Hamako Mori (born 18 February 1930),[2] better known by her online alias Gamer Grandma, is a Japanese video game YouTuber and esports player. She is known to have been playing video and esports games since 1981.[3] In May 2020, she was declared as the oldest ever gaming YouTuber in the world at the age of 90.[4][5] She was praised and became an internet sensation for her gaming skills despite her age factor.
| Gamer Grandma | |||||||
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| Born | Hamako Mori 18 February 1930 Asakusa, Japan | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTuber, esports player | ||||||
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| Genre | video games | ||||||
| Subscribers | 563 thousand[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 30.1 million[1] | ||||||
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Last updated: 4 Sept, 2024 | |||||||
Career
editMori pursued her interest in gaming in 1981 at the age of 51 after learning 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. Mori then ventured into PlayStation in 1990's.
Mori 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.[6][7] 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.[8] She also started live streaming games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and GTA 5 through her official YouTube account.[9] She revealed that she often spend at least three or more hours per day on average playing her favourite games such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Super Mario Bros., Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto V.[10][11]
As of May 2020, Mori was reported to have had over 250,000 subscribers on YouTube and as of June 2020, she had approximately 300,000 subscribers.[12] 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.[13][14] As of June 2021, she reached 500,000 subscribers on the mentioned platform.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About Gamer Grandma". YouTube.
- ^ "Gamer Grandma: Meet Hamako Mari, 90-Year-Old Japanese Woman With Guinness Record For Being Oldest Gaming YouTuber". India.com. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "90-year-old Gaming Grandma says gaming changed her life". Guinness World Records. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Emiko Jozuka (19 May 2020). "Meet 90-year-old Hamako Mori, the world's oldest video game YouTuber". CNN. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Japan's 90-year-old 'Gamer Grandma'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Gamer Grandma - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Gamer Grandma: Meet 90-year-old Hamako Mori, the world's oldest gamer on YouTube". KSLNewsRadio. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ hermesauto (7 June 2020). "Japanese grandma, 90, is the world's oldest gaming YouTuber". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Scroll Staff (6 October 2019). "Watch: 89-year-old 'gamer grandma' of Japan shows off her dexterity at GTA video game". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Japan's 'Gamer Grandma': 90-year-old is the world's oldest YouTube gamer". The Indian Express. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Japan's 90-year-old 'Gamer Grandma'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "'Gamer Grandma': Finger flexes keep 90-year old gamer console-ready". gulfnews.com. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Japan's video gaming grandma, 90, plays her way into record books". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 7 June 2020. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "90-year-old Gaming Grandma says gaming changed her life". Guinness World Records. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.