Japan's largest arcade version of the e-sports tournament "Toushin Matsuri 2020" is cancelled.

TAITO and NTTe-Sports jointly sponsored the 5th "Toushin Matsuri 2020 - World Championship of ARCADE" (hereafter "Toushin Matsuri 2020"), one of the largest arcade version e-sports tournaments in Japan, but in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it has been announced that the store qualifiers, area finals, and final round (final tournament) that have not been held at this time have been canceled. However, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it has been announced that the store preliminaries, area finals, and final round (final tournament) that have not yet been held will be canceled.

The "Toushin Festival" is a national arcade e-sports tournament that brings together popular arcade game titles from various manufacturers. The final tournament will be held to determine the No. 1 player by the representatives who have won the in-store qualifying and area final tournaments held at game centers nationwide. At the venue of the finals, there is a "same-day qualifier" for the last slot, official sales of products from manufacturers, and trial play of new competitive games, making it a major event that attracts many game fans every year.

By holding this tournament, TAITO has been able to convey to participants the experience of playing games that can only be experienced in a game center, and has created an opportunity for as many people as possible to visit a game center. However, in consideration of the maximum impact on the health and safety of all those involved in the event, the organizers have decided that they must abandon the holding of " Toushin Matsuri 2020.

In addition, the distribution of the Toushin Festival theme song "RDY," which was scheduled to be distributed in April, will also be postponed due to the cancellation of the event.

Preliminary rounds, area finals, and final round to be canceled
All qualifiers and area finals on and after March 27, 2020
FINAL ROUND scheduled for August 8 and 9, 2020
For details, please refer to the official website of the Toushin Festival.

In addition, the 18th Couperation Cup and 2020 Pre-Couperation Cup, which were scheduled to be held at the same time, have been rescheduled. For details, please check the Couperation Cup Official Site.

In addition, a video is available in which Shohei Shiiki, producer of the Toushin Festival, Junichi Kagezawa, vice president of NTTe-Sports, and Yasuaki Matsuda of Universal Gravity, who will participate as a coordinator of this tournament, discuss their current thoughts and future plans regarding the cancellation of the tournament.