One professional combating sport participant’s response to dropping at Fatal Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves was so dramatic that it is going viral on social media and already displaying indicators of turning into a meme.
In case you’ve been trying at game-related sections of social media at present, chances are high you could have stumbled throughout an image or clip of Japanese participant Kazuyuki ‘Kojikog’ Koji, mouth open in a scream and clutching his head, whereas fellow participant Goichi “GO1” Kishida seems on with a combination of concern and bemusement. A few stills have been even shared by EVO2025’s official X account.
A narrative in two elements.#Evo2025 pic.twitter.com/eo2pkg2Psg
— Evo (@Evo) August 3, 2025
The participant in query is KojiKOG, an esports professional from Japan who primarily specializes in combating video games like Road Fighter, the King of Fighters and Responsible Gear. This weekend, he took on fellow Japanese participant GO1 (Goichi) in the Winners’ Semi Closing for Fatal Fury: Metropolis of Wolves at the Evolution Championship Sequence 2025 (EVO2025).
Though GO1 gained each rounds (and went on to win general), the fights have been very shut. Upon being defeated, KojiKOG clutched his head along with his mouth open in a steady scream worthy of… effectively, Edvard Munch’s portray The Scream. This dramatic emotional outburst, plus GO1’s bemusement, resulted in a lot of meme-worthy photographs.
I swear to God I’m not making enjoyable of this dude but NO ONE HAS EVER LOOKED LIKE THEY SUFFERED LIKE THIS IN HUMAN HISTORY pic.twitter.com/JekIbl1F0a
— kayos (@kayos_o) August 3, 2025
KojiKOG ultimately snaps out of his dropping pose and could be seen chatting to GO1 and tidying up. It is obvious from this that he was appearing. Nonetheless, shorter clips on social media have induced some who’re unfamiliar with KojiKOG’s antics to fear that he was having an actual breakdown.
The Finish of EVOgelion #EVO2025 https://t.co/fZOHd1HmNF pic.twitter.com/Ht0vzmHXd3
— Keith Ace (@Keith_Ace_) August 3, 2025
KojiKOG is thought for being a little bit of a comic, typically doing his screaming pose and pulling humorous faces in interviews (like at EWC2025). His dramatic response to dropping this weekend was possible a reference to when he beforehand confronted off towards GO1 at EVO15. As seen in the video beneath, he did the same screaming pose- puzzling the Japanese commentators as his antics weren’t well-known again then.
10 years in the past, GO1 went to EVO for the first time and gained 4 facet video games—Melty Blood, Dengeki Bunko, UNI, and AQUAPAZZA, beating KojiKOG in the finals
As we speak, they meet once more on the EVO important stage, recreating the ‘leg chopping incident’ meme https://t.co/p5whu1GNLB pic.twitter.com/rfPVn2HJXg
— HiFight(ハイファイト) (@HiFightTH) August 3, 2025
Commenting on this, legendary professional combating sport participant Daigo Umehara mused that KojiKOG’s response was like a personality in the SAW films having their leg lower off. For this reason many Japanese followers colloquially refer to KojiKOG’s dramatic pained response as the “leg chopping incident” and the like.
Though KojiKOG misplaced towards GO1 at EVO2025, he got here in joint fifth place general, successful 80% of his matches in Fatal Fury: Metropolis of Wolves.
Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the sport information web site Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and films for numerous publications.