In the world of fighting games, there’s arguably no name more recognizable than BST|Daigo Umehara.
It seems someone over at Twitch may not have been quite as familiar with The Beast, however.
French variety streamer Ponce recently received a package from Twitch containing the big purple heart trophy from the company for his accolades.
While he was one stream, though, he took a closer look at the 5 million hours watched trophy itself and realized it wasn’t actually his.
“I have something to tell you. It’s exceptional,” said Ponce as translated by Kahikusu. “It’s the first time I’m looking at it, and it’s not mine.”
“I swear it’s true. It says DaigoTheBeastTV… Who is this streamer? Oh, but he really is a streamer. It’s not mine.”
Luckily, Ponce seems to accept the great humor of this situation and is pretty much laughing the entire time.
Unfortunately, we don’t have Daigo’s reaction to this mishap yet, but given his usual laidback attitude, he probably won’t mind much and may have a laugh himself.
Umehara obviously already has no shortage of trophies from all of the tournaments he’s won over the years.
Plus, Daigo was recently honored at the Japan eSports Awards where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award and Live Entertainment Best Bout Award earlier this year.
So, it seems congratulations are still in order for Daigo and Ponce here.
And we assume Twitch will make this right for both creators and get them their own true trophies at some point in the near future.
Dans le genre IMPROBABLE : si le joueur japonais @daigothebeast n’a jamais reçu son trophée Twitch des 5 millions d’heures de visionnage c’est parce qu’il a été envoyé chez le streamer français @poncefleur.
Véridique ! #OFLP pic.twitter.com/xo31p1ANXf
— Anis Kx Hmi (@kahikusu) March 19, 2025
Source: Event Hubs
