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Lim Yo-hwan

1980 - Today

Lim Yo-hwan

Lim Yo-hwan (Korean: 임요환; Hanja: 林遙煥, born September 4, 1980), known online as SlayerS_'BoxeR' (usually shortened to BoxeR), is a former professional player of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft. He is often referred to as "The Terran Emperor", or simply "The Emperor", and is widely considered to be one of the most successful players of the genre as well as a pop culture icon. Lim won his first StarCraft: Brood War tournament in 1999. From 2001 to 2002, he won multiple major championships, including two OnGameNet Starleague titles and two World Cyber Games gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lim Yo-hwan is the 6th most popular gamer (down from 4th in 2024), the 883rd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 673rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Gamer.

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Among GAMERS

Among gamers, Lim Yo-hwan ranks 6 out of 8. Before him are IShowSpeed, Ninja, Faker, XQc, and S1mple. After him are Hong Jin-ho, and Feliks Zemdegs.

Most Popular Gamers in Wikipedia

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IShowSpeed
2005 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1
Ninja
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2
Faker
1996 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 3
XQc
1995 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 4
S1mple
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 5
Lim Yo-hwan
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 6
Hong Jin-ho
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 7
Feliks Zemdegs
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 8

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Lim Yo-hwan ranks 656. Before him are Pontus Farnerud, Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto, Suzy Batkovic, Bijou Phillips, Joe Bizera, and Kian Egan. After him are Denise Quiñones, Anmary, Rebeka Dremelj, Max Sandvoss, Alexander Os, and Nick Nuyens.

Others Born in 1980

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Pontus Farnerud
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 650
Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 651
Suzy Batkovic
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 652
Bijou Phillips
MODEL
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 653
Joe Bizera
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 654
Kian Egan
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 655
Lim Yo-hwan
GAMER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 656
Denise Quiñones
CELEBRITY
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 657
Anmary
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 658
Rebeka Dremelj
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 659
Max Sandvoss
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 660
Alexander Os
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 661
Nick Nuyens
CYCLIST
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 662