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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alex Hern

Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game

Screenshot of Money Idol Exchanger
Money Idol Exchanger is a head-to-head puzzle game that looks like an upside down game of Tetris. Photograph: @aaru_hokutomaru/Twitter

A girl scored a win at one of Japan’s top fighting video game contests, in a competitive puzzle game released before she was born.

The girl, known as “Money Idol-chan” after the game she competed in, has grown up playing competitive video games. Since 2022, her parents have run Anegasaki Shooting Star, a tiny arcade on the east side of Tokyo Bay. Her name has not been released and her age has been given only as between 12 and 16.

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