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| Retired as Player | ||
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| Kirei | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Thomas Yuen | |
| Country of Birth | Netherlands | |
| Birthday | February 18, 1997 (age 27) | |
| Residency | EMEA | |
| Prev Residencies | Europe | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Team Heretics | |
| Contract Expires | 2025-11-17 | |
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | Best Elise Korea, Kireisama tv, KlREI, DIG Kirei (NA) | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Thomas "Kirei" (▶️ listen) Yuen is a League of Legends esports player, currently assistant coach and substitute jungler for Team Heretics.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LowLandLions.White | Nov 20142014-11-21 | Apr 20152015-04-02[1] | 4mo 11d | ejel | ||
 CW Academy | Apr 20152015-04-02[1] | May 20152015-05-31[2] | 1mo 29d | ejel | ||
 ECV eSports | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-03 | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-05 | ≈2d | ejel | ||
 EURONICS Gaming | May 20152015-05-31[2] | Jul 20152015-07-01[3] | 1mo 1d | ejel | ||
 Gamers2 | Jun 20152015-06-23 | Jul 20152015-07-21 | 28d | ejel | ||
 Denial eSports EU | Jul 20152015-07-01[3] | Nov 20152015-11-18[4] | 4mo 17d | ejel | ||
 Dignitas | Nov 20152015-11-18[4] | Jun 20162016-06-03 | 6mo 15d | ejel | ||
 Lachende Gerdas | ≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-?? | ≈Jul 2016≈2016-07-07 | ≈3mo 6d | ejel | ||
 Epsilon Esports | Jun 20162016-06-03 | Nov 20162016-11-02[5] | 4mo 29d | ejel | ||
 Dark Passage | Aug 20162016-08-18[6] | Sep 20162016-09-05 | 18d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
 Paris Saint-Germain | Dec 20162016-12-14[8] | Oct 20172017-10-05[7] | 9mo 22d | ejel | ||
 ASUS ROG Army | Sep 20172017-09-01[12] | Dec 20172017-12-20[9] | 3mo 19d | ejel | ||
 Millenium | Mar 20182018-03-22[14] | May 20182018-05-31[13] | 2mo 9d | ejel | ||
| Dark Passage | Jul 20182018-07-09[16] | Sep 20182018-09-18[15] | 2mo 9d | ejel | ||
 Fenerbahçe | Dec 20182018-12-09[18] | May 20192019-05-06[17] | 4mo 28d | ejel | ||
 Misfits Gaming | May 20192019-05-06[20] | Jan 20202020-01-14[19] | 8mo 8d | ejel | ||
| Misfits Premier | May 20192019-05-08[21] | Dec 20202020-12-10 | 1yr 7mo | ejel | ||
 GamersOrigin | Jan 20212021-01-11[23] | May 20212021-05-19[22] | 4mo 8d | ejel | ||
 Schalke 04 | May 20212021-05-19[22] | Nov 20212021-11-15[24] | 5mo 27d | ejel | ||
 NASR Turkey | Dec 20212021-12-19[26] | Apr 20222022-04-02[25] | 3mo 14d | ejel | ||
 Mirage Elyandra | May 20222022-05-23[28] | Nov 20222022-11-18[27] | 5mo 26d | Also Sub ejel | ||
 100 Academy | Nov 20222022-11-28[29] | Jan 20232023-01-11 | 1mo 13d | ejel | ||
| 100 Challengers | Jan 20232023-01-11 | May 20232023-05-18[30] | 4mo 7d | ejel | ||
| Team Heretics | Dec 20232023-12-15[31] | Present | 4mo 1d | ej |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LowLandLions.White | Nov 20142014-11-21 | Apr 20152015-04-02[1] | 4mo 11d | ejel | ||
| CW Academy | Apr 20152015-04-02[1] | May 20152015-05-31[2] | 1mo 29d | ejel | ||
| ECV eSports | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-03 | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-05 | ≈2d | ejel | ||
| EURONICS Gaming | May 20152015-05-31[2] | Jul 20152015-07-01[3] | 1mo 1d | ejel | ||
| Gamers2 | Jun 20152015-06-23 | Jul 20152015-07-21 | 28d | ejel | ||
| Denial eSports EU | Jul 20152015-07-01[3] | Nov 20152015-11-18[4] | 4mo 17d | ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Nov 20152015-11-18[4] | Jun 20162016-06-03 | 6mo 15d | ejel | ||
| Lachende Gerdas | ≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-?? | ≈Jul 2016≈2016-07-07 | ≈3mo 6d | ejel | ||
| Epsilon Esports | Jun 20162016-06-03 | Nov 20162016-11-02[5] | 4mo 29d | ejel | ||
| Dark Passage | Aug 20162016-08-18[6] | Sep 20162016-09-05 | 18d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | Dec 20162016-12-14[8] | Oct 20172017-10-05[7] | 9mo 22d | ejel | ||
| ASUS ROG Army | Sep 20172017-09-01[12] | Dec 20172017-12-20[9] | 3mo 19d | ejel | ||
| Millenium | Mar 20182018-03-22[14] | May 20182018-05-31[13] | 2mo 9d | ejel | ||
| Dark Passage | Jul 20182018-07-09[16] | Sep 20182018-09-18[15] | 2mo 9d | ejel | ||
| Fenerbahçe | Dec 20182018-12-09[18] | May 20192019-05-06[17] | 4mo 28d | ejel | ||
| Misfits Gaming | May 20192019-05-06[20] | Jan 20202020-01-14[19] | 8mo 8d | ejel | ||
| Misfits Premier | May 20192019-05-08[21] | Dec 20202020-12-10 | 1yr 7mo | ejel | ||
| GamersOrigin | Jan 20212021-01-11[23] | May 20212021-05-19[22] | 4mo 8d | ejel | ||
| Schalke 04 | May 20212021-05-19[22] | Nov 20212021-11-15[24] | 5mo 27d | ejel | ||
| NASR Turkey | Dec 20212021-12-19[26] | Apr 20222022-04-02[25] | 3mo 14d | ejel | ||
| Mirage Elyandra | May 20222022-05-23[28] | Nov 20222022-11-18[27] | 5mo 26d | Also Sub ejel | ||
| 100 Academy | Nov 20222022-11-28[29] | Jan 20232023-01-11 | 1mo 13d | ejel | ||
| 100 Challengers | Jan 20232023-01-11 | May 20232023-05-18[30] | 4mo 7d | ejel | ||
| Team Heretics | Dec 20232023-12-15[31] | Present | 4mo 1d | ej |
News
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 LLL.W | November 21, Morsu, Kirei, CozQ, Vizility, Hybrid, TheAllSpark (General Manager), and Thirsha (Manager) join. Vcom Fan joins as substitute. |
| LLL.W | April 2, Morsu, Kirei, CozQ, Vizility, Hybrid, Vcom Fan, TheAllSpark (General Manager), and Thirsha (Manager) leave.[1] | |
 CWA | April 2, Morsu, Kirei, CozQ, Vizility, and Hybrid join.[1] | |
 ECV | April 3 (approx.), Morsu, Kirei, CozQ, and Crowh join. | |
| ECV | April 5 (approx.), Morsu, Kirei, CozQ, Crowh, and Dommmy leave. | |
| CWA | May 31, Kirei leaves.[2] | |
 ESG | May 31, Kirei, crossman, and Scottlol join. Lamabear, avenuee, and Shantao leave.[2] | |
 G2 | June 23, Kirei joins as substitute. | |
| ESG | July 1, Kirei leaves.[3] | |
 DNL.EU | July 1, Kirei joins. betongJocke moves to substitute.[3] | |
| G2 | July 21, Kirei leaves. | |
| DNL.EU | November 18, Kirei leaves.[4] | |
 DIG | November 18, Smittyj, Kirei, and Apollo join. Gamsu, Helios, and CoreJJ leave.[4] |
 LACH | April (approx.), Morsu, Kirei, CozQ, Kitty, and Kaas join. | |
 EPS | June 3, Roster and EUCS 2016 Summer spot of  Inspire eSports are acquired. Satorius, Kirei, CozQ, Woolite, and NoXiAK join. Sebekx and Michai (Team Manager) join as substitutes. | |
| DIG | June 3, Kirei leaves. | |
| LACH | July 7 (approx.), Kirei and Kaas leave. | |
 DP | August 18, Kirei and CozQ join as temporary substitutes for 2016 International Wildcard Qualifier, replacing Xerxe and Caps, respectively.[6] | |
| DP | September 5, Kirei and CozQ (temporary substitutes) leave. | |
| EPS | November 2, Kirei leaves.[5] | |
 PSG | December 14, Steve, Kirei, Blanc, Pilot, and sprattel join.[8] |
 ASUS | September 1, Kirei and Noxiak join. Satorius rejoins.[12] | |
| PSG | October 5, Team disbands. Satorius, Kirei, Blanc, Nardeus, Klaj, Duke (Head Coach), and YellOwStaR (Head of Esports) leave.[7] | |
| ASUS | December 20, Satorius, Kirei, and CozQ leave.[9][10][11] |
 MIL | March 22, Kirei joins.[14] | |
| MIL | May 31, Kirei leaves.[13] | |
| DP | July 9, Kirei, Humanoid, Luger, and Hatchý (Head Coach) join.[16] | |
| DP | July 12, Kirei, Humanoid, and Hatchý (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 September 2018. Berentt's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 25 July 2018.[32] | |
| DP | September 18, Kirei, Humanoid, Luger, and Hatchy (Head Coach) are removed from the GCD.[15] | |
 FB | December 9, Kirei joins.[18] | |
| FB | December 24, Kirei's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Crowe (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 28 May 2019.[33] |
| FB | May 6, Kirei leaves.[17] | |
 MSF | May 6, Kirei is added to the GCD.[20] Kirei's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[34] | |
| MSFP | May 8, Kirei's joining is confirmed.[21] | |
| MSF | June 13, Kirei joins from academy roster.[35] | |
| MSF | November 16, Kirei is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[36] |
| MSF | January 14, Kirei and Doss leave for academy roster.[19] | |
| MSFP | January 14, Doss joins from main roster. Jezu's joining is confirmed. Kirei and Decay will remain with the team for 2020. Vichen's departure is confirmed.[19] | |
| MSFP | October 9, Kirei and Targamas are allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[37][38] | |
| MSFP | December 10, Kirei, Ronaldo, and Targamas leave. |
 GO | January 11, beansu, Kirei, Innaxe, Nukes, and Eternity (Team Manager) join. Pak and Glopo (Head Coach) rejoin.[23] | |
| GO | January 12, Beansu, Kirei, Pak, Innaxe, Nukes, and Glopo (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021. Veignorem's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 31 August 2021.[39] | |
| GO | May 19, Kirei leaves.[22] | |
 S04 | May 19, Kirei joins. Gilius moves to substitute.[22] | |
| S04 | May 31, Kirei's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[40] | |
| S04 | November 15, Broken Blade, Kirei, NUCLEARINT, Neon, LIMIT, Gilius, Dylan Falco (Head Coach), and Rodrigo (Head Analyst) are removed from the GCD.[24] | |
 NASR | December 19, Kirei joins.[26] |
| NASR | April 2, Kirei leaves.[25] | |
 F/A | April 12, Kirei retires with an interest in coaching.[41] | |
 ME | May 23, Kirei (Head Coach) is added to the GCD. BliZarD (Team Manager) is added to the official roster as substitute in the GCD.[28] Kirei (Head Coach) and BliZarD (Team Manager)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[28] | |
| ME | May 31, Krakeer (Assistant Coach) joins. Kirei (Head Coach)'s joining is confirmed.[42] | |
| ME | November 18, Kirei (Head Coach) is removed from the GCD.[27] Kirei changes residency from Europe to EMEA. | |
 100.A | November 28, Kirei (Assistant Coach) joins. Dan Dan (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position.[29] |
| 100C | January 11, 100 Academy renames to 100 Challengers. | |
| 100C | May 18, 100 Thieves Challengers is disbanded. Yukino, Pretty, UNF0RGIVEN, Destiny, and Kirei (Assistant Coach) leave. Sniper leaves for main roster.[30] | |
 TH | December 15, Lopon (Assistant Coach) joins. Kirei (Assistant Coach) joins as substitute. Peter Dun (Head Coach) will remain with the team for 2024.[31] |
Biography[]
Born in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, Kirei started playing games at the age of 7, playing Counter Strike: Source, World of Warcraft, and Guild Wars 2 before moving on to League of Legends.
2014 Season[]
Towards the end of the season, Kirei joined LowLandLions.White.
2015 Season[]
With LLL.White, Kirei qualified for the EUCS Spring Season via the EUCS Spring Qualifier after the team beat Different Dimension in their bracket final. The Spring Season was successful for the team, finishing in 2nd place. At this point, the team left the LowLandLions organization. In the Spring Playoffs, they beat Gamers2 before joining Copenhagen Wolves to form Copenhagen Wolves Academy. They went on to lose the final to Origen, meaning they would play in the EU LCS Summer Promotion. In the Summer Promotion, Kirei and the team were beaten by Team ROCCAT. Soon after, Copenhagen Wolves Academy disbanded.
Part-way through the EUCS Summer Season, Kirei replaced betongJocke as the jungler for Denial eSports EU, with his predecessor coming back to sub in for the team later on in the season when Kirei was temporarily unavailable. The Summer Season itself was successful for Kirei and the team, finishing in 3rd place. In the Summer Playoffs, they were beaten in the semifinals by Team Dignitas EU before losing to Gamers2 in the third-place match, meaning they would not have a chance to qualify for the LCS.
Kirei and the team then participated in PGL Legends of the Rift - Season 1, where they managed to top their group. Shook subbed in for Kirei during the playoffs of the tournament.
2016 Preseason[]
In November 2015, Kirei moved from Europe to North America to join Team Dignitas as part of their line-up for the NA LCS 2016 Spring Season.[44]
2016 Season[]
Following two 1-1 weeks at the start of the season, top laner Smittyj was removed from the team's starting roster and replaced by BillyBoss, due to "behavioural issues".[45] The team's worst-ever split unfolded following this change, as they saw only two further wins and – after playing the longest game of the split – finished 10th place with a 4-14 record. The same roster played in the Summer Promotion tournament, where they lost 0-3 to Team Dragon Knights, resulting in their elimination from the LCS. This made Dignitas the first of the three original North American LCS invitee teams to be relegated from the competition.
In May, Dignitas transferred its NACS Summer Season seed to Apex Gaming, and all players left the team.[46] Kirei returned to Europe to play for Epsilon eSports in the EUCS.
Trivia[]
- Enjoys sports and eating sushi.
- Was studying IT while playing in Challenger Series.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2021
- November 22, Meet The New Team Dignitas LoL: Interview with our Jungler, Kirei with , and on Dignitas
- January 13, Interview with dignitas Kirei on the differences between NA and EU lifestyle, the off-season, and the top teams in NA with , and on Dignitas
- February 6, Rookie of the Week: Team Dignitas' Kirei by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
- January 31, Kirei "Football clubs have much more to offer" with , and on Sport1
- March 26, Challenger Player Spotlight: Sprattel and Kirei with Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
- June 17, Kirei speaks about his first LEC Match, why the decision was made that he played over Maxlore with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- June 26, Elitists United Episode 17: Race Between Brain and Int (feat. Kirei and InnerFlame) with Thorin and Veteran on YouTube
- June 16, Kirei on his expectations for Schalke 04: "I expect at least top four for us." with Tom Matthiesen on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-20 | LFL 2021 Spring |  GO vs  LDLC | Link |
| 2019-06-14 | LEC 2019 Summer |  MSF vs  XL | Link |
| 2019-04-13 | TCL 2019 Winter Playoffs |  FB vs  SUP | Link |
| 2019-02-09 | TCL 2019 Winter | FB vs  DP | Link |
Images[]
LLL.W Kirei, EUCS 2015 Spring
DIG Kirei, NA LCS 2016 Spring
EPS Kirei, EUCS 2016 Summer
PSG Kirei, EUCS 2017 Spring
DP Kirei, TCL 2018 Summer
FB Kirei, TCL 2019 Winter
MSF Kirei, LEC 2019 Summer
MSFP Kirei, LFL 2020 Spring
MSFP Kirei, LFL 2020 Summer
GO Kirei, LFL 2021 Spring
S04 Kirei, LEC 2021 Summer
100C Kirei, NACL 2023 Spring
Name Pronunciation
| Kirei | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Riot |
| Voiced By | Raafaa |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Wolves signs Academy LoL team cphwolves.gg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 New line-up (German) euronics-gaming.de
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kirei's Answer ask.fm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Announcing The Team Dignitas LoL Roster team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kirei's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Dark Passage's Facebook Post (Turkish) facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 We are withdrawing from League of Legends for now psg-esports.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 We are ready. We are Paris. youtube.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Satorius' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Kirei's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 CozQ's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 ASUS ROG Army's Tweet (Spanish) twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Kirei's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Millenium's Tweet (French) twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Archive Pages: before change - TUR - 2018-09-17; after change - TUR - 2018-09-18
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Dark Passage's Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 1907 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 1907 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Misfits Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-05-05; after change - EU - 2019-05-06
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Misfits Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 GamersOrigin's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2021-11-14; after change - EU - 2021-11-15
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 NASR eSports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 NASR eSports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2022-11-17; after change - EU - 2022-11-18
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2022-05-22; after change - EU - 2022-05-23
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 100 Thieves Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Team Heretics' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - TUR - 2018-07-11; after change - TUR - 2018-07-12
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - TUR - 2018-12-23; after change - TUR - 2018-12-24
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-03-19; after change - EU - 2019-05-06
- ↑ lolesports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Kirei's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Kirei's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Targamas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2021-01-11; after change - EU - 2021-01-12
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2021-05-30; after change - EU - 2021-05-31
- ↑ Kirei's Twitlonger twitlonger.com
- ↑ Mirage Elyandra's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - EMEA - 2024-01-10; after change - EMEA - 2024-01-11
- ↑ Announcing The Team Dignitas LoL Roster team-dignitas.net
- ↑ BillyBoss Signs As Starting LCS Top Laner, SmittyJ Moved To Sub team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas transfer NACS Spot To Apex Gaming team-dignitas.net