Asian Video games 2026 host nation Japan won’t have a League of Legends crew

The Japan Esports Union has introduced that the nation won’t participate within the League of Legends occasion on the 2026 Asian Video games to be held in Aichi and Nagoya.

Japan might be sending esports representatives to seven competitions, confirming its absence in 4 tournaments.

The precise reasoning behind this choice hasn’t been revealed by the Japan Esports Union. Alongside its absence in League of Legends, the host nation won’t take part within the Honor of Kings, Cell Legends: Bang Bang and Naraka: Bladepoint occasions.

Other than Japan, Thailand additionally introduced its withdrawal from League of Legends on February seventh. In response to the announcement, this was to “make sure that the implementation is consistent with the coverage and applicable finances with the Nationwide Sports activities Growth Fund.”

In the meantime, the Japan Esports Union has opened the choice course of for Gran Turismo 7, eFootball, Puyo Puyo eSports, and team-based preventing video games. Particulars concerning Pokémon Unite, PUBG Cell, and Identification V might be introduced at a later date.

The Asian Video games might be returning to Japan after 32 years, with esports being an official medal sport and that includes 13 tournaments throughout 11 titles. All esports competitions might be held from September twenty third to October 2nd at Aichi Sky Expo, also called Aichi Worldwide Exhibition Heart, positioned in Tokoname Metropolis, Aichi Prefecture.

The earlier Asian Video games held in 2022 featured seven esports titles, highlighting a large growth heading for its twentieth version.

Speaking particularly about League of Legends, South Korea gained the gold medal with a roster that includes T1’s core line-up (Choi ‘Zeus’ Woo-je, Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok, and Ryu ‘Keria’ Min-seok).

Editor’s Notice: A number of the data above has been translated from Japanese and Thai, so there could also be slight variations.