# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroyuki-nishimura
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:35:56.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroyuki-nishimura"
name: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
slug: "hiroyuki-nishimura"
description: "Hiroyuki Nishimura  is a Japanese internet entrepreneur. He founded the message board 2channel, and is the owner of 4chan. He is also a self-help author and TV personality. 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."
tagline: "Japanese internet entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiroyuki_Nishimura.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1976-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           76.37
  momentum:             2.67894067122634
  historical:           12.09572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  100
  category: 4
totalFollowers: 1650000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hirox246"
    handle:    "hirox246"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12448441/"
    handle:    "nm12448441"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://hiro.asks.jp/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0yQ2h4gQXmVUFWZSqlMVOA"
    handle:    "@hirox246"
    followers: 1650000
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%9D%91%E5%8D%9A%E4%B9%8B"
    title: "西村博之"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_(%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "هيرويوكي نيشيمورا (شخصية أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%9D%91%E5%8D%9A%E4%B9%8B"
    title: "西村博之"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C%EB%AC%B4%EB%9D%BC_%ED%9E%88%EB%A1%9C%EC%9C%A0%ED%82%A4"
    title: "니시무라 히로유키"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4677330"
    title: "Hiroyuki Nishimura"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump