, also known as is a Japanese streamer, YouTuber and tarento. He is mainly active on Niconico (Niconico Live), YouTube, Twitch and Abema. His talent agency is MURASH. He is also the owner of the professional gaming team "Murash Gaming" and the beauty salon "CUT Jun"(CUT純) in Tokyo.

Biography

Kato was born in Tateyama, Chiba. On 5 July 2009, Kato posted his first Let's Play video on Niconico. At the time of posting on 12 July, his Niconico's username was "Unko-chan", so he called himself "Unko-chan". While Kato worked as a

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, he continued to stream Let's Play videos as Unko-chan. On 2015, Kato announced that his real name is Junichi Kato, and since then he has been active mainly under this name. In the summer of 2016, Kato retired from his job as a health professional to pursue content creation full-time, and he joined MURASH. On March 12, 2022, he held his wedding reception, which was broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch. The highest number of simultaneous viewers on each platform was 463,646 on YouTube and 111,196 on Twitch. The total amount of money thrown in was 200 million yen (approximately $1.8 million at the 2022 rate) on YouTube, achieving first place in the overall Super Chat ranking for the YouTube year. He established the professional gaming team "Murash Gaming" in November. In January of the following year, members officially signed contracts for the VALORANT and

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divisions. As of 2024, the team is actively operating in three divisions, including Street Fighter 6. On October 18, 2023, he announced that he would be opening Beauty Salon "CUT Jun" using the 13 million yen he earned from the payout from

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, and it opened in Tokyo on January 4 the following year. He is taking part in the 2024 Kings World Cup as the chairperson of "Murash FC." Despite lacking prior soccer experience, he made the decision to enter the Kings League for the first time, representing

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, after receiving a direct offer from Gerard Piqué

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