Kamito

Kamito (かみと) is a male independent Japanese Virtual YouTuber and a former professional gamer.

Personality
Kamito is a shy otaku, who can be a bit awkward upon meeting new people. However, once he warms up to someone, he becomes very playful and will constantly joke around with them. While he often plays the role of the tsukkomi with many of the people he collaborates with, he is also known to be quite the boke at times as well.

Background
Known for his outstanding Apex Legends skills, Kamito was a part of the Japanese professional e-sports team, team Creatives, but has since left and started streaming independently mostly on Twitch, then on YouTube. He went on like this for a while up until the 11 April 2021, when he formally debuted as a VTuber with a notable amount of people watching live, peaking at around 14,000 viewers simultaneously watching the stream. Kamito created his YouTube channel on 25 July 2017.

Kamito's streaming career skyrocketed after getting matched with NIJISANJI's Kanae in a ranked Apex game. Despite Kamito's loss of the ability to properly function due to being in close proximity of his favorite vtuber, they won the match with Kamito making enough of an impression for Kanae to send him a friends request afterwards. They collaborated multiple times after that, with Kamito eventually being invited to join Kanae's team in the first Crazy Raccoon Cup. Since then, Kamito has participated in many amateur Apex tournaments, both as a player and as a coach. On 14 May 2021, Kamito tweeted out a letter of gratitude to Kanae, thanking him for everything his help in becoming a full time streamer.

2020

 * On 29 August, he participated in the Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #1 as team KanaMinTo along with Kanae and Adomin. They placed 3rd in the tournament.


 * On 27 December, Kamito participated in the Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #3 as team Beringaru along with Tonakaito (Hendy) and Yuuki Chihiro. They placed 13th in the tournament.

2021

 * On 10 April, he participated in the Apex Festival as team Beringaru along with Tonakaito (Hendy), and Yuuki Chihiro. They placed 8th in the tournament.


 * On 2 May, he participated in the Apex Legends Washu Cup #2 as team オタク台パンコーチ "Otaku Deskslam Coach" along with Tachibana Hinano and Dexyuku. The team lost in the qualifying round.


 * On 15 May, he participated in the Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #5 as team なりきりチャット睦月會 along with Yufuna and Iori Moe. The team took 9th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 16 May, he participated in the Apex Legends Savage Club Cup as team ぶいすぽっ？ "VSPO?" along with Hinano and Hanabusa Lisa. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 5 June, he participated in the Valorant Crazy Raccoon Cup #1 as team Mercury alongside Reita, Natsushiro Takaaki, Kanae and Alpha Azur. The team finished 3rd in the championship.


 * On 19 June, he participated in the Apex Legends VISC Tournament 2021 Summer as team オタクの親友 "Otaku's Best Friend (My Best Friend)" alongside Hinano and Hendy. The team took 16th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 27 June, he participated in the Apex Festival Gaiden and placed in draft Group A along with Admin, Shibuya Hal, Yufuna, kinako, NIRU, StylishNoob, SHAKA, SPYGEA and Porunga. His team members drafted from Group D and E are Ariken and Dantai. The team took 2nd place in the overall ranking.


 * On 3 July, he participated in the Apex Legends Reignite Cup, as team "Superman" (すーぱーまん) along with Gill and Natsushiro Takaaki. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 19 July, he participated in the Apex Legends Nes League, as team "Seniority System" (年功序列 Nenkou Jouretsu) along with Dexyuku and Mate. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 23 July, he participated in the Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #6, as team "Babu-chans" (ばぶちゃんず) along with Yufuna and Ars Almal. The team took 13th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 6 August, he participated in VCC Apex organised by VAULTROOM along with Fuwa Minato and Ibrahim. The team took 12th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 28 August, he participated in Apex Festival Summer Campaign (えぺまつり夏の陣 Apex Matsuri Natsu no Jin) as team "Sanshoku Danshi" (三色男子) along with Akagami no Tomo and Fuuhaya (UUUM).


 * On 10 September, he participated in Rainbow Six Siege R6 Royal Flush as team "Sabotten Chau Zo" (サボッテンちゃうぞ) along with AlphaAzur, And Uge, Alelu (DeToNator), and BobSappAim; with MeLton (Quintette) as their coach. The team won 1st place in overall ranking.


 * On 14 September, he participated in 2nd VCC Apex organised by VAULTROOM as Team 18 along with Shiromanta (mangaka) and Maitake. The team took 12th place in overall ranking.


 * On 18 September, he participated in Autumn Minecraft Premium Stage ~Big Gathering of Game Streamers~ (秋のマイクラ プレミアム ステージ 〜ゲームストリーマー大集合！〜) as Team B along with nobaman, BobSappAim, Kinako, Masanori, and Shibuya Hal. The team won 1st place in overall ranking.


 * On 9 October, he participated in Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #7, as team "SoraKaraoreRadda!" (そらからおれらだぁ！) along with Soraru and rader; with Kirino as their coach. Despite getting an iconic win in the first round, the team went on a losing streak in the remaining rounds and ended 12th place in overall ranking.

2022

 * On 16 January, he participated in Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #8, as team "GoriGori Idol Otaku" along with Iori Moe and Virtual Gorilla. The team took 14th place in overall ranking.


 * On 27 January, on his birthday stream, he revealed his first costume - a white suit with blue and gold details with a kepi that he can take off.


 * On February 12, he participated in Crazy Raccoon Cup Valorant #2 as team "CR Hanseiki Paidorion" (CR反省期パイドリオン) alongside Lauren Iroas, Naraka, Ariken, and k4sen; with rion (Crazy Raccoon) as their coach. The team took 7th place in overall ranking.


 * On March 26, he participated in All-Star Athletic Meet (オールスター大運動会) as Green Team with Hajime Syacho, Youheisensei, Tetsuya (東海オンエア), KouichiTV, Akasaka Aka (mangaka), Yuankun, Shinomiya Runa, Kawase and Mondo. The team took 3rd place in overall ranking.


 * On April 21, he participated as a guest in VSPO! Tachibana Hinano Quiz (ぶいすぽ激ロー: 橘ひなの王決定戦) along with Komori Met, Kurumi Noah, and Shinomiya Runa; with Kisaragi Ren as the MC. He won 1st place by a landslide with 17 points.


 * On 4 June, he participated in Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup #9, as team "Hikari no Senshi" (ひかりの戦士) alongside Tachibana Hinano and Hanabusa Lisa. Due to technical issues with Apex, the event had to be changed to Golf It! and Fall Guys. The team won 2nd place in overall ranking.


 * On July 30, he participated in Crazy Raccoon Cup Valorant #3 as team "Mother x Family", along with Mother3rd, BobSappAim, Kaga Nazuna, and Kaga Sumire; with Fisker as their coach. The team took 4th place in overall ranking.


 * On 13 November, he participated in Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup Valorant #4, as team "KumaKuma★Paradise " (くま★ぱら) alongside Cpt, Uruca, Kurumi Noah, and Tachibana Hinano; with Zepher as their coach. The team won 1st place in overall ranking.

Relationships

 * OreApo (Oreo and Apollo chocolate) with Tachibana Hinano.
 * They often collab playing Apex Ranked and even participate in tournaments.
 * They often play games off-stream together, sometimes uploading clips of it on Twitter.
 * They reached Master rank together in Apex Legends Season 8 and Season 9.
 * Geinin Ryoudan "Comedian Brigade" (芸人旅団) - Kamito, Tachibana Hinano, Hanabusa Lisa, Tonakaito (Hendy), Virtual Gorilla, Guilty (Gill), Shirayuki Reid, Kurumi Noah, Nun Bora, Komori Met, and Kanae.
 * This group of friends started with Valheim but now also play Valorant, 7 Days to Die, Minecraft, ARK, FF14 and various types of games together.
 * Beringaru with Hendy and Yuuki Chihiro.

Fans

 * Kamito's Fans are called "おたくのおたく" (Otaku of the Otaku). This name came about because Kamito is a big fan of VTubers, thus getting nicknamed as an otaku. And as the fans are big fans of Kamito, they too are called Otaku, forming the name "Otaku no otaku".

Trivia

 * He is a big fan of VTubers, mostly from NIJISANJI, and especially Kanae.
 * He has been streaming for 8 years and counting.
 * He doesn't perceive himself as a VTuber.
 * It is often misunderstood, but he himself uses the title of "streamer" instead of "VTuber", even though he has a Live2D model.
 * He reached Apex Predator rank solo in Ranked seasons 2, 3, 4 and 5, earning him the reputation of "Solo Predator".
 * He is confident that his grenade throwing skills are one of the best in Japan, and the term "kamigure" (godly grenade) is commonly seen in his Apex streams.
 * He often points out the cheating problems, bugs and certain similarities of skins in Apex Legends, which he thinks is the reason why till this day he hasn't got a sponsorship from EA, even though everyone around him except him gets sponsorships from EA.
 * He is former pro player in the game A.V.A.
 * He has great skills at using sniper, that are being used even now, for example while using Operator in Valorant. During the Crazy Raccoon Valorant 3# Scrims, he has shown a vertical flickshot, which was later commented by Fisker as "uncommon even in the pro scene".
 * He likes playing Godfield and even mentioned reaching double digit rank in Japan.
 * His name, "Kamito," comes from Kazehaya Kamito, the main character of the light novel "Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance."
 * He likes cheese and hamburg steak, with the latter being his go-to meal almost daily.
 * He used to live in his family house together with his mother in the countryside of Ibaraki.
 * He is currently living alone in Tokyo close to his online friends but avoids directly meeting them if possible.
 * He is good at doing voice impressions of characters voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi, such as Araragi (Monogatari) and Law (One Piece).
 * He originally came to Tokyo to pursue a career in voice acting, stating that his main motivation for doing so was to marry Hanazawa Kana.
 * Funnily enough, on June 2 2022, seiyuu Ono Kensho (Hanazawa Kana's husband) has followed him on Twitter.
 * His mom, referred to as "Sakamoto-mama", often participates in his streams' live chat, much to his annoyance.
 * He became close with fellow streamer Tonakaito (Hendy), who he met through Apex tournaments, even visiting him in person.
 * He was nicknamed Oreo by fans when he asked for name suggestions for his collaboration partnership with Tachibana Hinano. His name is derived from his two-tone black and white hair in the same way Hinano is nicknamed Apollo (chocolate) for her two-tone pink and brown hair.
 * He became Kaga Nazuna's papa during his first stream with her.
 * They later on participated in ShibuHal Apex Legends Custom, together with Tachibana Hinano as a "OreApo Family (おれあぽ一家)".
 * He became so accustomed to being called papa by her, that he became confused when Ojiji questioned why he was called papa.
 * On March 3, he cleared Elden Ring after an accumulated total of 173 hours of playing on-stream.
 * On 25 November, he defeated the Elite Four in Pokemon: Shining Pearl on-stream using a team consisting of 5 Gravelers and a Gardevoir.

Live Chat Etiquette

 * VTuber chat etiquette is cleanly summarized here: "Vtuber Chat Etiquette"
 * Please avoid mentioning other streamers' names, defamatory comments, or making comments that might be offensive to others watching.

Media

 * かみと-KamitoChannel- - YouTube Channel
 * @kamito_otaku - Twitter Account
 * @Kamitosub - Twitter Sub-Account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #かみ絵いむ - Fanart
 * #かみとめクリップ - Tagging stream clips/compilations
 * #かみとちゃん - Fanart of Kamito's genderbend

Further readings

 * Kamito, おれあぽ - Pixiv Encyclopedia