American Twitch streamer Ninja currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Richard Tyler Blevins who is better known as Ninja, is an American Twitch streamer, YouTuber, and professional gamer.
Blevins was born on June 5, 1991, in the Detroit area. After a while, his family moved to the Chicago suburbs while he was still an infant. Talking about his educational background, Ninja attended Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, Illinois. He was also known to be a great soccer player. During his graduation days, Ninja began to inculcate a passion for gaming and that's how he decided to play video games professionally by entering tournaments, joining professional organizations, and live-streaming his games.
How did Ninja get famous?
Blevins began his gaming career in 2009, by participating in competitive play for the game Halo 3 in 2019. He went on to play for various organizations including Cloud9, Renegades, Team Liquid, and most recently, Luminosity Gaming. Blevins kickstarted his streaming career in 2011.
He began playing games like H1Z1 and Halo, then moved to PUBG. After PUBG, Blevins then began streaming the newly released Fortnite Battle Royale and that's how his viewership began to grow exponentially. In 2017 Ninja had around 500,000 Twitch followers and by the third month of 2018, his followers grew to 2 million followers.
Not just that, in March 2018, Blevins also became the first Twitch streamer to surpass 3 million followers on the platform. He also became pretty well known on the Amazon owned platform for playing Fortnite together with Drake, Travis Scott, and Juju Smith-Schuster on stream, and broke a peak viewer count on Twitch.
As of 2022, Blevins has over 18 million followers on his Twitch channel and he has one of the most followed Twitch channels.
How old is Ninja?
Ninja was born on June 5, 1991. He is 31 years old as of the current year. There is not much information available on his family.
Is Ninja married?
Yes, Blevins is happily married. His wife Jessica 'Jess' Blevins and he met each other at a Halo tournament in 2010, according to reports by Business Insider. The rest of their dating life is history.
Because of Blevins' crazy tight work schedule, Blevins's wife Jess revealed that she doesn't get to spend much time with Tyler. She also helped Ninja by being his manager and handling his business emails.
Jess and Blevins got married in August 2017 in a private, traditional ceremony in northern Illinois.
What else is Ninja known for?
Keeping aside his gaming career, Tyler Blevins is also known for his acting career. He has appeared in a number of films and TV Shows such as The Masked Singer, Nickelodeon's Unfiltered, Duncanville, Home Economics, Free Guy, and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.
FAQs
Q. What is Ninja's real name?
A. Ninja's real name is Richard Tyler Blevins.
Q. Where was Ninja born?
A. Ninja was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Q. Is Ninja on Twitch?
A. Yes, Ninja is available on Twitch. However, in September 2022 he announced that he was ending his Twitch exclusivity partnership and planning to stream everywhere.
