Thirty-Year-Old Veteran Chibi Wins Second Straight EVO Japan, Dominates Three Major Fighting Game Franchises

On May 2, 2026, Chinese player Zeng Zhuojun "Xiaohai" claimed the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves championship at EVO JAPAN, securing back-to-back titles and earning direct invites to both EWC and SWC.

The execution was flawless. Xiaohai went undefeated through the entire bracket after just over a month of practice with the game. His fundamentals are absurdly solid—Fatal Fury's hitbox system operates on completely different principles from Street Fighter or King of Fighters, yet he transitions between them without missing a beat. Frame data understanding at that level isn't learned, it's embedded.

The streak itself tells the story. Back-to-back EVO USA titles in King of Fighters XV, back-to-back EWC Saudi Arabia titles in Street Fighter 6, and now back-to-back EVO JAPAN titles in Fatal Fury. Successfully defending championships across three major fighting game IPs—no one else in FGC history has done that. He's past 30 and still competing at the highest level across three games simultaneously. Reaction speed and adaptation at that age shouldn't be possible.

One more thing. Xiaohai has been competing for 20 years and is now considered the face of Chinese fighting game esports. But his post-match comment was "winning feels as easy as drinking water, what's the point, tomorrow I have to prove myself again." That mindset is what separates professionals from everyone else—winning is the baseline, losing is what requires explanation. For competitive players, once execution and frame data are locked in, the rest is just performance. Xiaohai has both down to a science.