KIWOOM DRX player Bae “Knee” Jae-min has been officially selected as the top-priority candidate to represent South Korea in Tekken 8 at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

On the 29th, Bae claimed first place at the Tekken 8 Final Stage of South Korea’s national esports team selection tournament for fighting games, held at El Fuego in Mapo-gu, Seoul, earning the right to wear the Taegeuk mark. The qualifier was an official event hosted and organized by the Korea e-Sports Association, and Bae secured his ticket to the Asian Games by surviving fierce competition in a 64-player double-elimination bracket.

This tournament was especially meaningful because it marks the first Asian Games to be contested in Tekken 8, the latest entry in the Tekken series. Bae advanced through the qualifiers, which were played in a best-of-three format, then showcased overwhelming form in the semifinals and finals, both played as best-of-five sets, once again proving why he is regarded as the “God of Tekken.”

Bae is expected to represent South Korea at the 20th Asian Games, which will be held this September in Nagoya, Japan, pending the association’s final approval process. The event is commonly referred to in English as the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

A KIWOOM DRX representative stated, “We would like to thank Bae Jae-min for the brilliant performance he showed in the selection tournament, and we ask for fans’ passionate support so that he can achieve a strong result on the Asian Games stage as well.”

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.