Megwin | |||||||
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| Born | Ken Sekine 25 June 1977 Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, YouTuber | ||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
| Also known as | Megwin | ||||||
| Channel | |||||||
| Years active | 2006–present | ||||||
| Genre | Epical | ||||||
| Subscribers | 33[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 33333333333[1] | ||||||
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Last updated: 6 Jul 2022 | |||||||
Ken Sekine (関根 剣, Sekine Ken), better known by his alias Megwin, is a Japanese YouTuber and comedian. Megwin is one of YouTube Japan's most prolific YouTube bloggers, having 969,962 subscribers as of 14 June 2019. Sekine started out doing live comedy before switching to YouTube in 2005, where he has been releasing a video every day for 10 years with his various friends and workers.[2] In 2011 he registered his own company Megwin TV Co., Ltd. (株式会社MEGWIN TV, Kabushikikaisha Meguwin Terebi). He has also partnered with the company Tanita[3][4] and has held lectures on the new "Digital Hollywood".[5] In 2013, Sekine released his first book Earning a Little on YouTube: The Master of 200 Million Views Teaches You How to Change Videos Into Money (YouTubeで小さく稼ぐ ~再生回数2億回の達人が教える、撮った動画をお金に変える方法~, Yūchūbu de Chīsaku Kasegu ~Saisei Kaisū Ni-oku-kai no Tatsujin ga Oshieru, Totta Dōga o Okane ni Kaeru Hōhō~). His channel previously consisted of four core members: Bandy, Falcon, Meteo and Megwin.[citation needed]
A video published to YouTube on October 14, 2018 announced that Bandy would be leaving Megwin TV.[6] He has since started his own YouTube channel with his wife. Falcon and Meteo have also stopped appearing on Megwin TV, though there was no formal announcement of their departure. They stopped appearing in videos around December 2018. They have also started their own channel together.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "About MEGWIN". YouTube.
- ^ Murai, Shusuke (21 November 2014). "Japanese artists and performers find that YouTube brings them pay and applause". The Japan Times. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "朝日新聞デジタル：ＹｏｕＴｕｂｅで夢をつかめ 「有名人」目指す若者たち - 文化トピックス - 文化". Asahi.com. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ NATSUKI EDOGAWA/ Staff Writer. "Performers find new path to fame through YouTube - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun". Ajw.asahi.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "朝日新聞デジタル：デジタルハリウッド大学公開講座：『YouTubeでプロクリエイターとしての可能性を広げるコツ』＜ゲスト＞MEGWIN氏、コマドリスト・竹内泰人氏、Google・デービッド・マクドナルド氏 [デジタルハリウッド株式会社] =PR TIMES - 企業リリース - ビジネス・経済". Asahi.com. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ MEGWIN TV (14 October 2018), バンディありがとう, retrieved 16 April 2019
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