What Happened To Ryan Higa?

On this special episode of KZbinr News, we return to our series 'What Happened To...?', which looks at once-prominent KZbinrs who have stepped back from the limelight for a variety of reasons. This episode, we look at the face of early KZbin, Ryan Higa. Where is he now? Why did he leave? And most importantly, will he ever return? All will be revealed.
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[@jeosenigelson4684]

NigaHiga is not a slur (or was not intended to be). The word in question means "rant" in Japanese. There is no racism going on there.

[@melongrab1705]

Thanks for clearing that up for us.

[@viniciuschinen1689]

But people u know . So sensitive

[@G4MBIT]

Yeah, looks like this is just another white guy getting offended behalf of another race.

[@Nuva61]

English is not the only language, OK? There are words in other languages that sound like the N word but they're not.

[@Liusila]

Seriously that’s pretty ignorant right?

[@xkaylan1]

One of my favorite OG channels

[@jonahlovelace5224]

id spend hours as a crippled teenager watching nigahiga. ryan got me thru some of the hardest times of my life. miss that dude sm

[@Millduffy]

real

[@CodOfAges]

Glad he's still doing well, wasn't sure if his career had died

[@seesoosaw3070]

Ryan really was the greatest thing to happen to KZbin. I hope he comes back to his main channel one day but as long as he’s happy and content that’s all that matters. He truly is one of the best and so many people miss him as I can only imagine.

[@vitaliy.sergeev1]

Do you think he'll be able to compete with today's algorhitm and Mr Beastification of YT along with endless reaction to TikToks?

[@zarintaslim2575]

@@vitaliy.sergeev1he'll always have a solid dedicated fanbase tho

[@Velour_Rose]

He’s streaming on Twitch all the time if you want to watch him there that’s his preferred platform these days.

[@seesoosaw3070]

@@Velour_Rose yeah I know, I love that for him but idk it’s not the same. I just hope he’s doing what he truly loves and is content with it

[@dronebee]

why does the creator seem jealous

[@jtz3563]

Bc he's yt and ugh-lee

[@profbfc]

@@jtz3563 what did you even say

[@Esqm]

Not understanding the other meaning of NigaHiga reflects this channels research.

[@huhndaking777]

ryan higa is a legend

[@thatguy9585]

Feel like this video was kind of condescending

[@amadandrendunker3766]

AHH I just screamed on the teehee I haven’t heard that in forever. 😭😭😭 WE LOVE YOU RYAN

[@G4MBIT]

Such a shame that we lost creative youtubers like Nigahiga and kids started gravitating towards gamers and vloggers with no creativity whatsoever.

[@viniciuschinen1689]

Casey is a creative vlogger

[@G4MBIT]

@@viniciuschinen1689 Casey is an OG too

[@crabdabs8497]

Plus late night shows and stuff are promoted more heavily than actual youtubers

[@estersanchez6986]

Definitively one of the Best yotubers ever. Such great quality in every video he created.

[@MikeSilv]

I completely forgot that this is where I got “TEEHEE” from! I still say this on a regular basis 😂

[@nathnaeltesfaye8457]

I love coming here instead of seeing this on Snapchat and having an Un-Skippable ad every 30 seconds😭

[@chingalachuga6737]

All ads are skippable on snapchat, just swipe out of it and click back on it, takes less than .01 of a second, totally bypasses the ads. I can only speak for android though

[@Jordan-ok4yb]

I just wish they had comments on snap tbh

[@nathnaeltesfaye8457]

@@Jordan-ok4yb frrr, we could tell everybody

[@thespeedyyoshi]

Nice summary ^^

[@DarknessshadowKGA]

Cryotic! I wanna see why!

[@kylie7780]

Cryaotic and The Late Night Crew's would be great to cover (even though there is some S*xual Harassment)

[@ladyhellscythe445]

this!!

[@Don-C.L.]

Some people from his crew are now working at Geico. I know this because I met one of the crew members.

[@epicmustache4]

Cover Primink next

[@ethanchinery586]

I know him from other streamers and never knew his was this big/ popular. Lol

[@_isabel_3575]

please do FilthyFrank next 👀

[@sujesstionsarmy]

please do marcus butler and community channel

[@jacksonwhitaker9299]

Longer content please 😭😭😭…. Love you tho

[@BS-bq8hx]

Please cover loanthony

[@dannywolf2336]

what happened to Christine Sydelko! or prank vs prank

[@rufiolazan]

Hes on twitch itsryanhiga

[@chi-kun204]

Our Japanese American Idol

[@xDigitalMonster]

He’s on twitch.

[@maxphan6661]

Higatv is his new channel

[@aedus.]

I thought something had happened, not cool!

[@yourally]

He’s not obligated to upload for you. Let the man do his thing.

[@ryanellin469]

Can you cover smosh

[@Bigstinki69]

Ryan

[@Angie-Way]

What happened to Dan Howell surely

[@kyah117]

So, no real news in that video ? ^^'

[@heavenly.mystic]

So sad cuz I forgot their names I just remember the quotes. Lol. " I just took a Benadryl" and " THATS CALLED A HIT AND RUN!"

[@helentaylor6870]

Y’all should do Filthy Frank

[@nintendope8837]

We need to change that lol

[@Ricobaca]

🤔 he never changed channel's name and gave up on it

[@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards]

Cover Mizkif next. Oh wait he's not a youtuber exactly

[@nika_7]

Do the Dolan Twins!

[@nintendope8837]

What happened mam

[@Chloe11Buttons09]

Do LeafyIsHere much more drama

[@manny2248]

What happened to watchmojo?

[@Ricobaca]

Who cares?

[@sarahstyles9960]

Do JACKSGAP Next!!!! And then Marcus Butler and then this lil KZbinr called Dan Howell

[@angehall6742]

Natalie Tran aka Community Channy

[@cheesegromit522]

Cheese 🧀 gromit

[@ofireworko]

Seananners or mr sark?

[@ShantupWOG]

Answer: 2:29

[@HiHi-pe2hs]

"Ohana means family"

[@kurhooni5924]

how useless we don't know why he stopped

[@warvalkyrie2089]

Makemebad35 and his friend Kyle

[@KamuiJTP]

Gabbie Hanna needs to be covered asap.

[@thestarsarewaitingforme592]

Bologna

[@Vbabeszzz]

Trisha Paytas !

[@lalala9337]

2：20 I thought they are parodying BTS.

[@esmondgoh3112]

kind of.. but more of Big Bang if anything. Their stage names are references to Big Bang members' names however all their songs are totally original.

[@Rikoshima]

natalie communitychannel! or lisanova

[@tehsohong]

"NIGAhiga"