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Profile of Tatsuya Haitani: One God of Fighting Games from Japan

For fans of the Fighting genre or fighting games like Street Fighter, you may be familiar with Tatsuya Haitani.
Tatsuya Haitani Fighting Game
Haitani Tatsuya with the Community Finalist medal at EVO 2023. Source: @hai090/x

For fans of Fighting genre games or fights like Street Fighters may be familiar with Tatsuya Haitani.

Tatsuya Haitani is a person pro player from Japan who is part of the REJECT team, a Japanese e-sports organization formerly known as All Rejection Gaming (ARG).

So, in this article we will get to know Tatsuya Haitani, one of the five people who are called the gods of fighting games. Curious? Come on, watch until the end!

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Tatsuya Haitani: “Five Gods” Fighting Game

Tatsuya Haitani Fighting Game - Haitani Profile
Haitani Profile. Source: @hai090/x

Haitani is a fighting game pro player from Japan who was born on September 4 1986. He is part of the REJECT team which was formed in 2018.

He is one of the players nicknamed the "Five Gods" because of his skillful playing as Makoto in Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Street Fighter IV.

When he started his career playing SF V, Haitani often used Necalli before finally switching to Akuma in 2018.

Tatsuya Haitani Fighting Game
Haitani vs Toriha. Source: Capcom Fighters/Youtuve

He is known to collect various resources early in the match to gradually control the flow of the game.

After that, Haitani will try to dominate the opponent by using a more aggressive playing style.

Tatsuya Haitani Fighting Game
Haitani vs OG Killa. Source: Short Fighters/Youtube

This pro player has played for many teams, but is currently under contract with Yusuke Momochi for Shinobism Gaming.

For those of you who want to follow Tatsuya Haitani's daily life, here are his official social media, namely Twitter with username @hai090 and Youtube Channel on ハイタニ TV.

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Tatsuya Haitani's Career Journey

Tatsuya Haitani Fighting Game - Reject Team
Announcement of Haitani joining the Reject Team. Source: @hai090/x

Not only playing the Street Fighter game, Haitani also competed in the Vampire Savior game.

In 2004, Haitani participated in the Super Battle Opera 2004 competition and managed to come out as 1st place.

In this match, Haitani managed to beat another player, namely T2ya, with a narrow score of only 1:0.

Furthermore, in 2012, he participated in the Evolution Championship 2012 competition for the game The King of Fighters XII and the Cooperation Cup Vol competition. 1o Street Fighter III.

In the 2012 Evolution Championship, Haitani could only reach the top 32 ranking and in the Cooperation Cup Vol. 10 of them managed to reach the top 4 rankings.

The following is a complete list of competitions that Tatsuya Haitani has participated in:

Vampire Savior

  • Super Battle Opera (2004) – 1st Place
  • Championship Series Side Tournaments (2015) – 1st Place

The King of Fighters XII

  • Evolution Championship Series (2012) – Top 32

Street Fighter III

  • Cooperation Cup Vol.10 (2012) – Top 4
  • Cooperation Cup Vol.11 (2013) – 2nd place
  • Cooperation Cup Vol.14 (2016) – 2nd place
  • Cooperation Cup Vol.15 (2017) – Top 8
  • Cooperation Cup Vol.17 (2019) – 1st place

Street Fighter IV

  • Shadowloo Showdown 2011 (2011) – Top 12
  • Evolution Championship Series (2012) – Top 12
  • Evolution Championship Series (2013) – Top 6
  • Tokyo Game Show (2013) – 1st Place
  • Thaiger Uppercut (2013) – 2nd place
  • Capcom Cup (2013) – 4th place
  • Stunfest (2014) – 4th place
  • Evolution Championship Series (2014) – Top 24
  • Evolution Championship Series (2015) – Top 48
  • Tokyo Game Show 2015 – Top 24
  • Capcom Pro Tour Brazil 2015 – 2nd Place
  • Milan Games Week 2015 – Top 16

Street Fighter V

  • Final Round 2019 – Top 24
  • 2019 NorCal Regionals – Top 32
  • Street Grand Battle 2019 – Top 6
  • Combo Breaker 2019 – 4th Place
  • Taipei Major 2019 – Top 16
  • CEOs 2019 – Top 48
  • VSFighting 2019 – Top 16
  • Evolution Championship Series 2019 – Top 64
  • CPT Asia Premier @ Tokyo Game Show 2019 – Top 48
  • Canada Cup 2019 – Top 16
  • CPT North America Open 2019 – Top 121
  • Evolution Championship Series: Japan 2020 – Top 48

Street Fighters 6

  • Evolution Championship Series 2023 – Top 6

So, that's the profile and career journey of Tatsuya Haitani from the REJECT team and one of the "Five Gods" in Fighting games. What do you think?

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