• Emiru is a Twitch streamer, best known for her streams focused on the video game “League of Legends” (LoL).
• Her net worth is estimated to be over $1 million, earned through her successful streaming career.
• She streams regularly and plays “LoL,” and is in a relationship with retired professional “League of Legends” player Dyrus.
• She also has a YouTube and social media accounts, where she posts content like cosplays and personal photos.
• She is also continuing her education, learning computer science.
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Who is Emiru?
Emily was born on 3 January 1998, in Wichita, Kansas, USA, of part-German and Chinese descent. and is a streamer, best known for her Twitch streams focused on the video game “League of Legends” (LoL). She has also played other video games, and collaborated several times with her boyfriend, retired professional “League of Legends” player Dyrus.
The Riches of Emiru
How rich is Emiru? As of mid-2019, sources estimate a net worth that is over $1 million, earned in just a few years through a successful career in streaming. Her online fame has led her to numerous opportunities including partnerships with companies, and as she continues her endeavors, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Early Life and League of Legends
Very little is known about Emiru’s life before her rise to fame online as she has not talked a lot about her family, childhood and education. At a young age, she became very passionate about video games, especially which she would continue to play for many years.
LoL is a multiplayer online battle arena created by Riot Games. inspired by the popular mod “Defense of the Ancients” (DotA) from the video game “Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne”. The game is free to play, but allows players to use real money to buy cosmetics and other items, a practice commonly known as micro transactions. In the game, players assume the role of a summoner who controls a champion with unique abilities. He or she then teams up with other summoner-controlled champions to face an enemy team of champions. The goal for most games is to destroy the enemies Nexus, which lies at the heart of their base.
Streaming Career
After completing her high school education, she then looked towards streaming as a possible means for her career and for her to work in a field she is very passionate about. She then created an account on the live streaming platform Twitch. It is a video game focused live streaming platform, which was created as a spin-off from the general interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Since then, Twitch has become the main focus of the developers, with the latter dissolving, and Twitch gaining access to other types of streaming.
In 2014, Twitch was considered one of the largest sources of internet traffic in the US, especially as streamers receive commissions on the sales of games they play; they can also gain donations directly from their viewers. The website has over two million broadcasters monthly, and over 15 million accessing the website on a daily basis, and an average of a million concurrent users. She streamed regularly and played “LoL” a lot, improving her skill significantly. That plus her attractive looks and her sudden association with professional gamer Dyrus, helped her followership increase significantly. She currently has over 160,000 followers on her account.
Dyrus and Other Endeavors
Marcus Hill – more commonly known as Dyrus – is a retired “LoL” player, best known for gaining popularity as a part of the professional team Team SoloMid (TSM), in which he played as the top laner for the group. He won several League of Legends Championship Series for the team, and also appeared in several World Championships. He decided to retire from competitive play after the 2015 World Championships, but continued with his career as a streamer, still supported by TSM. His stream often attracts viewer counts of 5,000 to 15,000 on a regular basis.
Emiru also set up her own YouTube account, which became an alternative form of income. YouTube is a video sharing platform, and one of the most popular websites on the internet, with Alexa Internet ranking the site as the second most popular website in the world. It is one of the main sources of online video content, ranging from livestreams to music videos, movie trailers, video clips, and many more. She uses the platform to post videos on topics which she can’t usually do on stream. She often does cosplays of popular “League of Legends” characters on her account, and sometimes plays games while wearing the cosplay. She has also posted beauty related videos, video (blogs), among many others.
Personal Life and Social Media
For her personal life, it is known that Emiru has been dating Dyrus since 2016, and they’ve been living together since then. They started their relationship when she was 18, and her parents quickly approved of their relationship, leading her to live with him so that she could also pursue a career as a streamer. The two often play games together, and collaborate during streams. She also mentioned that she is continuing her education, and learning computer science.
just some unposted stuff pic.twitter.com/VyPWMVPDbw
— Radiance | Emiru (@Emiru) July 12, 2019
Similar to numerous Twitch streamers, she is highly active online through accounts on social media, particularly on the website Instagram on which she has over 130,000 followers. She posts a lot of personal photos there, and enjoys showcasing her cosplays of her favorite characters from LoL or from anime. She also promotes her stream on her account, and posts a lot of photos of her pet rabbit. She has a Twitter account too, with almost 90,000 followers, and uses the platform to communicate with her fans. She usually shares artwork from her fans, and also posts a few photos there from time to time.
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Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
