TOKYO: A Japanese firefighter moonlighting as a gaming YouTuber had chilly water poured on his profession by public officers, who uncovered the key side hustle by figuring out his voice within the profitable movies.
An nameless tip-off prompted Wakayama metropolis in western Japan to launch an investigation into the 33-year-old’s channel, which had round 15,000 subscribers.
But as a result of the firefighter by no means appeared on display, an area official needed to painstakingly comb by way of the clips for vocal clues to his id, the town mentioned.
The man’s wage was lower in punishment for contravening a legislation limiting public staff’ engagement in industrial actions.
Over a 10-month interval he had uploaded greater than 300 movies, sometimes displaying him taking part in multi-player technique video games – racking up round 1.15 million yen (US$9,970 or RM41,690) in promoting income.
“We don’t necessarily think it’s a bad thing that he was a YouTuber,” metropolis official Hidetaka Amano advised AFP on Wednesday.
“But it’s the fact he was profiting from ads, some of which could be inappropriate in nature.”
His actions, Amano mentioned, had “betrayed the trust of residents in Wakayama”. – AFP
