Junichi Kato (streamer)
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加藤 純一 | ||||||||||
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| Born | 17 August 1985 Tateyama, Japan | |||||||||
| Other names | Unko-chan (うんこちゃん) | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Awa Senior High School | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Streamer, tarento | |||||||||
| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
| Spouse |
Sachiko (m. 2022) | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2020–present | |||||||||
| Followers | 873 thousand | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.28 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.06 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: September 4, 2024 | ||||||||||
Junichi Kato (加藤 純一, Kato Junichi, born 17 August 1985),[2] also known as Unko-chan (うんこちゃん)[3] is a Japanese streamer, YouTuber and tarento.[2] He is mainly active on Niconico (Niconico Live), YouTube, Twitch and Abema. His talent agency is MURASH.[4] He is also the owner of the professional gaming team "Murash Gaming" and the beauty salon "CUT Jun" (CUT純) in Tokyo.
Early life and career
[edit]Kato was born in Tateyama, Chiba.[2]
On 5 July 2009, Kato posted his first Let's Play video on Niconico.[2] At the time of posting "Complete Pokémon video games on 6 screens at once" (ポケモン6画面で一気にクリアしてやんよ)[5] on 12 July, his Niconico's username was "Unko-chan", so he called himself "Unko-chan".
While Kato worked as a health professional, he continued to stream Let's Play videos as Unko-chan. On 2015, Kato announced that his real name is Junichi Kato, and since then he has been active mainly under this name.[6] In the summer of 2016, Kato retired from his job as a health professional to pursue content creation full-time,[7] and he joined MURASH.[8]
On March 12, 2022, he streamed his wedding reception on YouTube and Twitch to a peak audience of 463,646 simultaneous viewers on YouTube and 111,196 on Twitch. The total amount of money donated in the form of Super Chats was 200 million yen (approximately $1.8 million at the 2022 rate) on YouTube, achieving first place in the overall Super Chat ranking for the year.[9]
He established the professional gaming team "Murash Gaming" in November. In January of the following year, members officially signed contracts for the Valorant and Super Smash Bros. divisions. As of 2024, the team is actively operating in three divisions, including Street Fighter 6.[10]
On October 18, 2023, he announced that he would be opening Beauty Salon "CUT Jun" using the 13 million yen he earned from the payout from horse racing, and it opened in Tokyo on January 4 the following year.[11]
He took part in the 2024 Kings World Cup as the chairperson of "Murash FC." Despite lacking prior soccer experience, he made the decision to enter the Kings League for the first time, representing Japan, after receiving a direct offer from Gerard Piqué[12][13]
Personal life
[edit]On September 12, 2024, Kato was photographed in the front row seats of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles with a woman who was alleged to be the pornographic actress Ai Hongo. Kato admitted on a Twitch stream the next day that he went on a trip with Hongo to see Shohei Ohtani play, but explained that it was done with his wife's knowledge and permission while maintaining he did not have sexual relations with Hongo. Kato's wife Sachiko appeared on stream and corroborated the story, saying that she trusts Kato.[14]
Hongo released a video on YouTube on September 15 admitting that she and Kato had been dating. She said Kato had told her he had divorced his wife, and so Hongo did not know that she was having an affair.[15] Kato then confessed that he had been cheating, and he did it "because [he] wanted to".[16] He and his wife had been living separately, but they are not divorced.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About jun channel". YouTube.
- ^ a b c d "加藤純一(かとうじゅんいち)". 株式会社 MURASH. Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "うんこちゃんこと『加藤純一』ゲーム実況で大人気の生主が登場！＆『オワリカラ』話題のサイケデリックバン..." ニコニコ生放送. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "加藤純一(かとうじゅんいち) | 株式会社 MURASH" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ ポケモン６画面で一気にクリアしてやんよ 実況プレイpart1 (in Japanese), 14 April 2010, retrieved 2019-05-11
- ^ 【伝説の神回】うんこちゃん本名を発表する (in Japanese), 13 March 2015, retrieved 2019-05-11
- ^ 加藤純一/うんこちゃん 切り抜き集 (2017-08-06), 【うんこちゃん】「病院勤務を辞める」と報告した枠【2016/04/27】, retrieved 2019-05-11
- ^ 加藤純一/うんこちゃん 切り抜き集 (2017-08-12), 【うんこちゃん】所属事務所の社長「じゃる」の良さについて熱く語る【2016/05/20】, retrieved 2019-05-11
- ^ Kennedy, Mark (2022-03-21). "YouTuber Sets Chat Donation World Record by Live Streaming Wedding". Japan Insider. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "MURASH GAMING | by Junichi Kato". MURASH GAMING official unofficila website (in Japanese). 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ jun channel (2023-10-18). 美容室CUT純、開店. Retrieved 2024-05-30 – via YouTube.
- ^ "¡La Kings League se expande por el mundo! Japón y Arabia Saudí se unen a la Kings World Cup". MARCA (in Spanish). 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "配信者・加藤純一の心意気。キングス・ワールドカップ「やるからには一つでも勝つ。エンタメの部分は僕が頑張る！」 | Goal.com 日本". www.goal.com (in Japanese). 2024-05-01. Archived from the original on 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "人気配信者・加藤純一 セクシー女優と生観戦は認める→不倫疑惑に妻登場「ごめんね」謝罪". ライブドアニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "加藤純一と不倫疑惑の女優・本郷愛 「離婚している」と言われて…「不倫の認識なかった」". ライブドアニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "加藤純一、不倫認める「バカがウソついて不倫したのよ」「肩の荷が下りた」". ライブドアニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "本郷愛 披露宴で2億稼いだ超有名配信者との不倫釈明「既に離婚」と聞いていた→実際には婚姻継続中". ライブドアニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
External links
[edit]- 加藤 純一 (業務提携) - MURASH
- Junichi Kato on Twitter
- jun channel's channel on YouTube
- UNKちゃんねる's channel on Niconico
- ねもうすちゃんねる's community on Niconico
- Junichi Kato on TwitCasting
- Junichi Kato on OPENREC.tv
- Junichi Kato on Twitch
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