Daigo Umehara

Daigo
Daigo Umehara in 2018
Current team
TeamTeam Beast
GameStreet Fighter 6
Personal information
NameDaigo Umehara
Nickname(s)The Beast
Born (1981-05-19) 19 May 1981 (age 43)
Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan[1]
NationalityJapanese
Career information
Games
Playing career1997–present
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× SBO champion (2003, 2005)

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]

  1. ^ "プロゲーマーの先駆者、梅原大吾氏が抱える「矛盾」". LEXUS NEWS. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  2. ^ "【ＷＥＢ人・詳報版】プロゲーマー、ウメハラさん（２９） 「格ゲー盛り上げたい」". sankei.jp.msn.com. 2010-07-22. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  3. ^ "Daigo Umehara: The King of Fighters". eurogamer.net. 27 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  4. ^ Mad Catz (2010-08-27). "Team Mad Catz Gamer 'Daigo "The Beast" Umehara' Presented With Guinness World Record at 'Super Vs Battle' Tournament" (PDF). Mad Catz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  5. ^ Mad Catz (2010-08-23). "Team Mad Catz' Daigo with @Capcom_Unity's Seth Killian during the Guinness Book of World Records award ceremony". Mad Catz. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  6. ^ ssf4vids (2010-08-22). "daigo Umehara guiness [sic] book of world records most won international tournaments SVB 2010". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2010-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "【インタビュー】プロゲーマー梅原氏に直撃インタビュー（第1回）". Famitsu.com. 2009-06-14. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  8. ^ "Mad Catz Announces Champion Gamer 'Daigo "The Beast" Umehara' Joins Team Mad Catz" (PDF). Mad Catz. 2010-04-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  9. ^ Arcadia Editorial Department (2009-05-30). "月刊アルカディア7月号". Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-07-19. "God of 2D fighting games" was written on the cover.
  10. ^ "ゲーマーズ甲子園 #9 / MONDO21". Nico Nico. 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-05-21. In 2008, a Japanese TV show "Gamer's Koshien" refers to Umehara as "God of fighting games world."[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "格闘ゲームの神，ウメハラ氏が米Mad Catzと契約。プロゲーマーとして活動を開始". 4gamer.net. 2010-04-28. Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  12. ^ "ついにプロゲーマーデビュー！ 2D格闘ゲームの「神」ことウメハラ選手を知っていますか？". IT Media. 2010-04-27. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  13. ^ "ウメハラの仮想スト２". Nico Nico. 2010-03-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  14. ^ Anigema (2010-05-27). "格ゲーの神、ウメハラさんは『スト2』と『スト4』どちらがお好き？". Anigema. Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-05-31.