yuuki ゆうき(金野裕希)

{{Infobox User
| title         = Yuuki
| status        = ゆうき
| image         = Yuuki Konno 2018.jpg
| image_caption = Yuuki in 2018
| birthname     = Yuuki Konno
| birthdate     = May 17, 1994 (age {{age in years, months and days|1994|5|17}})
| birthplace    = [[w:en:Ninohe, Iwate|Ninohe, Iwate]], Japan
| education     = [[w:ja:江刺市立岩谷堂小学校|Iwayadō Elementary School]] (attended)
| website       = [https://yuukikonno.com/ yuukikonno.com]
}}

'''Yuuki Konno'''<ref>Yuuki goes by his first name and is stylized as '''yuuki''' (ゆうき).</ref> (金野 裕希, ''Konno Yūki'', born May 17, 1994) is a Japanese Wikimedian.

== Early life ==
Yuuki Konno was born on May 17, 1994 at 1:56 a.m., at [[w:ja:岩手県立福岡病院|Fukuoka Hospital]] in [[w:en:Ninohe, Iwate|Ninohe, Iwate]], and raised in [[w:en:Esashi, Iwate|Esashi]]. His mother, Yūko (née Jūmonji), was a nurse, and father, Kōji Konno, a medical assistant and later labor union activist.<ref>His father served as chair of the [[w:en:Japanese Communist Party|Communist Party]]-affiliated [[w:en:Zenroren#Affiliated unions|Iwate Federation of Trade Unions]] (Iwate Rōren) from 2012 to 2022.</ref> He has an older brother, [[c:User:Songsknow~commonswiki|Songsknow]].

Yuuki started using a computer at the age of two, when his father bought him a Panasonic [[w:ja:スララ#U1-PROシリーズ|U1 Pro]] FW-U1P609 [[w:en:Word processor (electronic device)|word processor]]. He learned [[w:en:kanji|kanji]] through its [[w:en:kana–kanji conversion|kana–kanji conversion]] and read through the [[w:en:Great Chinese–Japanese Dictionary|Great Chinese–Japanese Dictionary]]. He was bought a Fujitsu [[w:ja:FMV-DESKPOWER|FMV Deskpower]] MV205 FMVM52053 computer at age four and played games including ''[[w:en:Puyo Puyo (video game)|Puyo Puyo for Windows 95]]'' and ''[[w:en:Diablo (video game)|Diablo]]''.{{sfn|Yuuki|2023}}

== Early career ==
In 2003, his father signed up for [[w:ja:Yahoo! BB|Yahoo! BB]] and Yuuki went online at age nine. He started his career as a [[w:en:Troll (slang)|troll]] on ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20031022181655/http://thebbs.jp/ TheBBS]'' under the handle ''Aku no Zurihaki''<ref>"Zurihaki" is a randomly typed string of letters.</ref> (悪のずりはき, lit. ''Zurihaki of evil'').{{sfn|Yamaarashi|2002}} He later renamed himself ''Seizan''. He learned [[w:en:HTML|HTML]], [[w:en:CSS|CSS]], and [[w:en:JavaScript|JavaScript]] and created a [[w:en:browser exploit|browser exploit]] and security website.{{sfn|Yuuki|2004}} Yuuki gained widespread attention in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20040407090500/http://www.comitia.jp/farm/ Virtual Farm]'' (バーチャル農場, ''Virtual Nōjō''), a browser-based farming game created by [[w:en:RCC Broadcasting|RCC]],{{sfn|Wada|2007}} after lying that his money was stolen by others. He became known as [[w:en:The Boy Who Cried Wolf|"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"]] (狼少年, ''Ōkami Shōnen'').{{sfn|Anonymous|2004}} He found [[w:en:cross-site scripting|cross-site scripting]] vulnerability on the game's site and spread an [[w:en:XSS worm|XSS worm]].

In 2005 Yuuki dropped out of [[w:ja:江刺市立岩谷堂小学校|Iwayadō Elementary School]] in fifth grade.

[[File:Monachat.png|thumb|The login screen of Monachat]]

In 2007, at age 13, Yuuki met a man named "Linux User" who taught him [[w:en:Debian GNU/Linux|Debian GNU/Linux]] and [[w:en:Perl|Perl]] in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20040706041848/http://monachat.dyndns.org/monachat6.html Monachat]'' (もなちゃと, ''Monachato''), a [[w:en:metaverse|metaverse]] with [[w:en:Shift_JIS art|ASCII art]] avatars. On September 15, 2007, Yuuki rose to stardom after launching a massive [[w:en:DDoS attack|DDoS attack]] against Monachat under the handle ''Momakuru'' (もま☆くる).{{sfn|Desuno X2|2007}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite web |vauthors=((Anonymous)) etal |date=2004 |url=https://ex2.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/net/1081471803/ |title=[Chupu] Virtual Nōjō e yōkoso! [Hikkī] |script-title=ja:【ﾁｭﾌﾟ】バーチャル農場へようこそ！【ﾋｯｷｰ】 |trans-title=[Housewives] Welcome to Virtual Farm! [Antisocials] |website=[[w:en:2channel|2channel]] |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302115233/https://ex2.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/net/1081471803/ |archive-date=2022-03-02 |ref=harv }}
* {{cite web |author=Desuno X2 |date=2007 |url=http://myhome.cururu.jp/tahcanom/blog/article/81001484112 |title=Mugen zanzō secchi de "Momakuru" tairyō hassei. 1000 nin chō! |script-title=ja:無限残像設置で「もま☆くる」大量発生。1000人超！ |trans-title="Momakuru" outbreak with infinite zombie installation. Over 1,000! |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016045306/http://myhome.cururu.jp/tahcanom/blog/article/81001484112 |archive-date=2007-10-16 |ref=harv }}
* {{cite journal |last=Wada |first=Takashi |date=2007 |title=Space of communications through the on-line games: case study of "Virtual Farm" |script-title=ja:オンラインゲームを介したコミュニケーションの空間: 「バーチャル農場」を事例として |language=ja |journal=Geographical Sciences |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=237-257 |publisher=[[w:ja:地理科学学会|The Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences]] |doi=10.20630/chirikagaku.62.4_237 |ref=harv }}
* {{cite web |vauthors=((Yamaarashi)) etal |date=2002 |url=http://language.dot.thebbs.jp/1035980740.html |title=Muzukashii kanji, omoshiroi kanji |script-title=ja:難しい漢字・面白い漢字 |trans-title=Difficult kanji, interesting kanji |website=TheBBS |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040621193632/http://language.dot.thebbs.jp/1035980740.html |archive-date=2004-06-21 |ref=harv }}
* {{cite web |author=Yuuki |date=2004 |url=http://www.geocities.jp/xxwnt853/top.html |title=Internet Security Laboratory |script-title=ja:インターネット・セキュリティ・研究所 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311192522/http://www.geocities.jp/xxwnt853/top.html |archive-date=2005-03-11 |ref=harv }}
* {{cite web |author=Yuuki |date=2023 |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nQhZf3Hvb5aZcb9PX_OdEJ7FyCId9r6tMXeBQ6hubnU/edit |title=List of video games that yuuki has ever played |ref=harv }}

== External links ==
* [https://yuukikonno.com/ Official website]