He may not be a talkative guy, but I bet he has a few things worthwhile to say if you pressed the issue.
And you don’t get that good at anything without being passionate for it, even if it doesn’t reflect in your behavior.
i notice even when he slows down for mahjogg he manages to bring out fresh material to his ken that i havent seen before.
I heard NKI (was it him?) had to take down a translated version of Daigo’s book (UMEHON) because of some legal bullshit.
I wonder if there is a way to go about getting this translated again without some legal bullshit to deal with.
And who the hell won ABSOLUTION 2004? Cause I see that Daigo got 3rd. Man, that just doesn’t seem right.
Nobody’s perfect. Even the Beast has a bad day once in a while.
It’s been done before. Look for Light Circle Production’s “Interview with the Japanese” from Evolution 2003. They interviewed Daigo, Ino, and a whole bunch of Japanese players in that vid.
like that jump back kick?
he never use to do those.
saw a bunch in those matches though.
Say whuh? 
Damn, that’s exactly the shiet that we all need to see … to whet our curious appetites.
You mean for Alpha 3? BAS came 1st, Kiyo 2nd. Kiyo defeated Daigo’s A-Ryu.
daigo loves doing that aganist dudleys and alexs. i was speakin of his c.fierce anti-air, it screwed up parrying. he also parries dudleys c.rh on reaction so he basically owns dudley for free now. rust, my ass.
Why was he using A-Ryu? I’ve only seen him use V-Ryu.
He used V-Ryu for most of the tournament, then oddly decided to use X-Ryu against this V-Chunli player. Perhaps he was getting in the groove for Super Turbo? Showcasing his Ryu mastery? Who knows. Later, when he faced Kiyo’s A-Guy he chose A-Ryu – perhaps for some specific Hurricane super setup in the corner, which indeed worked the first time, but top players rarely fall for the exact same trick twice; although, if you’ve seen the vid, Kiyo’s Guy almost eats the super for the second time.
It’s not obvious why you’d choose A-Ryu over V-Ryu; I don’t see how the matchup would affect that choice.
Who did BAS use? V-Gouki? V-Sodom?
V-Gouki, of course :lol:
i dunno but i dont think daigo likes going aganist top a-guy players.
<edit> intereseted in the vid of kiyo vs daigo. where does one get those? theyre easily uploaded to youtube or google vids for the public ya know.
There is like one or two sample vids of Abs2k4 over at combovideos.com under Match Video Archive. There are probably a few on YouTube.com aswell.
www.youtube.com/results?search=Absolution+2004&search_type=search_videos&search=Search
Thing is, the entire collection is 700MB; I dl’ed it off some torrent ages ago (this time last year). I’ve seen it intermittently reposted on some torrent sites but the files are too friggin’ big for me to upload them (sorry). 
thanks, very impressive matches. A-ism can contend with vism with wise alpha counters. indeed a deep game. i liked daigos ideas but he whiffed key moves oh well.
<edit> daigo owning at SBO1
what a beast he is
webotaku.com did an interesting interview with Daigo and Mr. Yamamoto (SBO director) when they were in France for the invitational tournament held in October 2004.
Here’s the Google translation of the interview:
**Living room of new technologies and the video game, Strasbourg. Daigo Umehara makes its entry in the room. The day before, all the players present could measure themselves with him, with a rate of failure passing very close to the 100%. Faded hair, fine costume and slackened air, the very famous Japanese player, encens by his congeneric French, agreed to answer our questions in company of Mr Yamamoto, writer in chief of the magazine of Japanese video games most famous: Arcadia.
Hello and welcome to both.**
Daigo: Hello.
You are a legend for the hardcore French gamers. Which reception did you receive from the public and which you of the play of the French think?
Daigo: Compared to the meetings which I could make in Great Britain and in the United States, I met a reception much more cordial. With regard to the level of the players, I could notice that the Japanese level is largely higher for the majority of the games. However, the level remains rather close on games like Street Fighter 3 or Capcom vs SNK. The Americans manage rather well on certain games. But the level of Guilty Gear remains relatively low in general!
Is Guilty Gear as popular in Japan as in France?
Daigo: Yes, the combat 2D is very appreciated in Japan. And it is Guilty Gear which is most popular.
Which proportion of players does it attract?
Daigo: In the world of the arcade, on a tournament which brings 12,000 people for example, approximately 80% of the players are on Guilty Gear. The play attracts many people.
How many hours per day do you play with the video games?
Daigo: That depends especially on the period. In general, I play 2 hours per day, but in this moment I play less and less. Before a tournament, that can go up to 6 hours per day, and even up to 10 hours per day when I do not know too a play.
(When he is not familiar with a game, 10 hours)
Does your practice of the video game require a particular drive, as for the high level sportsmen?
Daigo: To keep a good level, not, there is no particular drive. On the other hand I must always face people who are on the same level as me, because if my adversaries have a lower level, I regress.
Do you regard the pro-gaming a sport with whole share or as a simple activity of leisure?
Daigo: Personnellement I am not paid to play. Some do not regard the games as a true sport, but on my side I try to better do my for playing well, and in that I approach a sportsman.
How long does that take to become good with a game?
Daigo: All depends on the level of the person and especially of her environment. A person endowed in Japan can reach a very good level in 6 months. The same player in France, without room of arcade like here in Strasbourg, will be able to put up to 10 years to become very good. In a general way, to become good, it is necessary to play against strong people, from where this interest to meet to play.
Thank you Daigo, we now will put some questions with Yamamoto-san. Yamamoto-san, as a large expert of the world videoludic, what do you think of France, on the level of the video games?
Yamamoto: On the level of event-driven, France has the air very different from Japan, where the Japanese plays know much passion. Here, the organization of events has the air much more difficult, more especially as in Strasbourg there is no room of arcade, whereas it is what makes live the play. In Japan, when we want to organize large events, we can for example associate to us other rooms of arcade, which changes much compared to France.
Is the video game for you a passion or only a hobby? Do you play, and if so, with which games?
Yamamoto: Before I played, but now because I do not have of them any more time. On the other hand, I like to look at the games, and especially the reactions which are born from it to see what one can make on the level of the business. Lastly, front, I particularly liked to play Pacman (laughter) and Super Street Fighter 2X, at which it still sometimes happens to me to play some times.
You are at the origin of Bridget, one of the characters of Guilty Gear. How were you brought to take part in the project?
Yamamoto: Sammy often asks me to deal with the tournament of Sammy’ S Cup. When they started to deal with new Guilty Gear, they asked me what I thought of a character with a yoyo. Then I invited a friend who is champion of the world of yoyo and I made the presentations. The team of Sammy liked the technical prowesses and wanted to create this new character. On the other hand, they did not know if a character with a yoyo would be as charismatic as Sol. They finally decided to make a homo of it. I thus especially gave a blow of hand to the level of the design of the ideas.
How does one become a character impossible to circumvent of the world of the video game?
Yamamoto: It is difficult to answer. The point where I am trustful, it is that it never should be thought that one succeeded. It is also necessary to take many risks and to invest much time and money. I think in particular of the editors who always do not have the funds necessary. I created for them a kind of structure to support them, to help them in the creation of the plays and their communication, so that people hang more easily.
WebOtaku thanks Daigo and Yamamoto-san to have agreed to answer these some questions, like Philippe for the translation.
A person endowed in Japan can reach a very good level in 6 months. The same player in France, without room of arcade […], will be able to put up to 10 years to become very good." By Zophielle, 19/10/2004
Original page: http://www.webotaku.com/jeuxvideo/interview.php?art_id=14
Someone should just torrent Daigo, Wong, and Tokido videos. I’d seed that for days, weeks even, but I don’t feel like going through all those sites.
http://youtube.com/results?search=street%20fighter%20daigo&sort=video_date_uploaded&page=1
if you know japanese, theres a vid of the daigo interview.
and a bunch of great ST vids added to this great link that is constantly growing. keep it up, everyone.
I’ve made a playlist of all Daigo SF match videos that can be found on Youtube.
If anyone finds new videos of Daigo on Youtube, I’ll add them to this playlist: