Yusuke Momochi

Yusuke Momochi (born 12 February 1986), also known as EG Momochi, is a Japanese professional fighting game player from Nagoya, particularly of ones in the Street Fighter (series). Momochi plays Yun in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and mains Ken in Ultra Street Fighter IV, having also mained Cody in the past. Momochi was the 2014 Capcom Cup champion as well as the current EVO 2015 Champion for Ultra Street Fighter IV. Momochi was listed as the third best Ultra Street Fighter IV player in early 2015 by Eventhubs, only below Olivier "Luffy" Hay and Daigo Umehara.

Gaming career

Yusuke Momochi is one of the premier fighting game players from Japan, and has a multitude of accomplishments under his belt. Prior to joining Team Evil Geniuses, he is part of a team of three — consisting of fellow Japanese legends RF and Kindevu — that took home first place at the 2010 Super Battle Opera tournament for Street Fighter 4. He also placed second at one of the final qualifiers for EVO 2011, Shadowloo Showdown. In 2011, Momochi signed with professional eSports team Evil Geniuses along with Ari "fLoE" Weintraub and Yuko "ChocoBlanka" Kusachi. In 2012, Momochi won the UK qualifier for the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Finals for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike: Online Edition, Street Fighter X Tekken and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012. Momochi would later receive 3rd, 5th, and 7th in the respective tournaments at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Finals.