After his great career in the eSports scene, this player’s life seems to have taken a hard turn. He is now charged with theft.
Who is it about? Tomoyuki Inui was considered the best Dead or Alive player in the world in 2005. He played under the name katuninken for Japan. At the World Cyber Games 2005 in Singapore, he achieved first place and became world champion in Dead or Alive Ultimate. For this, he received $15,000 in prize money.
In the following years, he continued to play Dead or Alive. As Kotaku reports, he also participated in tournaments sponsored by DoA until 2014 and won there. However, support for Dead or Alive was reduced, even as eSports began to boom during that time.
He is now 33 years old and was recently arrested for theft.
How has the player’s life changed? As various Japanese media report, Tomoyuki Inui is suspected of stealing 2.6 million yen in cash from the living room of an 84-year-old woman in February. This is the equivalent of about 21,000 euros.
For this act, he was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
Allegedly, Inui claims that he committed this crime to make a living. His gaming activity reportedly declined. He is said to have admitted during his interrogation with the police that he had committed about 100 burglaries in the last 3 years.
Criminal activities in connection with eSports usually look different:
- A guy had to spend a year in jail for creating hacks for Overwatch
- Recently, in India, 16 players were arrested for playing PUBG. The game is banned there because it is addictive and promotes violence.
- This player spent 6 years in jail for merely wanting to troll others
