Hiroyuki Nishimura
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, and current administrator of 4chan. He is also a self-help author and TV personality.: PT38 He is often known by his given name, hiroyuki (ひろゆき), which he uses, rendered intentionally in lowercase, both as a pen name and as a username.
Hiroyuki Nishimura | |
|---|---|
| 西村 博之 | |
Nishimura in 2005 | |
| Born | 16 November 1976 |
| Other names | hiroyuki (ひろゆき) |
| Occupation(s) | Webmaster, author |
| Known for | Founding 2channel, owning 4chan since 2015 |
Until February 2013, he was a director of, and advisor to, Niwango, best known for its video-sharing service Nico Nico Douga.
Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015, that he had sold the website to Nishimura. 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. After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, 2ch.sc.