{"id":64108,"date":"2026-03-27T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64108"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:48:31","slug":"japans-beloved-96-year-old-gamer-grandma-with-35-years-of-gaming-history-posts-first-update-after-3-year-hiatus-to-the-relief-of-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japans-beloved-96-year-old-gamer-grandma-with-35-years-of-gaming-history-posts-first-update-after-3-year-hiatus-to-the-relief-of-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s beloved 96-year-old\u00a0Gamer\u00a0Grandma\u00a0with 35 years of gaming history posts first update after\u00a03-year\u00a0hiatus, to the relief of fans\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hamako Mori, the 96-year-old Japanese woman behind&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GamerGrandma\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gam<\/strong><strong>er<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Grandma<\/strong><\/a>, recently ended her&nbsp;YouTube channel\u2019s&nbsp;three-year hiatus&nbsp;to&nbsp;give an update on her well-being, much to the relief of her viewers&nbsp;(as spotted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2026\/03\/25\/164335.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>). In her latest video, Mori explains&nbsp;that she suffered an accident and had to be hospitalized. Following three years of care and rehabilitation, she hopes for a speedy recovery.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u52d5\u753b\u3092\u51fa\u305b\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u7406\u7531\u3092\u8a71\u3057\u307e\u3059\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJ9DtzI6AdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Mori\u2019s words, she&nbsp;got&nbsp;too energetic&nbsp;one day&nbsp;and found herself slipping and falling in her hallway.&nbsp;The accident caused three fractures and prevented her from standing and walking on her own.&nbsp;While she&nbsp;hopes to walk soon, she is currently not playing&nbsp;any video&nbsp;games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mori was recognized by&nbsp;Guinness World Records&nbsp;in 2019&nbsp;as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/457124-oldest-videogames-youtuber#:~:text=The%20oldest%20videogames%20YouTuber%20is,for%20more%20than%2038%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oldest video&nbsp;game&nbsp;YouTuber<\/a>.&nbsp;Born in 1930,&nbsp;she&nbsp;began&nbsp;playing video games after seeing her children and&nbsp;grandchildren do so for hours on end.&nbsp;Her&nbsp;first gaming experience was on&nbsp;Epoch Co.\u2019s Cassette Vision. She would then move to Nintendo\u2019s&nbsp;Famicom&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sony\u2019s PlayStation&nbsp;before&nbsp;transitioning&nbsp;to more modern consoles.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet The 90 Year Old Gamer Grandma! - Guinness World Records\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3A5XlyF7UY8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mori\u2019s gaming&nbsp;history&nbsp;is extensive, as she already had several games under her belt before starting her YouTube career in December 2014.&nbsp;Her first YouTube video shows&nbsp;her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TvZaJwrS0bc?si=QqCYwiJ6Lt73UPlZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/a>, while her last video (before her hiatus) was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dEpYtohsH_4?si=vpXTIb0IB7yZ03sF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playthrough of the Resident Evil 4 remake<\/a>.&nbsp;Since that last video ended on a cliffhanger, fans were notably concerned&nbsp;about Mori after her prolonged absence.&nbsp;A pinned comment by Mori on the same video,&nbsp;dated 2024,&nbsp;revealed that she was feeling&nbsp;under the weather, but was playing&nbsp;Pikmin, Only Climb: Better Together, and Vampire Survivors&nbsp;off-stream.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mori\u2019s return to YouTube has fans in celebration,&nbsp;with&nbsp;many&nbsp;comments&nbsp;saying they are pleased to see her and&nbsp;wish&nbsp;her a speedy recovery.&nbsp;Though it remains to be seen whether she will return to gaming,&nbsp;it&nbsp;goes without saying&nbsp;that it is great to see her again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-legendary-horse-grandpa-gains-worldwide-audience-thanks-to-umamusume-pretty-derbys-global-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese \u201clegendary horse grandpa\u201d gains worldwide audience thanks to\u00a0Umamusume: Pretty Derby\u2019s global release<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamer Grandma, the Guinness World Record holder for\u00a0oldest video\u00a0game\u00a0YouTuber, recently broke a 3-year-long hiatus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":64111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-64108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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