Megwin

{{Short description|Japanese comedian, Youtuber}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

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| birth_name = Ken Sekine

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|06|25}}

| birth_place = Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

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| occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|YouTuber}}

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| channel_handle = MegwinAI

| years_active = 2006–present

| genre = Epical

| subscribers = 907 thousand

| views = 1.16 billion

| stats_update = 3 May 2025

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{{nihongo|Ken Sekine|関根 剣|Sekine Ken}}, better known by his alias Megwin, is a Japanese YouTuber and comedian. Megwin is one of YouTube Japan's most prolific YouTube bloggers, having 969,962 subscribers as of 14 June 2019. Sekine started out doing live comedy before switching to YouTube in 2005, where he has been releasing a video every day for 10 years with his various friends and workers.{{cite web|last=Murai |first=Shusuke |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/21/national/japanese-artists-performers-find-youtube-brings-pay-applause/ |title=Japanese artists and performers find that YouTube brings them pay and applause |work=The Japan Times |date=2014-11-21 |accessdate=2015-04-14}} In 2011 he registered his own company {{nihongo|Megwin TV Co., Ltd.|株式会社MEGWIN TV|Kabushikikaisha Meguwin Terebi}}. He has also partnered with the company Tanita{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY201207030213.html |title=朝日新聞デジタル：ＹｏｕＴｕｂｅで夢をつかめ 「有名人」目指す若者たち - 文化トピックス - 文化 |publisher=Asahi.com |date=2012-07-04 |accessdate=2013-06-01}}{{cite web|author=NATSUKI EDOGAWA/ Staff Writer |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201208020018 |title=Performers find new path to fame through YouTube - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun |publisher=Ajw.asahi.com |accessdate=2013-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626080420/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201208020018 |archivedate=2013-06-26 }} and has held lectures on the new "Digital Hollywood".{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/business/pressrelease/PRT201211220054.html |title=朝日新聞デジタル：デジタルハリウッド大学公開講座：『YouTubeでプロクリエイターとしての可能性を広げるコツ』＜ゲスト＞MEGWIN氏、コマドリスト・竹内泰人氏、Google・デービッド・マクドナルド氏 [デジタルハリウッド株式会社] =PR TIMES - 企業リリース - ビジネス・経済 |publisher=Asahi.com |date=2012-11-22 |accessdate=2013-06-01}} In 2013, Sekine released his first book {{nihongo|Earning a Little on YouTube: The Master of 200 Million Views Teaches You How to Change Videos Into Money|YouTubeで小さく稼ぐ ~再生回数2億回の達人が教える、撮った動画をお金に変える方法~|Yūchūbu de Chīsaku Kasegu ~Saisei Kaisū Ni-oku-kai no Tatsujin ga Oshieru, Totta Dōga o Okane ni Kaeru Hōhō~}}.

His channel previously consisted of four core members: Bandy, Falcon, Meteo and Megwin.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

A video published to YouTube on 14 October 2018 announced that Bandy would be leaving Megwin TV.{{Citation|last=MEGWIN TV|title=バンディありがとう|date=2018-10-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9Qyjrn7hI|access-date=2019-04-16}} He has since started his own YouTube channel with his wife. Falcon and Meteo have also stopped appearing on Megwin TV, though there was no formal announcement of their departure. They stopped appearing in videos around December 2018. They have also started their own channel together.