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Ken Bogard
Ken Bogard. , a.k.a. Yoann Verdier (born Mars 13, 1985), is a fighting games french commentator and a television presenter, specialist of the Street Fighter franchise. Among one of the most popular personalities in e-sports, he is one of the promoters of fighting games in France. He hosts various shows on JVTV (previously known as Gaming Live), the webtV.

History
In 2004, he created a Puyo Puyo club in his university in Dijon.

In 2007, while being a mathematics teacher, he creates his YouTube channel where he first publishes Puyo Puyo videos, then Itadaki Street, to finally start commentating fighting game matches when Street Fighter IV launches. He mostly broadcasts finals of japanese tournaments in their arcades. His schedule is irregular but he manages to publish a lot of content whereas tehcnical means where not very advanced. His insiprations are Christophe Agius and other catch commentators, for their ability to "transcend the action" on what is "fake, commedy", as well as Léon Zitrone and is work on horse races.

In February 2010, famous in the gaming community, he accepts the join Against All Authority, a French e-sports team hoping he can keep on doing what he loves. Still praised for his work as a commentator, he enters some tournaments and plays the character Vega (Claw) on Street Fighter IV. In mars 2010, the video game company Tradewest asks him to commentate matches of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger to promote it in Europe as it was launched later in that area. In May 2010, he is invited to commentate live et on stage the finals of Street Fighter IV at the Stunfest X, a video game festival that takes place each year in Rennes, organised by the association 3 hit Combo. These commentated matches are then broadasted on Nolife, the TV channel, from May 31.

In Februay 2011, he is invited in Lausanne to commentate matches of the first edition of a high scaled versus fighting competition in Europe, the Beat By Contest. He is also invited for the World Game Cup in 2011, an international video game competition in Cannes. In Mars 2011, he is one of the most important contributors on the website eLive Entertainement and then becomes team member of eLivepro. He is again invited at the Stunfest XI in late April 2011 where he commentates various fighting games and participates, with other fighting game specialists, to panel discussion of with the theme of "the evolution of fighting gaming". He qualified at the "Tougeki - Super Battle Opera" as a top player in Super Street Fighter II Turbo with his favourite character, T. Hawk, in Japan, in September 2011. He represents Europe with WDM.CCL and eLivepro|Kenpachi in this international tournament considered as one of the most prestigious.

He is the French commentator of fighting game tournaments for various EVO editions, one of the biggest tournaments of the year.