Hiroyuki Nishimura
![Nishimura in 2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Hiroyuki_Nishimura%27s_speech_in_Sapporo_20050831.jpg)
Until February 2013, he was a director of, and advisor to, Niwango, operator of the video-sharing service Nico Nico Douga.
Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015, that he had sold the website to Nishimura. After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, 2ch.sc. Provided by Wikipedia