Editing Hiroyuki Nishimura

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{{Short description|Japanese internet entrepreneur (born 1976)}}
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| 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
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| 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}}
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{{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" />

== Career ==
Nishimura was born in [[Sagamihara]], Kanagawa, but raised in [[Tokyo]].<ref group="biblio" name=":0" /><ref group="note" name=":0" /> He founded Tokyo Access [[Gōshi gaisha|LP]] in 1998.<ref group="biblio" name="2chindepth" /><ref group="note">From the "about the author" section of the description of the book on [[Amazon.co.jp]]: 1998年、中央大学在学中に合資会社東京アクセスを設立。[In 1998, while enrolled at Chuo University, he established the [[Gōshi gaisha|limited partnership]] Tokyo Access.]</ref> In May 1999, he opened 2channel while he was studying at the [[University of Central Arkansas]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Matsutani |first=Minoru |date=6 April 2010 |title=2channel's success rests on anonymity |work=The Japan Times |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100406i1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409055032/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100406i1.html |archive-date=9 April 2010}}</ref> In June 2001, he founded Irregulars and Partners [[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]] with Ichirō Yamamoto, which was involved in 2channel's management,<ref>{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=株式会社イレギュラーズアンドパートナーズ代表取締役社長 山本一郎さん（切込隊長）|trans-title=Ichiro Yamamoto, President and CEO of Irregulars & Partners Co., Ltd. |url=https://keio-j.com/article/kirikomi/ |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=Next Influencers |language=ja}}</ref> but later left.<ref>{{Cite web |title=会社概要 |trans-title=Company profile |url=http://www.i--p.com/profile.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020407133908/http://www.i--p.com/profile.html |archive-date=7 April 2002 |access-date=24 June 2020 |website=Irregulars and Partners KK [株式会社イレギュラーズアンドパートナーズ]}}</ref>

He graduated with a degree in psychology from Chuo University in 2000.<ref group="biblio" name=":0" /><ref group="note" name=":0" /><ref name="gree_career">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410144731/career.gree.jp/interview/07/nishimura/01 |title=東京プラス社長 西村博之氏インタビュー |trans-title=Interview with Tokyo Plus CEO Hiroyuki Nishimura |publisher=GREE Career |date=2006-04-10 |accessdate=2025-02-02}}</ref>

In January 2007, Nishimura was an advisor to Skip-Up KK,<ref>{{Cite web |title=会社概要 |trans-title=Company profile |url=http://skipup.jp/corp/outline.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222100122/http://skipup.jp/corp/outline.html |archive-date=22 February 2007 |publisher=Skipup Corporation [株式会社スキップアップ] |language=ja |quote=顧問: 西村 博之 [Advisor: Hiroyuki Nishimura]}}</ref> CEO of Tokyo Plus KK,<ref name=":2" /> co-founder of {{Nihongo|Future Search Brazil|未来検索ブラジル}} KK,<ref>{{Cite web |title=会社概要 |trans-title=Company profile |url=http://razil.jp/aboutus.html |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=Razil.jp |publisher=Future Search Brazil KK |language=ja |quote=役員等：代表取締役社長 竹中直純；取締役 西村博之 [Officers: Naozumi Takenaka, President and Representative Director; Hiroyuki Nishimura, Director]}}</ref> and a director of [[Niwango]], the company that launched [[Nico Nico Douga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info.niwango.jp/info/ |title=Niwango Company Info |language=ja |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221043401/http://info.niwango.jp/info/ |archive-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He left his role at Niwango in February 2013.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2channel ===
{{See also|2channel#History}}
[[File:A_Week_in_Tokyo_65.jpg|thumb|Nishimura in 2011]]

During 2008, 2ch generated an annual revenue upwards of ¥100&nbsp;million for Nishimura.<ref name="2chrevenue" /> The site was also run by 300 "volunteer administrators" who received no pay. 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. They can make a million yen a day."<ref name="2chrevenue" />

In August 2013, an accidental leak placed the credit card details of thousands of 2channel users into the public domain,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/17/digital/accidental-leak-ids-over-30000-anonymous-2channel-users/#.VgEwMcuqpBd |title=Accidental leak IDs over 30,000 'anonymous' 2channel users|date=17 September 2013 |website=The Japan Times|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117135149/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/17/digital/accidental-leak-ids-over-30000-anonymous-2channel-users/#.VgEwMcuqpBd |archive-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and this event resulted in a series of lawsuits against the website. Around the same time, the anti-matome movement took place throughout 2channel, a controversial community development involving users protesting against {{nihongo|"matome blogs"|まとめブログ}} which specialize in summarizing 2channel threads, which were taking away site traffic.<ref name="AkimotoJT2014" />

On 19 February 2014, [[Jim Watkins (businessman)|Jim Watkins]], as chairman of N.T. Technology, Inc., 2channel's [[domain registrar]], seized 2channel's domain.<ref name="AkimotoJT2014" /> He took full control over the website, relieved Nishimura of all power, and assumed the role of website administrator.<ref name="AkimotoJT2014" /> Watkins claimed that Nishimura had failed to pay him money owed which led to the seizure as a way to cover Nishimura's debts,<ref>{{cite web |author=Watkins |first=Jim |date=19 February 2014 |title=Let's talk with Jim-san. Part21 |url=http://pele.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/erobbs/1383978434/554 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508213224/http://pele.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/erobbs/1383978434/554 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=BBSPink |quote=The previous management was not able to generate enough income to pay the bills for the expenses of running 2ch.}}</ref> while Nishimura claimed that he had in fact paid everything owed and that the domain transfer was an illegal [[domain hijacking]].<ref name="ITmedia20140401" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nishimura |first=Hiroyuki |date=1 April 2014 |title=昨今の２ちゃんねるの現状に関して。|trans-title=Regarding the current status of 2channel |url=http://2ch.sc/www2chscindex.html |access-date=18 May 2020 |website=2ch.sc |language=ja}}</ref> In response, Nishimura created his own clone of 2channel at {{interlanguage link|2ch.sc|lt=2ch.sc|ja|2ちゃんねる (2ch.sc)|WD=}},<ref name="ITmedia20140401" /> [[Web scraping|scraping]] the contents of the entire 2channel website and updating 2ch.sc as new posts appeared on 2ch.net. In a Q&A session on [[4chan]] shortly after becoming the site's owner, Nishimura claimed that 2channel was stolen by Watkins.<ref name="Nishimura4chanQA2" />

In October 2017, Watkins renamed 2channel to 5channel and transferred it to Loki Technology Inc. to avoid legal complications.<ref>{{Cite court |litigants=[[Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines|Office of the Solicitor General]] v. James Arthur Watkins [[in re]]: Petition for Naturalization |court=Pasig [[Regional Trial Court]] Branch 166 |pinpoint=R-PSG-18-03091-SP, Petition by James Arthur Watkins |url=https://issuu.com/manilatimes/docs/11manilatimes |quote=[James Arthur Watkins] married Liziel O. Watkins ("Liziel"), of legal age and a Filipina, on 20 November 2001. [...] He is currently the Chairman of Race Queen Inc., Emerald Pedistal Properties Inc., and Loki Technology Incorporated.}}—via ''[[The Manila Times]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 October 2017 |title=５ちゃんねる掲示板へようこそ |trans-title=Welcome to 5channel |url=https://5ch.net/ |access-date=6 October 2017 |quote=権利関係に関する無用な紛争を生じさせず「・・・」掲示板の名称を新たに「5ちゃんねる」へと変更しました。[The name of the textboard has been changed to 5channel to help avoid future unnecessary disputes regarding our rights to operate it.]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cicalese |first1=Louis |title=Biography of Hiroyuki Nishimura: The Father of 2channel |url=https://www.256kilobytes.com/content/show/4438/biography-of-hiroyuki-nishimura-the-father-of-2channel |access-date=27 March 2019 |work=256 Kilobytes |date=14 February 2019 |ref=bio |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327115519/https://www.256kilobytes.com/content/show/4438/biography-of-hiroyuki-nishimura-the-father-of-2channel |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===4chan===
{{See also|4chan#History}}

On 21 September 2015, he bought the website 4chan from [[Christopher Poole]].<ref name="forbes2015" /><ref name="AdelsteinDB" /> The amount paid has not been disclosed, but ''The New York Times'' has reported that the sale was made possible with funds provided by three Japanese investors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Isaac |first=Mike |date=21 September 2015 |title=4chan Message Board Sold to Founder of 2Channel, a Japanese Web Culture Pioneer |url=https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/4chan-sells-to-japanese-web-culture-pioneer-2channel/ |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="NYT-nishimura-4chan" />

Users on 4chan refer to him commonly as 'hiro' but also by the [[ethnic slurs|ethnic slur]] "[[gook]] [[Christopher Poole|moot]]", or the [[nickname]] "[[Jackie Chan|Jackie ]] 4chan", "Hiroshima Nagasaki," or simply "hiroshimoot".<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Orsini |first=Lauren |date=3 September 2015 |title='Welcome To 4chan, B***h': Site's Users Greet Their New Overlord |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/23/4chan-sold-hiroyuki-nishimura-qa-christoper-poole-moot-new-owner/#3662ca5bb069 |url-status=live |magazine=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206214212/https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/23/4chan-sold-hiroyuki-nishimura-qa-christoper-poole-moot-new-owner/#3662ca5bb069|archive-date=6 February 2019 |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

== Lawsuits ==
=== As defendant ===
{{See also|2channel#Slander and legal issues}}

Nishimura has lost a number of [[libel]] lawsuits which have led to him being assessed a considerable amount in penalties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shibui |first=Tetsuya |date=26 August 2008 |title=2channel founder says don't blame him for criminals' posts |url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/2channel-founder-says-dont-blame-him-for-criminals-posts |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=[[Shūkan Gendai]] |language=en |via=[[Japan Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2006 |title=２ちゃんねる管理人に賠償命令 掲示板での中傷放置 |language=ja |trans-title=2channel admin ordered to pay compensation; textboard neglected duty to delete libel |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |url=http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0120/TKY200601200325.html |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203022822/http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0120/TKY200601200325.html |archive-date=3 February 2006 |quote=判決によると、同掲示板に０４年３～１２月、有道さんが人種差別主義者であるかのような中傷などが１２件掲載されたが、管理人は有道さんの削除要請に応じなかった。 [In total, twelve slanderous messages were posted calling Arudou a white supremacist between March and December 2004. The admin ignored his request they be deleted.]}}</ref> In 2008, he told ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' he has no intention of paying, saying, "If the verdict mandates deleting things, I'll do it," but, "I just haven't complied with demands to pay money. Would a cell phone carrier feel responsible when somebody receives a threatening phone call?"<ref name="2chrevenue" />

=== As plaintiff ===
{{See also|2channel#Domain seizure and split}}

Nishimura has filed a number of lawsuits against Jim Watkins in connection with his allegation that 2channel was illegally seized. He has attempted to repossess the domain both through [[WIPO]]'s [[Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy]]<ref name="WIPO2016" /> and through the [[Judicial system of Japan#Courts|Japanese court system]].<ref>{{Cite court |litigants=In re: Race Queen Inc. |court=Tokyo District Court |pinpoint=平成29年(ワ)第3428号 |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/327/089327_hanrei.pdf |quote=被告は，平成１６年から平成２９年９月３０日まで，継続して本件電子掲示板を管理・運営し [From 2004 to at least September 30, 2017, the defendants operated the textboard.]}}</ref><!--The Watkinses have claimed to have appealed and won in either the Tokyo High Court or the Supreme Court of Japan, but as I've not been able to find the judgment, I'm not sure if it's executory/final or not, or if it even exists. Also, they're obviously biased towards the strength of their case, so might not be reporting Court processes accuracy for whatever reason. So, their [[WP:SPS]]'s should ''not'' be added, only third party verifications. They are of course free to share the judgment with the world if it exists.--> Through the [[Japan Patent Office]], Nishimura owns the [[trademark]] "2channel",<ref>{{Cite court |litigants=In re trademark registration T5843569 |court=Japan Patent Office |opinion={{Nihongo2|無効}}2017-890013 (Invalidity case 2017-890013) |date=26 July 2019 |url=http://shohyo.shinketsu.jp/originaltext/tm/1352426.html |quote=本件電子掲示板の事業が請求人（レースクイーン社）に適法に譲渡されたことを示す証拠はない [There is no evidence that the electronic BBS business was legally transferred to the plaintiff (Race Queen Inc).]}}</ref> though the WIPO refused to intervene on his behalf on account of that, suggesting the parties go to court instead as it was not, in its view, a case of "[[cybersquatting]]" but rather a "business dispute".<ref name="WIPO2016" />

== Personal life ==
Nishimura is married. As of May 2019, he lives in [[Paris]], to which he moved in 2015.<ref name=":2" />

== Bibliography ==
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|{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/675467798 |script-title=ja:2ちゃんねるはなぜ潰れないのか: 巨大掲示板管理人のインターネット裏入門|trans-title=Why 2channel can't be crushed: an introduction to the internet from the administrator of the large textboard |date=29 June 2007 |location=Tokyo |publisher=扶桑社 [Fusōsha KK] |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき] |isbn=978-4-594-05388-8 |oclc=675467798}}
|{{Cite book |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき] |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/395003142|script-title=ja:僕が2ちゃんねるを捨てた理由|trans-title=Why I left 2channel |date=29 May 2009 |publisher=扶桑社 [Fusōsha KK] |isbn=978-4-594-05952-1 |location=Tokyo |oclc=395003142}}
|{{Cite book |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき]|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1061209057 |script-title=ja:論破力 |language=ja |trans-title=How to win arguments |date=12 October 2018 |publisher=朝日新聞出版 ([[Asahi Shimbun]] Publications KK) |location=Osaka |isbn=978-4-02-273791-5 |oclc=1061209057}}
|{{Cite book |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき] |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1088409566 |script-title=ja:このままだと、日本に未来はないよね。|date=21 February 2019 |publisher=Yōsensha KK [洋泉社] |isbn=978-4-8003-1649-3 |location=Tokyo |oclc=1088409566 |language=ja |trans-title=If things remain as they are, Japan has no future.}}
|{{Cite book |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき] |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1089128536 |script-title=ja:お金の話 |trans-title=Discourses on money |language=ja |date=6 March 2019 |publisher=Kōyōkan KK [興陽館] |isbn=978-4-87723-237-5 |location=Tokyo |oclc=1089128536}}
|{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1102790704 |script-title=ja:自分は自分、バカはバカ。他人に振り回されない一人勝ちメンタル術 |date=6 April 2019 |publisher=[[SB Creative]] |location=Tokyo |isbn=978-4-7973-9860-1 |oclc=1102790704 |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき]|language=ja |trans-title=You are yourself, stupid people are themselves. Avoid undue influence, a winner-takes-all technique}}
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=== Cited ===
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<ref name="2chindepth">{{Cite book |last1=Makino |first1=Kazuo |last2=Nishimura |first2=Hiroyuki |script-title=ja:2ちゃんねるで学ぶ著作権 |trans-title=An in-depth study of 2channel |language=ja |date=3 July 2006 |publisher=[[ASCII Media Works]] |isbn=4-7561-4770-4 |location=Tōkyō |oclc=675004538}}</ref>
<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Nishimura |first1=Hiroyuki |url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/6803800/ |script-title=ja:オンナは苦手。|trans-title=I'm not good with women. |last2=Tamogami |first2=Toshio |date=19 November 2010 |publisher=株式会社李白社 [Rihakusha KK] |language=ja |isbn=978-4-89451-926-8 |location=Tōkyō |oclc=686619658}}</ref>
<ref name="1percent">{{Cite book |author=hiroyuki [ひろゆき] |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1143724998 |script-title=ja:1%の努力|publisher=株式会社ダイヤモンド社 [DIAMOND Inc., KK] |date=5 March 2020 |isbn=978-4-478-10849-9 |location=Tōkyō |trans-title=1% Effort |oclc=1143724998 |language=ja}}</ref>
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== Footnotes ==

=== Notes ===
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<ref name=":0">From the "about the author" section of the description of the book on [[Rakuten]]: 1976年神奈川県相模原市生まれ。2000年中央大学文学部卒業。[Born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1976. Graduated with a degree from the Faculty of Letters of Chuo University in 2000.]</ref>
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=== References ===
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<ref name="AdelsteinDB">{{Cite news |last=Adelstein |first=Jake |date=26 September 2015 |title=Will 4Chan's Shady New Owner Weaponize It? |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/will-4chans-shady-new-owner-weaponize-it |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="Nishimura4chanQA2">{{cite web |last1=Nishimura |first1=Hiroyuki |date=22 September 2015 |title=ANSWERS THREAD - Q&A Session with Hiroyuki Nishimura |url=https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/183913/#192022 |access-date=18 October 2015 |website=4chan (archived by desuarchive.org)}}</ref>
<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-18/hiroyuki-nishimura-resigns-as-director-at-niconico-niwango |title=Hiroyuki Nishimura Resigns as Director at Niconico's Niwango |work=Anime News Network |date=18 February 2013 |language=ja |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325042252/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-18/hiroyuki-nishimura-resigns-as-director-at-niconico-niwango |archive-date=25 March 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="forbes2015">{{cite web |author=Lauren Orsini |date=21 September 2015 |title=How The 4chan Sale Returns The Controversial Forum To Its Anime Roots |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/21/4chan-sale-2channel-moot-christopher-poole-hiroyuki-nishimura/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211021/http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/21/4chan-sale-2channel-moot-christopher-poole-hiroyuki-nishimura/ |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=16 March 2019 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
<ref name="ITmedia20140401">{{cite web |date=1 April 2014 |title=現2chは「違法な乗っ取り」状態──ひろゆき氏？が新サイト「2ch.sc」開設を予告 |trans-title=Currently, 2ch is in a state of "illegal takeover" &mdash; Hiroyuki (?)<!-- translation of question mark in headline, this is not a request for correction --> announces the opening of the new site "2ch.sc" |url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1404/01/news146.html |access-date=24 June 2020 |website=[[ITmedia]] |language=ja}}</ref>
<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ishiguro |first=Atsushi |date=13 May 2019 |title=ひろゆき氏の旅のおすすめ３か国！そして女なら、男ならの海外事情。|trans-title=Hiroyuki's three recommended countries to visit! Also, the circumstances of expatriates, both men and women |url=https://tabizine.jp/2019/05/13/259520/ |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=TABIZINE |publisher=On Air KK [株式会社オンエア] |language=ja |type=interview}}</ref>
<ref name="2chrevenue">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-06/mf_hiroyuki?currentPage=all |title=Meet Hiroyuki Nishimura, the Bad Boy of the Japanese Internet |magazine=Wired |access-date=6 June 2008 |date=19 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525195621/http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-06/mf_hiroyuki?currentPage=all |archive-date=25 May 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="AkimotoJT2014">{{cite news |last1=Akimoto |first1=Akky |date=20 March 2014 |title=Who holds the deeds to gossip bulletin board 2channel? |newspaper=The Japan Times Online |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/20/digital/who-holds-the-deeds-to-gossip-bulletin-board-2channel/ |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="NYT-nishimura-4chan">{{cite web |last1=Dooley |first1=Ben |last2=Ueno |first2=Hisako |title=In the U.S., His Site Has Been Linked to Massacres. In Japan, He's a Star. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/business/4chan-hiroyuki-nishimura.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 December 2022 |date=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="WIPO2016">{{Cite web |last1=Gabriela Kennedy |last2=Frederick M. Abbott |display-authors=1 |date=28 July 2016 |title=WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2016-1025 (2ch.net) |url=https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2016-1025|access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[World Intellectual Property Organization]] |language=en |quote=The Panel finds it prudent to note that the Policy is intended to handle cases of cybersquatting. Any potential business dispute between the Parties may be more appropriately addressed through court proceedings rather than through the Policy.}}</ref>
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |title=Interview with Nishimura Hiroyuki at Kuwasawa Design School |url=http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/english/redesign/004_1.htm |last=Tetsuya |first=Ozaki |date=11 November 2004 |via=RealTokyo |journal=Redesigning Tokyo |issue=1 |volume=4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312073248/http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/english/redesign/004_1.htm |archive-date=12 March 2007 |access-date=3 July 2020}}
* {{Cite web |title=Q&A With the Founder of Channel 2 |url=http://www.ojr.org/japan/internet/1061505583.php |last=Furukawa |first=Hideki |date=22 August 2003 |website=Japan Media Review |publisher=[[USC Annenberg]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031222144247/http://www.ojr.org/japan/internet/1061505583.php |archive-date=22 December 2003 |access-date=24 May 2020}}

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