Arslan Ash reveals why he isn’t competing at Riyadh Conflict or Evo Japan 2025

High Tekken 8 professional Arslan Ash shocked the FGC when he revealed that visa problems will preserve him from Evo Japan and Riyadh Conflict this yr.

Arslan Ash shared the unlucky information on X (previously Twitter), the place it was met with frustration from followers who needed to see him compete as a lot as potential. These two huge occasions are a part of the Tekken World Tour.

“I won’t be able to attend Riyadh Conflict and Evo JP this yr,” Arslan Ash wrote. “I made each effort to go, however sadly, I encountered visa issues once more. It’s advantageous, I’ve discovered to reside with passport limitations; possibly in the future, issues will change.”

The Pakistani participant has continued to take care of travel-related points over the previous few years of competitors. Pakistan’s passport is taken into account weak because of its worldwide restrictions. Many followers urged Arslan Ash to get citizenship elsewhere or apply to completely different visas.

Takayuki Kudo, President of International Sense, sponsored Arslan Ash’s journey to Evo Japan in 2023. Arslan Ash ended up successful the occasion. After listening to of Arslan Ash dropping out of Evo Japan 2025, Kudo replied: “I remorse that I ought to have been the one to make the transfer to make sure you got here to Evo Japan, which might have elevated your possibilities of acquiring an leisure visa.”

Arslan Ash thanked Kudo for his phrases however informed him to not blame himself. He added: “We’ll succeed subsequent yr.”

With out Arslan Ash current, Evo Japan 2025 has a whole lot of hungry execs that would rise to the highest of the Tekken 8 tourney. This contains Kakeru, Daigo Umehara and Tokido from Japan, Huge Fowl, AngryBird and EndingWalker from Europe and the Center East, and Punk, Nephew, NoahTheProdigy, and MenaRD from the Americas. It’s nonetheless certain to be a wild event for the FGC to look at.

Evo Japan 2025 is coming Could ninth to Could eleventh, 2025.