Ninja (gamer)
Ninja | |
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Blevins in 2023 | |
| Born | Richard Tyler Blevins June 5, 1991 Taylor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Other names | NinjasHyper |
| Education | Grayslake Central High School |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse |
Jessica Goch (m. 2017) |
| Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Games | |
| Followers | 19.3 million |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Subscribers | 23.7 million |
| Views | 2.78 billion |
| Last updated: January 24, 2026 | |
| Website | teamninja |
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Richard Tyler Blevins (born June 5, 1991), better known by his online pseudonym Ninja, is an American online streamer, YouTuber, and professional gamer. Blevins began streaming through participating in several esports teams in competitive play for Halo 3, and gradually picked up fame when he first started playing Fortnite Battle Royale in late 2017. Blevins gained the notice of mainstream media in March 2018 when he played Fortnite together with Drake, Travis Scott, and JuJu Smith-Schuster on stream, breaking a peak viewer count record on Twitch. Blevins has over 19 million followers on his Twitch channel, making it the third most-followed Twitch channel as of July 2025.