In Hiroyuki's '4chan Acquisition', Hiroyuki paid 100 million yen, Hiroyuki's company paid 600 million yen, and Good Smile Company paid 300 million yen.



4chan, an online bulletin board that has gained great popularity in the English-speaking world, was

acquired in 2015 by Mr. Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of 2channel (now called 5channel). It turns out that the Japanese figure maker 'Good Smile Company' was also involved in this acquisition transaction, but a new $ 800,000 (about 100 million yen) from Mr. Hiroyuki's individual, from a company owned by Mr. Hiroyuki It became clear that 4.8 million dollars (about 640 million yen) and 2.4 million dollars (about 320 million yen) from the Good Smile Company were invested in 4chan.

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4chan is an online bulletin board developed based on the image-based Japanese online bulletin board Futaba Channel, where users can anonymously post images and text. Below is an example of a conversation actually exchanged on 4chan. You can see that most users post images and sentences under the name 'Anonymous'. In this way, 4chan is a platform where you can enjoy communication anonymously, but there is also the problem that many hate speeches and radical remarks are posted due to the high anonymity. In addition, when a shooting incident occurred in New York State in 2022, the Attorney General and Governor of New York State announced a report that ``the criminal had obtained misinformation leading to black hatred on 4chan.'' , Public institutions are beginning to point out that there are many posts on 4chan that could lead to crime.



4chan was founded by Christopher Poole, who announced in 2015 that he was leaving the company. Hiroyuki buys 4chan. It was reported in 2022 that the major figure maker Good Smile Company was involved in this acquisition. In this report, journalist Justin Lin said, ``Dwango Mirai Search Brazil Hiroyuki has signed a confidentiality agreement to protect the confidentiality of 'consideration of M&A on 4chan,' and the person in charge of the transaction is Good Smile. The company's CEO Takanori Aki's name was listed' and information such as 'Good Smile Company owns a part of 4chan' was revealed.

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Mr. Lynn was informed in a disclosure request for information being investigated by the State of New York in connection with the aforementioned shooting in New York State. Even after the above report, Mr. Lin continued to request information from the state of New York, and in 2023, new information was disclosed by the state of New York.

According to the disclosed information, in the 4chan acquisition transaction in 2015, Hiroyuki personally received $ 800,000 (about 100 million yen), Hiroyuki's company owned $ 4.8 million (about 640 million yen), Good Smile Company 2.4 million dollars (about 320 million yen) was paid. The deal reportedly gave Good Smile Company a 30% stake in 4chan.



In an interview with Shueisha Online in 2022, Hiroyuki admitted that Good Smile Company CEO Takanori Aki was involved in the 4chan acquisition transaction. In addition, Hiroyuki also reveals that Good Smile Company intends to leave 4chan's management.

――It was reported that figure maker Good Smile Company was also involved in the acquisition.

I agree. When I was working on the overseas version of Nico Nico Douga, I used to meet Mr. Aki (President Takanori Aki) of Good Smile Company every time I went to overseas anime-related events. I go to such an event once every two months, and I meet Mr. Aki every time. We hadn't met much in Japan, but that's how we became friends, and 4chan was the same flow.

However, Good Smile Company is already moving in the direction of exiting.



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