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In August 2013, an accidental leak placed the credit card details of thousands of 2channel users into the public domain, and this event resulted in a series of lawsuits against the website. Nishimura justified this with the comment, 'I don't think that's all that different from some dude who opens a convenience store in front of a train station. The site was also run by 300 'volunteer administrators' who received no pay. 2channel ĭuring 2008, 2ch generated an annual revenue upwards of ¥100 million for Nishimura.

He left his role at Niwango in February 2013.

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In January 2007, Nishimura was an advisor to Skip-Up KK, CEO of Tokyo Plus KK, co-founder of Future Search Brazil ( 未来検索ブラジル) KK, and a director of Niwango, the company that launched Nico Nico Douga. He graduated with a degree in literature from Chuo University in 2000. In June 2001, he founded Irregulars and Partners KK with Ichirō Yamamoto, which was involved in 2channel's management, but later left. In May 1999, he opened 2channel while he was studying at the University of Central Arkansas. Nishimura was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, but raised in Tokyo. After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, 2ch.sc. Ĭhristopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015 that he had sold the website to Nishimura.

Until February 2013, he was a director of, and advisor to, Niwango, best known for its service Nico Nico Douga. : 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.

He is also a self-help author and TV personality. 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. Administrator of 4chan, 2ch.sc self-help author TV personalityįounding 2channel, owning 4chan since 2015