The Anime Man
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| Born | Joseph Tetsuro Bizinger 28 September 1994[1] | |||||||||
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| Education | St. Paul's College, University of Sydney | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber, voice actor, rapper, songwriter, podcaster | |||||||||
| Website | theanimeman | |||||||||
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| Also known as | Ikuru Kamijou (神城維来),[3] Ikkuru | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 3.6 million (combined) | |||||||||
| Total views | 509 million (combined) | |||||||||
| Associated acts | Abroad in Japan, Akidearest, CDawgVA, Gigguk, Kaho Shibuya, PewDiePie | |||||||||
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Updated: 1 December 2021 | ||||||||||
Joseph Tetsuro Bizinger (born 28 September 1994), known online as The Anime Man, as well as his stage name Ikuru Kamijou (神城 維来), is a Japanese Australian YouTuber, voice actor, rapper, songwriter and podcaster. His video work focuses on anime, manga, Japanese culture, language and gaming.[4] Bizinger is also known for his interviews with people in the Japanese entertainment industry, such as light novel authors, mangaka and voice actors in anime. As of 23 August 2021, Joey has over 3 million subscribers and over 475 million views on YouTube.[5]
Early life[]
Bizinger was born on 28 September 1994. He is the son of a Japanese mother and an Australian father of German and Hungarian descent. Bizinger's mother wanted to ensure that he would retain his Japanese heritage by exclusively speaking in Japanese to him and showing him various Japanese anime on home video, with Doraemon, Sazae-san and Pokémon being especially prevalent in his early childhood.[3]
At St. Paul's Catholic College in Manly, New South Wales, Bizinger was the only student of Japanese descent in his class and was often asked by his peers if he knew about anime, as the medium was beginning to grow in popularity with teenagers in Australia and around the world. This, alongside a school project to create a website, spurred him to make a website where he reviewed anime. He kept making the reviews even after the project ended, and continued to post the reviews until he attended Sydney University. While studying there, he started to make some YouTube videos to be posted on his website, but eventually decided to switch entirely to the platform.
Bizinger attended the University of Sydney, where he graduated in 2016 with a degree in Computer Design Technology.[6]
Career[]
After graduating from university, Bizinger moved to Japan, where he had originally planned to work in information technology, but by then his YouTube channel had grown so successful that he could work on it full time. He has also done voice acting in video games Grisaia Phantom Trigger and No Straight Roads, as well as a role in the Pop Team Epic anime series.[6]
Bizinger has participated in Animecon events in Finland several times, first in Kuopio in 2017[7] and the following year in Helsinki.[8][9] On 18 December 2019, Bizinger released an album entitled A Picture Frame Full Of Memories under the stage name Ikurru, performing both piano and vocals, with references to his late grandfather Eishiro Suzuki.[10] Bizinger has released 2 full-length albums under Ikurru, two EPs (including a collaborative EP with musician Grey Fox), and four standalone singles as of October 2021.[11] Bizinger sings and raps in both English and Japanese in his music.
On 5 June 2020, Bizinger started a podcast called Trash Taste with Thai-British YouTuber Garnt Maneetapho (Gigguk) and Welsh YouTuber Connor Colquhoun (CDawgVA). The podcast's YouTube channel currently has over 1M subscribers.[12]
Personal life[]
On his father's 56th birthday on 30 April 2016, Bizinger announced his relocation to Japan, and he has lived there since then.[13] On 4 November 2016, he announced that he and fellow YouTuber Akidearest had started dating.
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References[]
- ^ @TheAn1meMan (28 September 2019). "this boi is 25 years old today haha what a loser