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Daniel Zhou Zhi-yuan (周致遠) is a Tsengian YouTuber from Huanzhou, Nankou. He produces music- and gaming-related content, and rose to prominence with the release of his viral 2015 "Be a Good Boy" music video. Zhou is also credited with popularizing numerous indie games in his gameplay and machinima videos.

Biography
Zhou was born on June 1, 1988, the son of a office worker and an educational assistant. At age 12, he got a video camera for his birthday, and started to be interested in video recording. He also often played with his father's NES.

Zhou created a YouTube channel around 2009, called "zhouzhiyuan", but he mainly used that channel to watch and comment on videos. He didn't actually start uploading videos until 2011, after he created a new channel called "danielzhou".