NigaHiga

Staying up late while browsing the web, I stumbled across a YouTube video that caught my attention. “Hi, I’m Dr. HanatewakusoshiseoTadashiteteriyakisuzukihondacivic and I’m going to be making you a little less dumb with every video” Ryan Higa said.

The voice came from a highly attractive, Asian boy with smooth skin, high cheekbones, black, short hair styled with auburn highlights. He wore a black blouse, diamond- studded earrings and spoke behind a white background that gave his phony doctor persona an air of realistic sophistication.

“My goal is to increase the vocabulary of every kid, parent, auntie, uncle, dog, cat, frog, and so on,” Higa said. “Today’s word is the word, ‘Powned.’”

Those who follow gaming or recall the pop-culture word will find the video particularly funny.
The video’s creator, Ryan Higa, has a YouTube audience fan base of over 1 million viewers and over 100,000 myspace friends. He is a Hawaii Native studying film at University of Nevada Las Vegas and has his own video production company.

His YouTube videos are silly, creative concoctions like “How to Be Emo,” “How to be Ninja” and “How to be Gangsta.” Higa and his friends parody video game fighting references, “Mortality,” pop music and whatever else they can get their hands on. Higa lip-syncs to his own Ninja song, creates a dialog between Chris Brown and Rihanna by playing both of them and in a recent video mocks the “Shamwow” informercial.

Check out Higa’s “Nigahiga” Youtube profile at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab5lwgcJRiE