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Japanese internet entrepreneur
Hiroyuki Nishimura
西村 博之
Nishimura in 2005
Born
(1976-11-16) 16 November 1976 (age 47)
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Other names
hiroyuki (ひろゆき)
Occupation(s)
Webmaster, author
Known for
Founding 2channel, owning 4chan since 2015
Hiroyuki Nishimura (西村 博之, Nishimura Hiroyuki, born 16 November 1976) is a Japanese internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the most accessed Japanese message board, 2channel,[1] and current administrator of 4chan.[2][3] He is also a self-help author and TV personality.[4]: PT38 He is often known by his given name, hiroyuki (ひろゆき),[5][2] which he uses, rendered intentionally in lowercase,[note 1] both as a pen name[biblio 1][6] and as a username.[7][8]
Until February 2013, he was a director of, and advisor to, Niwango, best known for its video-sharing service Nico Nico Douga.[9]
Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015, that he had sold the website to Nishimura.[10] Nishimura's tenure as administrator of 4chan has been described by former moderators as letting a moderator known as RapeApe, who strongly dissuaded banning users for racism and bigotry, have full control of the site, while simultaneously firing left-wing moderators.[11] After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, 2ch.sc.[12]
^"Nielsen Online (Japan) reports on November, 2008 internet usage". Nielsen Online (in Japanese). 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ abAdelstein, Jake (26 September 2015). "Will 4Chan's Shady New Owner Weaponize It?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^Cite error: The named reference NYT-nishimura-4chan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Beran, Dale (30 July 2019). It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-21947-3.
^Katayama, Lisa. "Meet Hiroyuki Nishimura, the Bad Boy of the Japanese Internet." Wired. 19 May 2008. Link Archived 3 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.
^Nishimura, Hiroyuki (27 February 2020). "YouTubeは13歳以下だと登録NG。子供をネットの危険から守るには？" [YouTube shouldn't be used by kids under 13—why it is necessary to protect children from the dangers of the internet.]. Nikkan SPA! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^Nishimura, Hiroyuki (13 June 2000). "民主党・菅直人氏より2ちゃんねるへの通知" [Notice sent to 2channel from Democratic Party's Naoto Kan]. 2channel (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 January 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Infoseek Japan: 2channel Log.
^Nishimura, Hiroyuki (22 September 2015). "ANSWERS THREAD - Q&A Session with Hiroyuki Nishimura". 4chan (archived by desuarchive.org). Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Hiroyuki Nishimura Resigns as Director at Niconico's Niwango". Anime News Network (in Japanese). 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
^Lauren Orsini (21 September 2015). "How The 4chan Sale Returns The Controversial Forum To Its Anime Roots". Forbes. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^Arthur, Rob (2 November 2020). "The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet's Racist Engine". Motherboard. Vice Media. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^"現2chは「違法な乗っ取り」状態──ひろゆき氏？が新サイト「2ch.sc」開設を予告" [Currently, 2ch is in a state of "illegal takeover" — Hiroyuki (?) announces the opening of the new site "2ch.sc"]. ITmedia (in Japanese). 1 April 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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