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Joseph Saelee
Joseph Saelee (born 2002), also JdMfX, is an American classic Tetris player who won CTWC 2018 and 2019 by hypertapping, first reached Level 31, and returned at CTM Tap Masters 2025.
Justin Wong
Justin Wong (JWong) is an American professional fighting game player, nine-time EVO champion, and content creator. He won Marvel vs. Capcom 2 at Battle by the Bay 5 in 2001 at age 15 and is famous for Evo Moment 37 (2004), where Daigo Umehara parried his Chun-Li Super.
Justin Yu
Justin Yu is a name shared by several unrelated people: a Berkeley BAIR robotics PhD student with Ken Goldberg, an MIT Tetris champion (fractal161), an MIT EECS engineer, a restaurant GM, a Clairvest associate, an IOC coordinator, an actor, and athletes.
Kairi (gamer)
Kairi (Kairi Ygnacio Rayosdelsol, born 2005), Filipino MLBB jungler for ONIC Esports Indonesia; first Filipino import, MPL ID S10-S13 four-peat, MSC 2023 champion, M3/M5 runner-up; distinct from CS coach David de Miguel and LoL player Võ Văn Phi.
KarlTzy
KarlTzy (Karl Gabriel Nepomuceno, born 2004) is a Filipino MLBB jungler for Team Liquid PH, first two-time M-Series world champion (M2 Bren, M4 ECHO), MSC 2025 winner, and two-time SEA Games gold medalist.
Ken Hoang
Ken "SephirothKen" Hoang, Vietnamese American Super Smash Bros. Melee international champion from Westminster, California, who competed on Survivor: Gabon in 2008 and was blindsided before the finale.
Keria (류민석) (gamer)
Keria (류민석), Ryu Min-seok, born 2002, is a South Korean League of Legends support for T1 in the LCK; three-time consecutive Worlds champion (2023-2025), first support LCK regular-season MVP, contracted to T1 until 2029.
Kkoma
kkOma (Kim Jeong-gyun, 김정균, born 1985) is a South Korean League of Legends coach, T1 head coach, winner of three Worlds, two MSI, and ten LCK titles, and Esports Awards Coach of the Decade.
Knekro
Knekro (Sergio García, KNekroGamer), Spanish streamer and YouTuber born 1984 in Madrid; League of Legends pioneer, Pokémon Stadium champion of Spain, KOI content creator, 1.3M Twitch followers.
Koji Nishio
Koji Nishio (Koryan, コーリャン), born 1977, is a Japanese classic NES Tetris player and caster, TGM grandmaster, 2019 CTWC runner-up to Joseph Saelee, and eleven-time CTM champion.
Kyedae
Kyedae (Kyedae Shymko, born 2001) is a Japanese-Canadian Valorant streamer, 100 Thieves creator 2021-2024, VALORANT Streamer of the Year 2023, diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2023 and in remission since 2025.
Leffen
Leffen (William Hjelte, born 1994) is a Swedish Melee Fox main, the "Godslayer" who first beat all Five Gods, won EVO 2018 Melee and EVO 2023 in a traditional fighting game, sponsored by Team SoloMid.
M0NESY
m0NESY (Ilya Osipov, Илья Осипов, born 2005) is a Russian Counter-Strike 2 AWPer for Team Falcons, formerly G2 and NAVI Junior; HLTV Top 20 #2 in 2024, IEM Cologne Major 2026 winner and MVP.
Michael Artiaga
Michael "dogplayingtetris" Artiaga (born 2007) is an American classic Tetris player, three-time CTWC champion (2020, 2021, 2026), youngest Tetris world champion at 13, and first player to reach NES Tetris's level-255 rebirth.
Mike Lamond
Mike Lamond, known online as Husky or HuskyStarcraft, is an American former StarCraft commentator and YouTuber from Bakersfield, California, who ran the HDH Invitational tournament.
MkLeo
MkLeo (Leonardo Lopez Perez, born 2001) is a Mexican Super Smash Bros. pro, greatest Ultimate player of all time, EVO 2019 winner, PGR v5 #1 in Smash 4, formerly of Echo Fox, T1, and Luminosity Gaming.
Mongraal
Mongraal (Kyle Jackson, born 2004) is a British Fortnite pro signed by Team Secret at 13, later FaZe Clan, now Red Bull eSports; 6th in 2019 World Cup Duos, FNCS Europe champion, about $750,000 earned.
Mortal (gamer)
Mortal (Naman Sandeep Mathur, नमन संदीप माथुर, born 1997) is a retired Indian PUBG Mobile/BGMI pro, Team SouL and S8UL co-owner, and YouTuber; won PMIS 2019, PMCO Spring India 2019, BMPS 2022.
N0tail
N0tail (Johan Sundstein) is a Danish Dota 2 player who founded and captained OG, won The International 2018 and 2019 back-to-back, and is the highest-earning esports player at over $7.17 million.
Nadeshot
Nadeshot (Matthew Haag, born 1992) is an American former Call of Duty pro, OpTic Gaming captain, and founder-CEO of 100 Thieves; Call of Duty XP 2011 champion and Esports Personality of the Decade.
Narcissa Wright
Narcissa Wright, formerly CosmoWright, is an American Zelda speedrunner who set the 2014 Ocarina of Time 18:10 world record on iQue, co-founded SpeedRunsLive, came out as transgender in 2015, and retired from record grinding due to hand injuries.
Nationality and regional scenes in esports
Nationality and regional scenes in esports shape how competitive gaming is organized and followed, with China leading prize earnings and South Korea strong in League of Legends and StarCraft.
NiceWigg
NiceWigg is Jack Martin (born 1997), American Apex Legends streamer, caster, and former pro controller player for CLG and Yeet Squad, now a 100 Thieves co-owner and Head of Talent & Culture Strategy.
Ninja (gamer)
Ninja (Tyler Blevins, born 1991) is an American Twitch streamer and former Halo pro who became the first streamer with 3 million Twitch followers via Fortnite in 2018; distinct from the TCS Ninja job role.
Peterbot
Peterbot (Peter Kata, born 2007) is an American-Hungarian Fortnite pro for Team Falcons; with Pollo he won the 2024 FNCS Global Championship ($400,000) and has earned about $1 million.
Pollo (gamer)
Pollo (gamer) covers several esports players using the ID, chiefly Miguel "Pollo" Moreno (born 2008), Mexican/American Fortnite pro on Team Falcons, FNCS 2024 Global Champion with Peterbot, $701,525 earned; also LoL, CS, RL, VALORANT players.
Puppey
Puppey is the professional alias of Clement Ivanov (born 1990), an Estonian Dota 2 captain who won The International 2011 with Natus Vincere and founded Team Secret in 2014.
QTCinderella
QTCinderella (Blaire) is an American Twitch streamer and baker, founder and host of The Streamer Awards (2022), organizer of Shitcamp and the Roast of Ludwig, Ludwig Ahgren's partner, and Wine About It podcast co-host.
Reckful
Reckful (Byron Bernstein, d. 2 July 2020), World of Warcraft arena champion, first to reach 3000 rating, six-season Rank 1, MLG winner, early Twitch pioneer, Everland developer.
Rekkles
Rekkles (Martin Larsson, born 1996) is a Swedish professional League of Legends player who won four European league titles with Fnatic before switching to support in 2024.