Kyedae

Kyedae Alicia Shymko (born: )https://twitter.com/TenZOfficial/status/1598405896274472960, simply known as Kyedae is a Japanese-Canadian Twitch streamer and YouTuber known for playing VALORANT.
==Personal Life==
Kyedae was born in Canada.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1383247516909535237 Her mother is Japanese and her father is Ukrainian-Canadian, which makes her biracial.https://youtube.com/watch?v=OsJxY6MeSqohttps://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1457466754335076353 However, she spent her childhood in Japan, and Japanese is her first language. According to a Twitch command, she used to live in Sendai, Japan.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1587971110137516032 She has a sister named Sakura, and owns two dogs named Kuro and Mochi.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1382205135711924225https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1575699323613982720/photo/2 She is allergic to cats, but has expressed a desire to get a hairless one.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1582176491374186504https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1392397122541035524
Kyedae is currently in a relationship and currently lives with fellow Valorant eSports player TenZ, and they became engaged on August 16, 2022.https://youtube.com/watch?v=2a0I8PHEW4Qhttps://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1559615992300314625 Kyedae lived in Japan for a short while before moving to Los Angeles, in the United States with TenZ.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1589439184917651464/photo/1 She has also taken vacations to South Korea and the Philippines.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1548947115975507970https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1550096871388983296/photo/1
===Cancer diagnosis===
On March 2, 2023, Kyedae was diagnosed with cancer, specifically Acute Myeloid Leukemia (cancer on the blood and bone marrow).https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1631452687077363713 She said on her tweet that she will start doing chemotherapy soon and does not know how will her body will react to the treatment. She has also said an early apology if her stream schedule is not consistent due for the treatment. Since this announcement, she has received many support from many content creators in the Offline TV and Friends group, as well as other content creators. She later returned on the 6th, explaining that she got diagnosed about 2 in a half weeks ago. Alongside, saying that she waited to tell her family and TenZ until after he was done with the VCT São Paulo tournament so he could focus on the said event.https://twitter.com/HUN2R/status/1632499401104183296
However, a few days after Kyedae announced her diagnosis, this drew some minor controversy, prominently due to most people bullying her by asking if she is faking it and sending hate messages to her. She later discussing it on her most recent stream, stating about her stream 3 days when she came back from streaming.
==Content==
She uploads clips and highlights of her Twitch streams on her YouTube channel. Occasionally she uploads vlogs, which often feature her boyfriend. Her livestreams on Twitch mainly consist of gaming streams of VALORANT.
==Partnerships==
On April 13, 2021, Kyedae was signed into eSports organization 100 Thieves, becoming their first ever international creator outside of the United States to join the organization.https://youtube.com/watch?v=mv-g2OQQS5chttps://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1382052085995245569https://twitter.com/100Thieves/status/1382046407553544192 September 24, 2022, she was sponsored by Crunchyroll.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1573431621742915584/photo/1, and on November 24, 2022, she was sponsored by Microsoft.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1595508173691006978 According to her Twitch channel description, she works with Chipotle.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1583148202974318595
==Trivia==
*Kyedae sometimes sings during streams, but she can't rap.https://youtube.com/watch?v=ISzMG7fyCNEhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=ItI9JwBqeZk
*Her username is a nod to her nationality, as "Kyedae" (カエデ, or alternatively, 楓) means "maple leaf" in Japanese, and the Canadian flag features a maple leaf between two red stripes.
*She is a fan of Ironmouse and owns merchandise of her.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1544700328158699520/photo/1
*She loves frogs.https://twitter.com/kyedae/status/1513741463691038723
*Coincidentially, Kyedae's boyfriend is also biracial (Kyedae is Japanese/Ukrainian, and TenZ is Vietnamese/French).
*Her middle name, Alicia, is derived from singer Alicia Keys.https://youtube.com/watch?v=yd-FnhTrCgE
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Japanese YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015