Street Fighter 6 Strikes With K-Pop Collab

Street Fighter 6 officially announced a collaboration event with K-pop group Aespa. The game will also feature an appearance by the virtual artist Naevis.

The event will start on July 4, 2025, with the release of Juri’s collaboration outfit in the in-game shop, available in 10 color variations. On top of that, Naevis, a virtual idol associated with Aespa, will be available as a real-time commentator in the game, with three optional languages: Korean, Japanese and English.

During the event, the Battle Hub will be decorated in a special new way. On top of that, all players who log in during the collaboration period will receive special collab items.

Aespa is a South Korean K-pop group of four members: Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning. The group is known for popularizing the metaverse concept and hyperpop music.

As for an AEI (artificial emotional intelligence) artist, Naevis was born in the digital world Kwangya and debuted on Sept. 10, 2024, at Aespa’s second solo concert. Since then, she has continued to expand into various media.

Developed and published by Capcom, Street Fighter 6 is the seventh main entry in the Street Fighter franchise, following 2016’s Street Fighter V. It was released for PlayStation 4 and 5, Windows PC and Xbox Series X|S on June 2, 2023, while an arcade version, named Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade, was published by Taito for Japanese arcade cabinets on Dec. 14, 2023. A version for the Nintendo Switch 2 followed on June 5, 2025.

As of the time of writing, the game has a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with 36,387 reviews and an all-time peak of 70,573 concurrent players.

In June 2025, Capcom announced that Street Fighter 6 had surpassed 5 million units sold worldwide.