The Legend of Daigo Umehara | Evo Champions

Daigo Umehara tells us his about his Evo journey since attending his first event in 2003 and pulls back the curtain on the man behind The Beast.
Timestamps
0:00 Daigo's Evo origins
3:06 Winning Evo 2009
5:32 The mentality of The Beast
Produced by Esteban Martinez
Videography by Core-A Studios
Editing by Cassie Korn
Translations and interpretation by Kaori Horiuchi and Naruinvegas
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[@EvoFGC]

What's your favorite Daigo moment from Evo?

[@SalvationTenshi]

EVO MOMENT 37 with Justin Wong!

[@Thatoneguy-bo3vt]

Moment 37

[@limitedtimeak5508]

37 is one of the greatest comebacks

[@felipemedeiros8863]

EVO Moment 37

[@chm2]

Moment 1

[@DarkCavaliero]

People seem to forget he was dominating SFV by the end of it too, give it time and see what he does at SF6, reading his book you get to understand his mindset, he underestimates how intelligent he is.

[@ninjako6255]

Even when entrants numbered more than 5k-7k he still gets top 50 easy. He will always be great and strong and a heck of an inspiration and a leading light at the center of FGC, even when he doesn't burn with the same fire to win. I just appreciate him and his take on playing SF.

[@jamiedeepfake2849]

Excellent interview! Can’t help but root for the beast. Even though he’s not top dog anymore, remember this year got knocked of the lcq by 1 round to Punk in a super tight set. He’s still at the highest levels. Mad respect!

[@burkshomemadememes]

There’s a lot of times where daigo just looks terrifying.
I feel peak daigo (in sf5 with guile) was around when covid happen. He might of actually won capcom cup or even evo.
He’s still a top player in sf6 and can bust any fantasy bracket. Maybe not #1 anymore, but cannot count him out.

[@jorwill12]

Daigo’s words hit just as hard as his punches

[@primecoconut4204]

Daigo and Justin are the legends who I look up to for motivation and inspiration to keep me going and practicing when playing fighting games or any games for that matter even outside gaming.

[@4zqS]

Back in college during my english courses, I gave a presentation to my teacher and classmates about fighting games. I showed them EVO Moment #37: the whole class was so hyped, even though they didn't really know much about fighting games or competitions.
12 Years later, I'm still playing and loving fighting games. Like a lot of us, Daigo & Justin were the ones who got me into it.

[@felipemedeiros8863]

Legend Daigo Umehara beast! Umeshoryu 👊

[@RyuAkiga]

As huge fan of Daigo! This was a great interview! I watch his channel all the time! Awesome job here! The Beast and The Legend! 素晴らしい

[@Tatsuro0806]

Thanks Evo FGC, for pubulishing great video. thank you so much.

[@EvoFGC]

Thanks for watching!

[@AceBadguy]

Thank you, Daigod.

[@kevindhir]

LEGEND

[@bampier97]

The best to ever do it.

[@erickalvear4698]

Legend, I hope that I can beat him when he has 84.

[@p0mf47]

true god of fighting game players. humble and inspiring ✨.

[@limitedtimeak5508]

Legend

[@srkwkng]

生きる伝説

[@peacockmusicpage]

Yeah both Justin and Daigo benefited from EVO.

[@Nobunaga_Dono]

I'll always be a daigo fan.

[@martian1821]

The god ..that’s it when u think about the word BEAST

[@Kompensisco_Editz]

W

[@jetherfirstruiz4194]

I'm waiting to play 2xko with daigo.

[@EvoFGC]

What team are you guys running?

[@ghostwolf1435]

Diagonal was Ice Cold Clutch

[@DrunkensVision]

I'm glad to see Daigo continues competing, but Justin...🤐

[@Fishman465]

Justin seems sharp as ever even if he doesn't do tourneys