Legendary Tekken participant Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique has confirmed he will likely be lacking two of the largest Tekken 8 occasions of the yr because of points together with his visa.
The 29-year-old is taken into account by many as the best Tekken participant of all time after turning into the sport collection’ solely triple crown champion again in 2023 when he received EVO, EVO Japan, and the Tekken World Tour Finals all in the identical yr.
Nevertheless, he will likely be lacking not less than a type of occasions this yr as he introduced he’ll miss the Tekken 8 occasions for each Riyadh Conflict and the record-breaking EVO Japan 2025.
The Pakistani took to his social media to elucidate that he was as soon as once more being held again by visa points:
“I won’t be able to attend Riyadh Conflict and Evo JP this yr. 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; perhaps at some point, issues will change.”
It’s not the primary time Arslan Ash has had points attending to occasions. In the beginning of his profession, Arslan Ash infamously misplaced his passport together with his visa in it per week earlier than attending EVO Japan 2019 however managed to get an emergency one simply earlier than the occasion. It took him 5 flights over two days to reach in Japan on the day the match began. And regardless of all that stress and excessive jet lag, he nonetheless received the occasion as an enormous underdog.
Beforehand in 2023, Arslan Ash was capable of attend EVO Japan because of a sponsorship from International Sense and upon seeing his current announcement, the corporate’s president Takayuki Kudo apoligised to the Tekken professional: “It’s my remorse that I ought to have made a transfer to make sure that you’d come to EvoJapan, which might have elevated your possibilities of acquiring an leisure visa. I’m sorry…”
However Arslan Ash refused to remain downbeat, responding: “Thanks Kudo San. It was not our fault. InshaAllah, we are going to succeed subsequent yr.”
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