koushinism

An Aum Shinrikyo-inspired online joke religion born out of the HaseKara Incident, when 2channel (/livejupiter/) flamer Hasegawa Ryouta accidentally shared too much personal information and got doxxed and harassed, prompting him to hire lawyer Karasawa Takahiro. Focus soon shifted from Hasegawa to Karasawa, and a community soon developed making fun of him, naming themselves after his law firm, Koushin. They would move from /livejupiter/ to create their own textboards in late 2012.

Characters

• Hasegawa Ryouta
• Kenma-kun
• Konishi Ayano
• Karasawa Takahiro
• Mutsumikko

External links

• Karasawa Takahiro Wiki (Japanese, with some English pages)
• Nameless Rumia's Wiki: HaseKara
• Quora: Why is use of their real names not popular amongst Japanese Internet users? (archived)