Sykkuno ( ; born June 4, 1991) is an American live streamer. He is best known for his live streams, which were hosted on

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from 2019 to April 2022, before he began streaming exclusively on

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in May 2022.

Career

Twitch

While his Twitch account has been active since November 14, 2011, Sykkuno began streaming on a regular basis in April 2019 after being convinced to do so by fellow streamer and OfflineTV member

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. He quickly gained popularity on the platform, with many attributing his calm, wholesome, laid-back demeanor as a factor. In April 2021, Sykkuno participated in an hour-long charity ''Among Us'' stream on ''

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'' with

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, members of

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, fellow streamers Valkyrae and Corpse Husband, and ''

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'' actors Gaten Matarazzo and

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, with proceeds going towards

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. Later in September 2021, Sykkuno hosted an impromptu subathon stream on his Twitch channel. His final Twitch stream took place on April 30, 2022.

YouTube

Sykkuno began creating video content for the online game ''

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'' back in 2011 on

. He started his YouTube career by posting commentary videos and gameplay on an older channel named "Sykku" before creating a newer channel later in 2012 named "Sykkuno". The newer YouTube channel would later on become the main channel in which he would continue posting videos that today consist of clips and compilations of his Twitch streams. Sykkuno continued to post videos and content primarily related to ''

'' until shifting to make content on other online games, such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', with fellow content creators of the gaming community. While Sykkuno posted commentary game videos, he did not show his face until he started streaming with a webcam on Twitch in February 2020. In May 2022, Sykkuno announced that he would be leaving Twitch for an exclusive streaming contract on YouTube. He signed with

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for representation in August 2022.

Personal life

Sykkuno is a native of Southern California. He is of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. He has two sisters. Sykkuno lives in

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Filmography

Anime

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* *{{YouTube, user=Sykkuno Living people American people of Chinese descent American people of Vietnamese descent Twitch (service) streamers Gaming YouTubers People from San Gabriel, California American YouTubers YouTube streamers 1991 births