Finana Ryugu

Finana Ryugu (フィナーナ 竜宮) is an English female Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's first wave "LazuLight", alongside Pomu Rainpuff and Elira Pendora.

Profile
A mermaid who spends her time with tropical fish in the sea of coral reefs. Has a heart as clear and pure as the calm and beautiful sea.

Personality
Finana is a friendly, soft-spoken girl with a bold personality that tends to throws off her viewers and other VTubers alike. Often unfiltered, her stories range from mischievous to very intimate and despite prefacing them with "maybe I shouldn't say it", she often does so anyways.

However, she is a very kind and caring person to both her fellow NIJISANJI EN members and viewers. Feesh is a hardworking streamer with long (almost daily) streams and superchat readings. She immerses herself very much in the stories of the games she plays and often reacts with enthusiasm when games have "banger" soundtracks.

Fina can draw, sing, and voice act very proficiently. On top of that she has solid gaming skills, especially when it comes to rhythm games. Off-stream she usually spends her time interacting with people on Twitter, doing dailies for several gacha games, hanging out in the stream chats of other members, or raiding in her favorite game: Final Fantasy XIV.

Background
On 30 November 2020, NIJISANJI opened auditions for their new English branch, with the audition period lasting until 15 December. Youtube channels for NIJISANJI EN's first wave of Livers were created on 21 April 2021, and their Twitter accounts were created in May 2021.

On 12 May 2021, NIJISANJI announced the upcoming debut of their English branch's first group, LazuLight, revealing a teaser with the new Livers' designs and voices. Their Twitter and Youtube accounts were also made public at this time.

Debut
LazuLight began their activities on 16 May 2021 (JST/GMT) as part of a special debut program on the NIJISANJI World channel hosted by Hana Macchia and Bonnivier Pranaja. Finana was scheduled to debut third, but she experienced technical difficulties and was unable to hold her debut stream as planned, which caused the hashtag #FreeFinana to trend in the United States.

Afterwards, all three members of LazuLight appeared on the main channel's special program, where each of them was given a piece of the moon from Staff-san. Immediately after the debut program, LazuLight released their first original song, Diamond City Lights. This song was composed by Mafumafu, and the lyrics were written by Nelson Babin-Coy and Hoshikawa Sara.

Finana later held a proper debut stream on 18 May 2021.

2021
On 21 May, it was announced that Finana would be the vocalist for the English version of "Virtual Strike", produced by TeddyLoid and the third song in NIJISANJI's music project, "PALETTE", made for NIJISANJI's third anniversary. The song became available on various streaming services on 11 June.

On 15 June, she reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.

On 28 June, she participated in a Garry's Mod collab with Zentreya, Haruka Karibu, Scarra, Artemis of the Blue, Bao, and Vienna. This marked the EN branch's first collab outside of NIJISANJI.

On 18 July, LazuLight's debut voice packs went on sale, with custom voice packs limited to the first 100 purchases.

On 25 August, she opened her Youtube channel's membership, becoming the first member of NIJISANJI EN to do so. By the end of her stream, over 1,000 viewers had joined her membership.

On 19 November, she celebrated reaching 200,000 subscribers on Youtube with her first proper karaoke stream.

On 19 December, Finana's "First Step Goods" merchandise and Christmas 2021 voice pack went up for sale.

On 27 December, Finana's Twitter account reached 150,000 followers.

2022
On 22 January, LazuLight announced in a collab that on 29 January, they would get new costumes. They made the Twitter hashtag "#LazuDrip" so that fans could send their predictions for the outfits. Finana's hashtag for impressions of her new outfit was #FeeshDrip.

On 29 January, Finana revealed her new outfit, a white and blue-green kimono with a fish-patterned obi, a skintight undergarment, and thigh highs. She sports a shorter hairstyle with buns in place of flowers and a smaller tiara. Shortly after her outfit reveal, Finana premiered her first original song "TSUNAMI", produced and writen by kira. Later, new merchandise went up for sale to celebrate LazuLight's new outfits. TSUNAMI reached 1 million views on 14 March.

On 15 March, Finana's "White Day 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 24 March, Finana revealed a sub twitter account for liking and retweeting her NSFW art. She also made her first tweet and a tweet on her main account to publicize this new account.

On 14 April, Finana reached 300,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 22 April, Finana's "Sakura Bloom 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 9 May (EDT), Finana appeared on Projekt Melody's Lewdcast Podcast.

On 17 May, LazuLight's 1st Anniversary goods went up for sale. Merchandise included acrylic stands, snapshot cards, badges, file folders, NIJIPuppets, and T-shirts designed by LazuLight. Finana's T-shirt featured a closeup of her eyes.

On 21 June, Finana's 2022 birthday goods and voice went up for sale.

On 24 July, Finana reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 27 July, Finana reached 400,000 followers on her Twitter account.

On 29 July, Finana's "Ocean Breeze Voice 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 6 August, NIJISANJI announced that Finana would appear in a special 3D showcase on Day 2 of NijiFes 2022 alongside Elira, Pomu, and Hana Macchia.

On 31 August, Finana's "Summer Vacation 2022" voice pack went up for sale. She was featured in the artwork for this series.

On 29 September, NIJISANJI announced that Finana would be unable to attend NijiFes 2022 due to "unforseen circumstances."

On 13 October, Finana's "Halloween 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 1 November, Finana's "November Seasonal Voice 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 24 November, Finana's "Thanksgiving" goods went up for sale. Merchandise included mug candles, acrylic stands, badges, wooden keychains, and lap blankets.

2023
On 6 January, NIJISANJI EN's official Twitter announced that LazuLight would be holding their 3D reveal streams, with Finana's 3D reveal to be held on 20 January.

On 20 January, Finana held her 3D debut stream, which featured a special medley of remixed NIJISANJI EN debut songs. The remixes were arranged by dj-Jo.

On 7 February, Finana's "Valentine's Day 2023" goods and voice pack went up for sale. In addition to typical goods such as acrylic stands, snapshot cards, and badges, merchandise also included personalized accessories for each of the four featured Livers, with Finana's being a silver ring.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Finana Ryugu/Discography

2021

 * On 24 June, NIJISANJI's English Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Anime Expo Lite 2021."
 * On 1 July, Otakuthon Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Otakuthon At Home 2021" as guests.
 * On 15 September, all members of LazuLight and OBSYDIA participated in the "Meltdown" Jackbox game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel.
 * On 22 November, all members of LazuLight, OBSYDIA, and Ethyria participated in the "Ready! Get Set! Clash!" Mario Kart game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel, in which Finana was crowned the winner.
 * On 28 November, all members of LazuLight participated in the "VTubers Have No Borders 2021" music festival hosted by Overidea.

2022

 * On 1 January, OffKai Expo's Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "OffKai Expo" as guests. LazuLight held their OffKai Expo panel on 29 April, which was later uploaded to YouTube on 16 August.
 * On 23 November, WIXOSS TCG's official Twitter revealed that Finana would be featured in the upcoming "NIJISANJI DIVA" collaboration pack. Finana's card art was revealed on 12 December, and the collaboration pack was released on 24 December.

2023

 * On 15 January, LazuLight and Ethyria attended ANIME Impulse LA 2023 as guests, where they held meet & greet sessions and a live concert designated #HOPCONcert.
 * On 7 February, Finana announced that she would appear as a special guest at Honkai Impact 3rd's special anniversary program on 11 February.

Fans

 * Her fanbase name is "Ryuguards".
 * During her debut, she jokingly suggested calling the fanbase "seamen."
 * Her fanbase also sometimes refers to themselves as "Financers".

Quotes

 * "Fish and chips, anyone?" - debut teaser
 * "What's a solar?"
 * "I've heard a lotta guys like to flex the amount of times they can per day... but I find it kinda cute. I think its hilarious."
 * "Ugh...I've got fish memory."

Relationships

 * "LazuLight" - Finana, Elira Pendora, and Pomu Rainpuff. These three debuted together.
 * "PufferFeesh" - Finana and Pomu Rainpuff.
 * "OceanLaw" - Finana and Selen Tatsuki.
 * "Team Introverts" - Finana, Rosemi Lovelock, and Ike Eveland.
 * "StarFeesh" - Finana and Aster Arcadia.

Identity

 * Species: Tropical Mermaid
 * Color: #79CFB8
 * She can also speak Hmong and a little bit of Japanese.
 * She is bisexual.

Lore

 * According to her debut, Finana is a royal descendant of the sea dragon god Ryugu, responsible for protecting the coral reefs in the tropical seas. She became a VTuber in order to learn about humans and their culture.

Likes and dislikes

 * Likes: Custom keyboards, keycaps, switches, drawing, epic anime battles + OSTs, Doritos & Dr. Pepper, fashion/cosplay
 * Dislikes: Spiders, Minecraft mobs (Creepers, Trumpet Skeleton, etc.), "Finana" autocorrects to "Finance", pineapple on pizza
 * Anime she likes: Shingeki no Kyojin, Steins;Gate & 0, Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, No Game No Life, Toradora!, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Beastars, Promare, Vinland Saga, Kimetsu no Yaiba (+ Mugen Train Movie), Yakusoku no Neverland (not season 2), Jujutsu Kaisen, Hajime no Ippo, Megalobox, Dr. Stone''
 * Music she likes:
 * Sawano Hiroyuki
 * Touhou Project (Traditional/Folk, Eurobeat, Metal, Rock, Electronic, etc.)
 * Anime OSTs: Myth & Roid, MAN WITH A MISSION, ONE OK ROCK, anything with Japanese/German
 * Japanese singers: Nano, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, LiSA, Mizuki Nana, Aimer, Yanagisawa Nana, Yousei Teikoku, ReoNa
 * Utaite/Vocaloid: TeddyLoid, Reol, Mafumafu, Nanahira, Giga-P, DECO*27, Crusher-P, Utsu-P, PinocchioP, Kairiki Bear, Cepheid, HoneyWorks, Kanaria, wowaka, Supercell, Neru, CircusP, Mitchie M
 * Korean Pop
 * 88rising: Lexie Liu, Rich Brian, Joji,Higher Brothers, Keith Ape, Chungha
 * BABYMETAL

Miscellaneous

 * She once had an embarrassing moment where she had ordered an NSFW "egg-shaped object" online and her father opened the package. The egg became a recurring joke in her streams and whenever Finana censors something during streaming, she brings up a doodle of her retelling of the story.
 * Her NSFW tag had to be changed twice (from #OnlyFins to #NSFinW to #Ryugasm) due to people spamming unrelated content in her tags.
 * On phone keyboards, Finana usually autocorrects to "Finance". Whenever she uses her lower-pitched voice on some streams, Ryuguards dubbed this persona to be "Finance Ryugu".
 * Her first avatar is incapable of making a sad face. As a result, even when she is actually sad, her avatar is still smiling.
 * Her favorite type of man is "bad boy with a heart of gold".
 * She went through a "Zero Two" phase, and owns a dakimakura of her.
 * During one stream she stated her liking in squeezing things to relieve stress or distract herself from nervousness.
 * It’s on this same topic she claimed to occasionally grope her breasts like stress balls during streams, mostly when watching animated CGs or videos. Since then, viewers in the chat would use “stress balls” to refer to breasts.
 * During the first round of NIJISANJI EN auditions, Finana gave advice to a fellow auditionee who she later learned was Luca Kaneshiro.

Media

 * Finana Ryugu's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * Finana Ryugu 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * @FinanaRyugu - Twitter account
 * @RyuguFinana - Twitter sub account (NSFW)
 * @finanaryugu - Marshmallow account
 * u/Finana_Ryugu - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #FinanaRyugu or #フィナーナ竜宮 - General
 * #FinanaLive - Stream talk
 * #Ryuguards - Fans
 * #Finanart - Fan art
 * #Ryugasm - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #Ryugraphics - Thumbnails/assets
 * #Finameme - Memes

Further readings

 * Finana Ryugu (フィナーナ・竜宮) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * FinanaRyugu - Pixiv Encylopedia
 * 龙宫Finana - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Finana Ryugu【NIJISANJI EN】 - Wikitubia