Nigahiga

2012-01-14T03:43:40Z

Muppet321: /* Content */

{{pp-semi-blp|expiry=May 1, 2012|small=yes}}
{{infobox weblog
|image = Ryan Higa 10.jpg
|imagesize = 69px
|caption = Ryan Higa in 2010
| othernames =
| known = {{unbulleted list|"Off the Pill" series|"Dear Ryan" series|"How to be" series|Advertisement spoofs series|"Movies in Minutes" series|"Skitzo" series|''Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure''|''Agents of Secret Stuff''}}
| author = {{unbulleted list|Ryan Higa|Sean Fujiyoshi}}
| years = July 20, 2006–present
| website = [http://www.youtube.com/nigahiga Official YouTube Channel]
[http://higatv.com/ official website]
}}

'''Nigahiga''' is a popular [[YouTube]] channel created by [[Japanese-American]] Ryan Higa (born {{Birth date and age|1990|06|06}} in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=HIGAtv.com: About|url=http://www.higatv.com/about.php|publisher=HigaTv Productions|accessdate=December 29, 2011}}</ref> Since relocating to Las Vegas to study filmmaking at [[UNLV]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/05/25/sports/local_sports/sports04.txt |title=from archives > hi1,500 |publisher=West Hawaii Today |date=May 25, 2008 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> Higa's videos are either solo efforts or videos with other people such as [[KevJumba]].<ref>{{cite web|author=AsianWeek |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/17/daily-dose-111708/ |title=Just another WordPress site |publisher=AsianWeek |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> They are known for their [[YouTube]] comedy videos, which have been viewed over 1.05 billion times.<ref name="Youtube views page">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/user/nigahiga|title=nigahiga's Channel|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=January 2, 2012}}</ref> As of January 2012, Higa's YouTube channel, nigahiga, has over 4.9 million subscribers, and is the second most subscribed YouTube channel of all time, surpassed only by [[Ray William Johnson|RayWilliamJohnson]].

==Content==
Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi started posting [[YouTube]] videos of themselves [[lip-synch]]ing to songs in mid 2006 while attending [[Waiakea High School]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Hilo teens become a Web video sensation. Higa and Fujiyoshi have made numerous amounts of videos like rants, lip singing, and short films | url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jul/27/il/hawaii807270330.html | publisher = The Honolulu Advertiser | date = July 27, 2008 | accessdate = August 21, 2009}}</ref> They quickly expanded beyond songs, with a variety of other comedic pieces. Occasional guest appearances are made by Tim Enos, Ryan Villaruel, Kyle Chun, and Tarynn Nago, collectively known as the "Yabo Crew".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/01/11/features/screentime.html |title=starbulletin.com | Features | /2008/01/11/ |publisher=Archives.starbulletin.com |date=January 11, 2008 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>

On Christmas Eve of 2008, Higa and Fujiyoshi's two most popular videos, ''How To Be Gangster'' and ''How To Be Emo'', were removed due to copyright violations.<ref name="copyrighted">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCTAqdDfL58&feature=player_embedded|title=Copyrighted|last=Higa|first=Ryan|date=February 23, 2009|publisher=[[YouTube]]|'''accessdate=December 11, 2009}}</ref> On January 21, 2009, the nigahiga account was temporarily suspended and was required to remove more copyrighted videos. Because of this, nigahiga's lip synching videos were all removed (with the exception of ''You're Beautiful'', which was audio swapped)<ref name="yourebeautiful">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhlvZuwl_pc|title=You're Beautiful|last=Higa|first=Ryan|date=June 27, 2008|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=November 29, 2009}}</ref>, and so were most of his videos that include copyrighted music. As of now, all the music that is being played in nigahiga's videos is music Higa composed himself. ''How to be Gangster'' and ''How to be Emo'' were put back on nigahiga's channel in late August 2009, only to be removed a few days later, along with ''How to be Ninja'' and ''How to be Nerd''. In Spring 2010, ''How to be Ninja'', ''How to be Gangster'' and ''How to be Emo'' were made public once more.<ref name="uploads">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/user/nigahiga?blend=1&ob=4#g/u|title=Uploads|last=Higa|first=Ryan|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}</ref> He created a second channel recently, where he posts video blogs and behind the scenes movies. His second account is under the name of "HigaTV".

Due to Ryan Higa moving to Los Angeles for college, most of the Nigahiga videos are solo efforts, usually featuring collaborations with other YouTube users. However, the other members of the Yabo crew have made appearances whenever Higa visits Hawaii.

===Films===

In 2008, Los Angeles producer Richard Van Vleet offered to help them create their first feature-length film. The resulting film, ''Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure'', was directed by [[Richard Van Vleet]] and released on November 14, 2008.<ref name="imbdmovie">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270113/|title=Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure|publisher=[[imbd]]|accessdate=November 15, 2009}}</ref><ref name="zap2it">{{cite web|url=http://movies.zap2it.com/movies/ryan-and-seans-not-so-excellent-adventure/190268|title=Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure|publisher=zap2it.com|accessdate=November 15, 2009}}</ref> It was shown in sold out theaters in [[Hawaii]] and [[California]].{{citation needed|date=April 2011}}<ref name="Herald">{{cite web|author=Associated Press |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=249477 |title=YouTube was very good to this pair |publisher=Daily Herald |date= |accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref> The DVD was released on July 14, 2009 in the USA.<ref name="amazonDVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00208EXN0|title=Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure (2008)|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=November 15, 2009}}</ref>

''Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure'' is about a down on his luck movie producer, played by [[Michael Buckley (Internet celebrity)|Michael Buckley]], who is seeking out famous [[celebrities]] in order to make a hit movie in 30 days or risk being fired. He chooses Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi after discovering the popularity of their YouTube videos. He invites them to [[Hollywood]] to make a movie. They accept the offer, and run into some amusing situations on the way.<ref name="adventureplot">{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/movies/ryan-and-seans-not-so-excellent-adventure/68012|title=Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure|publisher=infoplease.com|accessdate=November 15, 2009}}</ref>

''Ninja Melk'', a 26 minute short film about ninjas, was released in August 2009. The plot revolves around a ninja master named Master Ching Ching sending his student Lapchung (played by Bryson Murata) to find a replacement, finding Ryan and Sean to catch the evil Bokchoy (played by Tim Enos) and his henchwoman, Gina (played by Tarynn Nago).<ref name="ninjamelk">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIz3cb_igD4|title=Ninja Melk|last=Higa|first=Ryan|coauthors=Fujiyoshi, Sean|date=August 24, 2009|work=Video|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=November 29, 2009}}</ref>

A new independent 35 minute film he created with [[Wong Fu Productions]] called "Agents of Secret Stuff" was uploaded on Ryan's channel on November 24, 2010. It features some other popular YouTube users as well as actors such as [[Aki Aleong]]. "Agents of Secret Stuff" is about a teenage A.S.S. ('''A'''gent of '''S'''ecret '''S'''tuff) (Higa) who is sent undercover to a high school to protect one of the students, a girl named Taylor ([[Arden Cho]]) from the A.S.S.'s enemy, the S.I.N.S ('''S'''ociety '''I'''nvolving '''N'''ot-So-Good '''S'''tuff). It included guest appearances from Ian and Anthony of [[Smosh]], [[Dominic Sandoval|D-Trix]], [[Kassem G]] and Hiimrawn.

Ryan Higa's and Sean Fujiyoshi's YouTube channel, nigahiga, was created on July 20, 2006. By December 21, 2010, it had reached 3,000,000 subscribers, the first channel to do so.<ref name="HA">{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jul/27/il/hawaii807270330.html |title=Hilo teens become a Web video sensation | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper |publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=July 27, 2008 |accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref> By January 2012, their videos had been viewed over 1.059 billion times.<ref>{{cite web|author=nigahiga|url=http://www.youtube.com/nigahiga |title=nigahiga's YouTube channel |date= |accessdate=January 2, 2012}}</ref>

==Videography==
<ref name="uploads"/>
{{multicol}}

;Advertisement spoofs
*''The iPod Human''
*''The ShamWOOHOO!''
*''ChildrensBop!''
*''The Portobello Mushroom Burger''
*''The Big Bouncing Inflatable Green Ball!''
*''Hook on Fonik''
*''I broke my Nexus One!''
*''The Snuggo''
*''The iNavigator''
*''TEEHEE Band''
*''Hard And Black Realistic But Not Real Gun''

;Dear Ryan
*''Dear Ryan - Defeating a Ninja''
*''Dear Ryan - Superhero''
*''Dear Ryan - Makeup Guru''
*''Dear Ryan - Basketball-Tubing Weather Lamp''
*''Dear Ryan - Are you a liar?''
*''Dear Ryan - Extreme''
*''Dear Ryan - Epic Meal Time''

;"How to be" series
*''How to be Ninja''
*''How to be Gangster''
*''How to be Emo''
*''How to be Nerd'' (private)
*''How to be UFC Fighter'' (private)
*''How to be at the Premiere''
*''How to be a YouTube Celebrity''

;Lip-synced songs
*''[[You're Beautiful]]'' (audio swapped, replaced with [[Bring Me To Life]])
*''[[Circle Circle Dot Dot]]'' (private)
*''I'm a Gangster'' (private)
*''[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]'' (private)
*''[[Fergalicious]]'' (private)
*''Savin' Me'' (private)
*''My Heart Will Go On'' (private)
*''Destiny's Angels'' (private)
*''Milk and Cereal'' (private)
*''Numa Numa'' (private)
*''Irreplaceable'' (private)
*''London Bridges'' (private)
*''Barbie Girl'' (private)
*''I Love Them Hoes'' (private)
*''Promiscuous'' (private)
*''I Just Want You To Know'' (private)
*''Sukiyaki'' (private)

;Movies in Minutes series
*''Movies In Minutes - [[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
*''Movies In Minutes - [[The Grudge]]''
*''Movies In Minutes - [[Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight]]''
*''Movies In Minutes - [[Harry Potter]]''
*''Movies In Minutes - [[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
*''Movies In Minutes - Transformers: Revenge of the Household Objects''
*''Movies In Minutes - Saw 12''
*''Movies In Minutes - New Moon'' ([[The Twilight Saga: New Moon|Twilight: New Moon]])
*''Movies In Minutes - [[The Social Network|Facebook the Movie]]''
*''Movies In Minutes - [[Final Destination]]''
{{multicol-break}}

;Nigahiga songs
*''Asian Boy - Yank Dat Cameltoe''
*''Sorry Fans, Blame My ADD'' (Sorry, Blame it on Me)
*''So Damn Stupid!'' (YAHHH!)
*''Asian Boy - I Miss You Soulja Boy'' (Better in Time)
*''The Ninja Glare'' (In the Ayer)
*''Tweet Whore''
*''I'm a Chingstah!'' (I'm a Gangster)
*''Like a Good Boy'' (Like A G6)
*''Shed a Tear'' (Rocketeer) (featuring [[Chester See]] and [[KevJumba]])
*''I'm Hardcore'' (featuring [[David Choi]] and [[JR Aquino]])
*''Nice Guys'' (featuring [[Chester See]] and [[KevJumba]])
*''Christmas Swag'' (featuring [[Dominic Sandoval|D-Trix]])

;Best Crew
*''Best Dance Crew'' (Ft [[Victor Kim]], [[Quest Crew]])
*''BEST CREW vs [[Poreotics|POREOTICS]]''
*''BEST CREW -The Audition'' (Ft Pacman and Moon from [[I.aM.mE]])

;[[Ninja Melk]]
*''Ninja Melk Preview''
*''Ninja Melk Trailer''
*''Ninja Melk''

;Off the Pill
*''Off The Pill - Stink People''
*''Off The Pill - Farts''
*''Off The Pill - Nosy People''
*''Off The Pill - 2009''
*''Off The Pill - [[Justin Bieber|BIEBER FEVER]]''
*''Off The Pill - Weird People''
*''Off The Pill - [[Rebecca Black]] ([[Friday (Rebecca Black song)|Friday]])''
*''Off The Pill - Arrogant People''
*''Off the Pill - Feminist''
*''Off the Pill - Dancing''
*''Off the Pill - Christmas Spirit''

;Rants
*''Ranting about Music'' (private)
*''Rant on Liars'' (private)
*''Rant on Comments'' (private)
*''Rant on Nosy People'' (private)
*''Rant on Stink People'' (private)
*''Rant on ADD'' (private)
*''Violence'' (private)
*''Rant on Asian Dramas''
*''Rant on Music (Remade)''
*''2012: End of the World''

;Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure
*''The Super Secret!''
*''Ryan and Sean's NSEA''

;Skitzo
*''Skitzo - Introductions''
*''Skitzo - The Halloween Story''
*''Skitzo - The PSA''
*''Skitzo - Valentine's Day''
*''Skitzo - [[Despicable Me]]''
*''Skitzo - Reunited''

;TV Program Spoofs
*''Mind Geek'' (Mind Freak) (private)
*''House''
*''Dude vs. Wild – The Desert'' (Man vs. Wild)

;The Ryan Higa Show
*''The Ryan Higa Show: Helga Fawntinilla'' (private)
*''The Ryan Higa Show: [[Milo Ventimiglia]]''
{{multicol-break}}

;Word of the Day
*''Word of the Day – [[Pwned]]''
*''Word of the Day – [[Bromance]]'' (featuring [[Jay Park]])

;Agents of Secret Stuff
*''NEW NIGAHIGA MOVIE (TEASER)''
*''Agents of Secret Stuff Trailer (Official)''
*''Agents of Secret Stuff''

;Million Subscribers Celebrations
*''1,000,000 Subscribers''
*''2,000,000 Subscribers!''
*''3,000,000 Subscribers!''
*''4,000,000 Subscribers!''

;Fundraisers
*''[[2011 Japan earthquake|Honk For Japan]]''

;Daily Life of
*''Daily Life of [[Justin Bieber|Rustin Hieber]]''
*''Daily Life of NinjaHinja''
*''Daily Life of a Basketballer''

;HigaTV
*''[[Australia]] Trip''
*''Freedumb''
*''Nice Guys (BEHIND THE SCENES)''
*''Tag Your Green!''
*''[[Canada]] Trip''
*''4 Guys 1 Car'' (Original) (removed)
*''4 Guys 1 Car'' (Remade)
*''Vidcon and ISA''
*''Marley and Me''
*''Sole Mate (freestyle)''
*''ISA Trailer''
*''YTF in Hawaii''

;Other
*''Adjusting the Sails'' (private)
*''The Number 21'' (private)
*''Beautiful Girls [Ghetto Style]'' (private)
*''Munky Tag'' (private)
*''The Stalking Mangina Preview''
*''Subliminal Messaging'' (private)
*''Hilo Puppets''
*''Romantic Valentines Day Story''
*''Vote for REVO''
*''A Message to All Haters''
*''Sean Returns!''
*''YouTube Live – WTH is a VLog''
*''[[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgving]] Campaign'' (removed)
*''Copyrighted''
*''Nigahiga Tee-Shirts'' (private)
*''Why Chris Brown Beat Rihanna''
*''Will Ferrell Calling me out?'' (private)
*''I wanna play a game'' (private)
*''Braces?!'' (private)
*''Things I Like'' (private)
*''REVO'' (private)
*''sponsored'' (private)
*''5 Nigahiga facts'' (private)
*''Asians Wrestle'' (private)
*''FedUp''
*''[[Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton|Royal Wedding]] Reaction Video''
*''The Announcement''
*''Clubs Sicken Me!''
*''That Awkward Moment When''
*''YTF''
*''Things that Ruin [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]''
{{multicol-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
* Official Site [http://www.HigaTV.com www.HigaTV.com]
* {{YouTube|user=nigahiga|nigahiga}}
* [http://www.ryanandseansmovie.com/ Official homepage of ''Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure'']
*{{imdb title|1270113|Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure}}

{{s-start}}
{{s-hon}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Fred Figglehorn|Fred]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Most subscribed channel on [[YouTube]] | years = August 2009—June 2011}}
{{s-aft | after = [[Ray William Johnson|RayWilliamJohnson]]}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Ray William Johnson|RayWilliamJohnson]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Top Subscribed Channel on [[YouTube]] | years = nigahiga<br/>Ranked second as of January 2012}}
{{s-aft | after = [[smosh]]}}
{{s-end}}

[[Category:American Internet personalities]]
[[Category:Internet memes]]

[[da:Nigahiga]]
[[eo:Nigahiga]]
[[fr:Nigahiga]]
[[ja:ライアン・ヒガ]]
[[fi:Nigahiga]]
[[sv:Nigahiga]]
[[zh:NigaHiga]]

Wikipedia - Benutzerbeiträge [de]

Nigahiga