The "1st esports Aomori Tournament in Aspam" was held on September 29 at the Aomori Prefecture Tourist Product Center Aspam (Akata, Aomori City).

Esports is a competition that competes with computer games, and it has been decided that it will be implemented as a cultural program at the "Ikiiki Ibaraki Yume National Athletic Meet (74th National Athletic Meet)" in 2019, and it has been drawing attention in recent years.

In this tournament, the soccer game "Winning Eleven 2019" (Konami Digital Entertainment) was used as the competition event, and 14 people entered from inside and outside the prefecture competed. The venue, "Aomori Hall", has a panorama specification with 9 screens measuring 4.9 meters in height and 6.5 meters in width, and this time we used 3 sides. In the future, the facility will be refurbished to specialize in esports.

The winner was "Murasaki" from Sendai. This is the first time for a 15-year-old junior high school student to participate in an esports competition. According to "Murasaki," he was invited by his father, "ogitaka," and in the final, he fought against "Sam" from Aomori City, reversing the two-point lead in the first half and 4-2. victory. "I'm glad that my efforts are the result," he smiled.

The biggest excitement in the tournament was the parent-child confrontation where "Murasaki" and "ogitaka" fought in the semi-finals. The game is a tense development that keeps one-on-one and entangles until overtime. "Ogitaka" collapsed in the second half of the extension, and when it was over, "Murasaki" won 4-1.

Mr. Ma Inoue, who was in charge of the process, said, “It is the first time for me to see an esports tournament where a parent and child showdown.

At the venue, Japanese esports union certified professional players "Katsupya" and "Ma-san" participated. At the end of the tournament, there was an exhibition match with "Murasaki", with "Masan" in the first half and "Katsupiya" in the second half, and the result was 1-0 and "Murasaki" won. .. A loud cheer and applause came from the venue watching the game.