Tokido | |
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![]() Tokido in 2018 | |
Current team | |
Team | Rohto Zi |
Game | Street Fighter 6 |
Personal information | |
Name | Hajime Taniguchi |
Nickname(s) | Murderface |
Born | Okinawa, Japan[1] | 7 July 1985
Nationality | Japanese |
Career information | |
Games | King of Fighters Street Fighter |
Playing career | 2002–present |
Team history | |
2011 | The Traveling Circus |
2011–2016 | Mad Catz |
2017–2019 | Echo Fox |
2019–present | Rohto Zi |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Hajime Taniguchi (Japanese: 谷口 一, Hepburn: Taniguchi Hajime, born 7 July 1985[1]), better known as Tokido, is a Japanese fighting game player who plays the King of Fighters and Street Fighter franchises. He is known for playing multiple fighting games on a competitive level in addition to Street Fighter, including Tekken, Marvel vs Capcom 3, and BlazBlue.[3] Tokido is a three-time EVO champion, having won Capcom vs. SNK 2 in 2002 as well as winning Super Street Fighter II Turbo in 2007 and Street Fighter V ten years later.[4] Tokido has had 28 Evolution top 8 finishes (a feat surpassed only by Justin Wong), having EVO medals in 12 different games across more than 20 years.[5]