The Gamers 8 Street Fighter 6 invitational was the biggest tournament so far in 2023 because of its $1,000,000 prize pool, with $400,000 of it going to the grand champion Kakeru. He beat out the recently-crowned SF6 EVO 2023 champion Angry Bird in a hectic grand final match. This competitor has been a standout since the latter years of Street Fighter 5 and recently won the Red Bull Kumite Last Chance Qualifiers and placed fifth at EVO 2023. While he was a Ryu main in SF5, he shelved the shoto in favor of SF6’s premier zoner at the moment: JP.