Iker Unzu
Iken Unzu is a young Spanish content creator and YouTuber, known within the community for his vlogs, challenges and let's plays focused on independent horror products. To date, he has 12,7 million followers on TikTok, 2,1 million on Instagram, more than 10.100.000 on YouTube and more than 400.000 listeners on his podcast, in addition to an illustrated book published by Planeta.
Thanks to your work and talent, in 2022, Unzu signed a contract with the talent agency YouPlanet, further growing its community of fans and the visualization of its web content. In addition, he is one of the most popular gaming YouTubers in Spain. His YouTube channel is ranked 46th most followed in the country, and his TikTok account is ranked 16th.
Short biography
Iker Unzueta Ramos was born on January 9, 2005, in Zaragoza, Spain. He is the son of Asier and Marta, with whom he has traveled to several countries where he has also stayed to live. When he was six years old, he moved to Brazil, and four years later, to Mexico, where he resided for some time. However, In 2018 he returned to his hometown, already being a rising influencer.
Two years earlier, Unzu had begun uploading videos to Musical.ly—now TikTok. its format, characterized by explorations of games with strange and terrifying settings, managed to captivate many Spanish-speaking teenagers, who have supported him throughout all these years of his media career. Today they live in Los Angeles, California.
Beginnings on the internet
Unzu's career as a YouTuber began in 2015, when it focused mainly on developing video blogs, video game reviews and fun challenges for the consumption of younger Internet users. The genre that promoted his channel was independent horror games, which made it one of the most important references in Spain at the level of Gaming.
In addition to their main account, the influencer also manages others YouTube channels. As a curious fact, one of his videos had 80 million views. Likewise, after his success on the platform, Unzu created his own podcast. At first, this was called Hanging out with Iker Unzu. Later, the title was shortened to only the nickname from the author.
Presentation of the podcast and international success
With over 400.000 listeners worldwide, the podcast covers a variety of topics including relationships, mental health, humorous anecdotes and personal knowledge. On the other hand, in 2023 he was invited to the Idol Awards, held in Madrid.
Escaping the haunted mansion
The charismatic Iker Unzu, with that humor that has made millions of people laugh in recent years, published an illustrated novel about one of his favorite themes: haunted houses. The book, launched by the Ediciones Martínez Roca publishing label under the 4You2 collection, and marketed on May 22, 2024. It is recommended for ages 12 and up, and tells a mystery to be solved.
Escaping the haunted mansion It begins when Iker is awarded a scholarship to study in Los Angeles. While that sounds great, his entire family has signed up for the trip: his annoying siblings, his weird grandmother, and his mother, who can't put down the mop. As if that were not enough, they end up locked in a haunted house, and must solve the puzzles to get out.
Narrative style of the work
Escaping the haunted mansion It is one of those strange cases where the author, despite how young he is, lacks the typical grammatical errors of his counterparts. The novel is filled with striking illustrations, dialogues accompanied by small phrases written with a green highlighter. and some English lessons from Iker and the teacher Tuker, who gives him the news of his trip.
It is striking how dynamic the interactions of the characters feel, who are inspired by the people who have appeared on the author's channel, quite recognizable by his fans. Likewise, the illustrations in green, white and black, along with the QR that allows access to the Unzu channel, they turn the novel into interactive material designed for the little ones.
Based on Iker Unzu's very famous horror game videos on YouTube
Escaping the haunted mansion It has 162 pages divided into ten chapters. These are: The news, The trip, The mansion, Trapped, The search begins, Revealing secrets, The tunnel, Meeting underground, The treasure and The end. The work is based on the various independent horror games that Unzu has enjoyed with its community since 2015.
The novel is narrated in the third person, but from Iker's perspective. The The story is constructed as what might have happened if the protagonist's life were part of a series of events. gamesplays horror, something very similar to what he usually tells on his YouTube channel. At a narrative level, the book is written in simple, youthful and easy-to-understand language.
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- Attack Royale, by Atack3000 (2021);
- Las Ratitas 4. Super adventure among the clouds, from Las Ratitas (2021);
- The world of Indy. SOS, let's save the planet!, from The World of Indy (2021).
- The legacy, by Antón Lofer (2022);
- Only suitable for chocolates, by Bonbon Reich (2022);
- I am still me, by Laura Mullor (2022);
- Manual of a real sucker, by Germán Sánchez (@gersanc) (2022);
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