Daisuke Hori, a “short sleeper” YouTuber with 70,000 subscribers, has made the bulk of his stream archive private and announced he’ll respond to unauthorized reposting and slander with legal action if necessary. On 5ch’s Geinou/Sports News+ board, posters piled on with skepticism about his sleep claims themselves and questions about why he chose this moment to lock down his archive.
Between August 25 and 26, “Daisuke Hori” (70,000 subscribers) updated his YouTube community posts. Posting under the name of the General Incorporated Association Japan Short Sleeper Development Association, which he heads, he reported that he had made most of his livestream archive private, and laid out a policy of responding to unauthorized reposting and slander with measures including legal action.
Public video count drops from 1,680 to 702
In a notice titled “Notice Regarding the Privatization of Livestream Archives” posted on the 25th, he first explained the situation: “We have confirmed instances of unauthorized reposting and copyright infringement involving footage and images from this channel (including membership-exclusive content) on external social media.” He then reported: “In order to prevent further damage and to consider our response going forward, we have made the bulk of the livestream archive from before August 24 private, with the exception of some streams.”
Well, he's awake and active longer than regular people, so he must get a lot done.
11Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:33:56.55ID:syZWHCUD0
Doing it 'cause staff told him to? Guess he's the type who doesn't want to get his own hands dirty.
12Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:33:59.43ID:VwGR/wPA0
If you're gonna call it 'short,' it should be under 20 minutes. Anything more than that isn't short. Get your sleep down to under 20 minutes — I'm looking forward to that.
13Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:34:02.75ID:VbkVpqKv0
Japanese people see a few people throwing stones and go 'oh, so it's fine to throw stones!' and pile on without even knowing the full story.
Seriously, what is with this garbage national character?
And yet they call themselves "kind," "gentle," "calm" — do they not even know the word "shame"?
83Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:54:14.54ID:LLdcPNpy0
>>13
That's some vicious mudslinging there's no way a Japanese person could pull off.
15Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:34:58.52ID:HXAEGBhM0
So he's basically admitting his own story was a lie, lol
Why hide the videos?
Is it because doctors completely shot him down? lol
And now he's started fighting back using his own little organization.
Go complain to the doctors first.
16Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:34:58.65ID:/z4T/+pw0
Change your title to "Short-Tempered" instead. (a pun on "short sleeper" → "short temper")
17Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:35:00.16ID:2fWSREMY0
As long as he's not lying to make money, I guess it's fine?
18Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:35:03.60ID:erKPcSw20
Is this guy even Japanese? I've never seen a Japanese person tell such a nasty lie.
19Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:35:07.65ID:G39tISnO0
Looks like he's cornered and can't stop being irritable.
20Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:35:13.50ID:nRC/muBw0
I'd honestly like to know how to nap properly to recover from fatigue when work leaves you with little sleep.
21Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:35:16.41ID:eb9I8UH90
It'd be hilarious if he got cast in a commercial for Regain (a famous Japanese energy drink known for its "24-hour fighter" ads).
22Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:35:34.71ID:VwGR/wPA0
Please only do continuous 24-hour streams so clips can't be cut. And make it so viewers can actually verify his sleep time properly.
24Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:36:13.13ID:LrYZDCMr0
Criticizing him with scientific facts counts as obstruction of business, so he should sue everyone!
25Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:36:24.66ID:UcEQEnZI0
If someone copies this guy and causes a traffic accident, he's not gonna take responsibility for it. Just ban this harmful channel already.
27Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:37:59.68ID:erKPcSw20
"Only sleeping 30 minutes" — theory: the number of people who actually believe that is zero.
28Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:38:09.33ID:rKf/3k6K0
Why do these types always run to "it's slander!" the moment things get inconvenient for them?
Don't they ever learn it's pointless — or actually backfires?
29Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:39:22.13ID:JHw/LoSA0
Guess his run as the internet's plaything is finally over.
31Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:39:52.98ID:JHw/LoSA0
Isn't this past the point where we can just laugh it off?
32Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:40:15.82ID:YMR7OPR40
Three hours is half of six, so that seems doable enough.
73Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:50:51.09ID:xfLXEZM40
>>32
Sometimes I game too much and only get 3 hours of sleep, but then I end up passing out during the day, so 3 hours doesn't seem sustainable in practice.
Six hours minimum, really.
33Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:40:28.05ID:mn+fa5Ha0
Guess I'm a short sleeper too, 'cause I'm not sleeping and it's rough~
Aah, I wanna sleep~
35Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:41:04.05ID:VMmTNbdy0
Lack of sleep really does make you short-tempered.
Short-sleeper Mr. Hori is teaching us the importance of sleep firsthand.
36Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:41:27.82ID:OuSTYpQo0
Forget all that, just hurry up and prove the daily 30-minute sleep thing already.
38Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:41:48.52ID:r6E9BFSn0
Hurry up and do a live short-sleep stream already — I'm staying up waiting for it.
40Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:41:51.86ID:KbsjiuqR0
Filing disclosure requests and going to court with no money is a total pipe dream — does he have any idea how much each case costs? lol
41Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:42:03.81ID:Nd/31A3/0
Still no one-week livestream?
61Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:46:26.66ID:Dy7va4su0
>>41
He's gotta do it for at least 3 straight months (90 days), minimum.
47Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:43:34.70ID:Ylq/pfOZ0
Thanks to the short sleeper for personally teaching us it's bad for your mind, body, and wallet — all of it.
51Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:44:17.74ID:bl4dwZjs0
So being a "short sleeper"… is it actually good for anything?
52Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:44:22.05ID:Dy7va4su0
This guy's still sleeping a whole 30 minutes? Kinda soft, isn't it? He should just stay awake the whole time.
53Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:44:43.94ID:cgq/IVGx0
He should just livestream and show the haters he really isn't sleeping — shut them all up for good.
54Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:44:44.68ID:UcEQEnZI0
Membership costs 1,990 yen a month.
What is this, some harmful money-grubbing scheme.
63Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:47:40.98ID:KbsjiuqR0
>>54
Seriously?? lol Even assuming short-sleep were real, what's the actual benefit supposed to be lol
55Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:44:53.08ID:N54hMpZR0
Even though he's ignored death threats this whole time?
62Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:47:23.06ID:SbYcK4h90
Wasn't he spending his non-sleeping hours in the bath? Man, if that's the case, I'd rather just sleep.
78Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:53:07.05ID:phttaUqb0
>>62
Seven hours in the bath, with a futon laid out in the bathroom…
That would be way too perfect.
85Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:54:33.60ID:ScDOftNr0
Still, why couldn't humans, over the course of evolution, shorten sleep — the time when we're at our most defenseless?
90Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 16:57:01.50ID:+JqNSH4i0
>>85
Because in human evolution the brain evolved so much — developing tool use and so on — that the body just couldn't keep up.
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