Daigo Umehara's Event Schedule 2015

- Canada Cup's Master Series [January 9-11]
- 5th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 18]
- Yonpahi radio show [January 23]
- 6th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 25]
- Taipei Game Show [Jan 31]
- Tokaigi 2015 [Feb 1]

Friday, March 9, 2012

Umehara's "walkthrough of life" coming this April

A book about Daigo Umehara will be released on April 2.

The book titled "The Power to Keep Winning: The Workstyle of World's No.1 Pro Gamer" (勝ち続ける力: 世界一プロゲーマーの「仕事術」) looks to be the first biography of Daigo Umehara.

Summary of the book description
- Study the philosophy of world's No.1 pro gamer.
- The person whom game fans called "God" and a record holder of Guinness World Records, Daigo Umehara speaks his mind.
- From the root "I was into games, and I didn't study and do club activity since elementary school, so I grew up with games," becoming the world champion at the age of 17, frustration during the brief retirement, the rebirth, becoming world's No.1 again, pro contract, Guinness record holder, all revealed in this book.
- How he went through many things such as "from easy win to rarely win." His philosophy can be applied outside game world. This book is not a walkthrough of game, it's a walkthrough of life.
- Message from editor (book publisher): It's the first book of Daigo Umehara. You'll feel like he's a young philosopher. It's for game fans who want improvements, as well as businesspersons who want to break through the obstacles in the career.

The 256 page book will be sold for 777 yen. People from outside Japan can import this book from Amazon Japan.

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