Japanese Streamer SHAKA
(Japanese translation below)
By Yuga Dobashi
SHAKA is a former professional gamer and streamer from Iizuka city, Fukuoka Prefecture. He has one million followers on Twitch, and about 750,000 subscribers on YouTube. He played the games “Alliance of Valiant Arms (AVA),” “Overwatch” in “AVA International Championship (AIC)” and “JCG Overwatch Master 2016-2017 Winter Finals” from 2011 to 2017. After that, he started streaming on Twitch and left the game company to focus on streaming.
On the evening of June 7, 2020, while playing a match of “Apex Legends” when streaming on Twitch, he suddenly fainted. An MRI scan performed later revealed that he wasn’t seriously ill. A video clip of him fainting during the stream has been viewed more than 1.8 million times and became a hot topic with articles on SNS and the international media.
In one of Shaka's famous episodes where he had learned to light a ping pong ball on fire, it burns instantly. He then burned the ball in the table tennis club room with the entire ball basket and set it on fire.
Another time he learned about spray flaming. He took a girl’s hair spray from the girls’ volleyball club room and sprayed it on a cardboard box gleefully. The box ignited and burst into flames. Fire trucks were dispatched, and the police investigated it, but the culprit was never identified.
He has participated in many events and competitions and besides FPS, he recently took part in a “Street Fighter Ⅵ” competition. Whatever he does, he has so many viewers that the games he streams are so influential that they temporarily go viral. There are many clippings but the video “SHAKA looking at Altyu-kalakala” is highly recommended. The video itself is funny, but his laughter and commentary make it even funnier.
SHAKA is also known for his long hours of streaming. He streams 400 hours a month at most. In this case, he was streaming about 13 hours every day. In this way, he talks about these episodes and trivia in his stream. He also watches videos, clips, and various information together with his viewers. SHAKA’s streams will continue to provide us with many interesting and enjoyable scenes.
日本の配信者 SHAKA
土橋 優雅
SHAKAは福岡県飯塚市出身の元プロゲーマーで配信者です｡Twitchのフォロワー数は100万人､YouTubeの登録者数は約75万人います。2011年から2017年までAlliance of Valiant Arms (AVA)､AVA International Championship (AIC)､JCG Overwatch Master 2016-2017 Winter FinalsにてOverwatchをプレイ｡その後､Twitchでの配信を開始し配信に専念するためゲーム会社を退社しました｡
2020年6月7日の夜、Twitchで配信中のApex Legendsでの試合中に突然失神｡MRI検査の結果､重病ではありませんでした｡配信中に失神したクリップは180万回以上再生され､SNSや海外メディアでも取り上げられ話題になりました。
SHAKAの有名なエピソードに､ピンポン玉に火をつけることを知って､その後に卓球部の部室でボールをカゴごと燃やし火をつけたというものがあります。
また､スプレーで火をつけることを学んで､女子バレー部の部室から女性用のヘアスプレーを持ち出し､嬉々として段ボール箱に吹きかけ､箱は引火し燃え上がりました｡消防車が出動し、警察が捜査しましたが犯人が特定されることはありませんでした。
イベントや大会への参加も多く､FPS以外にも最近では格闘ゲーム、、ストリートファイターⅥの大会にも参加しました｡何をやっても視聴者が多く､彼が配信するゲームは一時的に流行するほどの影響力を持ちます。
多くのビデオ・クリップがありますが､､私がおすすめする動画のタイトルは『アル中カラカラを見るSHAKA』です｡動画自体も面白いですが､彼の笑い声とコメントがさらに面白さを引き立てています。
長時間配信することで知られています｡多い時で月に400時間も配信しています｡この場合､毎日約13時間配信していることになります｡このように､彼は自分の配信でこれらのエピソードやトリビアについて話します｡そして視聴者と一緒に動画やクリップ､様々な情報を見ることもあります｡SHAKAの配信はこれからも私たちにたくさんの面白くて楽しいシーンを提供してくれるでしょう。