Utada Takes Tetris Tournament

She may not have lived up to expectations on the US music and academic scenes, but Utada Hikaru can hold her own at a game of Tetris. Taking part in Nintendo Japan's "Face off Against Utada Hikaru in Tetris" event this past weekend at the Tokyo International Form, the popular Japanese singer proved that she wasn't just smiling pretty for the camera during Nintendo's early DS promotional campaign; this girl's a gamer!

Utada faced off against 30 lucky gamers who'd won a drawing held via Nintendo's Club Nintendo awards program. Here's a match by match summary as reported by Famitsu.com:

Round 1: Lost to a girl

Round 2: Lost to a girl

Round 3: Defeated an elementary school girl handily

Round 4: Defeated a young boy in 1 minute 40 seconds

Round 5: Narrowly defeated a guy

Round 6: Defeated a girl

Round 7: Defeated a girl, shouting "I'm not going to lose anymore!"

Round 8: Defeated a guy

Round 9: Defeated a girl

Round 10: Defeated a guy

Round 11: Defeated a guyin 21 seconds

Round 12: Defeated a guyin 21 seconds

Round 13: Lost to a guy, ending her 10 match streak

Round 14: Defeated a girl

Round 15: Following a short break, defeated a guy

Round 16: Defeated a girl in 27 seconds

Round 17: Defeated a guy in 1 minute 8 seconds

Round 18: Easily defeated a girl

Round 19: Defeated a guy in 30 seconds

Round 20: Defeated a girl following a 2 minute 44 second marathon

Round 21: Defeated a guy in 25 seconds

Round 22: Defeated a girl

Round 23: Defeated a guy

Round 24: Defeated a guy in 30 seconds

Round 25: Defeated a guy in 27 seconds

Round 26: Defeated a guy

Round 27: Defeated a guy in 38 seconds

Prior to the tournament, Utada had stated to the crowd, "I've been playing Tetris every day since I was five." She's actually known for her ability at the game, and while she had a rough start, her overwhelming record in the first twenty-seven matches proved that she's more than just talk. But would she be able to hold her own against the top three players?

As a warmup to the final three rounds, Nintendo brought out two of its own representatives for an exhibition match with Utada. Despite her insistence on using "Utada Rules," where the first player to three wins gets the crown, Utada ended up losing to the first exhibition match 1 to 3. She got back into gear for the second round, though, topping her opponent 3 to 2.

Utada was more in tune for the main event, her match with the top three players. With her defeat of two of these players and her loss to one, the final score for the day was Utada 26, the competition 4.

Not bad for someone who's who's now married and is a likely candidate for future MILFdom.

For pics of Utada playing Tetris, check out Impress Watch.

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