A profiles Hiroyuki Nishimura, who created one of Japan’s leading websites from his dorm room at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.
Calling him “the most influential figure on the Japanese Web,” the article goes on to say:
Nishimura is a folk hero and role model. (In Japan he’s referred to solely by his first name, a privilege afforded only to top-tier pop stars and TV heartthrobs.) […]
He created the simple bulletin board system nine years ago as an exchange student at the University of Central Arkansas. “I was bored,” he says. “I made it to kill time.”
