
- Sep 17, 2026 Kioxia Brings Asian Games Esports SSDs To Tokyo Game Show
- Sep 16, 2026 Street Fighter 6 Reveals C. Viper Outfit 4 for October 13
- Sep 15, 2026 Apex Legends And Street Fighter 6 Collaboration Starts September 23
- Sep 11, 2026 Vspo GG Travel Edition Heads To GALLERIA Booth At Tokyo Game Show 2026
- Sep 8, 2026 Street Fighter 6 Fighting Pass Preps Arjun Arrival with Giga Wing and Film Tie-In
- Sep 8, 2026 Brook Packs TGS 2026 Booth With 10+ Arcade Stick Brands
- Sep 8, 2026 Street Fighter 6 Adds Arjun to Year 4 Roster on October 13
- Sep 6, 2026 GRAPHT Command Trigger for PC Thin Leverless Controller Announced
- Sep 4, 2026 Street Fighter 6 Special Exhibition Event Set for October 1 at Midland Square Cinema
- Sep 4, 2026 VSPO! x Street Fighter 6 x PUNK WORKSHOP Collab Controllers Open Orders September 11
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Facts
- Release
- live_action · 2026-10-16 · U.S. · 2026-10-19
- Release
- movie · days away · 2026-10-09
- Release
- live_action · October 16 · 2026-09-01
- Release
- live_action · 2026-10-16 · Japan and overseas · 2026-09-18
- Release
- movie · 2026-10-16 · worldwide · 2026-08-11
- Release
- game · November 2026 · Japan · 2026-07-02
- Noted
- Street Fighter 6 played at a high level by Katame no Pudding · 2026-10-06
- Noted
- An independent Street Fighter 6 player reached the game's Legend rank with Ken · 2026-10-06
- Noted
- Street Fighter is in VR-X zone · 2026-07-19
- Announced
- new trailer · 2026-10-04
- Announced
- Ichiban Kuji lottery with MASTERLISE figures of Ryu and Cammy · 2026-07-02
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- Confirmed Noah Centineo voices Street Fighter Oct 9 · source
- Confirmed movie days away Oct 9 · source
- Confirmed new trailer Oct 4 · source
- Confirmed Legendary Entertainment produces Street Fighter Oct 4 · source
- Confirmed Paramount Pictures produces Street Fighter Oct 4 · source
- Confirmed live_action October 16 Sep 10 · source
All coverage
2d ago
Mouse Computer is sponsoring the esports event "DetonatioN FocusMe presents CONNeCT TOCHIGI 2026 powered by Ashikaga Bank," held October 24 at the multipurpose plaza of Ark Town Utsunomiya (Tobu Sogo Park) in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. Admission is free. Doors open at 11:00, the main stage runs from 12:00 to 17:15, and the venue closes at 18:00. At the Mouse Computer booth, visitors can play Street Fighter 6 on the G TUNE FG-A7G70, a collaboration model with the professional esports team DetonatioN FocusMe (DFM). Pro gamers Itabashi Zangief and Nauman appear for a match session. Mouse Computer products are also used in stage programs and exhibition matches. Seat use requires advance application, and the day's program details are on the official site. The event aims to connect local youth, companies, and the community through esports.
2d ago
The new Rascal Does Not Dream anime film, Seishun Buta Yaro wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai, opened at #4 in Japan on October 16 and earned 186,464,420 yen (about US$1.18 million) in its first three days. The live-action Resident Evil reboot stayed at #2 in its second weekend, with a cumulative 1,373,385,400 yen. The live-action Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku rose from #4 to #3.
2d ago
REJECT ran a collaboration project with Panasonic's Korikoran home-use high-frequency treatment device in September 2026. The push included a video from September 15 featuring STREET FIGHTER division player Daigo Umehara, a special page published September 14 where Umehara and streamer Haitani try the Korikoran Loop, a segment on REJECT's Rijepo program, and a REJECT corner at the Panasonic booth at TOKYO GAME SHOW 2026 from September 17 to 20.
5d ago
Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film opened at No. 1 in the U.S. with an estimated $31 million, and added an estimated $20.1 million from 65 overseas markets, for about $51.1 million worldwide. IMAX screenings brought in $7.7 million globally. The film opened October 16. Deadline reported the opening came in below the $70 million the staff had hoped for, against an $82 million production budget.
Oct 17
BS12 TwellV has slotted the HD remaster of Street Fighter II MOVIE for October 18 at 19:00 in its Sunday Anime Theater block, the remaster's first television broadcast. The 1994 theatrical film adapts Capcom's Super Street Fighter II X, with Gisaburo Sugii directing and Group Tuck handling animation. Its story picks up years after Ryu beat Sagat, as Interpol and the US Air Force move against Shadaloo and its leader sends spy robots out to find strong fighters.
Oct 13
Capcom added Arjun to Street Fighter 6 on October 13, 2026, as the second Year 4 additional character. He fights with yoga and breathing techniques, mixing setup moves and projectiles, and can chip away at guarding opponents with recoverable damage. His Arcade Mode story casts him as an Indian police officer framed for his partner Karna's murder. His Outfit 2, a theme song titled The KroDharma, and a C. Viper Outfit 4 are also out.
Oct 10
REJECT announced "Oji League vs Streamer Army," a Street Fighter 6 showdown between Oji League participants and popular streamers, for Saturday, October 24. Koku-nii and SHAKA traded trash talk in a video released with the announcement, trading lines like "Bring it on, kid" and "Fine by me, old man." Silhouettes believed to be participants appear alongside epithets in the video's latter half, including "Teisei," "Goketsu," and SHAKA's "Legendary Battlefield King Sniper." Format and rules are not yet clear.
Oct 9
A giant Street Fighter arcade cabinet showed up in New York's Times Square as part of the upcoming film's promotion. Actor Noah Centineo, who plays Ken Masters, performed a real-life Hell Wheel in a video posted by the movie's social media team. Reports of the cabinet spread across social media on Thursday, with DiscussingFilm posting footage of performers dressed as Ryu and Ken fighting at the oversized cabinet, which has a giant control stick and command buttons.
Oct 8
Magazine House puts the film on the cover of the anan issue 2515 special edition, on sale October 14. Andrew Koji (Ryu), Callina Liang (Chun-Li), and Noah Centineo (Ken) appear in their in-film costumes. The 9-page feature carries newly shot gravure, role preparation and a six-week training camp, and an interview with Capcom's Takayuki Nakayama. A pixel-art sticker set covers all 10 characters.
Oct 6
Katame no Pudding announced she will end her activities with a stream on October 11, 2026, and will explain the decision during that stream. The YouTube membership ends the same day. After October 11, her YouTube and Twitch videos and stream archives become private except for some, and her social accounts stop being updated. She started activities in March 2022 and played Street Fighter 6 at a high level.
Oct 5
Tokyo Game Show 2026 ran from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, with the September 21 session canceled as a typhoon approached. Business days were September 17 and 18, public days September 19 and 20. More than 250,000 visitors attended across the four days, and 1,138 companies and organizations from 53 countries and regions exhibited. A photo roundup collects eight cosplayers, among them Ann Takamaki from Persona 5, Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII, Aigis from Persona 3, and Yasmine from Street Fighter 6.
Oct 5
Capcom announced on October 5 that the live-action film Street Fighter / The Movie will be screened in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, SCREENX, ULTRA 4DX, and Dolby Cinema, with a worldwide release starting October 16. Four format-specific posters were revealed. For IMAX screenings only, an A3 poster featuring Ryu preparing a Hadoken will be given to attendees from opening day, with no character stickers.
Oct 4
Award held X VORDER RUNWAY at Makuhari Messe's Exhibition Halls 1-4 on September 27. The event combined a fashion runway with a music live, with performers including Suisei Hoshimachi, HIMEHINA, Sara Hoshikawa, Kaf, Chun-Li, Rise Kujikawa, Haruka Amami, Chihaya Kisaragi, Miki Hoshii, and Nanawo Akari, among others. Mika Pikazo designed every costume, and Kohei Tanaka handled the theme song Kousaku OMNIVERSE.
Oct 4
Paramount Pictures began streaming a trailer titled "The Love of Street Fighter" for Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film on Friday. The trailer mixes cast comments about the franchise with behind-the-scenes footage. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo plays Ken, and Callina Liang plays Chun-Li. The film opens on October 16.
Oct 4
Paramount Pictures began streaming a new trailer for Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film on Monday, built around Ken and Ryu's relationship and rivalry. The film opens October 16. Andrew Koji plays Ryu and Noah Centineo plays Ken, with Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Jason Momoa as Blanka, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, and Cody Rhodes as Guile. Kitao Sakurai directs; the shoot began in Australia in August 2025.
Oct 4
CAPCOM will run an original four-part Star Detective Precure! story in Street Fighter 6's Battlehub starting December 17. The Precure team investigates a destroyed arcade machine in part one, and Luke, Jamie, and Kimberly appear in the anime's art style. The collaboration adds avatar items and illustration fliers at tie-in events, CAPCOM stores, and Precure Pretty Store locations across Japan. No international release has been announced.
Oct 4
Eurogear will open orders on Friday, October 2, 2026 for four collaboration helmets between Italian motorcycle helmet brand AGV and Capcom's fighting game Street Fighter 6. The collection is sold only in Japan, and each of the four fighters gets a dedicated graphic across the full shell of the helmet. The four designs are Juri, Cammy, Gouki, and Ken. The base model is AGV's best-selling K1 S, and the fighter's color theme and personality drive the artwork. Each helmet costs 47,300 yen including tax. Sales run from October 2, 2026 on the AGV Japan official website, at Dainese stores nationwide, and at motorcycle supply retailers nationwide. Details are on the official website. The same four names appear in both the graphic lineup and the character list, so the pairings are fixed: one helmet per fighter, no variant colorways beyond the four.
Sep 20
Capcom announced on September 20, 2026 that the fighting game Street Fighter 6 and the anime Detective Pretty Cure are crossing over. The reveal came at the Capcom Stage Live <DAY-2> event at Tokyo Game Show 2026. A four-episode original collaboration story is scheduled to be distributed starting December 17. In the story, an incident occurs in which arcade cabinets in the Battle Hub are broken and their screens go completely black, and Cure Answer and the others investigate the truth behind it. A key visual and part of the story were shown at the stage event. Game screens also showed Luke, Jamie, and Kimberly from Street Fighter 6 drawn in a Precure-style touch. Capcom said further details will be announced in the future. The game is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
Sep 20
At Capcom's Tokyo Game Show 2026 stage live on September 20, the company revealed gameplay footage of Alex, the second Year 4 character in Street Fighter 6. Alex releases on October 13 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. The footage shows a move set built around accumulating Recoverable Damage, plus taunt and victory poses.
Sep 19
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Hiroki Takahashi, Yuji Kishi, and Fumiko Orikasa appeared alongside Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama to discuss the Japanese dub of the live-action Street Fighter: The Movie. The panel covered the film's synopsis, set stories from filming, and how dubbing a live-action film differs from recording for the games.
Sep 18
Respawn and Capcom's Apex Legends will run a large-scale collaboration event with Street Fighter 6 starting September 23, 2026. The event adds a limited-time mode called Apex K.O. in which players build a six-segment Fight Gauge by collecting Fighter Tokens dropped on the field or by punching red Punch Trucks scattered across a street-style remix of the Olympus map. At one segment or more, the camera shifts to third person and the player becomes a Fighter Form version of Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, or Dhalsim. Gunfire and abilities are locked out, but melee damage rises, incoming damage drops, movement speed and mobility increase, and a guard option opens up. The update also ships eight Iconic skins pairing Apex characters with Street Fighter fighters, and the Mythic universal melee item Hadoken.
Sep 18
BS12 TwellV's "Sunday Anime Theater" will broadcast "Street Fighter II MOVIE (HD Remaster)" on October 18, 2026, and "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved" on October 25. The 1994 Street Fighter II film was produced and set by Capcom with animation by Group TAC under director Gisaburo Sugii. Both broadcasts are first TV airings.
Sep 18
The overseas official X account for the live-action Street Fighter movie announced on September 18 that a popcorn bucket shaped like Guile's hair will go on sale. A video of Cody Rhodes, who plays Guile, using the item was also released. The bucket can be worn on the head, and it appears you can reach in and eat popcorn while wearing it. The item will be sold at AMC, the major American movie theater chain. Pricing information has not been disclosed. The film is a live-action adaptation of Street Fighter, the series that established the fighting game genre and has surpassed 60 million units sold worldwide cumulatively. Production involves Legendary Pictures and Capcom, with Paramount Pictures and Legendary Pictures handling worldwide distribution. The release date is scheduled for October 16 in both Japan and overseas, and tickets go on sale Monday.
Sep 17
Capcom held a playtest of Street Fighter 6's new character Arjun at its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth. Arjun is an Indian yoga master and former police officer on the run after being falsely accused of killing a colleague. He is a Power, Mid-Range, Normal type with no unique gauge. His command grab, Demonic Interrogation, deals only white damage on its own but converts with follow-ups.
Sep 17
Nijisanji VTuber Kuzuha will appear in the Japanese dub of Street Fighter: The Movie, playing Interpol agent Marvin, as announced at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The Hollywood live-action adaptation of the fighting game, directed by the team behind Legendary Pictures and Capcom, opens worldwide on October 16. Kuzuha called the recording tense but fresh, and described Marvin as an eccentric character.
Sep 17
Kioxia exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21, marking the semiconductor maker's first booth at a gaming event. The centerpiece was hands-on play on competition PCs built with Mouse Computer's gaming brand G TUNES and fitted with the EXCERIA PRO G2 SSD, the same configuration used at the esports competition for the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in 2026. Visitors played Street Fighter 6 to sample the drive's short load times under conditions close to what tournament players use. The booth also displayed consumer SSDs including the EXCERIA PRO G2, and showed color variations for the EXCERIA PLUS G2 Portable SSD as a reference exhibit ahead of launch, with shades named Sumi, Momiji, Ruri, Matcha, and Kinako. A collaboration gachapon with Mouse Computer ran at the booth, and guest talk events were scheduled for the public days.
Sep 16
Capcom announced C. Viper's Outfit 4 for Street Fighter 6 during its Capcom Spotlight | TGS 2026 stream on September 16. The costume launches October 13, the same day the Year 4 character Alex joins the roster. The design uses a swimsuit series look and is described as fusing the danger and elegance of a venomous snake. Outfit 4 has been a paid costume line since last year, beginning with Juri's costume, which was available for a limited time, then outfits for seven characters (Luke, Jamie, Kimberly, Manon, A.K.I., Cammy, and Chun-Li) in August, followed by Zangief, Dee Jay, and Elena. Street Fighter 6 is on sale for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. More Outfit 4 releases for the remaining characters are expected.
Sep 15
Electronic Arts will run a collaboration event between Apex Legends and Capcom's Street Fighter 6 starting September 23 at 2:00 a.m. JST. The Olympus map is rebuilt with a Street Fighter 6 theme: arcade cabinets, a giant Blanka-chan balloon, graffiti, and fighter statues. The old Fight Night area becomes "Luke's Gym," where players inside the ring stay in Fighter Form and use abilities without limit. A Street Fighter car appears as the Punch Truck, which is immune to gunfire and drops tokens when punched. Eight Legend skins pair fighters with Legends: Sparrow x Ryu, Alter x Chun-Li, Bangalore x Elena, Mirage x Luke, Gibraltar x Akuma, Wattson x Cammy, Caustic x Blanka, and Pathfinder x Dhalsim. Eight legendary weapon skins cover the Flatline, Volt, Mozambique, Peacekeeper, R-99, EVA-8, G7 Scout, and Sentinel. Event currency Zenny buys items in a reward shop, including a Lifeline x Juri epic skin and skydive emotes for Ryu and Akuma. Apex Legends is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
Sep 11
Vspo! announced that a travel edition of its official program Vspo GG will run at the GALLERIA booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which opens September 17. Two sessions are set for September 20: Street Fighter 6 from 12:30, presented by GALLERIA, and VALORANT from 15:00, supported by Riot Games. The booth also hosts a VRChat session and a Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026 cheering session.
Sep 8
Capcom released the 'Get Ready for Arjun!' Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6 on September 8, ahead of Arjun's October 13 debut. The pass includes EX colors for Dhalsim and Lily, a fireworks intrusion effect, new intrusion visuals for Ryu and Elena, Movie Star avatar equipment, and the classic shooter Giga Wing. A tie-in with the live-action Street Fighter film, opening October 16, offers free intrusion visuals.
Sep 8
Brook Gaming will exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026 under the theme "Powered by Brook Inside," co-showing with more than 10 arcade stick brands at Hall 10-E29. Wizard Room presents a new second-generation stick, while REJECT and M-GAMING bring 2026 models and ISTMALL and other partners show latest units. On the public days, Street Fighter 6 pros Sahara and Nemo will hold talks, play sessions, photos, and signings.
Sep 8
Capcom announced September 8 that Arjun, the second Year 4 character for Street Fighter 6, releases October 13. Arjun is an Indian police officer framed for the murder of his partner Karna. His kit centers on recoverable damage: gray health that recovers over time but is lost if hit before recovery. Many specials accumulate it even when blocked. His moves use yoga breathing techniques, including projectiles, rock-based attacks, a counter stance, and a command grab that converts gray health to real damage.
Sep 6
GRAPHT, a brand by MSY, announced the GRAPHT Command Trigger for PC, a thin 17-button leverless arcade controller developed with keyboard brand Akko. It is 23 mm thick, features 1.8 mm stroke switches, supports 8,000 Hz polling, and includes a 2-inch LCD and jog dial. Four Street Fighter 6 collaboration models are available. Standard model pre-orders open September 17, release October 23 at 16,980 yen. Collaboration models pre-order same day, release December 10 at 19,800 yen.
Sep 4
A Street Fighter 6 special exhibition will run October 1 at Midland Square Cinema 2, Screen 8, ahead of the Street Fighter movie's October 16 release. Pro e-sports players Dogura and KEI.B will play a match with commentary from caster Aru. SKE48-affiliated e-sports team amshy members MIYOMARUKO and OHIME will appear for challenge segments and a talk portion.
Sep 4
Virtual e-Sports Project VSPO! has teamed with Street Fighter 6 and controller maker PUNK WORKSHOP on three limited-order leverless controllers. Each pairs a VSPO! member with their main Street Fighter 6 character: Ren Kisaragi with JP, Hanabi Choya with Marisa, and Moka Amayui with Akuma. The members supervised button layout, size, color, and specs to match their own play setups. Orders run September 11 to October 12, 2026, from 39,980 yen, with shipping from early November.
Sep 3
A YouTube mini-game called Street Fighter Combo Challenge has been available since September 2. It plays the main promotional video for the live-action film Street Fighter: The Movie, set for worldwide release on October 16, on an arcade cabinet-style screen. Players press keys in time with on-screen prompts for sessions of 2 to 3 minutes, with scores and best scores shown at the end. Keyboard input works on PC, and the game runs in the YouTube app.
Sep 1
Paramount Pictures released a new trailer for Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film, which opens October 16. Set in 1993, the story follows Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li through the World Warrior Tournament. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo plays Ken, and Callina Liang plays Chun-Li. Kitao Sakurai directs. The film is the first distributed under the new Paramount-Legendary deal after Sony dropped it from its calendar.
Aug 28
Unitcom began selling 'Street Fighter 6' recommended PCs from its LEVEL∞ gaming PC series. Three models, two desktops and one laptop, passed Capcom's verification standards for operation testing. Prices range from 289,800 yen to 364,800 yen, with BTO support for customization. The desktop 'LEVEL-M8AM-R97X-RRXB-SF6' is 289,800 yen with an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Radeon RX 9060 XT. Another desktop, 'LEVEL-M88M-265F-TKXB-SF6,' costs 364,800 yen with an Intel Core Ultra 7 and GeForce RTX 5070. The laptop 'LEVEL-15FR172-U7P-TKPX-SF6' is 359,800 yen with an RTX 5070 Laptop GPU.
Aug 28
Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026, the official Japanese pro league for Street Fighter 6, kicks off August 25. The VTuber group Vspo!, serving as the league's official support ambassador, will conduct mirror broadcasts of all matches and player interviews. Five members will handle the simultaneous viewing.
Aug 28
MSY's brand GRAPHT announced new collaboration items with Capcom's fighting game Street Fighter 6 on August 28, ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026. The lineup expands the Monitor Mascot series with four characters: Ed, Akuma, Guile, and E. Honda, bringing the total to 13 types. The Desk Mat series adds Ingrid and Alex, and the Embroidered Sticker series adds Yasmin, who appeared in Year 4, plus three rank badges: ULTIMATE MASTER, GRAND MASTER, and HIGH MASTER. The Monitor Mascots are about 8 cm tall and priced at 2,500 yen each at the TGS venue. Desk mats cost 4,900 yen each, and embroidered stickers cost 1,300 yen each, all at TGS venue-limited prices. Advance sales begin at the GRAPHT merchandise booth (Hall10-W30) during TGS2026, held from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe. Mail order on the GRAPHT official EC site is planned for early October. The embroidered stickers now cover all 31 playable characters in Street Fighter 6. GRAPHT will also exhibit at the gaming hardware corner (Hall10-C08), displaying gamepads, arcade controllers, monitors, earphones, and microphone arms, with some available for trial.
Aug 27
Thirdwave's gaming PC brand GALLERIA began accepting orders on August 25 for a line of collaboration desktop PCs themed around Capcom's Street Fighter 6. The company also announced sponsorship and equipment cooperation for Capcom's official STREET FIGHTER LEAGUE JAPAN 2026. The collaboration models feature a deformed, comical illustration of character Juri by illustrator Kangyaku, displayed on the front of the chassis and the left glass panel. An original wallpaper using the same artwork comes preinstalled. Eight models are available total, split evenly between AMD and Intel CPU configurations. All meet the recommended specifications for comfortable play of Street Fighter 6. The recommended model, SFPR7A-R56T16G-W, runs Windows 11 Home, uses an AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU, 16GB of DDR5 memory, a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU, and a 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD, priced at 414,980 yen including tax. Prices across the lineup range from 354,980 yen to 719,980 yen. Orders can be placed at Dospara stores and its online shop.
Aug 19
Red Bull Japan announced all four matchups for the invitational show match Red Bull Revenge, held September 21 at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The cards reenact famous Street Fighter competitive matches in Street Fighter 6: Big Bird vs Bonchan, Tokido vs MenaRD, Blaz vs Sahara, and LeShar vs Kawano. Each match is first-to-5, with free first-come seating and streams on YouTube and Twitch.
Aug 19
Inside's photo report from Comic Market 108, held August 15 and 16 at Tokyo Big Sight, spotlights 10 female cosplayers from general participation. The two-day event drew about 260,000 visitors, down 40,000 from the previous event. Featured cosplay spans Street Fighter, Hololive, Zenless Zone Zero, NIKKE, Call of the Night, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Shugo Chara!, and Keroro Gunso.
Aug 17
Tokido won the Street Fighter 6 tournament at CEO 2026 in Florida, defeating Booce Lee 3-2 in the grand final after resetting the bracket. It is his first Capcom Pro Tour win since 2024. Since Tokido already holds a Capcom Cup 13 spot, the winner's qualification goes to Booce Lee.
Aug 11
David Dastmalchian, who plays Vega in the live-action "Street Fighter: The Movie," told ComicBook that the production team minimized reliance on VFX, using stunts and live-action techniques to reproduce special moves. He said audiences will see the Psycho Crusher expressed in live action for the first time. The film releases worldwide on October 16, 2026.
Aug 9
At WWE SummerSlam 2026, Cody Rhodes, who plays Guile in the live-action Street Fighter: The Movie, performed an entrance styled after Street Fighter II. The video shown during his entrance began with content resembling the game's title screen, moved to the character select screen, and included a scene of Guile. His mask even featured Guile hair.
Aug 8
Infinity Studio is releasing a 1/3 scale silicone action figure of Cammy from Street Fighter 6, standing about 65 cm tall. It features an alloy skeleton, movable joints, hand-planted hair, and adjustable golden twin blades. Reservations are open on Amazon.co.jp for 188,000 yen, with release scheduled for April 30, 2027.
Aug 7
Sycom announced on August 3 that pro players Orarin and Zabuton will serve as guest instructors for the STREET FIGHTER 6 LEVEL UP ACADEMY, a free event run by Human Academy e-Sports College. Sessions take place August 22 in Kobe and August 23 in Fukuoka, with seminars and match coaching.
Aug 7
Capcom's Street Fighter 6 took first place in the latest Steam sales rankings for Japan, boosted by a 50 percent discount. New releases followed closely, with Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation at second and Nippon Ichi Software's Honogurai no Niwa at third. The list also includes free-to-play staples and two other new titles.
Aug 7
Brave group's next-generation Virtual esports Project Vspo! has been appointed as the official support ambassador for Capcom's Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026 for the second consecutive year. Five Vspo! talents will serve in the role: Ren Kisaragi, Kupi Kaminari, Ema Aizawa, Hanabi Choya, and Moka Amayui. The announcement was made on August 7, 2026. In the previous season, Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2025, three members held the position: Kisaragi, Choya, and Amayui. For the 2026 season, Kaminari and Aizawa, both active players in Street Fighter 6, have joined the ambassador team, expanding it to five members. The ambassadors will promote the tournament through activities such as mirror streams, player interviews, and content introducing the league. Street Fighter League JAPAN 2026 marks the ninth season of the official Capcom team league, with all 12 teams competing for the championship. The tournament will be broadcast live on the official CAPCOM Fighters JP YouTube and Twitch channels. Ahead of the main rounds, a pre-opening division match featuring 48 players from 12 teams is scheduled for August 10 and 11, 2026.