Daigo | |
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![]() Daigo Umehara in 2018 | |
Current team | |
Team | Team Beast |
Game | Street Fighter 6 |
Personal information | |
Name | Daigo Umehara |
Nickname(s) | The Beast |
Born | Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan[1] | 19 May 1981
Nationality | Japanese |
Career information | |
Games | |
Playing career | 1997–present |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Daigo Umehara (Japanese: 梅原 大吾, Hepburn: Umehara Daigo, born 19 May 1981) is a Japanese esports player and author who competes competitively at fighting video games. He specializes in 2D arcade fighting games, mainly those released by Capcom. Known as "Daigo" or "The Beast"[2] in the West and "Umehara" (ウメハラ, written in katakana instead of kanji) or "Ume" in Japan, Daigo is one of the world's most famous Street Fighter players and is often considered its greatest. His longevity is seen as an incredibly rare thing in the world of competitive video games.[3] He currently holds a world record of "the most successful player in major tournaments of Street Fighter" in the Guinness World Records and is a six time Evo Championship Series winner.[4][5][6]
Before properly being called a pro gamer[7] from signing a sponsorship deal with Mad Catz,[8] Japanese media usually referred to Daigo as "the god of 2D fighting games" (2D格闘ゲームの神, 2D Kakutō Gēmu no Kami).[9][10][11][12][13][14]
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"God of 2D fighting games" was written on the cover.
In 2008, a Japanese TV show "Gamer's Koshien" refers to Umehara as "God of fighting games world."[permanent dead link]