Hiroyuki Nishimura

Hiroyuki Nishimura
Hiroyuki Nishimura
西村博之 (Japanese)
	Nishimura in 2005
Born	16 November 1976 (age 48); Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Other names	hiroyuki (ひろゆき)
Occupations	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. He founded the message board 2channel,^[1] and is an 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, operator of the video-sharing service niconico.^[9]

Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015, that he had sold the website to Nishimura.^[10] After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, 2ch.sc.^[11]

^ "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.
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^ 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.
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[1] "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.

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[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

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