Shakespeare Makes History: First Female Player to Win in Top League of Legends Division

Since the establishment of the “League of Legends” professional league, there have been few female professional players who have been active on the top professional stage. However, there was only one female professional player in Japan’s LJL division until yesterday (11th), and she performed brilliantly when she was in danger. Successfully won the victory and also created the record of the first female professional player of “League of Legends” to win in the top league. She is Japan’s “Shakespeare” (Miyu Otomo）。

Looking back at the “League of Legends” professional league, “Mayumi” from the Brazilian INTZ team has impressed many players, but he has never played in the top league in his career; In the top league LCL, the “all-female” lineup was launched in the spring and summer. As a result, it was hard to find a win and wrote an embarrassing record of 0-28.

However, the record of no female professional player winning in the top league only lasted until yesterday, because in the Japanese LJL league yesterday, FENNEL (FL), which was just established this year, faced the old team Crest Gaming Act (CGA), the substitute of the FL team “Shakespeare” becomes the first female League of Legends player to debut and win in a top league.

In this game, FL’s Korean coach made a surprise move, and the support position put Shakespeare on the line to replace the starter Corporal.

This move also yielded results. Shakespeare used Yuumi and Lulu respectively, with a combined outstanding record of 3/1/22, leading FL to defeat CGA in straight sets, creating the first victory for a female professional player in the top league.

“Shakespeare” from Japan is 20 years old. She won the Japan High School Cup in 2019, and then entered the Rascal Jester (RJ) team as a trainee. During this period, although she represented the second team in the secondary league, she also represented Japan. The team competed with China and South Korea, but only paid 5 wins and 13 losses, and their career was once worrying.

Until yesterday, Shakespeare finally seized the opportunity, so this victory was like a shot in the arm, making her happy to say “Yeah!!! I’m happy to win my first LJL game” after the game.

Then Shakespeare emotionally posted again and mentioned, “I have been pursuing my own path, which made my parents very worried, so I am very happy to achieve such results, and it is also for grandma and grandpa!”.

FL’s Korean coach VicaL also tweeted after the game that Corporal has been assisting Shakrespeare, which has improved her strength. The original starter Corporal said, “Shakrespeare has worked very hard and has grown. He really did a great job. Good. Thank you for your hard work!”

But viewers who like her may be disappointed, because the coach also tweeted that Corporal will come back next week. Perhaps Shakrespeare still has a long way to go before getting a solid start, but her efforts have been seen by many people, let us continue Come on for her!