The 2019 Japanese Evolution Championship Series, commonly referred to as Evo Japan 2019, was a

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event held in

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, Japan on February 15–17. This was the second Evo event to take place in Japan. The event offered tournaments for various fighting games, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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Games

Evo Japan 2019 featured six games in its lineup as announced through the office website. The lineup consisted of '' Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition'', ''

'', ''

'', '' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'', ''

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'', and ''

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Results

References

External links

Official website
{{Evo 2019 fighting game tournaments Evolution Championship Series Esports competitions in Japan