Keiji Umehara

Keiji Umehara is a Singaporean YouTuber and online personality.

Biography
Keiji was born to a Japanese father and a Singaporean-Chinese mother. He has an older brother, Ken Umehara and an older sister, Rei Umehara. Keiji and his siblings were raised in Singapore. In an interview with The New Paper, Rei shared that the Umehara family is very close despite some hiccups in their younger years. She recalled throwing a ceramic door stopper at Keiji's head because he had been annoying her at the time.

Education
Keiji attended Pioneer Primary School and continued his studies at Pioneer Secondary School. He subsequently went to ITE College West where he graduated with a Higher Nitec in Information Technology. He then furthered his studies at Republic Polytechnic (RP), graduating with a Diploma in Information Technology. In RP, he represented the school in competitive rugby where he was a part the winning team for three consecutive years. Keiji studied Chinese as his second-language in Singapore and is not fluent in Japanese.

Early career - Creative producer at TheSmartLocal (2015-2016)
Before becoming a full-time freelance creator, Keiji was a part of TheSmartLocal's video team. He had appeared frequently in Season 1 of the TSL YouTube series, Singaporeans Try - having had a hand in developing the segment. Keiji left the company in February 2016 after eight months.

The Amazing Race Asia 5 (2016) - Participant
Keiji and his sister, Rei represented Singapore in the fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia which aired on AXN in October 2016. The duo was eliminated in the first episode.

Wah!Banana - Talent (2017 - present day)
As of 2020, Keiji is a talent at Wah!Banana. Although it is not clear when exactly he joined the channel, Keiji has appeared in Wah!Banana's videos as early as 2017. Since then, he has been established as one of the channel's key cast members.