The Story of Tokido
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2019
- There are few people who can truly claim to be legends. And even fewer who can live up to the meaning of the word.
Tokido is perhaps the most decorated fighting game player in history. With Top 8 placements in over a dozen different games over his career, he is one of the greatest players the fighting games community has ever seen.
Tokido has spent most of his career in Daigo’s shadow. He’s dedicated his life to perfecting his craft. All in his quest to become something many believe he already is.
This is his story.
Written By: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
Edited By: Daniel Cole (@RandomTens)
Narrated By: Colin McNeil (@McNeilColin)
Graphics Support: Diego Bernal
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You cut the best part. When Daigo destroyed him in Kemonomichi event, Tokido said that he always wants to beat Daigo, atleast in the game. And he'll keep coming back for more. Tokido loses, the tension in the room reaches its peak so Daigo have to allevate some of that, He lightheartedly said: But you've already beaten me in everything outside of it. Tokido just got praise from the legend he has been chasing since the beginning, the man whom he looked up to. And in that moment, Tokido cried.
That's what I called manly tears.
dude no, Daigo means "You can beat me another day but yet once again, not this time son. Try harder."
and we r so idle to watch this also : D
@@willing4sth That was Diego Umejuarez, his Mexican cousin.
Daigo is the only legend.
where's a video of it?
These fgc vids are 90% why im subbed to you guys
oh yeah yeah
True
Hello there brother
@@nicololagravinese9884 it has begun
Aryan Ata, this site soon will belong to us.
Many praises have already been said, but I just want to thank his dad for giving him that first push to play a tournament overseas.
Great parent there to support what your kid wants. Tokido is amazing regarding academics as well anyway. Bet his dad knew that too.
this is incredibly potent, many blessings to you for this message.
Tokido's impact on the fgc is something so great
after watching, I’m a little bit disappointed that you didn’t mention his measuring tape for the optimal distance from monitor to his seating
Wait what? Can you explain?
Tokido always plays at the same distance from the screen and uses a measuring tape. It ensures his footsies are on point
ruclips.net/video/9gXVEBXaxlo/видео.html
Oh yeah, hahahah XD
It's just a gag tokido played. he has the murder face but he has a sense of humour. should also watch the Jenga match he played . the best Jenga game ever played.
Prestigious is kinda an understatement for Tokyo U, getting into it is like getting into Cambridge or MIT you literally need to be the top 1% of the top 1% to even considering being accepted
But those extracurricular credentials of being a multi EVO champ surely gave him an edge XD
@@wyrw
Long time necro, but for anyone else thinking that, todai doesn't work like that. It's a true meritocracy, entry is based solely on the results of a single monstrous test where you only get one chance a year and if you fail the first time, you get pretty much permanently stuck as literally 'ronin' from that point on. If you make the cut and the cut is entirely your score vs every other test taker that year with a hard cut when they run out of slots. Once in, it becomes quite difficult to lose your place, but going for it is putting a lot on the line, especially since the tests are scheduled about the same time so you have to make a real hard judgement call as to which universities you want to try for.
You might think it's irrelevant to you, but it's open to anyone, foreigners included and if you think you're good enough, you might be able to take it. My dad is a tokyo daigaku graduate and it changed the arc of his entire life. He is not from Japan and went entirely for an education he would never have had the opportunity to have in his home nation.
Daigo Parry got me into SF, Tokido made me stay.
Best quote
Tokido is a deity, but Daigo is forever my god.
S A M E
@@floofiekun1875 100% agree!!!@@
JWong got me into SF, Tokido made me play Akuma and stay
Tokido is one of my favorite esport player of all time. The story between him and Daigo is like those Japanese manga: He decide to become a pro player instead of studying his Med Master because Daigo announced to be the 1st pro player in Japan, he always want to prove he become stronger than Daigo, fail many time but never give up. Also what his definition of "Legend" in FGC is amazing. There is one time a reporter ask him this question, Tokido said: If there is an alien came to Earth, and it challenge 1 human to play SFV, if he/she lose, we all extinct, who will you gonna call? Tokido answer with even he will call Daigo to save the Earth, and Tokido said he hopes some day it will be him, that's what he call a "Legend"
which interview was it?
Dude, Daigo and Tokido are literally All Might and Deku. WTF
Funny thing is there are actually mangas of these two in Japan.
@@willn8664 I need the sauce for that
honestly while i dont play them or even follow them much, these FGC videos are some of my favorite as most of these players have just the longest and most heartfelt background stories imaginable, from people growing up poor and using a local arcade as a get away from home, to not knowing if your parents trust your choice of what you wanna pursue to so much more, the history with these players is just not what you see with a lot of the FPS community, and I love every minute of these videos,
Thanks for doing a video on one of the GOAT's of fighting games and one of my favorite players! :D
I'm Japanese and I'm happy that you made a story on a Japanese player at least modernly I haven't seen every story on the channel
このチャンネルマジでいいビデオいっぱいあるから見るとええで。
ウメハラのもやってなかったかなたしか
They did one on Tokido before this, it was about his evo run at 2017
@@surumeman7195 There is one about Daigo, titled: 'The Story of Daigo Umehara: The Beast,' but it was old. He hasn't had one in this format yet.
@@Voicelet yeah just checked. He hasn't accomplished much lately anyway
いやー 日本人がいて嬉しいw
He doesn't want to be a legend, he wants to be THE legend.
I would argue
He already is
Even though Tokido has beaten Daigo in tournaments before, the FT10 loss was still so devastating to him because the FT10 format is Daigo's greatest category, stamina and adapation. FT3's are like sprints, while FT10 is a grueling marathon, it tests the player's mental fortitude and sheer experience in adapting and reading the opponent. Like how Daigo's Vampire Hunter streak of 286 wins on a single coin demonstrated, Daigo has monstrous mental stamina and concentration, he is able to stay on peak performance for extremely long amounts of time.
No one has ever beaten Daigo in an FT10 except Fuudo, which Daigo promptly defeated in a rematch. Daigo is too busy nowadays to do extensive training for tournaments, however if he knows who his single opponent is, he can study and learn his opponent like nobody else can, in a way he is like the Batman of fighting games, he is unbeatable with prep time. Until Tokido can beat him in an FT10, the format which Daigo excels in, Tokido will always see him a mountain whose peak he has yet to defeat.
Itazan beat diago in a ft10 like last year
Andre Fenton Itazan is also a crazy guy. That's why he won EVO 2 times,
Prep time daigo is the final boss
Tokido just did it right?
"fighting game... is somesing so great" best line of 2019 and we just started.
More like 2017 but ok
@@Jirudoggu lol what a fool
Holy shit. Tokido Was in the Tokyo University? And you say he chose to drop out from master? That is still impressive. Getting into that U is not easy.
Yep, so in China his nickname is "Tokyo U", just to show how smart he is
Tokido is already a legend.
His loss to Daigo and seeing him cry was heart breaking. But like legends, you can't keep him down.
13:08
Narrator : But It was to support the one thing he always cared about--
Me : His family
Narrator : Fighting games
Me : -__-
This guys is one of the true legends of fighting games hands down
I love Tokido's passion and how he always being strict to himself to be the best. I am a huge Daigo's fan but when I saw the fight against Tokido at Kemonomichi and saw him crying, I realized his true passion. It was beautiful.
Tokido doesn't realise how many people study his tactics. I keep on watching and watching and strive to have the same mindset. Thanks for all the crazy moments. You are already a legend. And great video !
man... the humility that Tokido presents and the way he speaks about Daigo... makes me wish there was a long running FGC manga out there that tells their story. It's really amazing to see this kind of conduct in a community that often highlights bravado and trash talk. I think this video just made me a Tokido fan for life.
I actually like his english - especially when he says "farthuuuurrrrr"
His engrish?
Don't u mean "you actuary rike his engrish." hehe But forreal, I like it too and its great he's trying to get better.
@@giwigeraldi126 😂
DID JU RIKE IT?
At least he tries Daigo doesn’t care
Man, Tokido is so inspirational !
The way he strives for victory to live up to the name his grand father gave him, the way he wants to be the greatest despite already being a legend, the way he always has the fans in mind with his gimmicks, his lifestyle, his humility, and to top it off, he could go to one of the best university of Japan and the world while being a master of multiple fighting games.
Literally everything about this man is great !
Thanks for this video.
I love how Tokido gives his interview in English.
And he was so good in many games. Legend. 🙌
Daigo destroying tokido in practice for kemonomichi against infiltration sparked tokido's desire to be the best, Daigo being tokido's motivation for perfection, and finally challenging Daigo in kemonomichi after being crowned first in the world, but only to be destroyed again. Tokido will forever chase after the back of Daigo, and there is no better story in esports than this.
Tokido v Daigo is the closest we have to irl Ryu v Ken
I LOVE YOU TOKIDO thanks for making this video 😭😭😭😭
this inspired me to start playing street fighter seriously again
i used to be a regular player and my history with street fighter has been a bit different than the other players.
by the time i was beginning to play video games there were no arcades around me
i heard stories from my brother about how he used to sneak out of school to play kof, double dragon (the fighting game based off the terrible movie)cadillacs and dinosaurs, final fight etc..
but he always used to talk about street fighter 2 and i used to listen to his stories awestruck.
few years later when i got my PC, i immediately started looking for ways to play the games my brother told me stories about.
i found out about emulation and mugen games then found a website (the fighters generation) that had game and character reviews from games i didnt even know existed. browsing that website and playing every fighting game that i could get my hands on quickly became my new hobby
those games were old but the 2d sprite animations aged really well
the keyboard became my preferred controller and i never could figure out how to play the charge characters like chun-li balrog or vega until much later (they were actually simpler in some areas) i did manage to find some arcades afterwards (where i used to play cross-handed)
i kept playing until life happened....
Wow, nice story bro. Never give up. Fighting games are for life
I've been watching you guys for what feels like years and this is probably my favorite video you guys have put out. I don't even play fighting games besides the occasional Smash Bros with my friends.
i'm not crying, you're crying
Gabriele Hu i cried so did punk!
Hung Nguyen so did James Chen
The Hollanesian oh. he always does...
and when Punk said that he is not in his best mindset for last year's EVO, i think it's safe to say that Shun Goku Satsu did it's job very well in a narrative way. That move destroyed Punk's soul.
I will always be a fan of Tokido! I was first exposed to him back in EVO 2002. Seventeen years later and he is still amazing. One of the 5 Gods in Japan and a legend forever.
Some people shoot for the moon, Tokido shot for the sun.
FINALLLLLYYYYYYY I’ve been waiting for this ever since I found this channel... his English is better than I thought it would be as well.
He's one of the most iconic players in the industry. I bet anyone who has devoted their time on SF5 competitive footage can recognized his Akuma in first glance. His air fireball is unique.
Funny thing even Daigo said to Tokido that he's the best after that FT10 and didn't feel satisfied what a legend
If I'm not mistaken what Daigo said was: "You already beat me in every other thing."
Meaning, Tokido is more successful in everything than Daigo but fighting games. He had a better education, black belt in karate etc. I think in Daigo's mind the only success he ever had was in fighting games, but while Tokido has a successful career in fighting games, he is also successful (or at least more successful) in every other thing.
And later Tokido said, they were fighting to determide the better player so their life outside of that fight doesn't matter.
@@stilmaho Yeah I remember that both are awesome in their own way imho
@@kagerou254 I wouldn't say that it applies to other fighting games. While he is not playing them anymore, Daigo was a beast in every other fighting game he played. He gave Ogawa (who was considered the best player then if Im not mistaken) a run for his money in a Guilty Gear Xrd exhibition match. Nuki also likes to mention how good Daigo was in Darkstalkers back then, winning every tournament he entered. He is a man worth of the name Beast in any 2D fighting game he takes seriously for sure. But sadly he doesn't seem to have enough time for other games anymore and he is getting older.
Daigo is just the master of FT10's.
Even though Tokido has beaten Daigo in tournaments before, the FT10 loss was still so devastating to him because the FT10 format is Daigo's greatest category, stamina and adapation. FT3's are like sprints, while FT10 is a grueling marathon, it tests the player's mental fortitude and sheer experience in adapting and reading the opponent. Like how Daigo's Vampire Hunter streak of 286 wins on a single coin demonstrated, Daigo has monstrous mental stamina and concentration, he is able to stay on peak performance for extremely long amounts of time.
No one has ever beaten Daigo in an FT10 except Fuudo, which Daigo promptly defeated in a rematch. Daigo is too busy nowadays to do extensive training for tournaments, however if he knows who his single opponent is, he can study and learn his opponent like nobody else can, in a way he is like the Batman of fighting games, he is unbeatable with prep time. Until Tokido can beat him in an FT10, the format which Daigo excels in, Tokido will always see him a mountain whose peak he has yet to defeat.
Tokido was amazing in King of Fighters 13
Man this made shed a tear, ive been following this guy since SF4 vanilla all the way to his evo win in sf5. Truly incredible resilience and inspiration. Major life lessons here. His character is a marvel.
After watching this. This gave me inspiration. I recommend doing a video on tekken pros like Knee, Qudans, JDCR or Rangchu
27:13 - this segment onwards is so sweet not just for gamers but people going through rough patches in life
good lord this video was just awesome. he seems really like a nice, smart and humble guy. i already love him
Cant belive people voted sonic fox on the game awards Tokido was a no brainer
Sonicfox is great at multiple fighting games as well. I think if Tokido continued to play the other games instead of just Street Fighter he would have had more votes. The guy is obviously still good at other games as seen when he made it to 2 Top 8 finishes in King of Fighters XIII at EVO. One of them being in Grand Finals when he lost to Xiaohai who he had a close game with if I remember correctly.
@@willn8664 yeah i guess Sonicfox has more exposure, its still a shame
@@kagerou254 yeh but you see its a contest of gamers not of whos form the most under represented comunity.
It was fighting game player of the year, so really mostly about the year's accomplishments as opposed to an entire career spanning many years. And yeah, in terms of 2018 Sonic Fox was definitely the best.
Tokido is the legend, however nobody else achieved as much as Sonicfox in 2018 alone, he is a prodigy in fighting games, nobody can deny that.
This video deserves 1M views, its just that its 32 minutes that discourages people to watch it...
I've met Tokido at a industry event and the man is very humble and awesome
The Kobe to Daigo's Jordan. One of the greatest to ever do it.
YESSSSS!!!!!! Finally
I’ve been waiting for so long
Man, what a vid. You guys consistently put out great stories of some of the best pros in esports/fgc. I hope this quality keeps up in every vid.
I look forward to more vids of the stories of some of the fgc's best.
You guys deserve a lot of praise.
Once again you have produce another great video.
I don't watch fighting games, but Tokido seems like a wholesome dude
Wow what a legendary vid for a great humble man and a legend in this beautiful community thx guys great job 👍
He also pretty much invented the vortex with Akuma is SFIV which transformed the way that game was played.
Leonard McDougall what's the vortex
@@lilskunkmeat6976 The vortex is essentially a series of knock downs. And during an opponents knockdown the offensive player creates an ambiguous setup, forcing the knockdown opponent into a guessing situation. For example does he block left or right? If the defending player guesses wrong he then eats a combo which generally ends in another knockdown and the process is repeated again and again. It gets much deeper than that and if done correctly can be a nightmare to deal with. Tokido perfected the vortex style with Akuma, which eventually created a sort of meta in sfiv. Although I don't think it started in sfiv, it definitely became one of the most effective styles of play.
Leonard McDougall thank you
@@IamLe7nny Isn't that why USF4 or Tubo was released?
@@dylancross1039 yeah that's right, they created new mechanics in the game to deal with the vortex in ultra
I remember when I first discovered Street Fighter in the summer of 2015, It was the end of my freshman year,
I had only been out of school for maybe a week when I saw the "Games For Gold" section on my Xbox 360, the only good free game I saw for June was:
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
I had previously known it in the past from watching the notorious DarkSydePhil from 2008 - 2012 (Age 8 - 12)
I knew of the gameplay a little bit from watching DSP, but it had been a few years since I watched him or anything about Street Fighter in years...
So I decided to try it out.
Within a month I went from having no knowledge of the game to having a full knowledge of all the character's moves and strategies to beat players consistently.
I loved the fast gameplay, the many easy to learn moves and combos, the large roster of characters,
but most importantly I was addicted to the feeling of beating another smart player through sheer real time skill and reflexes.
I turned out to be a natural when it came to learning the characters of the game, by the end of the summer I had a C Rank with a half a dozen characters,
along with a few dozen nice replays. I miss that game, I played it for a year and I got kinda bored of it and just moved on.
It's been 2 and a half years since I last played a Street Fighter game, I might try to pickup Street Fighter V and get back into it,
although I prefer SF4's style over SF5.
For me tokido is such an inspiration of dedication and hard work. Most people would be satisfied with what he's achived. But he's still is pushing for more.
Tokido is so inspirational, he may look like the demon he plays, with his murderface, but seeing him also showing emotions, being happy, smiling and even crying, really makes him human and relatable. Daigo often looks emotion-less - I think he really looks neutral in his attitude, he has a better poker face than Tokido, not varying very much in his range of expressions and emotions... Daigo is the emotion-less God, and Tokido is in fact the sensitive Demon... even if he tries to hide it behind his murderface mask... They are 2 sides of the same coin imho, Tokido is the Vegeta to Daigo's Goku... Even if he wins everything and is crowned best fighting game player of all time, he will never be satisfied until he beats Daigo...
Some say that Tokido still wanders the Earth, searching for the most powerful opponents to challenge his strength.
Dude when I hear that I think of himura kenshin from samurai x haha. Wandering the country looking for the strongest
This is great! Thanks so much for this video!
In my opinion tokido embodies the fgc. He wears his heart on his sleeve and he plays with a passion like no other. He's already a legend and my reason for getting into sf in the first place. Tokido for life
I love the way and the passion you can feel in his voice when he says "Fighting Game"
I'm not into fighting games. Like few years ago I played Tekken 3, but lets me honest - I was a kid. Right now I'm into moba or FPS. neverthless, what I'm tryin to say is that I admire this people so much. I dont know combos, what they doing but stories are incredible and i love it. From zero to hero. Never give up. Chase dream. Fight.
I remember watching that SFIV Canada Cup set against Fuudo. As a Fei Long player I was always a supporter of Fuudo, but after that amazing set Tokido had earned a new fan. What people don't realize is that they met earlier in the top 8 during that tournament as well and it had all the markings of being a classic. They actually had 2 of the greatest sets ever in one tournament.
He is the best right now. But its tight competitions right now. Tokidos consistency to always in high level performance in every tournament prove that he is the best
Probably my favorite fighting game competitor.
Very inspiring person.
God I love this series. So many great stories I would of never known unless I was apart of that actual scene. Well done theScore
I love how he takes his time with talking. We can tell hes learning but hes at an impressive stage with speaking English. Speed comes naturally.
These videos are well documented and amazing. Good Job!
Thanks for this great video! It's funny how in almost all of these highlight clips, James Chen is screaming his brains out.
Some really good editing on this video, I really enjoyed it thanks
A legend was born but it is yet to end.
Tokido is one of the few JP 2D Gods that has learned English. Rightly so.. he went to Todai afterall.
NICE VIDEO! I'm so excited just by watching those moments!
Tokido is THE MAN. I love this dude. Never met him personaly, but the day I do, I will bow my head to the ground in light of his grandeur haha. Kidding, but I do hold him in very high regard, not only as a player, but as a person.
Very good mini doc on him, thanks a lot for this video!
Im really happy you gave Tokido the time in this video he so deserves. Whether he feels he is or not, he is absolutely a legend, or one of the gods, of the FGC, and is one of my personal favorite individual stories. Many stories told are those that sailed to great heights easily due to skill or lack of competition, but Tokido is a great case of never giving up on yourself and never settling.
When I need a little motivation I watch Tokido related videos to help motivate myself, this one especially.
what a great video. really enjoyed it
Tokido is the Character that he plays : Akuma
Thats the best thing about it.
* They have Murder Faces.
* They Strive to be the Best
* They are Wise & Focused
* They are Honorable Worriers
* They are Never Satisfied
And the most important:
THEY DO THE POSE
His English has improved so much. So stoked for tokido !
Finally!!! Love thrown at my favorite FG player. Thank you for making this special. #ToKiDo
Tokido is the GOAT and seemingly an amazing and kind person. He's someone anybody who is interested in any competitive gaming should look up to.
incredible video. great work on this, one of the best videos by far.
Great stuff guys! I really enjoyed it!
And then you have commentators saying that Sonicfox is a bigger legend than Tokido. Don't get me wrong, Sonicfox is a great player, but he's a thousand years too early to be anything like Tokido
very good point, but i think it's the impact that sonicfox has had that made him as big, unlike tokido coming 2nd a lot of times, sonic was often first and if he lost it would be a major upset which again would be hugely impactful. So it is his impact more than his actual creds that makes him bigger.
Fox is often first in lesser games
I think that's usually used in the context of "the now." Tokido is a bigger legend with more history, but this was the year that the eyes were on SonicFox.
What can you expect from supporters of a literal actual furfag?
But Sonicfox is a furrie he is in another level entirely!
"Tokido... is someone so great."
It's less about being a legend, and more about becoming the next stage in the evolution of a fighting game professional.
From his earlier days of undeniable talent and skill but not living up to his extreme potential, to his transformation at the end of the SFIV era into someone who finally overcame his mental hang-ups and transformed into the most dominant/consistent Street Fighter player in the world.
I have been a Daigo fan since Evo 37, but I will always have love for Tokido.His passion and unyielding drive gets me every time.
Even his documentary is Godlike.
God damn, this video is so damn thorough in covering everything, I LOVE it!
These documentary are really great. Thanks fro that.
''improve yourself get better and better'' he say me this when i meet this grand men in chile about 3 years ago, and can i say, he is in other kind of world when its about figthing games... this guy its the real definition of samurai warrior... thanks for this masterpiece
Maxmillian Dood got me into fighting games, TOKIDO got me addicted to it.
these long documentary style vids are by far the best content on this channel.
Amazing job. Thank you!
Tokido is a legend, so good at so many diff games
Im not gonna cry.. im not crying... crying in the corner now..
This was really good.
Great video as always
These fighting game docs always make me tear up
Tokido doing the raging demon pose in front of the camera made him one of my favorite players
man that clip of all the FG players of Echo Fox was crazy to me. to think at one point the best players of the FGC were on that team at one point together is something crazy in itself.
Waited for the Tokido episode so much :)
I love how adding english subtitles it says taquito or tokyo though. Great vid as always!
Great video! Tokido is an amazing player.
Tokido's english is a national treasure. Protect him at all costs.