Yagao

Yagao
Retired
Yagao
Background Information
Name	Zeng Qi (曾奇)
Country of Birth	; China
Birthday	October 19, 1998 (age 27)
Residency	CNChina
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	YaGao
Soloqueue IDs	CN: 左名豪; KR: YaGao; Yagao12
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Zeng "Yagao" (▶️ listen) Qi (Hanzi: 曾奇) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for JD Gaming. His name was previously stylized YaGao.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠Team CC	Nov 20162016-11-17	Nov 20162016-11-20	3d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Moss Seven Club	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-??	Dec 20172017-12-19^[1]	≈8mo 18d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-19^[4]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[2]	4yr 11mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20222022-12-15^[6]	Dec 20232023-12-07^[5]	1yr 23d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Dec 20232023-12-07^[13]	Dec 20242024-12-07^[11]	1yr	ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Sep 20242024-09-18^[16]	Sep 20242024-09-26^[15]	8d	Temp Sub ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠Team CC	Nov 20162016-11-17	Nov 20162016-11-20	3d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Moss Seven Club	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-??	Dec 20172017-12-19^[1]	≈8mo 18d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-19^[4]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[2]	4yr 11mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20222022-12-15^[6]	Dec 20232023-12-07^[5]	1yr 23d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Dec 20232023-12-07^[13]	Dec 20242024-12-07^[11]	1yr	ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Sep 20242024-09-18^[16]	Sep 20242024-09-26^[15]	8d	Temp Sub ejel

News

2016
2017
2018
2020
2022
2023
2024

CN	⁠⁠CC	November 17, HAN, MuMu, YaGao, MasterMao, and Ag1LE join. e
CN	⁠⁠CC	November 20, HAN, MuMu, YaGao, MasterMao, and Ag1LE leave. e

CN	⁠⁠MSC	April (approx.), Ink, Jeff, M1anhua, xiaofan, YaGao, Mushroom, Nobody, Hxin, Pu Wen-Jie (Coach), and Lee (Manager) join. e
CN	⁠⁠MSC	December 19, YaGao and Remedy leave.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	December 19, YaGao joins.^[4] e

CN

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⁠JDG

December 21,
Zoom,
Levi, and
Yagao's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[17]

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CN

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⁠JDG

January 6,
Zoom,
Yagao,
LvMao,
705, and
Peace's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[18]

e

CN	⁠⁠JDG	November 21, Yagao leaves.^[2]^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠BLG	December 15, Xun, Yagao, Elk, and ON join. Bin will remain with the team.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] e

CN	⁠⁠BLG	February 17, Bin, Xun, and Elk's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024. Yagao, ON, and Jwei's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.^[19] e
CN	⁠⁠BLG	December 7, Yagao leaves.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	December 7, sheer joins. Yagao rejoins.^[13]^[14] e

CN	⁠⁠JDG	January 9, Flandre, Kanavi, and Yagao's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024. sheer and Ruler's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025.^[20] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	September 18, Yagao joins as temporary substitute for Worlds 2024, replacing Scout.^[16] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	September 26, Yagao (temporary substitute) leaves.^[15] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	December 7, Scout joins. Yagao leaves.^[11]^[12] e
CN	⁠⁠F/A	December 11, Yagao retires.^[21] e

Biography

2017 Season

YaGao started playing professionally for the amateur team Moss Seven Club. He and the team placed third during TGA Hero of Cities Season 12, earning a spot in the 2017 LSPL Summer Season. The team finished the split with a 7-15 match record, ranking close to the bottom of the standings. At the end of the season, YaGao left the team and joined JD Gaming as their starting mid laner.

Trivia

His ID YaGao (牙膏) means "Toothpaste" in Chinese.
- His original ID on the Chinese server is 黑人牙膏, the old Chinese name of the Darlie toothpaste brand.
Good friends with Knight. They are from the same city and met in an internet cafe before they became professional players.
Broke the LPL record for percent damage to champions with Zoe on Jan 29, 2018. He did 57.9% of his team's total damage to champions.
- This stats got surpassed by huanfeng's Jinx in 2021 Spring Playoffs with a 66.2%.
Considered to be the best Zoe and Azir player in China.
Infamously known for his Ryze, holding an extremely low win-rate with this champion. Also known for a 8-game losing streak with Ryze in 2019 season.

Statistics

Reached 1000 Kills in the LPL in February 26, 2021.
- The 25th player to reach 1000 Kills in the LPL.
Reached 1500 kills in the LPL on August 07, 2022.
- The 17th player to reach 1500 kills in the LPL.
Reached 2000 kills in the LPL on March 07, 2024.
- The 11th player to reach 2000 kills in the LPL.
Reached 3000 assists in the LPL on February 04, 2023.
- Was the 18th player to reach 3000 assists in the LPL.
Reached 4000 assists in the LPL on March 16, 2024.
- The 13th player to reach 4000 assists in the LPL, after meiko, Pyl, Ming, xiaohu, Rookie, cold, Doinb, Crisp, LvMao, Missing, Scout, and Flandre.
Reached 500 games in the LPL on February 22, 2023
- The 16th player to reach 500 games in the LPL.
Reached 600 games in the LPL on February 4, 2024
- The 10th player to reach 600 games in the LPL after Rookie, meiko, xiaohu, Flandre, Doinb, Scout, Ming, Lwx, and Crisp.
Reached 300 wins in the LPL on February 27, 2023.
- Was the 14th player to reach 300 wins in the LPL after Clearlove, meiko, Uzi, xiaohu, Rookie, Doinb, Scout, Flandre, Ming, xiye, Lwx, JackeyLove, and Crisp.
Reached 400 wins in the LPL on June 07, 2024.
- Was the 7th player to reach 400 wins in the LPL after meiko, xiaohu, Rookie, Doinb, Scout, and JackeyLove.

Individual Awards

LPL Finals MVP (2022 Summer)
LPL 3rd All-Pro Team x1 (Summer 2023)

Tournament Results

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

Yagao Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-09-02	3	LPL 2024 Regional Finals	2 : 3⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠JDG	Flandre, Kanavi, Yagao, Ruler, Missing, WarHorse, Viod
2024-08-12	7 - 8	LPL 2024 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠NIP	⁠⁠JDG	Flandre, Kanavi, Yagao, Ruler, Missing, WarHorse, Lyn
2024-07-31	5	LPL 2024 Summer - Higher Group	4 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	sheer, Kanavi, Yagao, Ruler, Missing, WarHorse, Viod, Lyn
2024-06-29	Q	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	6 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	Flandre, sheer, Kanavi, Yagao, Ruler, Missing, WarHorse, Viod
2024-04-14	3	LPL 2024 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠JDG	Flandre, Kanavi, Yagao, Ruler, MISSING, Lyn, VuS5o
2024-03-27	3	LPL 2024 Spring	13 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	Flandre, sheer, Kanavi, Yagao, Ruler, MISSING, Mafa, Viod, Lyn, VuS5o
2024-01-06	2	Demacia Cup 2023	0 : 3⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠JDG	sheer, Maggie, Yagao, Ruler, MISSING, Viod, Vu5So
2023-11-11	3 - 4	Worlds 2023	2 : 3⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, XUN, Yagao, Elk, ON, Tabe, BigWei
2023-08-01	3	LPL 2023 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠LNG	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, Xun, Yagao, Elk, ON, Tabe, BigWei
2023-07-17	1	LPL 2023 Summer	15 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BLG	Bin, Xun, Yagao, Elk, ON, Tabe, BigWei

Yagao Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-01-11	1	SKE 2023 China	1 : 0⁠⁠MIP	⁠⁠COL	TheShy, XLB, Yagao, JackeyLove, Wink

Media

2020
2023
2024

October 3, Yagao explains the snowball meta at Worlds 2020 with Emily Rand on YouTube
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April 14, BLG, a caçadora de titãs (Portuguese) by Yunguizo on Baserush
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November 2, Yagao talks Climbing, Working Construction and Becoming YAGOAT | Powered by The Sack with DonJake on YouTube
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November 6, BLG Yagao: "We had better draft strategies compared to GEN." with Koer and Viion on Inven Global
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September 17, Yagao reemplazaría a Scout en LNG para Worlds 2024 (Spanish) by Luis Reyes on Codigo Esports
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December 13, Yagao se retira del competitivo profesional (Spanish) by Miguel Méndez on Codigo Esports
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Post-Match Interviews

2019
2021
2022
2023

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-07-04	Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS	JDG vs DBL	Link
2019-12-21	Demacia Cup 2019	RNG vs JDG	Link
2019-12-27	Demacia Cup 2019	JDG vs BLG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-02-03	LPL 2021 Spring	JDG vs RW	Link
2021-02-26	LPL 2021 Spring	JDG vs TT	Link
2021-03-21	LPL 2021 Spring	JDG vs LGD	Link
2021-06-23	LPL 2021 Summer	V5 vs JDG

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-02-10	LPL 2022 Spring	JDG vs WE	Link
2022-03-08	LPL 2022 Spring	JDG vs LNG	Link
2022-08-07	LPL 2022 Summer	JDG vs AL	Link
2022-09-01	LPL 2022 Summer Playoffs	JDG vs TES	Link
2022-10-10	Worlds 2022 Main Event	JDG vs G2	Link
2022-12-21	Demacia Cup 2022	iG vs BLG
2022-12-27	Demacia Cup 2022	BLG vs TT

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-01-11	SKE 2023 China	COL vs MIP
2023-02-04	LPL 2023 Spring	BLG vs WBG	Link
2023-02-15	LPL 2023 Spring	AL vs BLG	Link
2023-05-19	MSI 2023	BLG vs GEN	Link
2023-06-07	LPL 2023 Summer	EDG vs BLG	Link
2023-07-02	LPL 2023 Summer	FPX vs BLG	Link