Streamer Daisuke Hori, who bills himself as a “short sleeper,” has been running a continuous broadcast since September 9, streaming his daily life 24/7. Scenes where he appeared to be sleeping repeatedly became a hot topic, and during a bathing scene on September 15 he accidentally exposed his lower body on camera, forcing him to cut the stream and apologize. Commenting on the incident on his radio show, Ijuin Hikaru quipped, “He’d honestly be more entertaining if he just openly gave in and slept,” criticizing the “burn-baby-burn” style of entertainment and lamenting that “the world’s turned into an ugly place.” On 5ch, while some users agreed with the criticism, plenty of others pushed back, pointing out that “Ijuin himself pulled outrageous stunts back in the day” and “TV used to do the same kind of thing,” leading to a split in opinion.
Hori accidentally exposed himself during his week-long nonstop livestream, cutting the broadcast and apologizing
Since September 9, Hori has been livestreaming his daily life around the clock, with scenes where he appeared to be sleeping repeatedly making waves online. On the 15th, while about to take a bath during the stream, he accidentally exposed his lower body, cutting the broadcast and apologizing — continuing to stir up controversy on social media.
On his show, Ijuin said of Hori’s stream: “That guy who doesn’t sleep, the short sleeper — it’d honestly be funnier if he just straight-up konked out. Like, snoring away, and then going ‘no, I wasn’t asleep’ (laughs).”
Whoa, there's actually a thread about short sleepers going right now. Still don't know who this guy is, honestly haven't bothered to find out — it's just a fad, he'll be gone soon enough, so learning about him would just be useless trivia anyway lol
54AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:17
Re: #3 He's still doing this? I already NG'd (filtered) the thread title on the live-commentary board.
4AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:40
Yeah, I do feel like the world's gotten uglier. YouTube's whole mindset is just 'as long as it racks up views, who cares.'
5AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:40
They need to crack down harder so anyone who crosses the line can't monetize. X (Twitter) turned into even more of a hellscape once it started letting people monetize too.
13AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:46
Re: #5 But that's the same road TV went down — got so obsessed with compliance that it became boring.
6AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:42
He got showered with red Super Chats (YouTube's top-tier paid donations), raked in over ¥500 million, and made his name blow up — so this is basically the 'correct answer.'
9AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:43
Is he really courting backlash on purpose? Feels more like he's just doing his best and this is about the level he's at.
11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:44
'Infamy beats obscurity' — you don't even know that saying? It's been true forever, including in the entertainment world you came up in. Sure, things have gotten more extreme, but your generation looked just as extreme to the one before it.
14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:46
Back in the day it was nothing but long hours, power harassment, and sexual harassment. People are just burning free time on something — now or then, it's not that different lol
15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:46
If he's just doing this as 'I'm a genuine short sleeper, I've only slept 30 minutes a day for 17 years,' that's fine as entertainment — same vibe as the old Hiroshi Kawaguchi Exploration Team show (a classic Japanese program famous for its staged, over-the-top 'adventures'). The problem is that he's teaching it as a trainable skill and selling course materials for it — that's what's getting people to seriously fact-check him, so yeah, this reeks of manufactured controversy for clicks.
17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:48
Yeah, there's definitely this trend where pissing people off is a win condition. Rile people up, draw the hate, and you go viral. That's not supposed to count as talent, but online you can actually make a living off it.
19AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:49
'Burn-baby-burn entertainment' — wait, is he talking about the 24-Hour TV charity telethon?
20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:52
TV does pretty much the same thing though. They casually pull stunts that could get a talent killed, all for ratings.
22AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:54
Ijuin's not really in a position to talk though — a lot of his old segments only got a pass because it was radio. I guess now it's just that amateurs can easily pull off "Denpa Shonen"-style stunts (a legendary Japanese reality/prank show) that used to require a whole TV crew? There are probably a lot of people out there doing risky "journeys" like the comedy duo Sarugakusetsu did on that show.
27AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:57
Re: #22 Sarugakusetsu claimed they were 'hitchhiking' while actually taking flights for part of it. Though that's not really Sarugakusetsu's fault — that's on Denpa Shonen (the show's producers).
74AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:30
Re: #22 Ijuin himself used to ride a moped stark naked through the halls of the TBS Radio building back in the day.
23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:55
So in the end, after pushing this far, is he not going to have any lasting health effects?
24AnonymousSep 15, 2026 22:55
Wait, isn't Ijuin himself supposed to be a short sleeper too?
28AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:00
It's just that the environment now lets amateurs stream easily with zero skill required. And 'if you've got no real charm, going extreme is the only way to stand out' — that hasn't changed from the past to now. Cheap example, but it's the same as women stripping to get attention.
30AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:02
Everyone piling on to watch some guy who lied about not sleeping and now can't back down — and a fair number of people finding that entertaining — is honestly pretty messed up. It's really just mobbing and mocking a nobody who would've never gotten this kind of attention before.
31AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:03
That whole thing gives off a vibe like there's some organization behind the scenes forcing the hype, so I haven't touched it at all. The whole vibe is just boring anyway.
32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:04
I think it's fine if people just do fun stuff and organically get hyped up on their own, but the people who think they can deliberately manufacture trends online are the boring ones.
33AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:06
Honestly, Hori's funnier than any comedian out there right now.
34AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:06
It was entertaining, but I'd like to see wider public opinion actually hold him accountable. Why is streaming so profitable anyway? Those guys clearly know exactly how it works and are milking it.
35AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:07
I honestly don't get why anyone watches this stuff in the first place.
36AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:07
Honestly, at this point the people who keep bashing him seem like the confusing ones. The stream itself isn't even entertaining, right? He's just grinding through it — it's just a huge waste of time.
39AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:10
Re: #36 You're bashing it too, though.
37AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:09
Sorry, I have no idea what you're trying to say.
42AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:11
The core issue here is the worry that people will believe what this guy says and actually end up harming their health — that's what started this whole thing.
44AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:12
There's a YouTuber who put together a rundown of his past — this might actually be pretty rough for him lol 🤣
47AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:14
Wasn't the whole premise supposed to be that he does this effortlessly, long-term…? So is this actually a 'challenge' now??
64AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:21
TV's been pulling 'I have psychic powers' or 'I have spiritual powers' stunts forever, so…
67AnonymousSep 15, 2026 23:22
Re: #64 There's a YouTuber who compiled his past — it's the video titled 'His Shady Past Exposed! Shocking Truth About His Seminars and Full Investment Scam Emails Revealed!!' This might turn into a way bigger deal than some psychic-powers scandal 🍌
Background and Key Points of This Story
Daisuke Hori is a self-proclaimed “short sleeper” who claims to get by on just 30 minutes of sleep a day, and since September 9 he has been running a continuous livestream broadcasting his daily life 24/7. On the thread, the main talking points have been the repeated scenes where he appeared to be sleeping during the stream, and the uproar over his accidental lower-body exposure during a bathing scene on September 15. Ijuin Hikaru’s comment was a sarcastic jab suggesting “it would honestly be funnier if he just openly slept instead of sticking to the no-sleep act,” framing it as his discomfort with this kind of “any publicity is good publicity” style of entertainment. Opinion on the thread split between those siding with the criticism and those pointing out coolly that “old TV wasn’t much different” and “Ijuin himself pulled outrageous stunts when he was young” — with some suggesting the critics might be the pot calling the kettle black. It’s also worth noting that while some posts flatly asserted that Hori’s “short-sleep training” methods and seminars are a scam, that’s purely speculation from 5ch users and has not been confirmed as fact.
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