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March 16, 2009

Is Daigo Umehara the Best Street Fighter IV Player?

Arcadia magazine organized a mini tournament with Japan’s top Street Fighter IV (SFIV) players and pitted them one by one against Daigo Umehara. Better known to most as the “Beast” or simple “Daigo,” he’s Capcom’s player of the decade, and few if any can survive against his flurry of combos, perfect zoning, and godlike timing.

Can anyone in Japan beat the Beast? Watch the videos below and see for yourself.

Arcadia Mini Tournament with Daigo Umehara – Part 1

Arcadia Mini Tournament with Daigo Umehara – Part 2

Arcadia Mini Tournament with Daigo Umehara – Part 3

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  • madray

    I wish I was half the player that he is. :(

  • http://jwkuo87.wordpress.com/ JwKuo87

    Kind of ironic, losing to Sagat.. it’s too bad you don’t get to see him fight Akuma/Ken.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/43173378N00/ jules

    I suck at SF. Maybe one of those nifty tournament controllers will help my pitiful game. :p

  • http://www.erapo.szm.sk daniel

    Is everyone in Japan a video game maniac?

  • ztnepres

    nooo videos dont show anymore

  • David

    Daigo Umehara is one of the best street fighter players of our time, sides that, JWong! I love the matchup between dictator and ryu, that was a good match – the opponent went perfect for one of the rounds.

  • http://macplayground.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/3/ Mac PlayGround

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  • qtip

    Daigo is insane…. he has some mad skills and timing… i still can’t forget that one match where he fully parried justin wong’s special and made one of the best comebacks in sf history ever…

  • Anonymous

    That was a formidable Sagat… I would love to see a series of 5 matches between those two. What was that Sagat player’s name and where is the best place to see more vids like these?

  • Bobby Tarass

    That Sagat is “Mago”, he’s now playing Fei Long (he’s actually 1st or 2nd of SSF4AE rankings) but he used to be the best Sagat on SF4 (he was 1st or 2nd on the overall ladder, next to Daigo). You can find matches between those two quite easily on Youtube :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOSPaHEREcs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZwC1p32i7g
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Bx8X-tB-M

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