Bonchan

ボンちゃん

Bonchan at EWC 2024

Player Information

Name:

髙橋正人

Romanized Name:

Masato Takahashi

Nationality:

Japan

Born:

March 10, 1987 (age 37)

Years Active:

2010 - Present

Teams:

Crazy Raccoon
Red Bull eSports

Approx. Total Winnings:

$191,396

Games:

Street Fighter

Links

Achievements

History

2015-09-01 — Present

Red Bull eSports

2024-06-30 — Present

Crazy Raccoon

Masato "Bonchan" Takahashi is a Japanese Fighting Games player currently representing Crazy Raccoon and Red Bull eSports.

His methodical and dominating Sagat play in Street Fighter IV made him known as the "King of Sagat players" in Japan. Bonchan had particularly successful SF4 seasons in 2014 and 2015, taking 3rd place at the first Topanga World League, 2nd at EVO 2014 and Tokyo Game Show 2015, and winning Red Bull Kumite 2015, SoCal Regionals 2015 and Ultra Hyakkishu Cup 2015.

In Street Fighter V, Bonchan started with Ryu as his main character but did not find much success in the beginning of the game's lifespan. Eventually he switched to Nash and slowly started to climb through the ranks again, eventually cementing himself as one of the best Nash players in the world in 2017 by winning Saigon Cup, Battle Arena Melbourne and The Colosseum. Bonchan eventually found even greater success by playing Karin, winning his first-ever EVO Championship Title over Big Bird in the Grand Finals.

Results[edit]

Street Fighter 6[edit]

Street Fighter V[edit]

Street Fighter IV[edit]

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3[edit]

1v1

Date	Place	Tier	Event
2014
2014-03-30	5th - 6th	Tier 2	Id Global Tournament 2014	0 : 3	Frieda
All Results

Trivia[edit]

He atributes part of his evolution as a professional to his friends and mentors Tokido and Daigo Umehara.
Bonchan was much heavier back in 2012. Since then he adopted a healthy lifestyle.

Media[edit]

Articles[edit]

2017-02-20 | Bonchan Looks Back on His Rise in eSports Unfold by Mike Stubbsy of Red Bull Esports
2017-02-20 | Bonchan Is the Latest Red Bull Athlete. What Now? by Michael Martin of Red Bull Esports

Gallery[edit]

Bonchan at Red Bull Kumite 2021 London
Bonchan competing at EVO 2019
Bonchan competing at EVO 2017
Bonchan at GODSGARDEN #4

References[edit]

Date	Place	Tier	Event			Prize
2024
2024-08-11	9th - 12th	Tier 1	Esports World Cup 2024	1/2	Grp. S.	$20,000
2024-07-28	17th - 24th	Tier 3	CPT 2024 World Warrior: Japan #1	0 : 2	ACQUA
2024-07-14	22nd - 24th	Tier 1	Topanga Championship 5	2/6	Grp. S.
2024-06-16	2nd	Tier 1	DreamHack Summer 2024	1 : 3	Big Bird	$7,500
2024-06-02	3rd	Tier 2	Battle Arena Melbourne 14	1 : 3	Tachikawa	$221
2024-04-29	65th - 96th	Tier 1	Evolution Championship Series: Japan 2024	1 : 2	Nephew
2024-03-17	9th - 16th	Tier 1	Red Bull Kumite 2024 - New York	2 : 5	Gachikun	$2,000
2024-02-18	17th - 24th	Tier 1	Capcom Cup X Last Chance Qualifier	0 : 2	Zhen
2024-01-07	17th - 24th	Tier 2	CPT 2023 Online Event: Japan	0 : 2	Mago
2023
2023-10-28	7th - 8th	Tier 3	CPT 2023 World Warrior: Japan #5	2 : 3	Nemo
2023-10-14	17th - 24th	Tier 3	CPT 2023 World Warrior: Japan #4	1 : 2	Momochi
2023-09-17	7th - 8th	Tier 3	FAV CUP Online SF6 #1	0 : 2	Machabo
All Results

Date	Place	Event	Prize
2024
2024-05-19	2nd	LEGENDUS
2024-05-12	1st	Crazy Raccoon Cup #4
2024-02-24	2nd	Street Fighter League World Championship 2023	$10,000
2024-02-11	2nd	Crazy Raccoon Cup #3
2024-01-13	1st	Street Fighter League Pro-JP 2023	$8,803
All Results

Date	Place	Tier	Event			Prize
2023
2023-04-02	9th - 12th	Tier 1	Evolution Championship Series: Japan 2023	0 : 2	Punk
2022
2022-11-27	25th - 32nd	Tier 3	CPT 2022 World Warrior: Japan #4	0 : 2	Shuto
2022-10-22	9th - 12th	Tier 3	CPT 2022 World Warrior: Japan #3	1 : 2	Tokido
2022-09-11	33rd - 48th	Tier 3	CPT 2022 World Warrior: Japan #2	1 : 2	もると
2022-08-21	33rd - 48th	Tier 3	CPT 2022 World Warrior: Japan #1	0 : 2	uryo
2022-03-13	17th - 20th	Tier 1	Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition Japan Open 2022	0 : 2	Yossan
2021
2021-10-31	9th - 12th	Tier 2	CPT 2021 Online Event: Japan 3	1 : 2	YHC-mochi
2021-09-19	3rd	Tier 2	CPT 2021 Online Event: Japan 2	1 : 3	Higuchi	$800
2021-08-15	3rd	Tier 2	EVO 2021 Online - Asia East	0 : 3	YHC-mochi	$600
2021-07-21	5th - 6th	Tier 1	Intel World Open - Japan & South Korea Regional Finals	2 : 3	Pugera	$1,750
2021-07-07	16th - 18th	Tier 1	Topanga Championship 3	3/4	Round Robin
2021-05-23	3rd - 4th	Tier 1	Red Bull Kumite 2021 - London	1 : 4	iDom	$2,131
All Results

Date	Place	Event		Prize
2023
2023-01-21	4th	Street Fighter League Pro-JP 2022	0 : 2
2022
2022-01-29	1st	Street Fighter League Pro-JP 2021		$10,850
2019
2019-12-01	3rd	Street Fighter League Pro-JP 2019 - Season 2		$913
2018
2018-07-28	3rd	RAGE Street Fighter V All-Star League		$3,001
All Results

Date	Place	Tier	Event			Prize
2015
2015-12-06	25th - 32nd	Tier 1	Capcom Cup 2015	0 : 2	Xiao Hai
2015-11-01	9th - 12th	Tier 1	Canada Cup 2015	0 : 2	Snake Eyez
2015-10-17	1st	Tier 1	Ultra Hyakkishu Cup 2015	3 : 2	Nemo	$8,367
2015-10-11	1st	Tier 1	SoCal Regionals 2015	2 : 3 3 : 1	Kazunoko	$8,080
2015-09-20	2nd	Tier 1	Tokyo Game Show 2015	3 : 2 1 : 3	Dashio
2015-08-08	1st	Tier 2	FV Cup 2015	3 : 0	Itabashi Zangief
2015-06-28	7th - 8th	Tier 1	CEO 2015	2 : 3	Dieminion	$540
2015-06-21	25th - 32nd	Tier 1	South East Asia Major 2015	0 : 2	Zhedloo
2015-05-24	7th - 8th	Tier 1	Stunfest 2015	2 : 3	GamerBee	$500
2015-05-04	5th - 6th	Tier 2	KVO x TSB 2015	1 : 3	Kazunoko
2015-04-12	7th	Tier 1	Topanga World League #2	4/4	Grp. S.	$166
2015-04-05	4th	Tier 1	NorCal Regionals 2015	1 : 3	GamerBee	$1,000
All Results