Nine-time Evo Champion and Guinness World Record holder Justin “JWong” Wong has joined esports organization BASILISK to lead a new fighting game community division called BASILISK FGC.
Wong will officially serve as team captain, leading the division in the top fighting game competitions in the world.
Wong joins another legendary professional, Finnish StarCraft 2 legend Joona “Serral” Sotala, who recently secured the SC2 Esports World Cup Championship last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, beating out the top players from Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, and Team Falcons (fellow BASILISK player Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti came in a respectable fourth place in that competition).
In his new role, Wong will recruit the best FGC players and help train and coach them to victory on the international stage, using “BASILISK’s data analytics.”
“Math is super important to fighting games. I’m excited to join science’s esports team,” said Wong. “I’m passionate about finding promising players with a positive mentality and shaping them into the next big thing. I want to see somebody else in the spotlight after me and help them reach their potential. If we can discover the next world champion, that would be fantastic.”
Wong most recently served as a commentator at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh and during Evolution Championship Series 2025. He holds multiple championships in such games as Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, among others. He is widely considered the best Marvel vs. Capcom 2 player of all time, as far as the FGC is concerned.
If you are not familiar with the organization, BASILISK describes itself as “science’s esports team,” or “a championship organization built to spark curiosity, defend science, and inspire the next generation of scientists through competitive gaming.”
Founded in 2020 by Christopher Bothur and Hans Kassier, BASILISK’s current roster includes StarCraft 2 legend Joona “Serral” Sotala, Red Bull Athlete Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti, chess GM and Germany’s highest-rated player in history Vincent Keymer, and science communicator Kyle Hill.
This news follows the organization’s announcement in July that it signed a partnership with The Planetary Society and Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM).