Seraph Dazzlegarden

Seraph Dazzlegarden (セラフ・ダズルガーデン) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI, debuting as part of the unit "VOLTACTION" (ヴォルタクション) alongside Fura Kanato, Watarai Hibari and Shikinagi Akira. Previously, he was enrolled as a student in VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA) as part of its first generation as Misono Satoshi (美園聡).

Profile
Born into a family whose livelihood is being assassins, he has been trained to refine assassination techniques from an early age. There are a lot of mysteries about his identity as he has been using many names. Currently, he is working as a freelance agent after he quit being an assassin.

Personality
In general, Seraph is calm, level-headed, and likes to do things at his own pace. He has been described variably as being gentle, cute, and an easygoing "iiyo bot" (いいよbot, "that's fine" bot) - someone who doesn't like saying no to people if they ask him for something. As VOLTACTION's youngest member, he also has a bit of a childish streak and a more cheeky and mischievous side; he often teases, pranks, or lies to others in collabs or even his own viewers, with his enjoyment of their suffering at times bordering on sociopathy.

However, there are some darker aspects of his personality that appear to have been warped by his past as an assassin. For example, he occasionally says shockingly violent or disturbing things entirely nonchalantly, often with the implication that he's either experienced or done said things, and thinks that certain horror antagonists and grotesque phenomena are cute and beautiful rather than terrifying. In fact, not only is he strangely unaffected by intense violence, gore, and jumpscares, his comments sometimes lead viewers to remark that Seraph scares them more than the horror games he enjoys playing.

While he is well-read and book smart, his large vocabulary along with a love of wordplay and a penchant for reflexive or "brain dead" commentary has lead to bizarre or nonsensical phrases that sometimes even Seraph himself doesn't understand. Despite this, he is quite eloquent and articulate when the situation calls for it, for example when discussing topics like mental health or when giving meaningful advice and expressing gratitude to his viewers - or less seriously, when demolishing his friends in debate tournaments.

According to his debut-mates and senpais, he is multitalented almost to a fault, and even if there is something he can't do but wants to do well, he is the kind of person who will work hard until he's good at it. Regardless, Seraph himself appears to be rather modest, becoming flustered whenever he is genuinely complimented.

Appearance
Seraph has mid-length black hair that has been dyed a blond to pink gradient. This excludes a pair of distinctive red highlights evoking a horned owl's "horns", as well as the hair at the nape of his neck, which remains its natural color. His bangs partially obscure his left eye. His eyes are three different colors: dark blue in the upper third of his irises, red in the middle, and gold at the base. His ears are both extensively pierced.

In his default outfit, he wears a removable red overcoat with black and white feather patterns on its lower half and sleeves and a detached hood with a stylized black horned owl logo on it. Beneath the coat, he wears a form-fitting black thermal top with sleeves that extend to the point of doubling as fingerless gloves. Over this, he wears a navy blue haori jacket. As he usually keeps his right arm out of the sleeve, half of the jacket hangs at his side. He wears white pants with black stripes down each side, tucked into white and navy blue boots. Belts and garter belts around his waist and thighs hide an arsenal of weaponry as well as hold up a holster at his right thigh containing a knife. Other hidden weapons on his person include his violin necklace, which contains a retractable needle; a needle holster strapped to his left forearm; three switchblades clipped to his haori jacket; and blades hidden in his rings.

As a variation on his default outfit, he also occasionally streams in "shigoto mode" (仕事モード, work mode). In this mode, his hood is pulled over his head, with his face cast in shadow. His eyes also brightly glow.

Background
On 4 November 2021, Seraph Dazzlegarden, then Misono Satoshi, made his first appearance on the VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA) channel as part of its first batch of students.

On 11 July 2022, ANYCOLOR announced that Seraph would debut directly into NIJISANJI as part of the unit "VOLTACTION", the second wave of Livers formed from VTA graduates. In preparation for his debut, he received a full rebranding and redesign, and all YouTube videos previously created during his time in VTA were hidden.

Seraph's YouTube channel was created on 2 July 2022, and his Twitter account was created in June 2022. His first tweet was made on 13 July 2022.

Debut
VOLTACTION started their activities on 13 July 2022 and had their first streams on 16 July 2022. Seraph was the last of the group to hold his first stream. Afterwards, all four members of VOLTACTION appeared on a special debut program on NIJISANJI channel, hosted by Hanabatake Chaika and Joe Rikiichi.

The short version of VOLTACTION's first original song, "INLAID" (インレイド), was released earlier on 13 July 2022. This song was written and produced by of STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION.

During his first stream, Seraph showcased his violin skill by playing "Jōnetsu Tairiku" (情熱大陸), a very well-known Japanese violin composition by (Japanese composer and violinist), and "Giragira" (ギラギラ) by Teniwoha.

2022
On 16 July, on the day on his first stream, Seraph reached 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 21 July, Seraph reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 13 August, his channel was approved for monetization and opened for memberships.

On 25 September, Seraph reached 150,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 27 September, Seraph released his first vocal cover, of "Eien No Akuruhi" (永遠のあくる日) by Teniwoha.

On 13 October, VOLTACTION's first voice drama, "Opening Today", was released.

On 26 October, he announced that he would be taking a brief break from streaming due to health reasons. Upon his return on 28 October, he revealed that he had undergone emergency surgery after developing.

2023
On 12 January, VOLTACTION announced that that all four members would receive their second 2D outfits, and would reveal them via a stream relay with 30 minutes allotted for each member. The relay was held in the same order as their debut streams with Seraph going last, holding his stream at midnight the following day.

On 13 January, Seraph debuted his second 2D outfit, which is the standard Erfolg College school uniform - consisting of a black tailcoat, a gray dress shirt and tie, and black slacks. Seraph's variation on the uniform includes a red hoodie underneath the tailcoat, the tie being tied into a bow, a tartan scarf with a scarf pin in the shape of his horned owl logo, a red and blue bracelet, black leather gloves, and a keyring and a pair of garterbelts with attached knives. The outfit also came with a new hairstyle, which is slightly shorter than his default style and has his bangs brushed to the left, revealing more of his forehead. The same day, VOLTACTION celebrated their half-anniversary since debut by releasing their second original song, "Watercolor". The song was written and produced by the band. They also held a celebration stream for their half-anniversary, where they announced the release of their second voice drama, "undertake any request", which was released that evening.

On 9 March, announced that they would be featuring Seraph in the magazine's April issue.

On 1 April, Seraph, under what is heavily implied to be his past codename -Ares, made a series of lore-related cryptic messages alluding to his previous work as a contract killer. This built up towards a surprise unannounced cover of 's "BAD DREAM" (悪夢) performed in his -Ares persona, which was released on the same day.

On 9 April, Seraph reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, which he celebrated by having his first ever singing stream.

On 26 April, VOLTACTION announced a 3D model debut stream relay, with Seraph being the third person to have his 3D model debut on 19 May. His 3D debut stream peaked at over 73,000 concurrent viewers, with the associated Twitter hashtag (#セラフ3D) reaching #1 trending in Japan.

On 23 June, it was announced that Seraph will join the fixed regular cast of the NIJISANJI variety program NIJISANJI Quiz Show/NijiQuiz.

On 5 July, VOLTACTION announced that they would be celebrating their first anniversary since debut with a live 3D concert, "RAISE the VOLTAGE", which was streamed for free on the group's YouTube channel on 15 July. At the concert, they debuted their third original song, "RELOAD!!!!", which was written and produced by OSTER project. They also announced the release of the "Memories of Nostalgia" series of voice dramas over the course of the following months, each of which are set during VOLTACTION's formative years at Elforg College and focuses on a different member and their respective backstories/lore; the first, "Seraph Dazzlegarden-hen", was released shortly after the concert.

On 23 July, magazine revealed that VOLTACTION would be featured in its 2359th issue as part of its NEXT Generation 2023 segment, which was released on 2 August.

On 9 August, his first solo single was released as part of the FOCUS ON - NIJISANJI SINGLE COLLECTION project. It contained two original A-side tracks, "Dive to the Future!!" and "Will be". It peaked at #7 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

On 14 August, a Room 4S-centric voice drama, "Around 4S ~Tsuioku no Kyūka~", was released.

On 9 September, Seraph took part in the 2023 edition of NIJI Melody Time, a NIJISANJI singing relay collaboration.

On 26 September, Seraph debuted his third 2D outfit. It is a wa modan-style (和モダン, Japanese modern) outfit featuring a translucent black haori with the same feather patterns as his default outfit over an oversized grey dress shirt and black inner turtleneck top, paired with red-accented black hakama pants and black oxford shoes with red soles. In lieu of his normal set of piercings, he wears a single red spike-shaped pendant earring from his left ear. His hair in this outfit is longer and styled in a side ponytail, with his bangs pinned back with optional hairpins; without them, his bangs hang over and completely obscure his left eye.

On 23 October, VOLTACTION's second "Memories of Nostalgia" voice drama, "Shikinagi Akira-hen", was released.

On 1 November, announced that VOLTACTION would be interviewed and featured in the magazine's December issue.

From 4-11 November, coinciding with the second anniversary of their VTA debuts, the 8 former members of VTA's first generation who ultimately debuted with NIJISANJI held the Ano 8-Nin Nayutan Medley (あの8人でナユタンメドレー), a cover relay in which each member sang a different NayutalieN song. Seraph released a cover of "Perfect Life" (パーフェクト生命) on 8 November as part of this relay; he also illustrated the videos for all four VOLTACTION members' covers. The relay concluded with a cover of "Alien Alien" (エイリアンエイリアン) by the full group on 12 November.

On 13 November, VOLTACTION's third "Memories of Nostalgia" voice drama, "Watarai Hibari-hen", was released.

At NijiFes 2023, which was held from 23-24 December, he hosted a spin-off episode of NIJISANJI Quiz Show/NijiQuiz with the rest of the regular cast on Day 1. On Day 2, he participated in the NIJISANJI Dance Live alongside the other members of VOLTACTION.

Discography

 * Main page: Seraph Dazzlegarden/Discography

2022

 * On 14 September, it was announced that VOLTACTION goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival 2022, which was held from 5-6 November. A secondary campaign, "Luxiem × VOLTACTION ～Secret Mission～ in AGF2022", was announced on 2 November in collaboration with NIJISANJI EN's Luxiem; those who successfully solved the campaign's riddles would receive an exclusive acrylic keyholder.

2023

 * On 18 February, he appeared as the featured guest on an episode of seiyuus, , and 's variety show Asoburu.
 * On 28 April, Taito Toys released a VOLTACTION Street Style series of original collaboration goods via kuji (i.e., received goods are randomized). The goods featured original artwork of the members in streetwear, and included a poster standboard, large cushions, face towels, badge sets, posters, and rubber charm straps.
 * On 29 May, makeup brands Love Liner and iCouleur announced a collaboration with the members of VOLTACTION, with tie-in goods available to purchase from 14-30 June. They featured original artwork of the members in casual clothing, and included eyeshadow palettes and liquid eyeliner designed by each member as well as acrylic stands, with stickers and postcards as purchase bonuses. The campaign also included a pop-up event at @cosme's flagship Tokyo location in Harajuku from 18-19 June.
 * On 30 May, it was announced that Seraph would be attending Seoul POPCON in Seoul, South Korea as a main stage guest/panelist on 26 August, alongside Min Suha, Yang Nari, So Nagi, Oh Jiyu, Seffyna, and Nagao Kei.
 * On 15 August, convenience store chain announced a sales campaign in collaboration with VOLTACTION which ran from 22 August to 4 September, with customers reaching a certain purchase threshold eligible to receive goods featuring original artwork of the members.
 * On 1 September, he played the role of the protagonist in the season premiere of the second season of Sukoya Kana's 3D improv stage project, Katashiro Reflect. He was a last-minute substitute for Yumeoi Kakeru, who had COVID-19.
 * On 25 October, perfume brand Anideal announced the 4th volume of its collaboration series with NIJISANJI, this time featuring the members of VOLTACTION. The collaboration featured original fragrances designed by the members, which were released on 28 November.

Mascot and Fans

 * Seraph's fans are officially called "Serazuku" (セラズク), which is a portmanteau of Seraph's name and "mimizuku" (ミミズク, horned owl).
 * His channel members are referred to as "Agents" (エージェント), with two tiers: "Assistant Agents" (アシスタントエージェント) and "Buddy Agents" (バディエージェント).
 * His fanmarks are 🦉 (owl) and 🎻 (violin). He would have preferred it if the former was a horned owl, but there is no specific emoji for one.
 * His mascot is named "Mimizuku-san" (ミミズクさん). As its name implies, Mimizuku-san is a horned owl, with plumage in the same shade of pink as his hair and "horns" that resemble his characteristic red highlights.
 * Mimizuku-san was designed by Seraph's artist Bodax, originally appearing in an unofficial congratulatory fanart for him reaching 100,000 subscribers. It eventually made its first official appearance in his 3D debut.
 * It shares a naming pattern with Watarai Hibari's mascot character Hibari-san, who is also simply named after the name of its species in Japanese.
 * A large Mimizuku-san plushie was released on 13 July 2023 as part of the lineup of VOLTACTION's first anniversary goods.

Relationships

 * "VOLTACTION" (ヴォルタクション) or "VOLTA" (ヴォルタ) - Seraph, Fura Kanato, Watarai Hibari, and Shikinagi Akira.
 * They are debut-mates and fellow graduates from the first generation of VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA), and are the first debut wave from NIJISANJI to have received their own dedicated social media and YouTube channel on launch.
 * The unit's name is a portmanteau of the English words "voltage" and "bolt-action"; the four of them came up with the name together.
 * Media: YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
 * Hashtags: #VOLTACTION - General tag #ヴォルタ - General tag (Japanese) #ヴォルタノアジト - Stream tag #VOLTA展 - Fanart tag
 * Emoji: ⚡🔫 (tentative)
 * "Room 4S" or "Rumufo" (るむふぉ) - Seraph and Shikinagi Akira; a subunit of VOLTACTION.
 * "Kanasera" (かなセラ) - Seraph and Fura Kanato; a subunit of VOLTACTION.
 * "Hibasera" (ひばセラ) - Seraph and Watarai Hibari; a subunit of VOLTACTION.
 * "Serasera" (セラセラ) - Seraph and Na Sera.
 * "Genega~" (ジェネギャ～) - Seraph, Higuchi Kaede, Yashiro Kizuku, and Yorumi Rena. They were teammates in the NIJISANJI Splatoon Festival, which took place on 16 October 2022.
 * "Chemistry" (ちぇみすとりー) - Seraph, Kanae, Amamiya Kokoro, Yang Nari, and Ha Yun. They were teammates in the 2nd NIJISANJI VALORANT Custom, which took place on 2-3 May 2023.
 * "NIJISANJI Dance Club" (にじさんじダンス部) - Seraph, Yamagami Karuta, Todo Kohaku, Nagao Kei, Lain Paterson, and Koyanagi Rou.
 * "Ano 8-Nin" (あの8人, Those 8) - Seraph, Amagase Muyu, Umise Yotsuha, Ponto Nei, Fura Kanato, Watarai Hibari, Shikinagi Akira, and Kaburaki Roco. They are the 8 former first generation VTA students who ended up debuting with NIJISANJI.
 * "SESERAGI GUMI" (せせらぎ組) - Seraph, Shikinagi Akira, Umise Yotsuha, and Kaburaki Roco. They were former classmates in VTA's first generation's class 2 before debuting with NIJISANJI.
 * On 27 November 2023, Yotsuha announced their official group name on X (previously known as Twitter) after their The Game of Life (人生ゲーム) collaboration stream ended.
 * Hashtags: #せせらぎ組 - General, fanart, and stream tag

Quotes

 * "Hai, dōmo." (はい、どうも. Ah, hello.)
 * "Omoro." (おもろ. How funny.)
 * "Abinē~" (あびねー, That was close~)
 * "Gahaha." (ガハハ, *fake laughter*)
 * "Chigau ka?" (違うか, Did I say something wrong?)
 * "Sono mubōbi na... sono mubōbi na kubimoto wo dōnikashite yarōka to omou... iya mā demo ne, ato sono otoshitara ikenai no de" (その無防備な...その無防備な首元をどうにかしてやろうかと思う...いやまあでもね、あのそのおとしたらいけないので, That vulnerable... that vulnerable-looking throat, why don't I do something about it... but then again, I shouldn't kill people, so...)
 * "Sō, chi ga kekkō nurunuru shiterunde, kōsokugu ga hazuretarisurundesu yo ne tokiori" (そう、血が結構ヌルヌルしてるんで、拘束具が外れたりするんですよね時折, Right, blood is pretty slippery, so it's useful for getting out of physical restraints from time to time.") 
 * "Shittemasuka? Tanpakushitsu wo bunkai suru ekitai ga yakkyoku de uttemashite. Sore tsukattara ne, kekkō kirei ni ochirumon nan desu yo. Toku ni chi toka de yogoreta bakka dattara ne, sore tsukaeba mō isshun de yogore ochirunde, hai. Dōdeshōka, sore tsukattemite wa?" (知ってますか？タンパク質を分解する液体が薬局で売ってまして. それ使ったらね、結構綺麗に落ちるもんなんですよ. 特に血とかで汚れたばっかだったらね、それ使えばもう一瞬で汚れ落ちるんで、はい. どうでしょうか、それ使ってみては？, Did you know? They sell a liquid that breaks down proteins at drugstores. If you use it, it cleans things off quite well. Especially if the blood is still fresh, the stains will be gone in an instant. Why not give it a try?)
 * "Ikiro. Hontō ni. Sou, ikiro, ikiro. Ikkai warau tame ni 100-kai demo 1000-kai demo nakundayo." (生きろ. 本当に. そう、生きろ生きろ. 一回笑うために100回でも1000回でも泣くんだよ, Keep living. Seriously. That's right, live. Live. Sometimes you have to cry a hundred, maybe a thousand times for that one smile.)
 * "Iru dake de iindakara, kimira wa. Iru dake de ore ga tanoshiku haishin dekiterundakara." (いるだけでいいんだから君らは. いるだけで俺が楽しく配信出来てるんだから, All of you just being here is enough. Just by you being here I'm able to have fun streaming, after all.)
 * "Anata ga itakara tateta kono stage desu. Anata ga itakara waraeta kyō desu." (あなたが居たから立てたこのステージです. あなたが居たから笑えた今日です. Because you're here, I'm able to stand on this stage. Because you're here, I can smile today.)
 * "Uso shika tsukanai mitai toka arimasu yo ne. Sonzai ga uso mitai toka aru. Dakara omaera ga miteru no wa zenbu maboroshi" (嘘しか付かないみたいとかありますよね. 存在が嘘みたいとかある. だからお前らが見てるのは全部幻, It's more like all I do is lie. Like my whole existence is a lie. So everything you think I am is an illusion.)
 * "Ore no iu koto shinjicha ikenai yo." (俺の言うこと信じちゃいけないよ. You shouldn't believe a word I say.)

Identity

 * Color: #DC3C41 (main) blue (sub)
 * Background: Former assassin who was born into a family of assassins.
 * Occupation: Freelance agent.
 * His is INTP.

Character and Lore

 * The members of VOLTACTION were originally a group of close friends - all coming from criminal or otherwise morally ambiguous backgrounds - who attended the same boarding school, Erfolg College (エルフォルクカレッジ).
 * He and Shikinagi Akira enrolled in the school as partners to carry out a long-term undercover mission for their previous employers. While they were already acquainted at that point as they had worked together prior to this, they did not meet face-to-face until becoming classmates.
 * While he should have been a school year below the other VOLTACTION members due to being younger, he falsified his age when enrolling. As a result of this, he ended up in the same class as the other three.
 * After honing their respective skills in the criminal underworld, Fura Kanato gathered them together due to a shared desire to use these skills to instead bring happiness to people. To do so, they meet at a hidden base called the Laundry (ランドリー), and carry out missions in secret. After learning about NIJISANJI, the members decided to start streaming in addition to their activities as VOLTACTION.
 * While he is a former assassin, he was not one by choice; rather, he had been forced into it from a young age as part of the family business. He had been working as an assassin up until fairly recently, after quitting alongside Akira under as of yet unclear circumstances. Whenever the topic of his previous job comes up, he usually insists that he doesn't kill people anymore.
 * He has described the period in which he actively worked as an assassin as being a time when he was quite mentally unwell/a depressive period.
 * Some methods by which Seraph has either alluded to or outright been shown to have assassinated people with:
 * Slitting throats.
 * Freezing someone to death by locking them in a freezer.
 * Forging a license to impersonate a medical professional and slowly administering poison mixed in with medication over a period of time. Though "not exactly" in the same way as he described.
 * Strangulation.
 * Using a pen.
 * His assassin family apparently made him do many things and learn multiple different skills for the sake of the job, which serves as a lore-friendly explanation for the many things he has been shown and described to be proficient in.
 * While the other three members specialize in gathering intelligence in preparation for their missions, Seraph is the one who carries out the majority of the physical work in the actual missions.
 * His weapons of choice both as an assassin and currently as part of VOLTACTION were and are knives. Despite not using them as often as he used to, he still keeps many knives hidden on his person as he feels uneasy without them.
 * Even after leaving his previous profession he still switches between many different false names and identities depending on the purpose (one of which is "Seraph Dazzlegarden" itself), and has both Japanese and foreign identities.
 * Like the other VOLTACTION members, he doesn't age, as ANYCOLOR used mysterious technology to keep him perpetually 20 years old when he joined the company.

Room 4S

 * Room 4S is a freelance agency founded by Shikinagi Akira, and is also a front for VOLTACTION's activities in conjunction with Fura Kanato's CAFE Zeffiro. While Seraph does not exclusively freelance for Room 4S, due to his friendship with Akira he often takes on work for the agency. Though this technically means that Akira is often Seraph's superior as his contractor, Seraph refuses to acknowledge this.
 * 4S stands for Secure, Smart, Speedy, and Secret, representing the four things that the agency promises to provide to its clients.
 * The mission requests that the agency accepts are quite varied, including finding lost pets, private detective work, bodyguard work, stolen object or missing person retrieval, neutralizing assassins, among other things.
 * In order to protect clients' privacy, the primary way clients can contact the agency is by first ordering a small espresso with four sugar cubes at CAFE Zeffiro. As orders and requests are relayed through Kanato and Watarai Hibari, it can be determined if the request warrants involving VOLTACTION as a whole; requests that are simpler or don't require as much intelligence gathering are handled by Room 4S alone.
 * As the agency's motto is to "undertake any request", he is chronically overworked in-universe. As such, he often uses "being busy with missions" as an excuse to explain streaming absences or delays.
 * When shown in 3D, the Room 4S office appears to be a one-room space with a work desk and computers, a large sofa and coffee table, bookshelves, and a full kitchen.

BAD DREAM

 * On 1 April 2023, after going to sleep with a headache, Seraph was replaced by an enigmatic figure codenamed "-Ares". Rather than being an alter ego, it is heavily implied that -Ares is Seraph's past self from when he was actively working as an assassin.
 * From 00:00 to 11:55 JST, Seraph as -Ares left a series of cryptic messages in real time detailing his inner monologue set during and after a mission in which he took on a contract to assassinate thirteen targets by himself; towards the end, he seems to argue with an unknown entity. The scenario appears to have been framed as Seraph reliving past trauma in the form of a nightmare.
 * At 12:00 JST, he uploaded a surprise cover of 's "BAD DREAM" (悪夢) featuring -Ares, some of the lyrics of which were referenced in the narrative's final back and forth. The video's description contains corrupted text (繧ゅ≧雖後□), which when restored translates to "mou iya da" (もう嫌だ, I don't want to do this anymore).
 * After waking up and returning to his usual self at 12:11 JST, he showed no sign of having any recollection of what had occurred - only vaguely mentioning that he felt like he had a strange dream. This even extended to the cover he uploaded, with him not mentioning or announcing it on any platform. However, he has since made comments in later streams that appear to be indirect references to parts of the monologue.

Name

 * "Seraph Dazzlegarden" is not his "real" name but rather just one of his many false names and identities; his "real" name is currently unknown.
 * His given name, Seraph, refers to six-winged angels found in religious texts, usually and traditionally associated with music. He occasionally calls himself a shitenshi (熾天使) or seraph in reference to this, for example in the title of his debut stream.
 * In-universe, it may have been derived from his previous codename spelled backwards. "Ares" backwards is "Sera", while the preceding "-" that it is stylized with can be interpreted as being a minus or negative sign - with "minus" or "negative" in Japanese being 負 (fu). Thus, "-Ares" backwards can be read as "Serafu", which is the Japanese pronunciation of "Seraph".
 * His surname, Dazzlegarden, is an indirect English calque of his previous surname Misono (美園). "Dazzle" comes from 美 (mi), meaning beauty, a close synonym for the word "dazzle" or "dazzling", while "garden" comes from 園 (sono), meaning garden.
 * His previous given name, 聡 (satoshi), means intelligent, smart.

Preferences

 * Hobbies: games, music, sports, sleeping
 * Likes:
 * Anime and manga:, , , , , , , ,
 * Games:, , , , , horror games in general
 * Music:, , , classical music
 * VOCALOID producers:, , *Luna, MIMI, aqu3ra, Qeiru
 * VOCALOID songs (other than ones by the above producers): "Earendel" (エアレンデル) by Roca, "Summer Sky and Contrail" (夏空とコントレイル) by Laterne, "HERO." by A4., "manimani" (まにまに) by r-906
 * Food: Beef, fish,, strawberry macarons and other delicious foods
 * By "delicious foods", he actually means "almost anything"; he finds that most things taste good as his palate is rather unrefined.
 * Alcohol: Gin, whisky
 * Novelists: Many, but in particular
 * Novels: Anything written by Miyazawa Kenji, "" by, "The Lucy Variations" by , "The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by , "Hoshizora Rock" by , "" by , "" by , "" by
 * Paintings:
 * Flowers: Plum blossoms
 * Animals: Cats
 * Pokémon: Greninja; Water-type starter Pokémon in general

Miscellaneous

 * Seraph is a classically trained violinist who has been playing since he was 5 years old, and prior to becoming a Liver was actively performing and touring as part of string ensembles and orchestras.
 * He was inspired to learn violin after being captivated by a concert by Japanese violinists and ; others have told him that he was also influenced by the protagonist of, which he can't remember given his age at the time.
 * He was trained under the classical music curriculum.
 * He has played concerts internationally, for example in Europe. Unfortunately, his last concert tour there was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic while he was in Germany, just before he was scheduled to travel to Austria to play in Vienna.
 * He has won at least one major violin competition.
 * He disliked having his performances being graded and reduced to numbers in competitions, and so decided to keep playing as a hobby rather than continue as a professional violinist.
 * He was part of the string instruments club in school. As he had by far the most experience, he often ended up being a teacher to the other members.
 * He owns two violins: an electric violin and an Italian-made maplewood acoustic violin.
 * He brought a violin to an audition for NIJISANJI, but never actually got to play it since he ran out of time.
 * He performed covers of "Virtual to Live" with a pair of violins for a NIJISANJI 5th anniversary program; guests had to guess which one was more expensive.
 * The expensive violin was revealed to be worth several million yen. He remarked that it wasn't the first time he had played such an expensive violin, as he regularly played 4-5 million yen ($30-40,000 USD) violins on loan for competitions.
 * The cheaper violin was one that he had built himself.
 * The excerpt of 's "" from that Hyakumantenbara Salome mimed playing on the violin during her 3D debut was actually performed and pre-recorded by Seraph at her request.
 * He has never used a violin to assassinate anyone before, reasoning that they're hollow and would shatter if he tried to kill someone with one. However, he finds violin cases to be particularly useful for hiding things. Definitely not weapons.
 * In addition to violin, he can play viola and piano, the former of which he is also proficient enough at to have played in concert as part of an orchestra. He is currently learning to play the electric guitar, and owns a.
 * He states that while he has a sense of pitch, he doesn't believe he has either or . In apparent contradiction to this, however, he can tune his violin without reference notes and adapt and, usually in order to play J-pop songs.
 * He has practiced jissen karate (karate intended for actual combat) since he was 5 years old, starting it around the same time as the violin. Other martial arts he has practiced include boxing and kickboxing. Given his former line of work, he has also had military-style training.
 * He played basketball for around 6-7 years, and was a starting player on his high school team. He could play any position - usually small forward, power forward, or center - and specialized in three point shooting.
 * Other hobbies he has been involved in include painting, calligraphy, swimming, rugby, kendo, and athletics - specifically sprinting, long-distance, and high jump.
 * He was an excellent student in school, with his best subjects being math, science, physics, and English.
 * He scored the highest overall out of the VOLTACTION members on the comprehensive exam they did for their half-anniversary stream despite not studying; true to form, this included a perfect 100/100 in math, a near-perfect 98/100 in science, and the highest in the group in English.
 * He has had streams dedicated to solving math problems, and has tried to teach about quadratic functions to Watarai Hibari. Key word being tried.
 * He likes to cook and is proficient at it in general, but especially so when it comes to making sweets and desserts. This has even lead to the official VOLTACTION Twitter account referring to him as a patissier.
 * He can make from scratch, including  as well as  and its components,  and.
 * He prefers to make his own Valentine's Day chocolates rather than buy them, even giving some to Hibari prior to their debut. For Valentine's Day in 2023, he held a baking stream in which he made orangettes and gâteau opéra-inspired chocolates decorated with gold leaf. He ended up giving them to the other members of VOLTACTION, who remarked that they were quite delicious.
 * He has been given a separate batsu game in an off-collab because none of the usual punishments (electric shocks, spicy or bitter food and drink, tickling, spanking, being forced to say fanservice-y or embarrassing lines, etc.) bother him.   His lack of reaction to any proposed batsu game has even left NIJISANJI staff at a loss when designing variety programming involving him.
 * His pain tolerance is abnormally high:
 * He has described the pain associated with being stabbed in non-vital areas as stinging a bit but nothing he can't easily handle, and the sensation of being electrocuted as being akin to a soft, feather-light touch.
 * He has played through a basketball game with a fractured right wrist, sprinted with a sprained ankle, and played the entirety of 's "" (normally a 45-50 minute long piece) on violin with a dislocated finger.
 * He has, or athletic bradycardia.
 * Despite being very strongly identified with horned owls, he states that if he were an animal, he would probably be a lizard.
 * If he could pick one superpower to have, it would be the ability to flash step like Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni does in.
 * If he were to travel overseas, the country he would want to visit the most is Chile. Specifically, he would like to tour the and take in the view of the night sky from where it is located.
 * He was one of a few male Livers interviewed for Lain Paterson's NIJISANJI Skincare Report, with the products he uses for his nightly skincare routine as follows:
 * Cow Brand Red Box Beauty Soap as a facial cleanser
 * Curél Hydrating Water Essence
 * Curél Anti-Wrinkle Hydrating Beauty Serum
 * He was also interviewed for Lain's NIJISANJI Haircare Report, with the products he uses as follows:
 * unlabel LAB Hydro Collagen Moist Shampoo
 * ICHIKAMI the Premium Silky Smooth Shampoo and Treatment
 * unlabel LAB Hydro Collagen Moist Hair Mask
 * SABON Ultimate Scalp Scrub
 * Yves Rocher Shine Vinegar Rinsing Lotion
 * Panasonic Nanocare Nanoe Hair Dryer

Setup/Equipment

 * Laptop PC
 * CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 4000 Series
 * Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
 * Memory: 16GB RAM
 * Desktop PC
 * CPU: Intel Core i7 12700
 * Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti
 * Memory: 32GB RAM
 * Peripherals
 * Monitor: 2x ASUS VG278QR-J
 * Keyboard: Logicool G913 TKL Gaming Keyboard
 * Headphones: Sony INZONE H9
 * Microphone: Shure SM7B
 * Audio Interface: RME Babyface Pro
 * To make music and mix his covers, he uses a PreSonus Studio One Professional digital audio workstation.
 * After having been taught how to do so by Watarai Hibari, he began mixing his own covers in 2023, starting with his cover of "Attract Light" (アトラクトライト).
 * He owns a copy of and knows how to use.
 * He used her to make a harmony and vocal guide for the cover of "Mirai" (ミライ) that he, Yuhi Riri, Yamagami Karuta, Amagase Muyu, and Nagao Kei performed in his 3D debut, in order to help the others with their parts.
 * He originally got her as he was planning to make music/become a VOCALOID producer, however he ended up auditioning for and getting accepted by ANYCOLOR instead.
 * He has a drawing tablet that he uses for art streams or to illustrate thumbnails and videos.

Live Chat Etiquette

 * Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarised here: "VTuber Chat Etiquette"
 * From stream descriptions:
 * Please refrain from inappropriate behavior or using strong language.
 * Please refrain from self-moderation. If things get bad, Seraph will take care of it.
 * Please avoid mentioning Seraph's name in others Livers' streams.
 * Please avoid pigeoning (chatting along the lines of: "XX said this!" in other streams).
 * Please reserve long superchats or superchats not related to the content of the stream for the allotted superchat reading time at the end of the stream.
 * Additionally:
 * Please refrain from mentioning inside jokes or leaking contents of membership-only streams elsewhere.
 * Seraph can read and understand English, so please feel free to leave comments and superchats in English. Commenting in other languages is also acceptable, however Seraph will not be able to respond.

Media

 * Seraph Dazzlegarden's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * セラフ・ダズルガーデン / Seraph Dazzlegarden - YouTube Channel
 * セラフ・ダズルガーデン🦉🎻 - TwitCasting Channel
 * @SerAph_DazZ - Twitter Account (main)
 * @SerAph_Sub - Twitter Account (sub)

Twitter Hashtags

 * #セラフィルム - Stream tag
 * #SeraPic - Fan art tag
 * #セラフのお手伝い - Thumbnail art tag
 * #セラフの裏庭 - NSFW art tag
 * #セラフレーム - Non-art fan project tag (e.g., cosplay, MMD, etc.)
 * #セラフルボイス - Comments about voice release
 * #ダズルック - Egosurfing
 * #ハナシ・キケヨガーデン - Q&A
 * #セラフカット - Clips