First, former SMAP member Kusanagi Tsuyoshi started cooking on his YouTube channel and now we have X Japan’s Toshi unveiling his new YouTube channel and for his first video, he makes Christmas pancakes!
Many Japanese celebrities including Toshi, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, former Kamen Joshi member Kamiya Erina and IZ*ONE/HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura are discovering YouTube as a solid revenue stream no doubt inspiring many who saw how much the #1 YouTuber in Japan, HIKAKIN, was making (Note: It was not officially revealed, but when HIKAKIN whispered told the staff, while the amount was not announced on television, the hosts and guests of the show freaked out).