Hajime Syacho

Hajime Syacho (はじめしゃちょー, Hajime Shachō, born 14 February 1993) is a Japanese YouTuber who, as of March 2019, had the largest number of YouTube channel subscribers in Japan.[3] He is part of the multi-channel network UUUM. He is nicknamed Hajimen (はじめん) and Moyashi (もやし).[4][5]

Hajime Syacho
Hajime Syacho in 2015
Personal information
Born
Hajime Eda

(1993-02-14) 14 February 1993
Tonami, Japan[1]
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Channels
GenreCreator
Subscribers
  • 10.4 million (Hajime Syacho)
  • 2.81 million (Hajime Syacho 2)
  • 2.1 million (Hajime Syacho's Field)
[2]
Total views
  • 9 billion (Hajime Syacho)
  • 1 billion (Hajime Syacho 2)
  • 1.9 billion (Hajime Syacho's Field)
[2]
NetworkUUUM
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2015
10,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: August 8, 2022

Biography

Early life

He was born on February 14, 1993, in Tonami, Toyama. He was named "Hajime" (元) because of his parents' desire for him to be energetic and healthy (元気).[1][Videos 1]

When he was in middle school and high school, he became vice chairman on his school's student council. He said that at school he was "the type who was always on the edge of the group."[Videos 2][6]

He has enjoyed making videos since high school, when he recorded videos with friends for fun such as "taking underwear off while wearing trousers," etc. [7]

Because he dedicated most of his time to the basketball team, his high school grades were not good, but his girlfriend at the time entered university on recommendation admission (a kind of admission that allows someone to submit a recommendation letter and enter a school without taking an exam). He started studying for about ten hours a day and gained the top score for the mock test in his school. However, his test results on the National Center Test for University Admissions were 150 points lower than the benchmark score, so he went to Shizuoka University, which was not his first choice, following advice from a high school faculty member. After that, having broken up with his girlfriend, he began posting videos he made with his friends during college freshman year on YouTube, thinking, "I'm going to focus on me. "[Videos 3][lower-alpha 1]

YouTube

In March 2012, he and his university classmate set up his video team "Hajime Company" and started posting videos on YouTube. His first video only had three recorded views.[8][lower-alpha 2] After that, he opened a personal channel and changed his YouTube name from "Hajime-shachō" (はじめ社長, President Hajime) to Hajime Syacho (はじめしゃちょー).[Videos 5][6]

From September 2013 until March 2014, he studied English in the United Kingdom. After returning to Japan on April 1, 2014, he announced his affiliation with the group UUUM.[9]

He appeared in the YouTube Japan television advertisement "Suki na koto de, Ikite iku" in June 2015. Along with this, his full-page ads were posted in Weekly Shōnen Jump[10] and Shibuya 109, and his exposure on media other than YouTube also increased. Shooting commercials interfered with his university studies, so after consideration he decided not to worry about school and focus most of his energy on making videos, saying, "you only live once, so you should make your life interesting"[6]

In March 2016, in addition to gaining the most subscribers on YouTube Japan, he graduated from university.[11][12]

In February 2017, he opened a fee-based fan site "Hajimeno."[13]

In March 2017, Mizunyan, a webcaster, exposed Hajime Syacho's cheating scandal with Yuka Kinoshita, who also belongs to UUUM.[14][15] In addition, he was suspected of having a relationship with a female model who stayed overnight at his home.[14] In response, he released a video admitting to cheating, but denying a relationship with the model.[14] On March 30 of the same year, he announced his suspension of activities on his fan club site.[16] He later resumed his activities on YouTube on 12 May.[17]

In 2017, a female fan stalked him.[18] In the beginning of November, the woman approached Hajime Syacho's house and received a restraining order from the police. In December she was arrested for violating the restraining order and breaking into his home.[19] The woman was later arrested in February 2018 for stalking another YouTuber.[18]

Personal life

He has three channels on YouTube. His main channel contains random videos regardless of the genre such as experiments, hidden camera, Q&A videos, and product reviews. On his sub-channel he deals mainly with daily stories about his life, Let's Play, collecting Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, and promotional videos for companies. His third channel deals with his life with his roommates.

The reason he passionately posts videos is that his upbringing was strict and his family discouraged creativity.[Videos 6][7]

Influence

Besides YouTube, his number of followers on Twitter is fifth largest in Japan[20] and his top record of viewers on TwitCasting is ninth largest.[21]

He often plans activities using his influence, and in 2015 he recruited 740 participants in an event in Yokohama City, Kanazawa Ward. The event broke the Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants in a game of statues.[22]

Additionally, upon request from companies, he frequently posts product review videos and participates in events and campaigns.

Meanwhile, in a video called, "I will study abroad in the United States for 3 years", he posted his home's security camera videos and talked about having to move [23] due to viewers repeatedly coming to his home.[24] Many of his videos, such as "wasting Nivea cream", "suspected cheating", "destruction of golf clubs", and "turning a broken computer into tempura", have been picked up by online news outlets, which results in him being flamed frequently.[25][14][26][27]

He said he puts a warning message before videos with dangerous content telling viewers not to imitate him, and although such videos are legal, videos judged as too dangerous were later made private.[8][Videos 7]

Appearances

TV programmes

Internet TV
  • 72-Jikan Honne TV (3 Nov 2017, AbemaTV Abema Special)
  • P-Sports ~Mezase, Pokémon Battle Master!~ (24 Jan 2018 –, AbemaTV Ultra Games) – P-Sports Shitennō[31]

Advertisements

Voice acting

Events

Publications
  • Hajime Syacho Photo Book[36] (released 26 Aug 2015, Kodansha) ISBN 978-4-06-364972-7
  • Hajime Syacho Photo Book -Sotsugyō-[37] (released 21 Jul 2016, Kodansha) ISBN 978-4-06-364995-6

References

Notes
  1. Other reasons he cited for starting YouTube were that he "wanted to remember fond memories from life,"[Videos 4] that "the university's circle was boring,"[6] and that he "wanted to try new things."[8]
  2. He said, "I watched the video nine times myself, so it must be at least twelve views. That number is wrong."[Videos 1]

Citations
  1. @hajimesyacho (17 March 2014). "@balkodayo うお！イラストありがとうございます｡ﾟ(ﾟ＾ω＾ﾟ)ﾟ｡ちなみに拙者は砺波市出身ですぜ！！！" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. "About Hajime Syacho". YouTube.
  3. "大人気YouTuber・はじめしゃちょーが『紙兎ロペ』で声優デビュー決定！今後も準レギュラーとして参加予定" (in Japanese). Aol News. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  4. "【聞いてみた】はじめしゃちょーがもやしになった理由は?" (in Japanese). AppBank. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  5. "はじめしゃちょー (hajime) (@hajimesyacho)さん" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  6. "はじめしゃちょーが明かすYouTuberとしての決意「誰がなんと言おうと、自分の好きなことをやる！」" (in Japanese). Livedoor News. Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  7. "日本のクリエイティブ「独特の強み」の正体" (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 10 Jul 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  8. "人気ユーチューバー初投稿は再生3回 視聴者目線を意識" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 21 Dec 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  9. "はじめしゃちょー、アシヤがUUUMに加入！" (in Japanese). Uuum. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  10. "好きなことで、生きていく". Weekly Shonen Jump (in Japanese). No. 30. 6 Jul 2015.
  11. @hajimesyacho (21 March 2016). "本日、私はじめしゃちょーは無事、静岡大学を卒業することができました(´;ω;`)色んな事があって、YouTubeにも出会えて、最高の大学生活でした。大変な時期もあったけど、いろんな人に支えられて、最後までがんばれてよかった！" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018 – via Twitter.
  12. "はじめしゃちょーの卒業記念Tシャツ発売中！" (in Japanese). Uuum Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-10-17. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  13. "人気ユーチューバー「はじめしゃちょー」 有料ファンサイト開設に賛否の声" (in Japanese). NewsY Corporation. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  14. "はじめしゃちょー「二股疑惑」謝罪 モデル宿泊には「やましいことは一切していない」" (in Japanese). J-Cast News. 23 Mar 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  15. "はじめしゃちょーが活動休止 二股疑惑やゴルフクラブ破壊などで炎上続く" (in Japanese). Biglobe News. 31 Mar 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  16. "はじめしゃちょーが活動休止 新設したファンクラブ会員から辛辣な声" (in Japanese). Nikkan Cyzo. Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  17. "はじめしゃちょーが約1カ月半ぶりに動画を投稿 「こんな僕でも動画を待ってくれている人がいる」" (in Japanese). Netlab. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  18. "Xmasに人気YouTuberにストーカー 29歳女逮捕". TeleAsa News (in Japanese). TV Asahi. 26 Dec 2017. Archived from the original on 27 Dec 2017. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  19. "人気ユーチューバーの男性宅に押しかけた疑い 女を逮捕". NHK News Web (in Japanese). NHK. 26 Dec 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  20. "Twitter日本 フォロワー数 総合ランキング" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  21. "ランキング - ツイキャス" (in Japanese). TwitCasting. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  22. "はじめしゃちょーが740人で「だるまさんが転んだ」ギネス世界記録達成！！" (Press release) (in Japanese). Uuum. 27 Nov 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  23. "人気YouTuberはじめしゃちょーさん、自宅に押しかける視聴者に「もう怒った!」" (in Japanese). Netlab. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  24. "YouTuberはじめしゃちょーのドッキリが大ヒンシュク 「もう日本に帰ってくんな」" (in Japanese). CST Entertainment Co., Ltd. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  25. "人気YouTuber・はじめしゃちょーが謝罪 「ハンドクリーム風呂」動画、「もったいない」と視聴者から批判受け" (in Japanese). J-Cast News. 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  26. "【悲報】はじめしゃちょー、また炎上 / ネットの声「まじで危ない…」「ゴルフクラブの件で学ばなかったのですか？」" (in Japanese). rocketnews24. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  27. "【また炎上】はじめしゃちょー、浴槽で作ったカレーをガチで食う！？" (in Japanese). Niconico News. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  28. "第66回NHK紅白歌合戦と総勢68名のYouTuberによるタイアップ動画公開!" (in Japanese). Uuum Corporation. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  29. "【オッサンのためのYouTuber講座】「はじめしゃちょー」中高生人気はワンピース並" (in Japanese). Biglobe News. Archived from the original on 25 Jun 2016. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  30. "オリジナル番組 「みんチャン！」スタート！YouTube Liveと地上波同時視聴可能！" (in Japanese). Uuum. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  31. "AbemaTV「ウルトラゲームス」のラインナップが公開、『ポケモン』専門番組や開設記念特番も" (in Japanese). Inside. Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  32. @yugioh_anime (18 February 2020). "アニメ最新作「遊☆戯☆王ＳＥＶＥＮＳ」に、人気動画クリエイターのはじめしゃちょーが声優として出演することが決定🎊作品の舞台となるゴーハ市をつかさどる、街一番の大企業・ゴーハ社の社長役を熱演します！放送は2020年4月からス…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  33. "トム・クルーズが"サムライギタリスト"に出演オファー!? 『ミッション:インポッシブル』ジャパンプレミアにMIYAVIが登場！" (in Japanese). Line Blog. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  34. "HIKAKINさんなど人気動画配信者が実況テクニックを披露【東京ゲームショウ 2015】" (in Japanese). Nikkei Trendy Net. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  35. "はじめしゃちょーがブルーアイズ召喚で粉砕！玉砕！大喝采！『遊戯王 デュエルリンクス』ステージ【TGS 2016】" (in Japanese). Famitsu. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  36. "講談社とUUUMが「ボンボンTV」開設 YouTuberが意気込み" (in Japanese). Sponichi. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  37. "「はじめしゃちょー Photo Book -卒業-」2016年7月22日(金)発売!" (in Japanese). Uuum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.

Videos
  1. "誰だ勝手にはじめしゃちょークイズ作ったのは！！！" (in Japanese). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  2. "【恋愛】オレの成人式と中学の黒歴史の話をしてやろう..." (in Japanese). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  3. "はじめの恋愛と受験失敗の話" (in Japanese). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  4. "好きなことで、生きていく - はじめしゃちょー - YouTube TVCM" (in Japanese). YouTube Japan official channel. Archived from the original on 2016-06-26. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  5. "はじめ社長の新しい名前 【後編】 Hajime Shacho's New Name" (in Japanese). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  6. "YouTuberになりたい小学生に物申す！" (in Japanese). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  7. "はじめしゃちょーのスマホ内の動画がひどい件。" (in Japanese). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  8. "映画「メイズ・ランナー2：砂漠の迷宮」TV CM（はじめしゃちょー編）" (in Japanese). YouTube 20th Century Fox Movie Official Channel. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
  9. "【はじめしゃちょー】「七つの大罪」コラボCMが地上波放送！" (in Japanese). Bonbon TV. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
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