Jeremy 'Disguised Toast'
Wang
Canada
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Games
Date of birth | November 25, 1991 |
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Birthplace | Taiwan |
Age | 34 |
Nationality | Canada |
Career start | 2015 |
Disciplines | Gaming Various |
Taiwanese-Canadian streamer Jeremy 'Disguised Toast' Wang was one of the most recognisable faces in gaming long before anyone even knew what he looked like. The streamer, who started his content journey playing Hearthstone competitively while masquerading as a moustache-sporting, sunglasses-wearing piece of toast, has built an incredible community around himself with no plans to slow down.
Before he first went live on Twitch in 2015, Disguised Toast was applying his interest in mathematics (he majored in mathematics at the University of Waterloo) to analyse Hearthstone matches on Reddit. He slowly dipped his toes into the Hearthstone community, attending IRL meet-ups, before deciding that it was time to take his show online.
“I think live streaming is one of those things a gamer wishes they could do, but it’s hard to be a live streamer because it’s very nerve-wracking to put yourself out there,” he says about the initial no-cam streams he would do before he donned the toast head. “I was really afraid of showing my face. I don’t know why, but anonymity was really important to me and it’s hard to have that when you’re a live streamer.”
Between late 2020 and early 2021, Disguised Toast received an influx of more than 2m subscribers and 400m video views on YouTube with the popularity of his Among Us livestreams. His growing acclaim landed him on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for gaming in 2021.
In 2023, Disguised Toast ventured into the esports scene by announcing his own VALORANT team, Disguised (DSG).
“Right now, my biggest priority is my esports org,” says Disguised Toast about where he’s putting his energy. “I want my players to experience what I got to experience like five or six years ago. Getting to play games for a living is a huge blessing. I was fortunate to be one of those people who got to experience it, and now I'm in a position to enable that dream for these 19 and 20-year-old kids, fresh out of college.”