Ryan Higa, also professionally recognized as nigahiga, is an internet sensation as he is one of the most followed personalities on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He is an all-rounder as he is a musician, comedian, actor, and internet sensation. He has a YouTube channel under the name nigahiga, and his channel is one of the most subscribed persons on YouTube.
He was also nominated for the 6th Shorty Awards in the category of Best Video Blogger. He has been nominated for many other awards as well for his outstanding skills of blogging and music.
Early Life
Ryan Higa took birth on 6th June in 1990 at Hilo, Hawaii. He is the second child of his parents named Wendell Higaand LuciHiga, and has a brother older than him named Kyle. Ryan is of Okinawan descent. He was a wrestler in his school and has competed in judo, and even won black belt rank by defeating all others. He complete his graduation from Waiakea School in 2008 and also wrestled there.
Suddenly his interests changed, and he did a study of nuclear medicine in Las Vegas from NevadaUniversity. Later he dropped his program and continued making online videos and created a YouTube channel of his own.
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Career Beginnings
While Higa was attending his High School, he collaborated with Sean Fujiyoshi and started posting videos on their lip-syncing YouTube channel. They earned some followers, which motivated them, and they expanded their limitations beyond songs and came up with a variety of comedic pieces. The guest appearances were by Ryan Villaruel, TarynnNago, Kyle Chun, and Tim Enos on their comedic pieces.
Many hurdles came into Higa’s path as the most popular videos of his titled “How to be Emo” and “How to be Gangster” was removed from YouTube because of some copyright violations. Not only this, but his account got suspended, and there were orders to remove the videos that have copyright violations. This was the time when high thought of composing the music without any help and by himself.
Higa started his own production company along with Sean Fujiyoshi named Ryan Higa Production Company to make content for his YouTube channel. His YouTube channel, nigahiga, was created by Enos, Nago, Higa, and Fujiyoshi, and the channel gained 3 million subscribers by working hard. He also created a channel named HigaTV on which BTS videos and videos blogs were posted.
Personal Life
Ryan Higa dated TarynnNago while continuing to make videos for his YouTube channel but later broke up. In 2018, Ryan publicized on a podcast dating Arden Cho for the last five years. Due to some personal problems, the couple broke up in 2019. For the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, he sanctioned Andrew Yang. In starting 2020, he has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Ryan HigaNigahiga, who is an internet personality, comedian, producer, and actor, is approximately $10 million.
