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, also known as is a Japanese streamer,
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, voice actor,『ゲーム攻略大全 Vol.8 (100%ムックシリーズ)』 晋遊舎 2017年12月6日発行 ISBN 978-4-80-180842-3 singer and former professional gamer. He posts
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videos on
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and
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, and perform as a
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on video game-related programs. He uses the real name when acting as a voice actor.


Biography

Mokō was born on 15 November 1990 in
Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...
where he graduated from Nara Sangyo University. On 2004, when Mokō was in the first-grade of junior high school, he was hospitalized for
ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the other type being Crohn's disease. It is a long-term condition that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum. The primary sympto ...
. On 2005, Mokō was left the hospital and attended the school, but he couldn't accustomed to the already formed circle of friends, so he left the classroom immediately after introducing himself and was truancy from the day. Mokō said that when he was truancy, he spent most of the time playing with
Puyo Puyo , previously known as ''Puyo Pop'' outside Japan, is a series of tile-matching video games created by Compile. Sega has owned the franchise since 1998, with games after 2001 being developed by Sonic Team. ''Puyo Puyo'' was created as a spin-of ...
and watching the Internet. Around this time, Mokō was active on the hikky (hikikomori) board on
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as . Also, it is recorded that Mokō was live streaming on FC2 Net Radio, and the videos is released charges fees on Mokō Channel. On 2006, Mokō graduated from junior high school and entered upper secondary school correspondence education. On 25 May 2009, when Mokō was in the first-grade of the university, he posted (Let's Play video of Pokémon Battle Revolution) as his first video as the name of Mokō on Niconico.ニコニコ動画の王 もこうインタビュー 「ドワンゴが僕たちをなめてた」
KAI-YOU 2016年11月11日 2018年3月23日閲覧 聴き手:吉田雄弥
By September 2010, he had posted fifty-five videos of the series,ニコ動の王 もこうインタビュー「ゲーム実況は線香花火みたいに消えそう」
KAI-YOU 2015年9月25日 2018年3月23日閲覧 聴き手:ふじきりょうすけ 文章:よしだゆうや
and he became a popular contributor with his frank words and actions. In March 2013, Mokō graduated from the university. After graduating Mokō began to work as a systems engineer. On 17 August 2013, Mokō opened his owned YouTube channel. On 1 August 2015, Mokō retired from the systems engineer. Mokō made his debut as a voice actor in the role of Savage in "MagicalStone", an online puzzle video game released in March 2016. In June 2017, Mokō made his debut as a voice actor under the name of Yutaka Baba in "Sengoku Genbu", a mobile game for the smartphone. In the document written by the
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in March 2018, Mokō was mentioned as "a famous streamer from Niconico". On 17 April, Mokō was elected as one of the first eleven professional gamer of Puyo Puyo licensed by the Japan esports Union. However, Mokō calls himself "streamer" and "game streamer", because he is thinking that he is not a big wheel of a video game but a professional streamer. On 10 August 2020, Mokō performed in the seminar planned by students "New Age of Medical Treatment and Video Games" at
Tohoku University is a public research university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is colloquially referred to as or . Established in 1907 as the third of the Imperial Universities, after the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, it initially focused on sc ...
. Mokō expressed his own opinion about the future of medical treatment and video games on the live streaming on YouTube from his position that he is active as a professional gamer and a popular streamer, even though he is a patient with ulcerative colitis. As of 2022, Mokō has retired from a professional gamer of Puyo Puyo.ReAL eSports News」ゲスト出演時に「元プロ」という紹介がされている。


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External links

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Mokō's user page
on Niconico
Mokō's channel
on Niconico * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mokō Gaming YouTubers Japanese YouTubers Japanese Twitch (service) streamers Utaite Japanese male voice actors Japanese esports players People from Osaka Prefecture 1990 births Living people 21st-century Japanese male actors