Hikakin

About

Hikaru Kaihatsu (Japanese: 開發 光, Hepburn: Kaihatsu Hikaru; born April 21, 1989), professionally known as Hikakin (Japanese: ヒカキン), is a Japanese YouTuber, beatboxer, and businessman who is the co-founder and supreme advisor of Uuum, a Japanese multi-channel network and serves as co-CEO and Chief creative officer of Bee, a Japanese company he established. He is also a member of the Japanese music group Hikakin & Seikin. His popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage has made him one of the most prominent online personalities and content creators in Japan, and he has been portrayed in the media as a pioneer of YouTubers in Japan.
Born and raised in Myōkō City, Niigata Prefecture, Hikakin opened his YouTube channel “Hikakin” in 2006, where he mainly posted beatboxing videos. In 2010, he posted “Super Mario Beatbox”, a beatbox medley of background music from Super Mario Bros., which garnered over a million views within a week. In 2012, he quit the supermarket job he held to focus on his activities on his YouTube channel. In 2015, he began producing music with the song “YouTube Theme Song”, which he co-wrote with his brother Seikin, and in November of the same year, his channel…