Hamako Mori

Hamako Mori also professionally known by her nickname as Gamer Grandma (born 18 February 1930)[1] is a Japanese video game YouTuber and esports player. She is known to have been playing video and esports games for nearly 4 decades. In May 2020, she was declared as the oldest ever gaming YouTuber in the world at the age of 90.[2][3] She was praised and became internet sensation for her gaming skills despite her age factor.

Gamer Grandma
Personal information
BornHamako Mori
(1930-02-18) 18 February 1930
Asakusa, Japan
ResidenceChiba
OccupationYouTuber, esports player
YouTube information
Channel
Genrevideo games
Subscribers
  • 300, 000 (Gamer Grandma)
Total views
100,000 subscribers
Updated 22 July 2020

Career

She pursued her interest in gaming in 1981 at the age of 51 after getting to know that her children and grandchildren were playing video games for hours. She started playing on the Cassette Vision console which was officially released in Japan on 30 July 1981. She then moved on to the classic Japanese Nintendo Entertainment System. Hamako then ventured into Playstation in 1990's.

She initially played video games alone and then launched a gaming YouTube channel under the name Gamer Grandma in 2014 in order to connect with other gamers from across various parts of the world.[4][5] She launched the YouTube channel in native Japanese language and apparently posted at least four videos of her games per month often gaining popularity with over million pageviews from viewers.[6] She also started live streaming games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and GTA 5 through her official YouTube account.[7] She revealed that she often spend at least three or more hours per day on average playing her favourite esports games such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Super Mario Brothers, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto 5.[8][9]

As of May 2020, she was reported to have had over 250, 000 subscribers on YouTube and as of June 2020, she had approximately 300, 000 subscribers.[10] As of 13 May 2020, she was internationally recognized and was awarded the Guinness World Record for becoming the oldest gaming YouTuber in the world at the age of 90.[11][12]

gollark: Consider dying, for instance. People dying is quite bad for a variety of reasons, but because people can't really avoid it it got cognitive-dissonanced into being "good" in a ton of philosophies.
gollark: What?
gollark: I mean, I think people can get used to a lot of things with sufficient time.
gollark: The amount of often-conflicting ones is not really a point in their favour.
gollark: Again, popular ≠ good.

See also

References
  1. Desk, India com Viral News (2020-05-21). "Gamer Grandma: Meet Hamako Mari, 90-Year-Old Japanese Woman With Guinness Record For Being Oldest Gaming YouTuber". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  2. Business, Emiko Jozuka, CNN. "Meet 90-year-old Hamako Mori, the world's oldest video game YouTuber". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  3. "Japan's 90-year-old 'Gamer Grandma'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. "Gamer Grandma - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  5. "Gamer Grandma: Meet 90-year-old Hamako Mori, the world's oldest gamer on YouTube". KSLNewsRadio. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. hermesauto (2020-06-07). "Japanese grandma, 90, is the world's oldest gaming YouTuber". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  7. Staff, Scroll. "Watch: 89-year-old 'gamer grandma' of Japan shows off her dexterity at GTA video game". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  8. "Japan's 'Gamer Grandma': 90-year-old is the world's oldest YouTube gamer". The Indian Express. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  9. "Japan's 90-year-old 'Gamer Grandma'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  10. "'Gamer Grandma': Finger flexes keep 90-year old gamer console-ready". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  11. France-Presse, Agence (2020-06-07). "Japan's video gaming grandma, 90, plays her way into record books". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  12. "90-year-old Gaming Grandma says gaming changed her life". Guinness World Records. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
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