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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 . ==Early career== 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.〔 Around the time when he was a 13-year-old middle school student,〔 Daigo shifted his main game to Vampire Hunter because he thought he was more skilled in that game than ''Street Fighter II''.〔 He developed a reputation in Vampire Hunter by setting a 286-win streak record〔At 256 wins the game’s counter reset to zero, but it still counts.〕 in a single outing before he was forced to leave due to Akihabara Sega (now Club Sega) game center closing for the day.〔 Umehara enrolled in his first tournament when he entered GAMEST Cup's national Vampire Hunter tournament in 1995, losing in the block's finals. His first tournament victory came at his second tournament, GAMEST Cup's national Vampire Savior tournament in 1997, where he defeated Ōnuki (now Nuki) in the finals.〔 In 1998, at 17 years old Daigo participated in Capcom's official ''Street Fighter Zero 3'' national tournament and advanced to the finals which took place on a stage in Tokyo Game Show 1998: Autumn on October 11. After winning the tournament by defeating Ōnuki 3-1, Daigo, as the champion, went on to face Alex Valle, the winner of the U.S. national ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' tournament. The international "Grand Championship" was held in San Francisco, California on November 8. This was Daigo's first trip to U.S. and the first overseas tournament appearance. The match was best of three games, with five-round games. Daigo came from behind to win 2-1. Both events aired as a 50-minute TV report in Japan. In September 2001, Daigo's popularity led to the publishing of a mini-autobiography called VERSUS (known as "Umehon" (ウメ本) or "Ume Book" by fans). The book's content is separated into six chapters chronicling the games in which he competes and includes background stories, anecdotes of competitions, and analysis of his opponents.〔 In 2002, Daigo appeared in a U.S. versus Japan exhibition in Japan. American players competed in four games (''Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3'', ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike'' and ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'') for the right to battle Japan's best players in those respective games. Umehara only entered the ''3rd Strike'' exhibition, but defeated all of his opponents, ending each round with Ken's fierce Shoryuken. These events were filmed for the documentary ''(Bang the Machine )''.〔cast members have stated that the ''Bang The Machine'' documentary may never be officially released, because material was destroyed during the events of September 11, 2001.〕 In 2003, Daigo won the ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' tournament in the first Super Battle Opera (Tougeki) and won the same game in Evolution Championship Series when he joined the event for the first time in the same year, making him the first player to win both SBO and Evolution in same year on the same game. Umehara also went to Evolution 2004 and Absolution 2004 on April 18 in England and won SSF2 Turbo there.〔 Daigo has participated regularly in a number of tournaments, appearing at least one each year since beginning in 1997, with a brief hiatus in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daigo Umehara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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