Tokido slowly realized that Akuma was the best character for him in Street Fighter 5

You may recall that it was FOX|Tokido was the player that was able to win Brooklyn Beatdown Round 2. He's been on quite the tear ever since he won EVO 2017.

Ryan Hart had the opportunity to sit with Tokido after winning Brooklyn Beatdown for an interview. Quite a number of interesting things were revealed during the course of it.

Of course, you can't really talk to Tokido without bringing up the topic of his favorite Street Fighter character, Akuma. It is here where we learn more about how he slowly began to understand that Akuma was the best character for him in Street Fighter 5.

Other topics include how he has been wanting to win EVO for a long time, but just managed to win it this year. Now it looks as though he has his eye on the Capcom Cup Finals.

Tokido's achievements have been especially noteworthy. It was pointed out that his accomplishments have essentially put him on par with Daigo Umehara now; this is especially interesting considering how Tokido was inspired by Daigo.

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