Issei (YouTuber)

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Issei Toita (Japanese: 問田一誠, Hepburn: Toita Issei; born August 6, 1999), professionally known as Issei (Japanese: いっせい; stylized in all caps), is a Japanese YouTuber and TikToker. As of March 2026, he had amassed over 12.6 million followers on TikTok and 73 million subscribers on YouTube, making him the most subscribed Japanese YouTube channel.[a] He was listed in Forbes Japan's 30 Under 30 in 2025.

Born
Issei Toita

(1999-08-06) August 6, 1999 (age 26)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • TikToker
  • YouTuber
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Yearsactive2019–present
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Issei
Born
Issei Toita

(1999-08-06) August 6, 1999 (age 26)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • TikToker
  • YouTuber
TikTok information
Page
Years active2019–present
Followers12.6 million
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2021–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers
  • 73.3 million (ISSEI / いっせい)
  • 352 thousand (AGBOGBLOSHIE STARS)
  • 73.6 million (combined)
Views
  • 62.61 billion (ISSEI / いっせい)
  • 102.26 million (AGBOGBLOSHIE STARS)
  • 62.72 billion (combined)
Last updated: March 3, 2026
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Biography

Issei Toita was born in August 6, 1999, in Tokyo.[† 1][1][2] In elementary school he was an active member of a cheering squad. From middle school to high school he played baseball, but quit when he developed a serious spinal disease.[3]

Career

Toita started his YouTube channel in 2014.[4] He later stated he originally began using social mediain a attempt to start a career in acting.[1] In 2019, he launched his TikTok account. Toita has stated that "non-verbal" videos allowed him to gain traction internationally although he originally intended his videos to be watched in Japan.[1] He started uploading short form videos on his YouTube channel in 2021.[2] He reached 10 million followers on TikTok in 2022.[3] According to RealSound [ja], seven out of the ten most viewed short YouTube videos in Japan from January to June 2022 were by Issei.[5]

In 2024, his Youtube channel became the most subscribed channel in Japan.[a] He surpassed Jun'ya [ja] as the most subscribed Japanese YouTuber channel. On January 8, 2025 he became the first Japanese YouTuber to reach 50 million subscribers.[7]

He was featured in Forbes Japan's "30 Under 30" under the Entertainment & Sports category in the October 2025 issue of the magazine.[2] In August 2025, he launched his second YouTube channel, "AGBOGBLOSHIE STARS", after he visited Agbogbloshie, a suburb in Accra, Ghana. In September 2025, he teamed up with street artist Shingo Nagasaka to carry out activities aimed at "eradicating poverty in Ghana", stating that half of the channel's profit would go into "employment, education, and environmental improvement" in the region.[8][9]

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Technically, PewDiePie is the most subscribed channel in Japan when he moved in 2022.[6]

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