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12-Year-Old Boy Goes Viral Leaving Middle School to Pursue Pro Fortnite Career
12-year-old Japanese gaming prodigy known as Tarou has gone viral after announcing he will leave school to focus on esports full-time.
A gamer since age three, the youngster believes traditional schooling hinders his competitive potential.
His primary goal is competing in the prestigious Fortnite World Cup. Taro insists that to surpass top global players, he must practice intensely.
He believes that anything less than ten hours a day simply isn’t enough to reach the elite level.
Tarou said his decision followed a year of talks with his family and teachers. He plans a balanced lifestyle focused on intense esports training while still making time for sleep, exercise, and self-study.
He aims to pursue gaming seriously without neglecting his well-being.
His father fully supports the move, noting that top Asian contenders practice up to twelve hours daily.
“If he had to go to school every day, he would be exhausted after class. It would be impossible to guarantee the focused training time he needs,” his father said.
While Tarou’s academic record remains private, his family believes he has exceptional talent.
With over 230,000 YouTube followers, he is dedicating himself to esports, aiming to become one of Asia’s top professional gamers and make a name in the competitive gaming scene.
Punch has gone viral again after older monkeys comforted him following an accidental fall into a pond at the zoo.
Caretakers later confirmed that he had fully recovered, eating well, playing with peers, and running around energetically as if nothing had happened.
Back in 2016, Park Geon Roung was one of the child actors who starred in the Baby Shark Dance video, which went on to become the most viewed YouTube video of all time.
He was just a kid then, and now at 17, he is showing the world just how beautifully time flies.
Geon Roung never stepped away from the spotlight. Since 2019, he has been part of Play With Me Club, a South Korean co-ed kids group, keeping his place in showbiz.
Fans who rediscovered him recently were stunned, with many saying he now looks just like a K-pop idol.
The ‘Baby Shark’ video was uploaded to YouTube in June 2016 by Pinkfong, a South Korean education brand.
It quickly became a staple in nursery schools and a go-to distraction for parents of toddlers worldwide, turning into one of the most recognizable children’s songs of its generation.
For many who grew up watching that video on repeat, seeing Geon Roung at 17 is a quiet reminder of how fast kids grow up.
One day they are dancing to baby shark, and before you know it, they are teenagers the internet is falling in love with.
BLACKPINK’s Lisa is going viral after visiting Punch, the baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan.
She posted the moment on her Instagram Story, showing full love to the beloved viral monkey. The photos spread across social media almost immediately.
What made the visit even more special was what Lisa brought with her.
She carried an orangutan plush toy identical to the one Punch is famous for clutching, the same toy that once comforted a baby monkey rejected by his mother and turned him into a global sensation.
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