Kumo

Kumo
Retired
Kumo
Background Information
Name	Colin Zhao
Country of Birth	; China
Nationality	; United States
Birthday	March 9, 2000 (age 25)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	;
Competitive IDs	League, Shiro
Soloqueue IDs	NA: Kumo9, beat saber main
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Colin "Kumo" (▶️ listen) Zhao is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for FlyQuest Academy. He was previously known as League and Shiro.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Team Exile Surge	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-10	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-12	≈2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Relentless Gaming	Jan 20172017-01-15^[1]	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-23	≈3mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Behavior Check	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠C9 Academy	Dec 20172017-12-18^[3]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[2]	1yr 11mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Mar 20192019-03-23^[5]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[4]	7mo 28d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Nov 20192019-11-26^[7]	Jul 20202020-07-16^[6]	7mo 20d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠EG Academy	Jul 20202020-07-16^[9]	Nov 20202020-11-14^[8]	3mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest Academy	Dec 20202020-12-02^[10]	Jul 20212021-07-09	7mo 7d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Jul 20212021-07-06^[13]	Jun 20222022-06-14^[11]	11mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest Academy	Jun 20222022-06-14^[11]	Sep 20222022-09-01^[14]	2mo 17d	ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Team Exile Surge	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-10	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-12	≈2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Relentless Gaming	Jan 20172017-01-15^[1]	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-23	≈3mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Behavior Check	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠C9 Academy	Dec 20172017-12-18^[3]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[2]	1yr 11mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Mar 20192019-03-23^[5]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[4]	7mo 28d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Nov 20192019-11-26^[7]	Jul 20202020-07-16^[6]	7mo 20d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠EG Academy	Jul 20202020-07-16^[9]	Nov 20202020-11-14^[8]	3mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest Academy	Dec 20202020-12-02^[10]	Jul 20212021-07-09	7mo 7d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Jul 20212021-07-06^[13]	Jun 20222022-06-14^[11]	11mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest Academy	Jun 20222022-06-14^[11]	Sep 20222022-09-01^[14]	2mo 17d	ejel

News

2016
2017
2019
2020
2021
2022

NA	⁠⁠EX.S	December 10 (approx.), League, You all boosted, Zatsmod, Tactical, and TeeSum join. Serilium, Zyko, and Uzis join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠EX.S	December 12 (approx.), League, You all boosted, Zatsmod, Tactical, TeeSum, Serilium, Zyko, and Uzis leave. e

NA	⁠⁠RLT	January 15, League, Im Jonny, Zatsmod, cokes, TheAirIsDry, Dan (Head Coach), Gremmy (Strategic Coach), and TheMadK1ng (General Manager) join.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠RLT	April 23 (approx.), League, veng, Zatsmod, Tactical, Pyrrfect, Japanese Import, Dan (Head Coach), and TheMadK1ng (General Manager) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠BC	November 18, League, Tarzaned, Baekk, ybooks, and cloud y join as a pick-up team for Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. The team will be considered disbanded at the tournament's conclusion on November 24. e
NA	⁠⁠BC	November 24, Team is disbanded following the conclusion of Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. League, Tarzaned, Baekk, ybooks, and cloud y leave. e
NA	⁠⁠C9.A	December 18, League renames to Shiro. Shiro, Wiggily, Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal join.^[3] e

NA	⁠⁠C9.A	January 3, Shiro renames to Kumo.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	March 23, Kumo and Diamond join from academy roster. Keith rejoins from academy roster.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠C9.A	November 20, Kumo and Goldenglue leave.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	November 20, Kumo leaves.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	November 26, Kumo joins.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	December 28, Kumo's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[16] e

NA	⁠⁠EG.A	July 16, Kumo joins from main roster. Huni leaves for main roster.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	July 16, Huni joins from academy roster. Kumo leaves for academy roster.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠EG.A	November 14, Kumo leaves.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY.A	December 2, Kumo joins.^[10] Kumo's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[17] e

NA	⁠⁠FLY	July 6, Kumo, Nxi, Triple, Tomo, Diamond, and Phantiks (Assistant Coach) join from academy roster. Licorice leaves. Josedeodo, Palafox, Johnsun, and Dreams leave for academy roster.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY.A	July 9, Kumo leaves for main roster. e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	December 2, Kumo and Josedeodo will remain with the team for 2022.^[18] e

NA	⁠⁠FLY	June 14, Philip joins from academy roster. Kumo leaves for academy roster.^[11]^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY.A	June 14, Kumo joins from main roster.^[11]^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY.A	September 1, Kumo leaves.^[14] e

Biography

2017 Season

League competed in both the NACS 2017 Spring Open Qualifiers and the NACS 2017 Summer Open Qualifiers, but did not qualify in either tournament. Later, he was the second pick in the 2017 NA Scouting Grounds tournament draft, drafted to the Cloud9-sponsored Team Cloud Drake as the second pick. Despite his team finishing last in the short event, League was chosen by Cloud9 as the first draft pick at the end.

2018 Season

At the beginning of the 2018 season, League was announced as Cloud9 Academy's starting top laner. Prior to the NA Academy 2018 Spring, he changed his ID to Shiro. Cloud9 Academy performed well during the split, finishing second However, during Playoffs, the team was eliminated in the first round. Cloud9 Academy improved during the Summer, finishing first in both the regular season and Playoffs.

2019 Season

Shiro remained with Cloud9 Academy for the 2019 season. Prior to the season, he changed his ID again, this time to Kumo. Cloud9 Academy continued to be a dominant force in the North American academy scene, finishing first in the regular season and second in Playoffs. Kumo and the rest of the academy roster even had the chance to start in the LCS team's final game of the LCS 2019 Spring, a game that they won. However, in the NA Academy 2019 Summer, Kumo shared time with Jukes and only played in five games. However, he also had the chance to substitute for Licorice for four games of the LCS 2019 Summer, due to Licorice's wrist injuries. Kumo performed well on the LCS stage, winning three of the four games and solo killing Impact. Kumo returned to the starting role of Cloud9 Academy during the Summer Playoffs, but the team was eliminated in the semifinals.

2020 Season

At the beginning of the 2020 season, Kumo was announced as the starter for Evil Geniuses.

Trivia

Made highlight reels after outplaying and solo killing Impact's Aatrox as Jayce in his second LCS game.
Changed his name from Ziqing to Colin when he became a United States citizen in 2019.^[19]

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Kumo Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2022-08-20	7 - 8	LCS Proving Grounds 2022 Summer	1 : 2⁠⁠100.A	⁠⁠FLY.A	Kumo, Yuuji, Spirax, Tomo, Diamond, Soulstrikes
2022-07-29	5	NA Academy 2022 Summer	7-6-5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY.A	Philip, Kumo, Yuuji, Spirax, Tomo, Diamond, Soulstrikes
2022-04-10	5 - 6	LCS 2022 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠EG	⁠⁠FLY	Kumo, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz
2022-03-27	5	LCS 2022 Spring	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Kumo, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz, Richard
2022-01-22	5 - 8	LCS 2022 Lock In	0 : 2⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠FLY	Kumo, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz
2021-08-01	9	LCS 2021 Summer	14 - 31⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Licorice, Kumo, Josedeodo, Nxi, Palafox, Triple, Johnsun, Tomo, Dreams, Diamond, Kanani, Sharkz, Phantiks
2021-07-29	1	NA Academy 2021 Summer	10-6-2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY.A	Kumo, Philip, Nxi, Josedeodo, Triple, Palafox, Tomo, Johnsun, Diamond, Dreams, Phantiks
2021-04-16	7 - 8	LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring	1 : 2⁠⁠TSM.A	⁠⁠FLY.A	Kumo, Nxi, Triple, Tomo, Dreams, Phantiks
2021-03-26	2	Arena of Legends 2021	1 : 3⁠⁠TL.A	⁠⁠FLY.A	Kumo, Nxi, Triple, Tomo, Dreams, Phantiks
2021-02-17	6	NA Academy 2021 Spring	5 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY.A	Kumo, Nxi, Triple, Tomo, Diamond, Dreams, Phantiks

Kumo 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2022-03-07	9	CQ 2022 Spring Split 1	$1,600	⁠⁠FLY

Media

2019
2020

April 3, League of Legends: Who Should be Graduating from C9 Academy? by Declan Mclaughin on The Game Haus
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July 7, Kumo: "my goal is to start for LCS, and I'll take the opportunity to prove I'm good too." with Steven Paul on Upcomer
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July 9, C9 Kumo on starting for Cloud9 in the LCS: "I feel like I've been ready for a long time." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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July 11, Kumo keeps it cool on stage, 'I don't get nervous anymore' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 9, EG Kumo: "We've had a rocky start, but I think we can still become one of the top teams." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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February 12, Kumo compares EG to C9, his return to the main stage this year with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 29, Evil Geniuses Kumo: "I've had this in me, I'm just now starting to show it." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-08-24	NA Academy 2018 Summer Playoffs	C9.A vs FLY.A	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-07-07	LCS 2019 Summer	C9 vs CG	Link
2019-07-14	LCS 2019 Summer	C9 vs TSM	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-02-16	LCS 2020 Spring	IMT vs EG	Link
2020-06-28	LCS 2020 Summer	DIG vs EG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-04-14	LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring	DIG.A vs FLY.A	Link
2021-06-03	NA Academy 2021 Summer	DIG.A vs FLY.A	Link
2021-07-02	NA Academy 2021 Summer	IMT.A vs FLY.A	Link
2021-07-11	LCS 2021 Summer	FLY vs IMT	Link