Kero

Kero (小可 Xiǎokě) is a female Chinese VTuber (VUP) affiliated with VirtuaReal's independent partnership program, VirtuaReal Link. She joined through the Dengyue PlanV talent show.

As a streamer
Kero is a good singer. Though not professionally trained, her bright voice stands out even in a big chorus. Kero also enjoys chat. Hailed from the North East, she knows a lot about country life and is a great cook. She has a big heart and loves contributing to charity on important days like anniversary and birthday.

When she is not singing, she likes to play games. Some of the games she likes include Honor of Kings, Apex Legend, Dredge.

Appearance
She has dark brown hair and an ahoge, twintails, braids and curved hairbuns with red streaks and reddish-orange eyes.

Background
Kero debut on Bilibili in 2017 as a radio singer, similar to Azusa and Shengge. Her first video upload was on 31 December, 2017.

Debut
On 27 August, 2020, Kero debuted as a Vup and contestant in Bilibili's virtual talent show Dengyue PlanV along with Rin Miyazono and Mori.

On 23 January 2021, Kero debuted as a VirtuaReal Link member.

2021
On 11 February, appeared in Bilibili New Year Gala comedy sketch, "今晚吃啥" (What to Eat Tonight?) along with Nanami and Shirakami Haruka. Kero played the owner of a noodle shop, which became her character for a long time.

On 28 October, Kero participated in VirtuaReal's Summer Chorus ProMax 3D live.

On 8 December, Kero participated in VirtualReal's '''Music Mixup!! 2.0''' 3D concert.

2022
On 31 January, appeared in a music video for the Bilibili Chinese New Year Gala alongside Azusa, Zaodao Ji and Hiseki Erio.

On 1 February, Kero revealed a new Live2D model donning the outfit seen in the aforementioned Chinese New Year music video. The outfit was illustrated by Ye Xiao and the modelling was done by Rainfall.

On 2 February, Kero reached 500 captains on bilibili. On 28 August, Kero announced that she will host the weekly TV program 必看时间 Must-Watch Hour on Hubei TV, making her one of the few Vup who appear on provincial TV program. The program features Bilibili videos of a certain topic every week.

Starting from 31 August, Kero hosted a series of music education videos aimed at school children in China's underprivileged regions, 小可的音乐课堂 Kero's Music Class, produced by Bilibili's Public Welfare team.

On 23-24 September, participated in VirtuaReal's Summer Chorus Super 3D concert.

2023
On 19 March, had the first episode of offline cooking collab with Eine.

On 15 April, participated in the 3RD MUSIC MIX UP!! 3D live concert She performed her original song 吃掉吃掉.

On 22 June, rhythm game franchise Muse Dash released an original song sung by Kero called 天靈靈地靈靈.

On 24 June, Kero was invited to participate in Project DiscoverPS's 氪星杯 Krypton Cup singing contest as a seed contestant.

On 25 June, XiaoHaiZi participated in Tiktok's Project Idou 3D stage.

2021

 * 23-25 August, 夏日合唱ProMax (Summer Chorus ProMax) 3D concert.
 * 8 December, Music Mixup!! 2.0 3D concert

2022

 * 28 May, VirtuaReal 3rd Anniversary celebration stream.
 * 23-24 September, 夏日合唱Super (Summer Chorus Super) 3D concert.

2023

 * 15 April, 3rd Music Mixup!! 3D live concert

Relationships

 * 地三鲜 "Dìsānxiān" - Azusa, Kero and Shengge. The name comes from their hair colors. The colors are the same as a famous Chinese dish made of stir-fried potatoes, eggplants, and sweet peppers.
 * 梓可糖浆 "AzuKero Syrup" - Azusa and Kero. The name is a pun on "止咳糖浆" (cough syrup). They were both previously streamers in the music radio section before debuting as VUPs.


 * 小海梓 "XiǎoHǎiZǐ " - Kero, Nanami, and Azusa. The three became good friends soon in summer of 2021 and later become a music unit.
 * Kero and Eine - Both love cooking and are both from the North. They sometimes do cooking stream together.

Identity

 * Color: #CA2C25
 * Specie: Human
 * From: Virtual Northeast
 * Kero's Bilibili full ID is 小可学妹 (Kero the school junior girl or Kero the kōhai girl). It is an ID she used since before her Vup debut. She considered changing it into 小可Kero when she debutted as a Vup but ended up not doing so because she wants her old fans to recognize her.

Fans
Kero's fans are called 可可音 Kěkěyīn.

Miscellaneous

 * When the image of the Supermassive Black Hole became famous in 2019, Bilibili made a custom emoji of the black hole. People started to notice its similarity to Kero's amber-colored eyes, and began to use the black hole emoji to draw emoticons of her face.

Media

 * Kero's corporate profile on the VirtuaReal website
 * 小可学妹 - bilibili channel
 * 小可学妹_ - Weibo account

Bilibili Hashtags

 * #宝可萌# - Fanart tag