Takafumi Horie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Takafumi Horie

Japanese businessman

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1972

Place of Birth: Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: businessperson, socialite, tarento, critic

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Takafumi Horie (?? ??, Horie Takafumi, born October 29, 1972) is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Livedoor, a website design operation that grew into a popular internet portal.
After being arrested and charged with securities fraud in 2006, he severed all connections with the company.
His trial began on September 4, 2006.
On March 16, 2007, Horie was sentenced to imprisonment of 2 years and 6 months. He is popularly known as Horiemon (?????) due to his resemblance to Doraemon, the chubby robot cat in a popular Japanese cartoon.
The name Horiemon was also given to a racehorse he owned, after the name had been chosen by voting on a Livedoor website.