Daigo Umehara
Daigo Umehara (Japanese梅 原 大 吾, Umehara Daigo, * May 1981 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan), nicknamed "The Beast", is a Japanese e- sports, famous for its achievements in Street Fighter video game tournaments. Special gained popularity the recording of a competition in 2004, on the brink of defeat in the Umehara parried the cheers of the audience his opponent in a peculiar way and defeated.
Life
Umehara was born in May 1981 in Aomori Prefecture. He has an older sister and works in nursing. Since primary school age to Daigo busy with fighting games; he began to spend time in casinos, as there was played Street Fighter II.
Daigo Umehara tried for the first time in 1995 to participate in the Japanese Championship, the Gamest Cup, but failed to qualify. From the second attempt in 1997, he emerged as the tournament winner. 1998 won Umehara courses organized by the publisher competition to Street Fighter Alpha 3 and a trip to San Francisco to be in the same game. Than Japanese champion against Alex Valle to take up the winner of the then United States Fighting Game Championships, from which he emerged victorious Other top - three placings followed in the coming years. In April 2010, Umehara joined an advertising contract with the accessories manufacturer Mad Catz for the Promotion fighting game input devices.
Results from fighting game tournaments
Semi- finals Evo 2004
The Evo Championship Series 2004 Daigo Umehara joined in the semi - finals of the game Street Fighter III: Third Strike on against Justin Wong. Towards the end of the first round Wong had reduced the hit points of Umeharas character to a minimum. Wong went on a special, multiple attack, in which a single hit would Umeharas transported into the knockout figure, even if those would remain in a defensive posture. Instead, Umehara repeated in rapid succession a parade against each of these hits and finished the round with a counter-attack. This maneuver was unknown until now, the audience broke into cheers. The associated Youtube recording was viewed more than a million times. She has been called " one of the most legendary moments in the history of fighting game - competition at all " referenced ( one of the most legendary moments in all of competitive fighting game history) and the number 1 a top 10 video game-related "best of Youtube " performed. The website progaming called the event in the first place its nine greatest moments in professional video games (the 9 biggest moments in gaming per ) and compared it with the blind ball catching the baseball player Willie Mays.