Takane Lui

Takane Lui (鷹嶺ルイ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive. She debuted as part of its sixth generation under the name of "Secret Society holoX" alongside La+ Darknesss, Hakui Koyori, Sakamata Chloe and Kazama Iroha.

Profile
The executive officer of Secret Society holoX.

As holoX's point of contact and the one in charge of external affairs, she is the de facto leader of the group, handling matters that the founder cannot.

While she may seem aloof and standoffish at first glance, she is a compassionate person who cares a lot for her subordinates.

Unfortunately, she is also rather prone to screwing up in crucial moments.

Personality
Lui can be described as a "big sister" type person, with an overall gentle but sometimes also energetic and cheerful personality. Due to her relatively level-headed and mature nature, she's often saddled with reining in the antics of her more chaotic genmates, particularly La+ Darknesss and Sakamata Chloe. Like Ninomae Ina'nis and Ouro Kronii, she is quite fond of dad jokes.

She can also get easily scared and panicked by anything unexpected; an infamous example was when she streamed Outlast during her early days, which she made a challenge of ending the stream when screamed, she ended up streaming 2 more attempts after failing the first attempt by accidentally knocking down a glass of water.

Among her genmates, Lui is the one who actively tries to communicate with overseas hololive members and fans the most, as seen on several tweets and YouTube community posts of hers, as well as opening her Reddit account in late December 2021.

Appearance
She has short pink hair with wings on her head and blue eyes. She wears a dark magenta cape over a white top and black high waisted shorts.

Background
Takane Lui's YouTube channel was created on 12 September 2021. Her Twitter account was also created in September 2021. She was first revealed as part of holoX, the sixth generation of the Japanese branch of hololive, in an introductory video posted on 26 November 2021 at noon JST. She made her first tweet at the same time, asking 「みなさ～ん、待ったかね？？？」 - "Every~one, will you wait for me???" She was in turn welcomed by Takanashi Kiara into "holotori," the hololive birds.

Lui debuted on 27 November 2021 at 9pm JST, she was the second -holoX- member to debut. On the same day, she released her first official cover song "EYE" by Kanaria.

2021
On 5 December, Lui reached 300,000 subscribers on YouTube.

On 14 December, Lui opened her channel membership feature.

On 28 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that Nene and the sixth gen members would get "new year" costumes.

2022
On 1 January, Lui debuted her second 2D costume, a furisode to celebrate the new year. In this costume, Lui got a new hairstyle, a side curly ponytail to the right. Above her ponytail, Lui can wear a small black hat decorated with feathers in the same color. The hat also has a golden hawk decoration to the right and some flowers. She wears a single earring on her left ear. Her furisode is striped blue and black. The blouse is blue to the right and black to the left, with the left side folded over the right side and the black side dominant on her top. The skirt is also folded in the same direction. However as the colors are inverted, blue is the dominant color in her skirt. The edges of the furisode are wavy, black for the sleeves, white for the middle open section, and black and white at the end of the it. The inner part of the furisode has a pattern of feathers. The furisode has a brown corset decorated with a long red ribbon. Her shoes are white and brown. Lui can also wear a white, fluffy piece of cloth.

On 11 January, Lui reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a stream of "Pokémon Shining Pearl."

On 1 April, Lui uploaded a teaser video introducing the Dating Simulation Game named "Horo ni koisuru" (「ホロに恋する」, lit. Fall in love with Holo) that she produced herself. The video has the appearance of: Sakura Miko, Aki Rosenthal, Oozora Subaru, Nekomata Okayu, Houshou Marine, Tsunomaki Watame, Yukihana Lamy, Hakui Koyori, Kureiji Ollie, and Ouro Kronii.

On 26 April, Lui reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers during an endurance karaoke stream. This makes her the 52nd hololive member to reach this milestone, and the last of her generation to do so.

On 11 June, during her birthday stream, Lui announced her first original song.

On 14 June, Lui announced that she would get her 3D model.

On 21 June, she debuted her 3D model.

On 28 July, she released the full music video of her original song "Overd."

On 10 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Lui debuted her 3D swimsuit. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On 22 August, continuing the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Lui debuted her 3D yukata. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.

On 1 September, Lui reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 19 October, Lui debuted a new hairstyle for her new year costume using long loose hair.

On 16 November, during a stream on Koyori's channel, holoX announced that they would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 27 November, Lui celebrated her first year anniversary. During the stream, she debuted her 3D idol costume and released the second original song "TSUBASA."

On 4 December, during holoX first year anniversary, they released their first original song "Jouya Repaint."

On 21 December, during a holoX meeting stream, Lui, Hakui Koyori, Sakamata Chloe and Kazama Iroha debuted their 3D christmas costumes.

2023
On 20 February, Lui's original song "Overd" has reached 300,000 YouTube views.

On 18 March, Lui debuted her second 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.

On 20 March, she reached 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a karaoke endurance stream.

On 11 June, during her birthday, Lui released her third and fourth original songs, "Baka Bakka" and "FIRST CRY."

On 21 June, Lui released the music video for her original song "TSUBASA."

On 13 July, she debuted a new 3D costume as a member of the "Blue Journey" musical project. She uses a blue beret with a plaid pattern. The costume has a white blouse with detached sleeves, a blue ribbon in the chest decorated with light blue jewel and a blue belt below the chest. The blouse lower edge is asymmetrical and divided in three, the front has planks and it is the longest, then the right side is longer that the left side. She uses a long blue skirt with a plaid pattern and the inner section is light blue. On the back the costume is decorated with a see through ribbon.

On 27 July, Lui's main costume got updated to the 3.0 version. Lui has movement updates. Lui can have heart and sparky shaped pupils, turn her eyes to white and make them teary. She can also shadow her face to make her look sinister. Lui can stick out her tongue.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, Lui debuted her second 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt. Lui uses the shorts. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

On 10 September, Lui announced that she would get her third 2D costume.

On 16 September, Lui debuted her third 2D costume. Her hair has small braided twintails falling to the sides. She got another hairstyle using a bob haircut. She wears a black blouse with a see through neckline decorated with a bow. Her sleeves are also partially see through with stylized birds in white as complements. She has a long wine colored skirt with an orange opening with a white polka dot pattern to the left side. Lui uses black shoes with a triangular buckle. Lui can also wear a coat in the same color as her skirt with golden decorative elements and a brooch, the coats cap can be put on. Lui also has a black beret decorated with a white pompon and a small rose.

On 25 September, Lui reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an endurance stream.

On 20 November, holoX debuted their new accessories including headphones and a super sentai masks.

Discography

 * Main page: Takane Lui/Discography

Events

 * On 27 July 2022, Crunchyroll Expo's Twitter announced that Takane Lui and other hololive members would be appearing in "Crunchyroll Expo 2022," which would be held from 5-7 August 2022.
 * On 5 September 2022, the Japanese game magazine website Famitsu announced that they would collaborate with Lui, Aki Rosenthal, Tokoyami Towa, and Shishiro Botan to write reviews about games. Each member would write a column every month.
 * On 17 August 2023, MOLLY ONLINE's Twitter account that Lui, Nekomata Okayu and Tokoyami Towa would appear in merchandize that could be won in the crane game with original designs. The merchandize includes tapestries, acrylic stands, acrylic blocks, and die cut cushions. The items would be available from 13 July 2023.
 * On 19 September 2023, Temitaka Sake's kyuubi brand announced that they would collaborate with Lui on the original honey sake "Flora～Rosa～", which would be available from 21 September 2023.
 * It won the Experimental Mead semi, and the Best of Show-Mead (Japan's first time) at The Mazer Cup International Mead Competition 2023, the world's most prestigious honey wine competition in the US.
 * On 14 November 2023, the gacha game CUBIC STARS announced a collaboration with holoX, featuring the members as characters in different costumes. The event would be available from 22 November until 13 December 2023.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her fans are known as "Lui tomo"「ルイ友」(Lui Friend).
 * Her partner is a fat frogmouth called "Ganmo"「がんも」. He is Lui's secretary. On his head there are two white baby birds, "Tsumire" 「つみれ」 (above) and "Tsukune"「つくね」, but they are not related.

Quotes

 * "俺んとこ来ないか？ (Wanna come my home?) " - Lui's first words, about to sing One Night Carnival by Kishidan

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Lui is a part of are:
 * "HOLOTORI," alongside Oozora Subaru (duck), Takanashi Kiara (phoenix), Pavolia Reine (peacock) and Nanashi Mumei (owl).
 * "Rich Chocolat" 「りっちしょこら」, alongside Yuzuki Choco.
 * "BLT," alongside Shishiro Botan (bacon) and Tokoyami Towa (tomato).
 * "SSS" (Sexy Sensitive Senshi), alongside Yuzuki Choco and Houshou Marine.
 * "InuTakaShishiRam" 「いぬたかししらむ」, alongside Inugami Korone, Shishiro Botan, and Tsunomaki Watame.
 * "Dorobo Kensetsu" (泥棒建設), alongside Nekomata Okayu, Inugami Korone, Ookami Mio, Shirakami Fubuki and La+ Darknesss.

Name

 * Her surname, Takane, is written with the kanji 「鷹嶺」, meaning "hawk" and "summit." "Lui" is written in katakana, often used for foreign names.
 * Her name shares similarities to that of Takanashi Kiara, who also uses a kanji surname including "taka" meaning "hawk," and a katakana given name. However, Takane Lui uses the standard kanji for "taka."

Likes and dislikes

 * Lui enjoys spicy food, pickles and red wine.
 * Her favourite games include Final Fantasy 13 and 14, Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, The Idolmaster franchise, dating sims (Tokimeki Memorial 2 in particular) and FPS games in general.
 * Her favourite anime are Code Geass, Psycho-Pass, Ouran High School Host Club, Spy x Family, Nagi no Asukara, Tokyo Ghoul and Death Note.
 * Lui dislikes pointy objects, but mainly when they are pointed at her.
 * Lui doesn't like horror games and gets scared extremely easily.
 * In an attempt to overcome her fears, Lui streamed Outlast on December 2nd 2021 with the added challege of no screaming. The first attempt failed even before she managed to start the game when she knocked over her glass of water. Ending the stream within just over 6 minutes.
 * Right after that Lui started a second attempt, but failed as soon as she ran into a flickering light, ending the attempt just before hitting 9 minutes.
 * The third attempt ended at around 11 minutes when Lui encountered a corpse dangling from the ceiling, causing her to shriek in terror.

Miscellaneous

 * Lui shares her designer with the "bewitching aura drifting snow witch" design announced for audition back in 20 March 2020, that ultimately went unused.
 * As a hawk, Lui is the fourth "bird themed" VTuber to join hololive (fifth if one counts Oozora Subaru, who developed a duck-theme post-debut) after Takanashi Kiara (phoenix), Pavolia Reine (peacock), and Nanashi Mumei (owl).
 * Lui started her debut stream with the song "One Night Carnival" by Kishidan but she went so far and got scolded by her manager.
 * She is the 23rd hololive member to join the official hololive Subreddit as a moderator.
 * holoX appeared on the cover of the 8th volume of "VTuber Style" (VTuberスタイル) magazine which would be released on 28 July 2022.
 * Lui along with Yozora Mel, Momosuzu Nene, and Yuzuki Choco appeared on the cover of S Cawaii!'s November issue special edition, which was released on 16 September 2022. The special edition includes an image of four of them in A4 size.
 * The official manga about the Secret Society holoX would be serialized on Shonen Jump+ magazine starting 1 November 2022.

Media

 * Lui ch. 鷹嶺ルイ - holoX - - YouTube channel
 * takanelui_hololive - Twitch channel
 * Takane Lui's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @takanelui - Twitter account
 * u/TakaneLui - Reddit account
 * @takane_lui - TikTok account
 * @takaneluilui - Instagram account

Twitter hashtags

 * #ルイ友 - Fan
 * #たかねの見物 - Stream talk
 * #Luillust - Fan art
 * #鷹嶺ルイ - Others
 * #エブリルイ - Daily short

Further readings

 * 鷹嶺ルイ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 鷹嶺ルイ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 鹰岭琉依 - Moegirl Encylopedia
 * 타카네 루이 - Namu Wiki