When most folks think of Tekken in the Philippines, the one name that tends to stand out the most is Alexandre “AK” Lavarez. First making his name by placing third at the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Global Championship back in 2013, this young prodigy quickly became the face of the nation when it came to Tekken.
Now, it seems that AK, who’s currently playing for the PlayBook Elite team, will once again be part of another Tekken world championship. At the recently concluded BrawlFest 2016 at the Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit, AK beat out a field packed with some of the country’s best Tekken players to win the chance to fly to the King of Iron Fist 2016 World Finals.
With this, AK becomes the second player from South East Asia, following Indonesia’s Meat, to qualify for the King of Iron Fist 2016 World Finals.
For more on the qualifier, you can check out the brackets at on Challonge.
Source: PlayBook; featured image c/o ESGS