Hamako Mori (born 18 February 1930), better known by her online alias Gamer Grandma, is a Japanese video game YouTuber and

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player. She is known to have been playing video and esports games since 1981. In May 2020, she was declared as the oldest ever gaming YouTuber in the world at the age of 90. She was praised and became an internet sensation for her gaming skills despite her age factor.

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Mori 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 The is a home video game console made by Epoch Co. and released in Japan on July 30, 1981. A redesigned model called the Cassette Vision Jr. was released afterwards. The term ''cassette'' is a contemporary Japanese synonym for ROM cartridge ...

console which was officially released in Japan on 30 July 1981. She then moved on to the classic Japanese

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. Mori then ventured into

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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. 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. She also started

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games such as '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare'' and '' GTA 5'' through her official YouTube account. 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.'', ''

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'', '' Final Fantasy'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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. As of 13 May 2020, she was internationally recognized and was awarded the

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for becoming the oldest gaming YouTuber in the world at the age of 90. As of June 2021, she reached 500,000 subscribers on the mentioned platform.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mori, Hamako 1930 births Living people Japanese esports players Women esports players Call of Duty players Japanese YouTubers

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