Arslan Ash

Arslan Siddique (Urdu: ارسلان صدیقی ; born 1996), better known as Arslan Ash, is a Pakistani professional fighting game player of Tekken by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Arslan Ash
Siddique in 2019
Current team
TeamFATEesports
Games
Personal information
Nameارسلان صدیقی
(Arslan Siddique)
NationalityPakistani
Career highlights and awards

Arslan is widely considered one of the best Tekken players in the world, and is largely credited for helping to bring the Pakistani Tekken scene to mainstream attention.

Career

Arslan won the Evo Japan 2019 championship[1] and Evo Championship Series 2019 (at the time becoming the only person to have won both) as well as winning the WePlay Ultimate Fighting League title for Tekken 7.[2] He was awarded the Best E-Player of 2019 by ESPN.[3] He is the CEO 2021 champion. He won the 2022 Combo Breaker Tekken 7 tournament in a landslide, having defeated all 10 of his opponents.[4]

He secured third place in the Evolution Championship Series 2022 Tekken 7 competition.[5]

He won the Tekken 7 competition at Evo Japan 2023 after beating South Korea’s Meo-IL.[6]

References
  1. Luke Winkie (16 August 2019). "How an unknown 23-year-old from Pakistan became the talk of the esports world". The Washington Post.
  2. "Arslan Ash: Tekken Ukraine by storm with a big win". Redbull. 15 April 2021.
  3. "2019 ESPN Esports awards". ESPN. 19 December 2019.
  4. "Combo Breaker 2022".
  5. "Pakistan's Imran Khan, Arslan Ash secure podium finishes in Esports competition for Tekken". DAWN.COM. 8 August 2022.
  6. "Pakistani gamer Arslan Ash wins Tekken 7 competition at EVO Japan 2023". DAWN.COM. 2 April 2023.
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