The Shizowa Cup: A prelude To SBO

SBO 09 will kick off this friday. The sf4 tournament event will feature the greatest SF players around the world such as Daigo and Iyo.Not only that, shizowa san has promised us a big announcement by Ono san during the event (sf4 dash anyone?). But all this will happen friday, however there is another event you should be excited about that will take place this thursday: The Shizowa Cup.

Named after the famous Shizowa Natsuki (sf4 producer and sf4 dev blog owner), the shizowa cup will feature a 5vs5 team tournament with 16 kick ass teams participating. The tournament is officialy sponsored by Capcom.

Thanx to SRK user Reno, we now have the full list of teams and participants of this big event:

Pool 1:

The Kansai
Naiki (RU)
Kigunas (SG)
RF (SG)
Kouji (ZA)
Uryo (VI)

Sky Force
Momochi (AK)
Pie (SG)
Headpress (DIC)
Choko (BL)
Kokujin (RY)

Taiwan Pimp!
Eric Zato918 (AK)
Rei leiccc (BX)
Rockpon (SG)
RB (RU)
Gamer Bee (AK)

Introducing Our Eriru!
Emirio (KE)
Radiowave (SG)
Dai-chan (RY)
Shuu (RU)
Eriru toiu na no majyuu (SG)

Butakami no na no moto ni
Aru (VI)
Dan (RY)
Sano (RY)
Remiou (KE)
Nitto (AK)

Sayama Poi no
Hero boy (SG)
Yuu (AK)
Kyabetsu (VI)
Ojisan boy (SG)
Tokido (AK)

Pool 2:

Nagoya 8 Force
KOK (SG)
Adlib Prince (RY)
Etoro (SG)
Chiba (KE)
Hard M Yasuda (CH)

Petachan’s (Pantyhose) Fan Club
Haru King (HO)
Gan (BL)
DIOR (RY)
Yoshimura (DH)
Peta (RU)

Nova Army @ Versus
Nova (SG)
Nuki (CH)
Kanbara (AK)
Tetsu-san (EL)
Aiku (DIC)

Makoto no Balrog Mitokan ne
Neou Makoto (VE)
Shiro (AB)
Use (ZA)
Togawa (RY)
Fujiya (AK)

Fukuoka + Kumamoto
Mizoteru (BL)
Black Mamba (BL)
Hachigarashi (GU)
Bean (SG)
Ichi (SG)

2D God Kintaro
Mago (SG)
Nemo (CH)
Kindevu (RU)
Dashio (VI)
Kyokukendo (DIC)

Neko Punch
Nyan Shi (RY)
Misse (AK)
Iyo (DH)
Bonchan (SG)
Umehara (RY)

LETS GO JUSTIN
Justin Wong (BX)
Marn (VI)
Jangief (Za)
Ricky Ortiz (RU)
fLoE (SG)

VF High Motivation
Fuu (RY)
Itabashi Zangief (ZA)
Sutoraikun (KE)
Yoru no Teramachi Zangief (SG)
Koedo (SG)

Sakamoto Shosa Wa Ore ga Mamoru
Mahoshojo Zangitan (ZA)
FAX Gimoto (BL)
Darui (DH)
Yuru (RY)
Sakamoto Shosa (SG)

As you can see the teams are all scary, but my money is on Neko punch team with both the sf4 world champion Daigpo Umehara and the Japan Champion Iyo, this team is definetly one of the deadliest.

Rumor has it that the tournament might be streamed on the net we will let you know if that ends up bein the case.

source: SRK