Editing Hiroyuki Nishimura (section)

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{{Short description|Japanese internet entrepreneur (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Hiroyuki Nishimura
| image              = Hiroyuki Nishimura's speech in Sapporo 20050831.jpg
| caption            = Nishimura in 2005
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1976|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Sagamihara]], Kanagawa, Japan
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_place        = 
| nationality        = 
| native_name        = {{Native name|ja|西村 博之}}
| other_names        = {{Nihongo|hiroyuki|ひろゆき}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Webmaster|author}}
| known_for          = {{Ublist|Founding [[2channel]]|Owning [[4chan]] since 2015}}
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Hiroyuki Nishimura'''|西村 博之|Nishimura Hiroyuki|born 16 November 1976}} is a Japanese [[internet entrepreneur]]. He founded the [[message board]] [[2channel]],<ref>{{cite web |date=24 December 2008 |title=Nielsen Online (Japan) reports on November, 2008 internet usage |url=http://www.netratings.co.jp/New_news/News12242008.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926195213/http://www.netratings.co.jp/New_news/News12242008.htm |archive-date=26 September 2018 |access-date=16 March 2019 |work=[[Nielsen Online]] |language=ja}}</ref> and is an administrator of [[4chan]].<ref name="AdelsteinDB" /><ref name="NYT-nishimura-4chan" /> He is also a [[self-help]] author and TV personality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beran |first=Dale |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u31zDwAAQBAJ&q=hiroyuki+nishimura+television+japan&pg=PT38 |title=It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office |date=30 July 2019 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-250-21947-3 |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|PT38}} He is often known by his given name, '''{{Nihongo|hiroyuki|ひろゆき}}''',<ref>Katayama, Lisa. "Meet Hiroyuki Nishimura, the Bad Boy of the Japanese Internet." ''[[Wired Magazine|Wired]]''. 19 May 2008. [https://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-06/mf_hiroyuki Link] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603135607/http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-06/mf_hiroyuki |date=3 June 2013}}. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.</ref><ref name="AdelsteinDB" /> which he uses, rendered intentionally in [[lowercase]],<ref group="note">Or in [[hiragana]], in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]</ref> both as a [[pen name]]<ref group="biblio" name="1percent" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nishimura |first=Hiroyuki |date=27 February 2020 |title=YouTubeは13歳以下だと登録NG。子供をネットの危険から守るには？ |trans-title=YouTube shouldn't be used by kids under 13&mdash;why it is necessary to protect children from the dangers of the internet. |url=https://nikkan-spa.jp/1646990 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411121101/https://nikkan-spa.jp/1646990 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=Nikkan SPA! |language=ja}}</ref> and as a [[username]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Nishimura |first=Hiroyuki |date=13 June 2000 |title=民主党・菅直人氏より2ちゃんねるへの通知 |trans-title=Notice sent to 2channel from Democratic Party's Naoto Kan |url=http://log-chan.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kan02.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030127221349/http://log-chan.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kan02.html |archive-date=27 January 2003 |access-date=28 May 2020 |website=2channel |language=ja |via=[[Infoseek]] Japan: 2channel Log}}</ref><ref name="Nishimura4chanQA2" />

Until February 2013, he was a director of, and advisor to, [[Niwango]], operator of the video-sharing service [[niconico]].<ref name=":1" />

[[Christopher Poole]], the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015, that he had sold the website to Nishimura.<ref name="forbes2015" /> After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, [[2ch.sc]].<ref name="ITmedia20140401" />