At the end of Season Seven, Emi Sakura started laying the groundwork for a ChocoPro tag league. Now, after a press conference we know the teams involved, the blocks involved and much more as Sakura and co delved deep into the facts of the One-of-a-Kind Tag League. Yes, that is its official name.
The name was decided as it not only reflects the unique nature of ChocoPro and the fact that it will stand out from every other tag tournament around. There is even a hashtag to christen this new digital age tag league, #OOAKTag. Sakura chose the tag as a reference to the Oak Tree and hopes to make the league as everlasting.
As far as the teams are concerned, we have eight teams across two blocks. These are some familiar faces and some surprise combinations made especially for the league. Those are as follows:
Block A:
- Asia Dream Tag Team Champions: Best Bros (Baliyan Akki & Mei Suruga)
- Former Tag Champs: Tropikawild (Yuna Mizumori & SAKI)
- Dragon Ninja (Sayuri & Chon Shiryu)
- Wasshoi Aniki (Ayumi Hayashi & Ryo Mizunami)
Block B:
- Egg Tarts (Hagane Shinno & Chie Koishikawa)
- Mi☆Sayaka (Minoru Fujita & Sayaka)
- White Comaneci FKA Black Comaneci (Antonio Honda & Tokiko Kirihara)
- Melt Brain Dancing (PSYCHO & CHANGO)
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After the end of the league, we'll send you the images of all 8 teams with their autographes on them!#ChocoPro#gtmv#OOAKTag— Gatoh Move / ChocoPro (@gatohmove) June 21, 2021
Alongside the teams, we know the schedule for a lot of the fights. These will take place throughout season eight with a match from each block happening per episode. Alongside that, there’ll be regular and special ChocoPro episodes. Each block will fight with the winner of each meeting in a grand final:
June 23rd
Block A: Tropikawild vs Best Bros
Block B: Egg Tarts vs Brain Melt Dancing
June 27th
Block A: Best Bros vs Dragon Ninja
Block B: White Comaneci vs Egg Tarts
June 28th
Block A: Tropikawild vs Dragon Ninja
Block B: White Comaneci vs Mi☆Sayaka
July 1st
Block A: Best Bros vs Wasshoi Aniki
Block B: Melt Brain Dancing vs White Comaneci
July 3rd
Block A: Wasshoi Aniki vs Dragon Ninja
Block B: Melt Brain Dancing vs Mi☆Sayaka
July 6th
Block A: Wasshoi Aniki vs Tropikawild
Block B: Egg Tarts vs Mi☆Sayaka
That is all we know so far but keep it tuned to SteelChair for all the updates and reviews of the coming season as the One-of-a-Kind Tag League gets underway. Also, check below for the full conference.
All images courtesy of Gatoh Move, Video courtesy of Gatoh Move YouTube