For many years, Daigo Umehara has been the icon of the fighting game community. Fans have lived vicariously through him, experiencing the ups and downs of competition. But we’ve always been kept at ...

Two days after his surprising ELeague win over Hiroyuki “Eita” Nagata that advanced him into the finals, we got a rare opportunity to get into the head of fighting game legend Daigo “The Beast” ...

Nissin has published a new game-themed Cup Noodle commercial ad. The video features the Chili Tomato Cup Noodle, and it is inspired by Gama no Abura’s commentary on the Daigo Umehara match in Guilty ...

Daigo "The Beast" Umehara is one of the greatest fighting game players in history, one of a handful of professional gamers to whom the phrase "a living legend" fully applies. With countless ...

— -- The first thing you should probably know about Daigo "The Beast" Umehara is that he has a statue. Nestled in between sculptures of Street Fighter IV characters Ryu and Evil Ryu, the Daigo ...

If you're a fighting game buff, you've likely seen this footage of Daigo Umehara parrying his way to a dazzling comeback in Street Fighter III at the Evo 2004 fighting game tournament. Daigo is ...

Pro gamer Daigo Umehara confirmed that he has left the hospital after a fight with COVID-19. Umehara shared the news via his official Twitter account following two weeks of silence. He first informed ...

Daigo Umehara lifted the VSFighting tournament trophy Sunday as the camera lens focused on his face. In place of his usual sleepy expression was a beaming smile, a far cry from the player of old that ...

The first thing you should probably know about Daigo "The Beast" Umehara is that he has a statue. It's not a life-sized statue, but simply having one seems to be something that's fairly high on a ...