DAIGO appears in Yomimono coverage as the pro player behind the PC Beast Box, a Hit Box leverless controller collaboration announced by NK Trading. The controller's pre-sales open July 1 at 32,780 yen through World Game Express. The bathhouse storyline tied to Detective Precure! does not concern this entity.
DAIGO shows up in Yomimono coverage only once so far, and only in a hardware story. NK Trading announced two new PC leverless controllers under the Hit Box brand: the standard PC Hit Box and the PC Beast Box, the latter a collaboration with pro player Daigo Umehara. Both controllers use the updated C.O.M.B.O. Extension 1.5, which the announcement describes as giving faster response. Pre-sales begin July 1 at World Game Express for 32,780 yen.
That is the whole of the current picture. No other Yomimono story establishes anything about DAIGO's competitive activity, other sponsorships, or other products. The second story in the feed, about a Detective Precure! bathhouse collaboration running October 1 to 20 at 16 stores, does not involve this entity and adds nothing to the dossier.
What is settled: a named PC controller edition exists, it carries the Daigo Umehara name, and a price and pre-sale date are on record. What is not settled in coverage: anything beyond that announcement. There is no reporting on availability after pre-sales, on regional release, or on how the signature model differs from the standard PC Hit Box beyond the shared internal update.
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2d ago
REJECT ran a collaboration project with Panasonic's Korikoran home-use high-frequency treatment device in September 2026. The push included a video from September 15 featuring STREET FIGHTER division player Daigo Umehara, a special page published September 14 where Umehara and streamer Haitani try the Korikoran Loop, a segment on REJECT's Rijepo program, and a REJECT corner at the Panasonic booth at TOKYO GAME SHOW 2026 from September 17 to 20.
4d ago
Kadokawa's Fantasia Bunko imprint announced on Tuesday that Daigo Murasaki and illustrator Kureta's Demon Lord 2099 light novel series will end with its sixth volume. The first volume was released under Kadokawa in January 2021, and the fifth volume in November 2025. Yen Press releases the novels in English, and the series inspired an anime that debuted on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and BS11 in October 2024.
Sep 29
SAMANSA announced on September 29, 2026, that its documentary film ReBEAST: Umehara, a Life Bet on 1/60 of a Second will open nationwide in Japan on Friday, January 29, 2027, at Theatre Shinjuku and other theaters, with distribution handled by Tokyo Theatres. A teaser visual and teaser trailer were released the same day. The film follows Daigo Umehara, known as Umehara, over roughly one year, starting when he joined the professional esports team REJECT and entered a new environment. It covers his attempt at a different style of fighting alongside teammates, the pressure to win, the pain of not getting the results he wanted, and his confrontation with his own limits, building to his match at Kemonomichi, the fighting game event he founded. Yuichi Iwanaga and Naoto Kawashima directed. The teaser trailer includes REJECT members and commentator Aru.
Sep 8
The Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA bathhouse group is running a Detective Precure! collaboration from October 1 to 20, 2026, across 16 stores. The campaign ties into the film "Eiga Detective Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to 2-ri no Himitsu," which opens September 18. Newly drawn illustrations show the four Precure in their movie-limited Future Form, including Cure Eclair and Cure Arcana, who were absent from the previous collab. Visitors can pay an extra 1,100 yen on admission for a random towel from eight designs. Goods include acrylic stands, clear files, and hair clips, with a random mini illustration card for every 2,000 yen spent in stores. Eleven menu items are offered, each order including a coaster, and ordering four items earns an extra coaster. Five themed baths rotate by store and date. A quiz test with a clear card prize, an X campaign, and a high-five greeting event at RAKU SPA Tsurumi on October 17 round out the program.
Jun 24
NK Trading announced two new PC leverless controllers from Hit Box: the standard PC Hit Box and the PC Beast Box, a collaboration with pro player Daigo Umehara. Both feature the updated C.O.M.B.O. Extension 1.5 with faster response. Pre-sales begin July 1 at World Game Express for 32,780 yen.