Uzi (gamer)
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Jian Zihao (Chinese: 简自豪, born April 5, 1997), better known as Uzi, is a former Chinese professional League of Legends player. Uzi is renowned for his mechanical prowess on champions such as Vayne, Kai'Sa, Ezreal and Kog'Maw.[2][3][4][5] He was well known as the franchise player for Royal Never Give Up and its predecessors, although he also played briefly for OMG[6] and Newbee.[7]
Uzi | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Edward Gaming | ||||||||||||||
Role | Bot Laner | ||||||||||||||
Game | League of Legends | ||||||||||||||
League | LPL | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Name | 简自豪 (Jian Zihao) | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-04-05) April 5, 1997 (age 27) Yichang, Hubei, China[1] | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||
Role | Bot Laner | ||||||||||||||
Team history | |||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Royal Club | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Star Horn Royal Club | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | OMG | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Qiao Gu | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Newbee | ||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Royal Never Give Up | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Bilibili Gaming | ||||||||||||||
2023–2023 | Edward Gaming | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 簡自豪 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 简自豪 | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Uzi has played in the World Championship grand finals twice, both times with Royal Club. He won his first international title at the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational with his team Royal Never Give Up, after defeating the LCK champions Kingzone DragonX.[8]
Uzi officially announced his retirement from professional play on Weibo on 3 June 2020.[9] Uzi ended his career due to personal health issues.[10]
Uzi would sign with Edward Gaming on June 10th, 2023 to play competitively again during the summer split, but the team would place 8th and fail to qualify for worlds. November 22nd, after worlds ended, Uzi would announce his retirement once more on stream, stating that he felt defeated by reality, and that he had lost the desire to play competitively.