Daigo Umehara (梅原 大吾 Umehara Daigo, born 19 May 1981), is a renowned Japanese arcade fighting video game player. He specializes in 2D arcade fighting games, mainly those released by Capcom. Known as "The Beast" in the west and "Umehara" or "Ume" in Japan, Daigo is most famous for his dramatic comeback video clips on YouTube from a Street Fighter III match in Evolution 2004. While English speakers hail him the world's most famous Street Fighter player or the greatest Street Fighter player, Japanese media simply refer to Daigo as "Kami" (神) or "God" when it comes to 2D fighting games.