What entertaintment YouTube channels would you suggest?

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1. I watch sushi ramen riku lmao he does some stupid shit. Think mr beast but more diy and more immature

2. [料理研究家リュウジのバズレシピ](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B8%E3%81%AE%E3%83%90%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%94) – Cooking channel, pretty easy cause he demonstrates what hes saying.

   [クレイジーアフロ[RPG系YouTuber]](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVxO4rJ7xT2bUcsILyWYK-g/videos) – A guy who really likes RPGs does top 5-10 type lists or on very specific character tropes

   [YUYUの日本語Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dWfySP_cKDMFj6aFfQbFA/videos) – Podcast aimed at learners, but it feels less stilted than other learner geared stuff

   [PDRさん](https://www.youtube.com/c/PDRKabushikigaisha/videos) – Dude who reacts to memes, news, etc. He’s half Japanese and speaks English so a lot of his videos are subbed too if you need to check your listening skills.

   [サービス終了ゲームまとめ【しんちゃんカンパニー】](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_RNg8FqmS-5fZC-oghWd-A/videos) – Talks about gacha games, why they ended service, reviews and like.

3. I really like [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4MN7RAV-KCWzb2-yiUkFAA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4MN7RAV-KCWzb2-yiUkFAA) but he does not talk that much, and i find it quite hard to understand what he is saying.

4. Hanae Natsuki’s channel – he plays a lot of video games, mostly horror or jump scare ones, but it’s entertaining to watch 😊

   https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3C3YOGFjn7Pq3lOCeUFHfg

   (He’s also a pretty popular voice actor)

5. Loving all of these! Thanks for suggesting them. As an addon, can people suggest more podcasts? Particular Japanese Language or Gaming podcasts in JP on YouTube? I want something for a hour I can have on in the background.

6. I watch Dogen.

   He makes comedy videos in Japanese.

7. Not especially entertaining , but I like the dude’s energy and attitude :

   https://youtube.com/channel/UCOUu8YlbaPz0W2TyFTZHvjA

   For tech enthusiasts, i like theses channels:

   https://youtube.com/channel/UC9WJo5ZJVXMZiA5XV2jLx5Q

   https://youtube.com/channel/UCciskS4OdAeAc6gt50o30dg

   https://youtube.com/c/sumasapo

   If you are a Nintendo fan :

   https://youtube.com/user/kentworldg

   For short comic content :

   https://youtube.com/c/%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B

   https://youtube.com/channel/UCXnR8M-dJrrldyUJ0UuP1QA

   And of course ひろゆき if you don’t know :

   https://youtube.com/c/hiroyukix

8. If you’re into hip-hop, check out 凱旋, 戦極, or アドレナリンチャネル! They host rap battles that’re entertaining to watch. Yo!晋平太だぜバトル解説 and ヒプリア are also good accompanying channels as they explain the lyrics of some of the videos.

9. はじめしゃちょー and はじめしゃちょーの畑 are my daily watch channels

10. I occasionally watch [NewsPicks](https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsPicksOriginals), which has a variety of guests on to discuss various societal issues, as well as lots of different business experts to discuss their work and life perspectives. It is definitely for upper intermediate and advanced learners, as it is aimed at native speakers.

11. I’ll just drop these here, most of them are comedy and variety centric.
    They are probably fairly advanced but they are my favorite channels:
    [さまぁ〜ずチャンネル](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GWh7Q2EbFMq3kqSSjNFRw)
    [マフィア梶田と中村悠一の「わしゃがなTV」](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E6%A2%B6%E7%94%B0%E3%81%A8%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E6%82%A0%E4%B8%80%E3%81%AE-%E3%82%8F%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AATV)
    [よゐこチャンネル] (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRYWF2XsVvwvSqMrK4FXz3g)
    [ざっくりYouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCANr15MC0s7bi4cxtDd1Gtg)

12. if you like games i would recommend PECO, who plays a lot of nintendo games or if you like music i recommend ななもり/nanamori

13. I’m not sure at what level you are rn, but I love Jarujaru Tower and would love for the western audience to get to know them

    [https://youtu.be/XC40Vw4quJw](https://youtu.be/XC40Vw4quJw)

    There’s another channel of a guy who imitates Snape’s voice in Japanese and plays Among Us with other Harry Potter voice imitators(?)

    It’s hilarious. I’d recommend starting from these three
    https://youtu.be/XH0YsUbDWls
    https://youtu.be/MXGxX5P4Geo
    https://youtu.be/DGNJ4CR3wmk

14. https://youtube.com/channel/UCnRxPG6oAvnPK42hTx-Ou-w

    Day and events in the life of a single fsther who’s taking care of 2 children. And i’m also watching to support him

15. Sora the troll is underrated for this

    Give him a shot lmao

16. [【素潜り漁師】マサル Masaru](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxx8JDiilyNt9DXPlvxwmw)

    Might not be for everyone one but he catches various sea foods, guts and prepares them and all his videos have English subtitles.

17. If you like linguistics, I must recommend [ゆる言語学ラジオ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpkIzF3xFzhPez7gXOyhVg?app=desktop).

18. [E ve](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUXfRsEIJ9xO1DT7TbEWksw) makes good music, less bubbly than a lot of J-pop. Most of his music videos have on-screen Japanese subtitles to help with reading comp.

19. I can personally recommend Vtubers. They’re solid entertainment.

20. You could jump down the vtuber rabbit hole. Plenty of channels to choose from. It’s mostly gaming, but there’s lots of other content like cooking, reading, asmr, drawing, etc.

21. Fischer’s is good for all-around content! They play games, do sports, sing/dance, eat, visit places around Japan, etc.
    https://youtube.com/c/MASAIandHamzael

    Also they have a series where they avoid saying words that are borrowed from English and whoever loses first gets punished lol
    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjTvZmPcuetn9pnNH3tamNqTY1VTm7aRi

22. Sora the troll, mostly an English channel but he was a japanese teacher and tells stories in a skit kind of way about it. Give it a try but it’s not a serious channel

23. My interests lie mostly in gaming, so skip to the end if that’s not your thing:

    **Gaming:**

    [SANNINSHOW](https://www.youtube.com/c/sanninshow) – 3 guys that game and occasionally do chat videos. Sometimes it’ll just be one or two of them. Games range from competitive stuff like Apex and Valorant to chill single player games like Kirby.

    [花江夏樹](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cTYYYLOHmw) – Natsuki Hanae’s channel. Usually involves other people playing games with him and generally being boisterous. Lot’s of party games and goofy stuff.

    [渋谷ハル](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SiUG2A-ZpI) – Super good Apex player.

    [心霊バスターズ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4M1CEZhUREeDr-Buof_9Q/videos) – Does single player games, and does them in sequences without skipping around between games.

    [2Bro Radio](https://www.youtube.com/user/norunine) – A lot of Apex and Dead by Daylight. Some singleplayer stuff like Dying Light. Also occasional podcasts.

    Channels of Guilty Gear players – [Jiro](https://www.youtube.com/c/jirokakuchannel/videos), [Nage](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTwPjElTtULMosGdilaewQ), [Yuu](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCML2NcPY8nYwVDo_B9L4riw), [Kazunoko](https://www.youtube.com/c/KazunokoChannel/videos), [RF](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5g2Y4Jkk_an4staoAvW6g). RF also plays a lot of KOF, and Kazunoko plays tons of fighting games.

    **Vtubers, there’s a bunch of good ones. Here’s a few that I particularly enjoy watching lately:**

    [Pikamee](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E5%A4%A9%E9%87%8E%E3%83%94%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A3Pikamee) – She’s super goofy and generally just has positive vibes. She does almost 50/50 Japanese and English, which makes her stream nice when I don’t want to focus at all since there’s almost always context for whatever she’s talking about.

    [Okayu](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvaTdHTWBGv3MKj3KVqJVCw) – Low, mellow voice. Mellow vibes all-around. Great chill out stream most of the time.

    [Korone](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChAnqc_AY5_I3Px5dig3X1Q) – She’s a weirdo. Does little skits at the end of most stream that involve torturing a little MS Paint avatar of the listeners. She plays a lot of retro and off-beat games.

    [Suisei,](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5CwaMl1eIgY8h02uZw7u8A) [Towa,](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1uv2Oq6kNxgATlCiez59hw) and [Aqua](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1opHUrw8rvnsadT-iGp7Cg) – These three have played a lot of Apex, including getting together to do a Vtuber tournament where they did well. Aqua’s particularly skilled at the game.

    [Botan](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKD-uaobj9jiqB-VXt71mA/videos) – Well known for laughing maniacally while playing Trials with the shopping cart and being good at a bunch of FPS games.

    **Not-gaming:**

    [FermiLab](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-1iYGHfR43q_b974vUNYg) – Narrated comics telling short stories. They’re cool.

    [History Animation Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjKCqMq8GZHJN47Xx3pUYyQ) – Exactly what it says on the tin.

    [SushiRamen](https://www.youtube.com/c/SUSHIRAMEN-Riku1) – They/he builds wacky contraptions and generally goof around. There’s also a number of videos of Riku playing elaborate pranks on his family.

    [きまぐれクック](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AD%E3%81%93) – Cooking with lots of talking about what he’s doing. Focuses mostly on fish and seafood. A bunch of them also involve going out to a market and finding cool fish to cook.

    **Almost no actual Japanese but still entertaining:**

    [もりもり](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E3%82%82%E3%82%8A%E3%82%82%E3%82%8A) – Mostly meme videos syncing songs to videos of people dancing or doing dance-like stuff.

    [からめる](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B) – Silly short animations that are basically distilled non-sequitur.

24. Recently found this [this channel](https://youtube.com/channel/UCYkW8AbG82KUsh8zGWARriA) through recommendations. He has a nice sense of humour while cooking

25. Following question: Do y’all know any Japanese equivalent of breadtube? Am actually Japanese but I don’t really watch JP YT because usually they are horribly unpleasant aesthetically and politically…

26. Virtual YouTubers from Nijisanji and Hololive. Content depends on the streamer and may range from video games, to singing, to movie watchalongs, to language teaching, and etc.

27. オード是非 is my favourite. It’s short and has a bit of text at the beginning that you can pause and read through that sets context for the bit. Very user friendly.

28. I recommend ことラボりょ if you like linguistics and stuff. He’s like a Japanese Vsauce but only focus on linguistics. His contents are a bit difficult but he talks slowly and clearly so if you don’t understand you can pause and look stuff up.

29. I’m surprised no one mentioned Peeping Life. It is hilarious and the conversations are very realistic in speech and pace.