Umehara's yearly income is at least $196k - Sources

An article about the growth of e-sports from Sankei Biz has mentioned Daigo Umehara in one paragraph. (Sankei Newspaper has the sixth highest circulation for a newspaper in Japan.)

There're also world-class Japanese players. The leader is Daigo Umehara (age 33). According to several people who are in the business "With the income from the sponsors, he should make at least over 20 million yen ($195.9k) a year."