How many names do you know? -Here are trendy Japanese YouTubers!!-

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In the wake of COVID-19, lots of people have more time to spend staying at home by doing remote work, enjoying a hobby, watching movies, etc. Among them, don’t you spend more time watching YouTube compared to before? Who are the famous Japanese YouTubers? Here are trendy Japanese YouTubers! 

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According to the number of followers in April 2022, the top five YouTubers are Junya.じゅんや, せんももあいしーCh (sen momo ai si) Sen, Momo, Ai & Shii, HikakinTV, はじめしゃちょー(Hajime syacho) and Travel Thirsty.

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1. Junya. じゅんや

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Who: Junya. じゅんや is a man who succeded from posts on TickTok. He first recorded 10 million followers on TikTok as Japanese.

How Did He Get Famous? : He got famous starting in November 2021, in the wake of the popularity of TikTok. About TikTok, he established his account in 2018, and the contents of his physically demanding and thrilling activities attracted people, so he makes use of the TikTok posts by uploading them on his YouTube channel. 

Now: Despite the lower number of total videos and fewer years of working as a YouTuber than those of Hikakin, who is also well-known in Japan, Junya. じゅんや has remained the #1 Youtuber in Japan since October 2021. 

Followers: The number of followers is 15.1 million (04/12/2022). 

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Junya. じゅんや

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2. せんももあいしーCh Sen, Momo, Ai & Shii

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Who: They are two sisters and two brothers. (Shiro: 5 years-old, Aiko is 8 years-old, Momoko: 14years-old, and Sennosuke: 16 years-old)

How Did They Get Famous?: The videos recording the children’s growth tap into viewers’ hearts as if they were their parents, beginning with the recording of the growth of the first child, Sennosuke. In addition, the channel is known as the oldest and most veteran YouTuber, having recorded the children’s growth for more than 11 years! 

Now: Due to the growth of the children, they also established another channel called Ai-chan to Shi-kun, which focuses on the growth of Ai and Shiro. 

Followers: The number of main channels is 11 million (04/12/2022). 

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せんももあいしーCh Sen, Momo, Ai & Shii

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3. Hikakin TV

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Who: HIKAKIN is a man who is from Niigata prefecture, which is in the western part of Japan.

How Did He Get Famous?: While he was working at a grocery market, he posted the video capturing his human beatbox 11 years ago on YouTube, and it significantly shocked the world, recording 630,000 viewers by now (April 12, 2022). Since then, he has gradually attracted people by reviewing products, video games, etc. 

Followers: He owns four kinds of YouTube channels, and the number of followers on his main channel, HikakinTV, is 10.6 million (04/12/2022).

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HikakinTV

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4. はじめしゃちょー

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Who: Eda Hajime, which is his original name, is from Shizuoka prefecture near Tokyo. 

How Did He Get Famous: He started to upload the videos to fulfill his idea of “doing something for himself,” after heartbreak in high school, and a variety of themes and his good looks got his attention. As he mentioned, he freely posts something that he wants, and the contents of physically demanding and thrilling activities occupy most of his videos.

Followers: He owns two kinds of YouTube channels, and his main channel has 10.1 million (4/12/2022). 

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はじめしゃちょー

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5. Travel Thirsty

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Who: Unknown, but might be a person who is Japanese. (They did not officially disclose their identity.)

How Did They Get Famous: Who feels regret after watching food travel videos? The video introduces mostly Japanese cuisine, including other countries’ cuisines. The video features of the video are non-narrative. Posting videos that just take pictures of the world’s cuisines might have attracted people’s desire to try them as well as their desire to travel around the world during the pandemic. So it has not been a long time since the channel reached over 6 million followers in April 2021. 

Followers: The number of followers is 7.49 million (4/12/2022).

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Travel Thirsty

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Now you got trendy YouTubers! You can use it for learning Japanese, getting a Japanese trend, or just trying to watch them! But anything, you might enjoy the differences between American YouTubers and Japanese YouTubers!

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Writer: Mao Kimura
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(4/14/2022)