Ike Eveland

Ike Eveland (アイク・イーヴランド) is a male English Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's fourth wave "Luxiem," alongside Luca Kaneshiro, Shu Yamino, Mysta Rias, and Vox Akuma.

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Profile
A Novelist from the past who seems somewhat closed-off. When an idea for his next work sparks, he becomes a completely different person.

Personality
Ike is a novelist with lots of hidden sides and undiscovered depths in personality. Generally, he's gentle, and mild-mannered, but he can be competitive when the situation calls for it.

Though he's usually the keeper of sanity and the calm member, he's been shown to be an unexpected prankster that makes jokes when people least expect it.

He has a seiso aura surrounding him, but he himself claims that he is not, by any stretch of the imagination.

He can be very bright and animated when talking about things he likes and quick to defend things he holds dear (e.g. caviar toast).

Ike is very supportive of his fellow NIJISANJI EN members, especially when it comes to musical endeavors and milestones. But in contrast, he doesn't usually celebrate his own milestones as he doesn't normally know what to do with them when they arrive quickly.

His fanservice moments are few and far between, but that only increases their impact when he decides to have them.

Background
On 18 June 2021, NIJISANJI EN opened two sets of auditions, one of which was specifically for male Livers. The male-specific auditions lasted until 1 August.

On 17 December 2021, NIJISANJI EN announced the upcoming debut of its fourth wave "Luxiem", accompanied by a teaser featuring the new Livers' designs and voices.

Ike's YouTube channel was created on 1 December 2021, and his Twitter account also created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 17 December 2021. However, Ike's Twitter account was restricted almost immediately after, causing the hashtag #FREEIKE to trend.

Debut
Luxiem made their debuts on 20 December 2021 (JST) as part of a special debut program hosted on the NIJISANJI EN channel, with commentary provided by Elira Pendora and Oliver Evans. Ike was the third of the group to debut. Afterwards, all five members of Luxiem appeared on the main channel.

Luxiem's first original song, "Hope in the dark", was released shortly after the program. This song was written and produced by ChibaNyan, who previously wrote and produced Ethyria's debut song "God sees all".

2021
On 24 December, Ike's Twitter account was finally unlocked.

2022
On 8 January, Ike reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 29 January, Ike reached 200,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 3 February, Ike reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 29 February, Ike reached 300,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 27 February, Luxiem's debut celebration voice packs went up for sale.

On 7 March, he reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 15 March, Ike's White Day 2022 voice pack and goods went up for sale.

On 1 April (April Fools' Day), he changed the NIJISANJI EN on his Twitter account to NIJISANJI SE and only spoke Swedish on Twitter and on stream.

On 8 April, Ike reached 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 22 April, Ike's Sakura Bloom 2022 voice pack and goods went up for sale. His EX voice went up for sale later on 27 April.

On 1 May, each Luxiem member received an official bilibili account.

On 15 May, Ike reached 500,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 23 May, Ike reached 100 captains on his bilibili channel. (Becoming a captain on bilibili is akin to joining a YouTube membership.)

Events

 * On 15 April 2022, a Sweets Paradise collaboration involving Luxiem was announced, running from 24 April to May 31.
 * On April 25 2022, AnimeFest announced that Luxiem would be holding a Q&A panel on July 30.
 * On 18 June 2022, Ike, along with Rosemi Lovelock, Millie Parfait, and Shu Yamino; participated in a Shadowverse Buddy System tournament celebrating the game's 6th anniversary. He was coached by MomoJelly and ended in 2nd place with 60 points.

Relationships

 * "Luxiem" - Ike, Luca Kaneshiro, Shu Yamino, Mysta Rias, and Vox Akuma. These five debuted together.
 * "NIJI EU" - Ike, Vox Akuma, Mysta Rias, and Nina Kosaka. An off-collab group which Ike participated in.
 * Gen 2 - above + Luca Kaneshiro, Mika Melatika, and Oliver Evans.

Fans

 * Ike's fans are called "Quilldren", a portmanteau of "quill" and "children".

Quotes

 * "I didn't sign up for this." - Debut teaser line
 * "You're tempted by my smell, like a bee that seeks honey." - Hope in the dark lyrics
 * "You smell."
 * “I hate it here."
 * "Bababooey."
 * "BEEAAAANS!"

Identity

 * Color: #348EC7
 * Occupation: Novelist
 * Ike shares his character designer with Kanade Izuru of holostars and Nekozeno Shin of NoriPro Gamers.
 * Ike is Swedish. He is fluent in both Swedish and English. He is also proficient in Japanese, which he learned in high school, but he is not as fluent as he once was due to lack of use.

Likes and dislikes

 * Likes: stories in any form (favourite genres: slice-of-life, romance, horror, "utsu-ge" (depressing game)), junk food, music, wholesome things, cute art, caviar toast, visual novels, soft drinks, and horror movies.
 * Anime: Higurashi, Haruhi Suzumiya, Death Note, Clannad, Plastic Memories, AnoHana, Another, Toradora, Angel Beats, Elfen Lied, OreImo.
 * Games: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 1 & 2, NieR, Drakengard, Catherine, Resident Evil, Apex Legends, Halo, Visual Novels (Da Capo 1 & 2, SubaHibi, Higurashi/Umineko, Saya no Uta).
 * Music:
 * VOCALOID: Camellia, Yuyoyuppe, Utsu-P (鬱P), kinoshita.
 * Eurobeat: DJ Command, Samfree.
 * Rock & Metal: Spiritbox, BMTH, Ice Nine Kills, My First Story.
 * Hobbies: figure collecting, language learning, songwriting, music production, YouTube binging.
 * Dislikes: spiders, software crashes, heat, veggies, jumpscares.
 * His favorite movie is How to Train Your Dragon.
 * He likes milk, even though he is lactose intolerant.

Miscellaneous

 * Because his own Twitter account was still restricted, Ike's Celeste stream on 21 December was announced through the offiical NIJISANJI EN Twitter account instead.
 * He made his own stream overlay, despite a lack of passion for graphic design.
 * He has kampanaphobia, which is the fear of bells. In his case, he specifically fears big bells like the ones in churches.
 * He is able to do a heavy/death metal scream, which he kept hidden from his fans until his first karaoke stream.
 * Of his NIJISANJI EN senpais, he particularly looks up to Petra Gurin because of her musicality and her graphic design skills.
 * His female persona's name is Ivy or Aiko (アイコ) in Japanese.
 * Reimu Endou coined the name Eki Eviland in her Jump King collab in which he was chatting with her after he leans in to the mic and says "Balance is Restored." after she fell, and says that Eki comes out subconsciously and does the evil things after which Ike will not remember anything after he reverts back.
 * He is known for drinking sodas frequently, particularly Coke. In the past, he had an extreme addiction to Rockstar energy drinks, which he used to drink so often that he would sometimes collect the cans to spell words with them.
 * The marriage proposal habit of Luxiem fans originated from his karaoke after party stream where the Quilldren spammed ring emojis in chat as a declaration of war against Vox Akuma for Ike's hand in marriage. Unfortunately, all proposals were brutally rejected as Ike claimed he needed to figure out how to not mess up instant noodles first before getting married.
 * He used to do Parkour and Karate before stopping at the brown belt.
 * He doesn't typically eat fruit with the exception of strawberries.
 * He owns 4 guitars.
 * He is notorious for making small random noises in call and in streams (blowing on bottles, slide flute, squeals. etc.)
 * He has never had Korean barbeque, sushi or curry before as they are pretty hard to find in his country. Petra and Shu are determined to change that.
 * He has dressed up in a black lolita dress with black and red thigh highs before.

Media

 * Ike Eveland's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * Ike Eveland【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * Ike_Official - bilibili channel
 * @ike_eveland - Twitter account
 * u/Ike_Eveland - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #IkeEveland - General tag
 * #IkeStreamland - Stream tag
 * #SliceOfIke - Clip Tag
 * #Ikenography - Fan art tag
 * #SpicyIkey - NSFW art tag
 * #YikesMemeland - Meme tag
 * #Graphike - Thumbnails and assets

Further readings

 * Ike Eveland (アイク・イーヴランド) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * IkeEveland - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * Ike Eveland - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Ike Eveland【NIJISANJI EN】- Wikitubia