Lim Yo-hwan

BoxeR
Lim Yo-hwan in 2021
Personal information
Name임요환
(Lim Yo-hwan)
Nickname(s)The Terran Emperor
Born (1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 (age 44)
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
GamesStarCraft
StarCraft II
Playing career1999–2013
RoleTerran
Coaching career2012–2013
Team history
As player:
2000–2002IS
2002–2003Orion
2003–20044U
2004–2006SK Telecom T1
2006–2008Air Force ACE
2008–2010SK Telecom T1
2010–2012SlayerS
As coach:
2012–2013SK Telecom T1
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Lim Yo-hwan (Korean임요환; Hanja林遙煥, born September 4, 1980), known online as SlayerS_'BoxeR' (usually shortened to BoxeR), is a former professional player of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft. He is often referred to as The Terran Emperor, or simply The Emperor, and is widely considered to be one of the most successful players of the genre as well as a pop culture icon.

Lim won his first StarCraft: Brood War tournament in 1999. From 2001 to 2002, he won multiple major championships, including two OnGameNet Starleague titles and two World Cyber Games gold medals. In 2002, he also created the team Team Orion, which later became SK Telecom T1 (SKT T1) in 2004. He began his compulsory military service in 2006, where he played on South Korea's newly formed Air Force esports team Airforce Challenge E-sports. In late 2010, he retired from StarCraft: Brood War and founded the StarCraft II team SlayerS. He then briefly returned to SKT T1 as a coach in 2012 before retiring due to health related issues. Lim finished his playing career with a record of 603 wins and 430 losses (58.4%).

Following his retirement from esports, Lim became a professional poker player. He won his first Asian Poker Tour (APT) title in September 2018 and his second in January 2019.