Roots (tentative)," a racing game e-sports tournament, will be held in Akihabara on June 9! Drikin and Keiichi Tsuchiya will also participate!

Roots (tentative), an e-sports tournament that eliminates the barriers between real car enthusiasts and game enthusiasts and is open to all car enthusiasts, will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at e-sports SQUARE AKIHABARA.

Roots (tentative)" is a pre-tournament for "Roots (tentative) GP 2018," a high-stakes match scheduled to be held at the end of the year by DK Association, Inc. The race competition will be held at the e-sports facility "e-sports SQUARE AKIHABARA" (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), where many famous matches have been held in the past, with a maximum of 64 players participating. The prize money for the commemorative first race will be 300,000 yen (!). The prize money for the first race will be 300,000 yen (!).

Former racing driver Keiichi Tsuchiya, a.k.a. Drikin, will be on hand to provide commentary, and there will also be an opportunity to compete against Mr. Tsuchiya. In addition, the event is open to all except for some programs, so please feel free to come and watch the games.

Event Information] (*Honorifics omitted)
■e-sports tournament "Roots (tentative)
Date: Saturday, June 9, 2018, 11:00 - 20:00 (doors open at 10:30)
Venue: e-sports square AKIHABARA (Box'R AKIBA Building 2F, 3-2-12 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Title: Racing game for PS4
Application: Application form to be released at a later date *Details will be announced in early May.
Application period: Monday, May 7, 2018, 13:00 - Friday, May 18, 2018, 19:00
Maximum number of participants: 64

＜Time Schedule
11:00 - 15:00 Preliminary Round (open only to participants)
15:00 - 16:00 Entry for spectators
16:15 - 17:15 Match against Keiichi Tsuchiya
18:00 - 20:00 Final Round, Final Match

＜Keiichi Tsuchiya Profile
A former racing driver from Nagano, Japan, Tsuchiya made his racing debut in the 1977 Fuji Freshman Race, and has since competed in Group A, All Japan F3 Championship, All Japan Touring Car Championship, etc.
In 1994, he drove an NSX and won his class in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. He retired from racing in 2003 after participating in the All Japan GT Championship with NSX.Currently, he is an executive advisor for ARTA in SUPER GT, Japan's premier car racing series, and is active in a wide range of fields. He is also known as "Drikin" (short for "Drift King") because of his drifting style.
His favorite cars include AE86 and Honda Odyssey Modulo. He is also a Modulo development advisor.

＜About DK Association Inc.
DK Association Inc. was established on December 7, 2009, as an ideal business enterprise by Keiichi Tsuchiya, a.k.a. Drikin. In addition to the purchase and sale of automobiles, both domestic and international, the company's main business is the planning and operation of events aimed at transmitting subcultures such as "e-sports," "painted cars," "tuning," and "customization" from Japan to the rest of the world, and is also involved in the "return to basics," the era when we were enjoying cars. We are developing our business from a multi-purpose perspective in the future automobile-related society, looking back to the days when we enjoyed cars.


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