Maokai (Yang Ji-Song)

Maokai
Maokai
Background Information
Name	Yang Ji-Song (杨济松)
Country of Birth	; China
Birthday	June 17, 1991 (age 34)
Residency	CNChina
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠EDward Gaming
Role	; Coach
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Yang "Maokai" (▶️ listen) Ji-Song (Hanzi: 杨济松) is a League of Legends esports personality, currently head of coaching staff for EDward Gaming.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-??	Jun 20172017-06-07	≈1yr 5mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team Hurricane	Jun 20172017-06-07	Dec 20172017-12-22^[1]	6mo 15d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-22^[5]	Dec 20182018-12-17^[2]	1yr 26d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Rogue Warriors	Dec 20182018-12-17^[7]	Dec 20192019-12-14^[6]	1yr 28d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-17^[10]	Dec 20202020-12-14^[9]	1yr 28d ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Dec 20202020-12-16^[13]	Dec 20232023-12-15^[11]	3yr 30d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	May 20242024-05-23^[15]	Nov 20242024-11-26^[14]	6mo 3d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20242024-12-05^[17]	May 20252025-05-26^[16]	5mo 21d ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Jan 20262026-01-13^[23]	Present	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-??	Jun 20172017-06-07	≈1yr 5mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team Hurricane	Jun 20172017-06-07	Dec 20172017-12-22^[1]	6mo 15d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-22^[5]	Dec 20182018-12-17^[2]	1yr 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Rogue Warriors	Dec 20182018-12-17^[7]	Dec 20192019-12-14^[6]	1yr 28d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-17^[10]	May 20202020-05-25^[25]	5mo 8d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	May 20202020-05-25^[25]	Jun 20202020-06-14^[26]	20d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	Jun 20202020-06-14^[26]	Dec 20202020-12-14^[9]	6mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Dec 20202020-12-16^[13]	Dec 20232023-12-15^[11]	3yr 30d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	May 20242024-05-23^[15]	Nov 20242024-11-26^[14]	6mo 3d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20242024-12-05^[17]	May 20252025-05-26^[16]	5mo 21d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Jan 20262026-01-13^[23]	Present		ej

News

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2023
2024
2025
2026

CN

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⁠EDG

January (approx.), FireFox (Analyst) and Maokai (Analyst) join.
Minn,
BayBay,
Chieftain,
Actor, and
Maestro join as trainees. Aaron (Coach to Managing Director) changes position.

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CN	⁠⁠EDG	June 7, Maokai (Analyst) leaves. e
CN	⁠⁠TH	June 7, Maokai (Head Coach) joins. e
CN	⁠⁠TH	December 22, Maokai (Head Coach) leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠BLG	December 22, AmazingJ, Sks, Athena, Jinjiao, Road, Maokai (Head Coach), and Bge (Manager) join. Chieftain and Mole join as substitutes.^[5] e

CN	⁠⁠BLG	December 17, Mni joins. Jackairay and Kine join as substitutes. Jykim (Coach to Analyst) changes position. M1anhua, Road, Maokai (Head Coach), and Kim Tae-young (Coach) leave. Mole's departure is confirmed.^[2]^[3]^[4] e
CN	⁠⁠RW	December 17, MaiX, qiutian, and Maokai (Head Coach) join. Jingtian joins as substitute. You and Bear join from academy roster. Steak (Head Coach to Coach) changes position. Kiwi and Soso (Translator) leave. Mouse's departure is confirmed.^[7]^[8] e

CN	⁠⁠RW	December 14, Maokai (Head Coach) leaves.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠VG	December 17, Maokai (Coach) joins.^[10] e

CN	⁠⁠VG	May 25, Loong (Coach) rejoins. Maokai (Coach) becomes inactive.^[25] e
CN	⁠⁠VG	June 14, Maokai (Coach) becomes active.^[26] e
CN	⁠⁠VG	December 14, Maokai (Coach) leaves.^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	December 16, Maokai (Head Coach) and KenZhu (Supervisor) join. JunJia leaves for academy roster.^[13] e

CN

⁠

⁠EDG

December 15,
Uzi, Maokai (Head Coach), and Hibari (Manager) leave.^[11]^[12]

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CN	⁠⁠TES	May 23, Maokai (Head Coach) joins.^[15] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	November 26, Maokai (Head Coach) and Despa1r (Coach) leave.^[14] e
CN	⁠⁠BLG	December 5, Maokai (Head Coach) joins. LvMao (Sub/Support to Coach) changes position. Easyhoon (Coach) will remain with the team for 2025. BigWei (Head Coach) becomes inactive. Fury (Coach) and Xiasu (Assistant Coach) leave.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22] e

CN

⁠

⁠BLG

May 26, Maokai (Head Coach) leaves.^[16]

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CN

⁠

⁠EDG

January 13, Clearlove (Head Coach) and Maokai (Head of Coaching Staff) join.^[23]^[24]

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Biography

Trivia

A video of the coach where he was very angry and arguing with the players when he was at EDG went viral in Western media in 2022 after being published by the team.^[27]

Tournament Results

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

Maokai (Yang Ji-Song) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-05-22	4	LPL 2025 Split 2 - Group Ascend	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, Wei, Beichuan, Knight, Elk, ON, Maokai, BigWei, Easyhoon
2025-03-26	Q	LPL 2025 Split 2 Placements	5 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, Wei, Knight, Elk, ON, Maokai, BigWei
2025-02-26	4	LPL 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, Wei, Knight, Elk, ON, Maokai, Easyhoon
2025-02-16	2	LPL 2025 Split 1 - Group C	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, Wei, Knight, Elk, ON, Maokai, Easyhoon
2024-10-19	5 - 8	Worlds 2024	0 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠TES	369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko, Maokai, Despa1r
2024-08-24	3	LPL 2024 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠TES	369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko, Maokai, Despa1r
2024-07-31	3	LPL 2024 Summer - Higher Group	6 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko, Maokai, Despa1r
2024-07-07	2	Esports World Cup 2024	1 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠TES	369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko, Maokai, Despa1r
2024-06-29	Q	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	6 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko, Maokai, Despa1r
2023-08-08	3	LPL 2023 Regional Finals	1 : 3⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠EDG	Ale, JieJie, FoFo, Uzi, Meiko, Maokai, Mni

Media

Images

BLG Maokai, LPL 2018 Spring
VG Maokai, LPL 2020 Spring
EDG Maokai, LPL 2021 Spring
EDG Maokai, LPL 2022 Summer

Name Pronunciation

Maokai

Accuracy	LPL Production
Voiced By	Candice

Redirects

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 初来乍到，请多指教！2018, 干杯~ (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Victory Five's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 LPL Roster Swap Portal (Chinese) lpl.qq.com
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 初来乍到，请多指教！2018, 干杯~ (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Rogue Warriors' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Rogue Warriors' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 LPL Roster Swap Portal (Chinese) lpl.qq.com
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Vici Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Vici Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 EDward Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Top Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 Top Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 ^24.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 Vici Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 ^26.2 LPL's Weibo Post weibo.com
↑ Edward Gaming's X Post x.com

[News/2017-12-17_ref_125-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 初来乍到，请多指教！2018, 干杯~ (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2018-12-16_ref_57-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2018-12-16_ref_58-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Victory Five's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2018-12-16_ref_59-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 LPL Roster Swap Portal (Chinese) lpl.qq.com

[News/2017-12-17_ref_126-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 初来乍到，请多指教！2018, 干杯~ (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2019-12-08_ref_241-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Rogue Warriors' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2018-12-16_ref_60-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Rogue Warriors' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2018-12-16_ref_61-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 LPL Roster Swap Portal (Chinese) lpl.qq.com

[News/2020-12-14_ref_9-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Vici Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2019-12-17_ref_64-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Vici Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2023-12-15_ref_14-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2023-12-15_ref_15-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2020-12-16_ref_22-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 EDward Gaming's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2024-11-26_ref_6-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Top Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-05-23_ref_5-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 Top Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2025-05-26_ref_6-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-12-05_ref_25-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-12-05_ref_26-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-12-05_ref_27-19] 19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-12-05_ref_28-20] 20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-12-05_ref_29-21] 21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2024-12-05_ref_30-22] 22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2026-01-13_ref_1-23] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2026-01-13_ref_2-24] 24.0 ^24.1 ^24.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2020-05-25_ref_38-25] 25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 Vici Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com

[News/2020-06-14_ref_7-26] 26.0 ^26.1 ^26.2 LPL's Weibo Post weibo.com

[27] Edward Gaming's X Post x.com

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