Update: REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BNN take BRIAN IceBear have replaced Nora-Rengo Nora-Rengo Inactive , with the latter party pulling out of the tournament after recieving an invite.
Sixteen Japanese teams have been invited to the A.W EXTREME MASTERS Pro Invitational. The top four teams in the Pro Invitational will earn an invite to the $50,000 USD Asia Invitational.
The Pro Invitational will consist of a double-elimination playoffs bracket, running from August 31 to September 21. All matches will be a Bo3, besides the grand finals which will be a Bo5. Alongside the invites to the Asia Invitational, the tournament features a ¥1,000,000 JPY($9,451~ USD) prize pool.
The following teams have been invited to Pro Invitational:
- DeToNator DeToNator Inactive K1llgrave FifTy
- Absolute JUPITER Absolute JUPITER Inactive makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki barce Takebayashi Ryo takej Takemori Shogo Reita Oshiro Ryu
- Connect Gaming Connect Gaming Inactive Wesley Yuya
- Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Japan Rank #7 Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Kippei NOBITA Misaya yuran Yushin Hato
- BlackBird Ignis BlackBird Ignis Inactive popogachi Souta Morita oitaN Masayuki Takahashi poem Yumeki Shibasaki (柴﨑 夢輝) RIPablo Shuma Ikeda Pepper Shoki Banjo
- SunSister Rapid SunSister Rapid Inactive kreamer Takamasa Suzuki AmeKen Kenji Hisano Peasy Skyfull Kosuke Nishida Niero
- CYCLOPS athlete gaming CYCLOPS athlete gaming Inactive Zerost Shotaro Ikeda Show Shoya Mizobe million Yuto Ueno
- AKIHABARA ENCOUNT AKIHABARA ENCOUNT Inactive Kyrei HIRASYO Feily Galahad wekabipo Namikaze
- REVIVE REVIVE Inactive Sion verde relg dohte fuki6
- SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #12 Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) Anthem Yoshitaka Enomoto LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) Satwoshi Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami
- DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen
- FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #6 rui Airy Hands BoM Alpha fukuken Phantom Hideaki Nakai
- Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive
- Ark5 Ark5 Inactive KexAla uh0o OMG
- AVALON Gaming AVALON Gaming Inactive xnfri Tomoki Mariya LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) BlackWiz Kohei Mikami Ran Anker Yuuta Uematu
- REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BNN take BRIAN IceBear