:Draft:Torres Pit
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{{Draft topics|biography|media|east-asia}}
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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = {{ubl|Torres Pit|别洪優}}
| birth_name = 别洪優
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = British Hong Kong
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| height = 194cm
| occupation = YouTuber
| education = Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong: Bachelor of Town Planning
| partner = Georgia Kate Gordon
| channels = {{URL|https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsnZXdLOGBnezK--CiG7FZQ|Torres Pit托哥}}
| years_active = 2017-present
| genre = Travel vlog, cultural differences
| languages = Cantonese, English, Mandarin
| subscribers = 1.07 million
| subscriber_date = November 21, 2024
| views = 166,641,838 times
| view_date = November 21, 2024
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Torres Pit ({{langx|en|Torres Pit}}), whose real name is Bie Hung-yau ({{lang-zh|t=别洪優|p=Pit Hung-yau}}), is a Hong Kong YouTuber.
Biography
He attended Keifat Primary School in Kwun Tong. When he was in Grade 4, the school moved to Yau Tong and he attended the Chinese Christian Church Keifat Primary School (Yau Tong). His English name in primary school was Peter Pit. After graduating from Fujian Middle School in 2014, he successfully entered the University of Hong Kong and graduated from the Department of Urban Planning of the Faculty of Architecture in 2018..{{cite news |author1=陳栢宇 |title=Will you regret entering the University of Hong Kong? YouTuber Togo explains that being on the Dean's List may not be a good thing |url=https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/290848/入港大神科会後悔-youtuber |accessdate=2020-05-07 |work=香港01 |date=2019-02-01}} In 2015, he was spotted by the producer of the "Shenjiefang" program on Tudou.com and served as the host of the program for two years. The content of the interviews revolved around views on love and sex. Due to its theme, the video was widely circulated in mainland China and was hailed as the "ancestor of the neighbourhood craze.".{{cite news |author1=顏鯧 |title=【不是KOL】Once identified as a "toxic man" by foreign friends, a Hong Kong man made a film to explore the differences between China and the West |url=https://www.hk01.com/社區專題/235793/不是kol-曾被外國朋友認定-毒男-香港男拍片探討西差異 |accessdate=2020-05-07 |work=香港01 |date=2018-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616103136/https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E5%8D%80%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C/235793/%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AFkol-%E6%9B%BE%E8%A2%AB%E5%A4%96%E7%B1%8D%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E8%AA%8D%E5%AE%9A-%E6%AF%92%E7%94%B7-%E6%B8%AF%E7%94%B7%E6%8B%8D%E7%89%87%E6%8E%A2%E8%A8%8E%E4%B8%AD%E8%A5%BF%E5%B7%AE%E7%95%B0 |archive-date=2019-06-16 |url-status=live }} In 2018, Toge began to attract attention with his two films singing "Everyone laughs, don't shed tears" and "Cracking the longest name in history" on the subway.{{cite news |editor=Guo Yunting |title=[Internet hot film] Hong Kong people, be happy! Internet celebrity subway invites people to sing awkwardly |url=http://www.orangenews.hk/news/system/2018/06/24/010092650.shtml |accessdate=2020-05-07 |work=橙新聞 |date=2018-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018194757/http://www.orangenews.hk/news/system/2018/06/24/010092650.shtml |archive-date=2019-10-18 |url-status=live }} In the same year, Togo opened his YouTube channel, shooting short videos comparing the cultural differences between Hong Kong and foreign countries. Togo has been dating his girlfriend Georgia Gordon from South Africa since 2017..{{cite news |author1=驎賢 |title=Long-distance relationships destined to break up? YouTuber Togo explains three reasons other than "language barrier" |url=https://www.hk01.com/即時訛樂/285294/镰地戀命破堯-youtuber托哥细解-語言不通-外三個的原因 |accessdate=2020-05-07 |work=香港01 |date=2019-01-20}} On September 26, 2019, the South China Morning Post reported that Toko had co-founded a company with fugitives from the 1MDB scandal.{{cite news |author1=John Power |author2=Alvin Lum |title=Controversial Hong Kong website Dim Sum Daily linked to company owned by man wanted in Malaysia over 1MDB scandal |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3030378/controversial-hong-kong-website-dim-sum-daily-linked-company |accessdate=2020-05-16 |work=South China Morning Post |date=2019-09-26 |archive-date=2021-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123030904/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3030378/controversial-hong-kong-website-dim-sum-daily-linked-company |url-status=live }}
See
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{instagram|torres_pit}}
- {{facebook|torgortorres}}
- {{Sinaweibo|5694055535}}
- {{YouTube|c=UCsnZXdLOGBnezK--CiG7FZQ}}