We witnessed quite a bit of top level play for Street Fighter 6 at Red Bull Kumite this past weekend. The players in attendance at that event included Zeta|Kakeru, WBG|MenaRD, BST|Daigo, TM|NoahTheProdigy, and many more.
Ultimately, Daigo Umehara finished at 9th place. He was eliminated by NoahTheProdigy via a 5-2 set victory. Following this, Daigo made an announcement that nobody was really expecting.
Daigo has seemingly made it his goal to focus more on competitive Street Fighter 6. In order to do this, Daigo is planning to quit streaming so that he may devote all his energy towards this goal.
“Well actually I felt that (Noah’s) counterattack response and movement speed was really fast and hard to deal with, but… well… from this year… I will quit streaming and return to Street Fighter 6 as a sport and compete seriously once more, so with a bit of time I’d like to take my revenge (against Noah),” said Daigo according to Ryan Hart’s translation.
Just yesterday, Noah acknowledged the Daigo’s desire to have a rematch against him. However, Noah outlined a few conditions for this rematch to happen.
“I will give you a year to train and get your run back, but I will only do it if you come to my hood and play me and give kids hope in my city. The choice is yours,” said Noah.
This could turn out to be an interesting rivalry. We’ll just have to see if Daigo is willing to accept these conditions.
.@daigothebeast I will give you a year to train and get your run back but I will only do it if you come to my hood and play me and give kids hope in my city the choice is yours pic.twitter.com/mCgdlLAJBq
— Noah Solis (@NoahtheProdigy) April 8, 2025
Source: Event Hubs