also known as Hikakin (

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: ヒカキン) is a Japanese

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and the co-founder of UUUM, a Japanese

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. A video of his ''

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'' beatbox went viral in 2010, reaching over 3.8 million views by mid-September of that year. He, alongside fellow Japanese YouTuber Megwin, quit their day jobs in 2012 to focus entirely on their channels. He also collaborated with Gille, appearing in her promotions for her single "Try Again", where it is stated that he is one of the most popular Japanese YouTubers.

Biography

In December 2012, Hikakin released his first album, a collaboration with

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, for the soundtrack of the '' Echannel'' drawing application of the

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. In May 2013, Hikakin participated in the Social Star Awards and the subsequent Singapore Social concerts, performing with Aerosmith during their stage set and beatboxing before performing with the band on "

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". In February 2014, Hikakin did a collaboration beatbox video with American singer

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, beatboxing to her song "

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." In October 2014, Hikakin was one of the performers for the first YouTube FanFest in Tokyo, Japan. At the same YouTube FanFest, Japanese breakbeat music duo

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performed with their instruments and using Hikakin's beatbox broken down into several parts, they created a new combination of his beatboxing and their instruments. In December 2014, Hikakin went to

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to do another collaboration video with Ariana Grande, doing a beatbox of that song, while she was singing " Break Free." In the same month, Hikakin uploaded a beatbox video that featured American singer

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. They performed Ne-Yo's song " Coming with You" and his famous 2007 hit " Because of You." On September 10, 2021, Hikakin reached 10 million subscribers on Hikakin TV.

Discography

Singles

Publications

Single author

* My work is YouTube (July 19, 2013, Housewife and Lifesha) * How to make YouTuber loved by 4 million people (October 30, 2014, Nikkei BP)

References

External links

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