Daigo Umehara
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Daigo in 2011
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| Born | 19 May 1981 |
| Hometown | Tokyo |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Current team | Twitch,Red Bull,HyperX, |
| League |
Super Battle Opera Evolution Championship Series |
| Games |
Super Street Fighter II Turbo Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Ultra Street Fighter IV Street Fighter V Street Fighter Alpha 3 Darkstalkers Capcom vs. SNK 2 Guilty Gear Capcom Fighting Evolution |
| Career prize money | $175,659.82 |
| Nickname(s) | The Beast |
Daigo Umehara (Japanese: 梅原 大吾 Hepburn: Umehara Daigo?, born 19 May 1981) is a Japanese arcade fighting video game player. He specializes in 2D arcade fighting games, mainly those released by Capcom. Known as "Daigo" or "The Beast" in the West and "Umehara" or "Ume" in Japan, Daigo is one of the world's most famous Street Fighter players, and is often considered its greatest as well. He currently holds a world record of "the most successful player in major tournaments of Street Fighter" in Guinness World Records.
Before properly being called a pro gamer from signing a sponsorship deal with Mad Catz, 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?).
Daigo began going to an arcade game center and playing fighting games as an elementary school student around 10 years of age.Street Fighter II and Fatal Fury: King of Fighters had recently been released and were Daigo's first two fighting games. Street Fighter II often had a very long line with older players, so he began learning Fatal Fury first. After some time and due to the limited time he could stay at the game center, Daigo started challenging other players in Street Fighter II Dash (Champion Edition) for an opportunity to play even though he felt shy and had to ask for permission. This was when he discovered that he preferred competing with other players.
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