The last Battle Auditions for the Virtua Fighter 5 series in Japan will take place in November. The Battle Auditions are a regular series of tournaments to determine Sega's Star Players. On November 4th, 2012 there is the Kantou Battle Audition. Winner of that tournament will join 5 other "Candidate Star Players" to challenge the current 闘士十傑 ("The Ten Great Fighters") Star Players in the Trial Leagues (2 blocks of 8 players round robins) on November 18, 2012 at 11 AM JST . The top 10 players from the Trial Leagues will join the current 三闘士 ("The Three Champions") Star Players in a 13 player round robin - the Star Player League. This will determine the new Three Champions and Ten Great Fighters. The number 1 rank player will also be given a special title.

More information will be provided in the future. For past information and archive of the previous tournaments in the Final Season of Battle Audition Summary Thread. Link to the original source of information.

Promotional Trailer for Final Battle Audition (11 AM JST start time,​

nico nico for the live stream of event / ustream for the live standings in progress)​

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Update: December 27th, 2012 - Playlist of the Round Robin Leagues (143 videos)​

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Results from the Trial Leagues and Star Player League -

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The Three Champions
01. Joseph (AK) - Special Title 炎龍王 - Enryuuou - Fire Dragon King
02. Kanzen Nitaku (WO)
03. Kissu (BL)

The Ten Great Fighters
04. Fullswing (LI)
05. Anaguma (JA)
06. Tomarion (LI)
07. Yogo Kage (KA)
08. Senningiri (KA)
09. Mukku (TA)
10. Choutarou (JN)
11. Fuudo (SH)
12. Guriyan (KA)
13. Shindou Jacky (LA)

Players that did not make it to the new Star Player Roster
Hirogana de Aoki (JA)
Byakko (PA)
Kakurikon (AO)
Malcolm X (AO)
Kaibutsu (VA)
Umecchi (EI)