is a Japanese
YouTuber
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Influence
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who, as of March 2019, had the largest number of YouTube channel subscribers in
Japan.
He is part of the
multi-channel network
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UUUM. He is
nickname
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d and .
Biography
Early life
He was born on February 14, 1993, in
Tonami, Toyama. He was named because of his parents' desire for him to be .
When he was in middle school and high school, he became vice chairman on his school's student council. He said that at school he was "the type who was always on the edge of the group."
He has enjoyed making videos since high school, when he recorded videos with friends for fun such as "taking underwear off while wearing trousers," etc.
Because he dedicated most of his time to the basketball team, his high school grades were not good, but his girlfriend at the time entered university on recommendation admission (a kind of admission that allows someone to submit a recommendation letter and enter a school without taking an exam). He started studying for about ten hours a day and gained the top score for the mock test in his school. However, his test results on the
National Center Test for University Admissions
The was a type of standardized test used by public and some private universities in Japan. It was held annually during a weekend in mid-January over a period of two days. Since the test was held in the middle of winter, snow delayed the exam in ...
were 150 points lower than the benchmark score, so he went to
Shizuoka University
is a List of national universities in Japan, national university in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shizuoka University is well known in the field of engineering, in creative innovation, and in the invention of next generation technology, with ...
, which was not his first choice, following advice from a high school faculty member. After that, having broken up with his girlfriend, he began posting videos he made with his friends during college freshman year on YouTube, thinking, "I'm going to focus on me. "
YouTube
In March 2012, he and his university classmate set up his video team "Hajime Company" and started posting videos on YouTube. His first video only had three recorded views.
After that, he opened a personal channel and changed his YouTube name from to .
From September 2013 until March 2014, he studied English in the
United Kingdom
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. After returning to Japan on April 1, 2014, he announced his affiliation with the group UUUM.
He appeared in the YouTube Japan television advertisement "Suki na koto de, Ikite iku" in June 2015. Along with this, his full-page ads were posted in ''
Weekly Shōnen Jump
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'' and
Shibuya 109, and his exposure on media other than YouTube also increased. Shooting commercials interfered with his university studies, so after consideration he decided not to worry about school and focus most of his energy on making videos, saying, "you only live once, so you should make your life interesting"
In March 2016, in addition to gaining the most subscribers on YouTube Japan, he graduated from university.
In February 2017, he opened a fee-based fan site "Hajimeno."
In March 2017, Mizunyan, a webcaster, exposed Hajime Syacho's cheating scandal with
Yuka Kinoshita
is a Japanese YouTuber and competitive eater.
Career
Yuka Kinoshita began posting on her eating-focused YouTube channel since 2014, five years after her debut in Japanese competitive eating competitions.
Kinoshita uploads daily videos in whic ...
, who also belongs to UUUM.
In addition, he was suspected of having a relationship with a female model who stayed overnight at his home.
In response, he released a video admitting to cheating, but denying a relationship with the model.
On March 30 of the same year, he announced his suspension of activities on his fan club site. He later resumed his activities on YouTube on 12 May.
In 2017, a female fan stalked him.
In the beginning of November, the woman approached Hajime Syacho's house and received a restraining order from the police. In December she was arrested for violating the restraining order and breaking into his home. The woman was later arrested in February 2018 for stalking another YouTuber.
Personal life
He has three channels on YouTube. His main channel contains random videos regardless of the genre such as experiments,
hidden camera
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, Q&A videos, and product reviews. On his sub-channel he deals mainly with daily stories about his life,
Let's Play
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, collecting
Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, and promotional videos for companies. His third channel deals with his life with his roommates.
The reason he passionately posts videos is that his upbringing was strict and his family discouraged creativity.
Influence
Besides YouTube, his number of followers on
Twitter
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is fifth largest in Japan and his top record of viewers on
TwitCasting
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is ninth largest.
He often plans activities using his influence, and in 2015 he recruited 740 participants in an event in
Yokohama City
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
,
Kanazawa Ward. The event broke the
Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants in a game of
statues
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.
Additionally, upon request from companies, he frequently posts product review videos and participates in events and campaigns.
Meanwhile, in a video called, "I will study abroad in the United States for 3 years", he posted his home's security camera videos and talked about having to move due to viewers repeatedly coming to his home. Many of his videos, such as "wasting Nivea cream", "suspected cheating", "destruction of golf clubs", and "turning a broken computer into tempura", have been picked up by online news outlets, which results in him being
flamed frequently.
He said he puts a message before videos with dangerous content telling viewers not to imitate him, and although such videos are legal, videos judged as too dangerous were later made private.
Appearances
TV programmes
*''Zattsu! Kōhaku Senden-bu'' (25 Dec 2015,
NHK G)—''
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK net ...
'' (31 Dec 2015, NHK G)
*''Minna de Tsukuru: Minchan!'' (5 Jul – 27 Dec 2016,
Tokyo MX
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)
Internet TV
*''72-Jikan Honne TV'' (3 Nov 2017,
AbemaTV
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Abema Special)
*''P-Sports ~Mezase, Pokémon Battle Master!~'' (24 Jan 2018 –, AbemaTV Ultra Games) – P-Sports Shitennō
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"Suki na koto de, Ikite iku" (Jun 2015)
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (Oct 2015)
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Seven deadly sins may also refer to:
Art
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things'', a 1485 painting by Hieronymus Bosch
* '' The Seven Deadly Sins of Moder ...
'' (Aug 2016)
Voice acting
*''
Paper Rabbit Rope'' – as himself (Lion) (29 Nov 2016, 6 Feb 2017)
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens
, stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENƧ, is a Japanese anime series animated by Bridge that aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 4, 2020, to March 27, 2022. It is the seventh main anime series in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, following ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ...
''; President Goha (11 April 2020 - 16 Jan 2021) and Goha Drone/Doll (16 Jan 2021 - ??)
Events
*''
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' Japan premiere (3 Aug 2015)
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Tokyo Game Show
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(2015, 2016)
Publications
*''Hajime Syacho Photo Book'' (released 26 Aug 2015,
Kodansha)
*''Hajime Syacho Photo Book -Sotsugyō-''
(released 21 Jul 2016, Kodansha)
References
Notes
Citations
Videos
External links
*YouTube
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People from Toyama Prefecture
Shizuoka University alumni
1993 births
Living people
Comedy YouTubers
Japanese YouTubers