Richard Tyler Blevins is known by his online alias Ninja (formerly NinjasHyper). He is an American streamer, YouTuber, professional gamer and Internet personality. He is the most followed streamer on Twitch as of July 2019 with over 14 million followers. He announced on August 1, 2019, that he was cutting ties with Twitch and moving to Mixer.
Ninja is famous for a YouTuber. He is the most followed streamer on Twitch as of July 2019.
Ninja started playing Halo 3 professionally in 2009. He played for various organizations including Cloud9, Renegades, Team Liquid. In 2011, he became a streamer. He joined Luminosity Gaming as a Halo player in 2017. He moved to PUBG, where he won the PUNG Gamescom Invitational Squads classification. He began streaming Fortnite regularly. He set the Twitch record for a single individual stream while playing Fortnite in March 2018. He hosted a game with Drake, Travis Scott, and Juju Smith-Schuster. He became the first professional Esports player to be featured on the cover of ESPN The Magazine in September 2018. He signed a deal with record label Astralwerks in October 2018 to compile an album titled Ninjawerks: Vol 1. The album was released on December 2018. Electronic Arts paid him $1 million in 2019 to promote Apex Legends by playing the game on his Twitch stream and via his Twitter account. He announced in August 2019 that he will move exclusively from Twitch to Microsoft-owned competitor Mixer.
Ninja won Creator of the Year at 8th Streamy Awards, Esports Personality of the Year at Esports Awards, and Content Creator of the Year at The Game Awards in 2018. He won Twitch Streamer of the Year at the 11th Shorty Awards in 2019.
Ninja was born on June 5, 1991, in Detroit, Michigan. He holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Gemini. He was born to a father named Chuck Blevins and mother name is unknown. He has two brothers named Chris and John. He attended Grayslake Central High School. He played soccer at high school. He was an avid video game player since childhood. Later, he graduated from Silver Lake College in Wisconsin. Upon graduation, he decided to play video games professionally, entering tournaments, joining professional organizations, and live streaming his games.
Ninja height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and body weight of 70 kg. He has a slim body build. He has dark brown hair and green eyes. He often dyes his hair with different colors.
Ninja is a married man. He married Jessica Blevins. They first met at La Crosse, Wisconsin at a gamers tournament in 2010. They reportedly started dating in 2013. The couple tied a knot to each other in 2017. His wife manages him.
Ninja estimated net worth of $15 million and his salary is unknown. He earns over $500,000 per month from streaming Fortnite. He also earns from his YouTUbe channel, which has over 22 million subscribers as of August 2019. He has sponsorship deals with several brands including Red Bull Esports, Astralwerks, Electronic Arts among others.