Pokémon Go player Yekai0904 has gone on to win the grand prize at Honolulu 2025 Pokémon World Championships.
The Hong Kong player has defeated some of the greatest Pokémon Go trainers in the world to secure a cash prize of $20,000. Inadequance for the Netherlands and MartoGalde from Argentina close up the top 3 with winnings of $15,000 and $13,000 respectively.
The Pokémon World Championship is a 3-day event in which players can go head-to-head in different categories: Pokémon Go, Pokémon Unite, the TCG (Trading Card Game) and VGC (Video Game Championships, based off Pokémon Scarlet and Violet). The event is still ongoing to determine who will become the world champion in the other categories.