Umehara on Tokyo Newspaper

Daigo Umehara is on a newspaper again, this time it's Tokyo Shimbun (Tokyo Newspaper) September 5 issue as reported on a Japanese site.

Summary
- Foreigners call him "The Beast" by his play style.
- Fans follow his stick gripping method called "Umehara Mochi."
- Every day, there's only part time job and games.
- He has no interest in anything other than games.
- He used to quit gaming at the age of 25. Friends wanted him to come back. He also thinks all he wants is gaming.
- He made a sponsorship deal with American game peripheral maker.
- Even with his pro gamer job alone, he can live without other part time job.
- [Large Picture] Umehara sitting in his friend's room with the limited SFxTekken stick on his lap. (Beast Note: He uses his friend's room to play on consoles. This's the same room in the Kuwait promo.)
- [Small Picture] Umehara Mochi.