Azusa

Azusa (阿梓 Azǐ) is a female Chinese Virtual UP associated with VirtuaReal Link, which is the partnership program of VirtuaReal. As of August 2022, Azusa has over 620 thousand bilibili subscribers, ranking 3rd after Aza and Nanami, in all of the VirtuaReal and VirtuaReal Link members.

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As a streamer
Azusa is famous for her professionally trained singing, able to master difficult songs as well as pop hit songs.

Though not necessarily a gamer, Azusa also streams games like Apex Legend, League of Legend, and Goose Goose Duck. She sometimes teams up with fans or other streamers who are good at the games.

Background
Since 2017, Azusa was streaming on the music radio section of bilibili live.

On 2 Oct 2017, Azusa uploaded her first video on bilibili.

Debut
On 29 Aug 2020, Azusa started her first live stream as an independent VTuber (VUP) on bilibili.

On 20 Jan 2021, Azusa and another 6 members were announced to be members of VirtuaReal Link Project.

On 22 Jan 2021, Azusa finished her first live stream in VirtuaReal Link.

2020
On 12 Nov 2020, Azusa reached 100,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 29 Nov 2020, Azusa reached 200 members on bilibili.

On 25-26 Dec 2020, Azusa showed on bilibili World 2020 activity.

On 31 Dec 2020, Azusa performed on Ice & Fire Song Battle (冰火歌合战) 3D.

2021
On 24 Feb 2021, Azusa reached 500 members on bilibili.

On 4 July 2021, Azusa reached 200,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 14 July 2021, Azusa reached 1,000 members on bilibili.

On 14-15 Aug 2021, Azusa participated in "Nebula Beat Festival" online music festival.

On 28 Aug 2021, Azusa took part in VirtuaReal's 夏日合唱ProMax (Summer Chorus ProMax) 3D concert.

On 3 Sep 2021, Azusa reached 300,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 9 Oct 2021, Azusa appeared on the catwalk during the Shanghai Fashion Week 2022 along with other models.

On 28 Nov 2021, Azusa reached 400,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 29 Nov 2021, Azusa performed on 歌え！国境なき秋祭り！2021 alongside Nanami and Kero. On 20 Dec 2021, Azusa reached 450,000 subscribers and 3,500 members during her birthday special live.

2022
On 8 Jan 2022, Azusa took part in 2nd VirtuaReal Music MIXUP! concert.

On 22 Jan 2022, Azusa reached 500,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 31 Jan 2022, Azusa performed on Bilibili Chinese New Year Gala with Kero, 早稻叽 and Hiseki Erio.

On 20 March 2022, Azusa performed on VirtuaReal's Spring Relay Song Festival.

On 31 Mar 2022, Azusa reached 550,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 4 May 2022, Azusa took part in VirtuaReal's unexpected story-telling session.

On 28 May 2022, Azusa was rewarded "Clock-in King of Year" title in the VirtuaReal 3rd anniversary special live for her diligent streaming activities.

On 4 June 2022, Azusa reached 600,000 subscribers on bilibili.

On 16 July 2022, Azusa performed on Ice & Fire Summer Night (冰火夏日夜) singing "Genesis" with Nanami and Kero. She won the 5th rank in fans' votes.

On August 2022, Azusa published the "Limited Game" Music NFT product along with Nanami and Kero.

On 23 to 24 September, Azusa performed in 夏日合唱Super (Summertime Chorus Super) with 16 other VirtuaReal performers in 3D.

On 2 October, Azusa performed on Ice & Fire Autumn Travel (冰火秋日游) with Nanami and Kero.

On 30 October, Azusa reached 700,000 subscribers on bilibili.

2023
On 15 April 2023, participated in the 3RD MUSIC MIX UP!! 3D live concert She performed the solo of 母系社会 (Matriarchy) which was the first cover song she uploaded in 2017.

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

Discography

 * ''Main page: Azusa/Discography

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.
 * “梓鲨” AzuShark - Azusa and Nanami. Nanami taught Apex Legend to Azusa.

Name

 * Her name Azusa comes from K-ON! Azusa Nakano, which is her favorite anime character for a long time.
 * The character 梓 Zǐ in Chinese is homonym with both 紫 (purple) and 子, In particular, 子 is a very versatile word that can form many words. And this gives Azusa a wide range of pun-based nicknames.

Fans

 * Her fans are officially called 小孩梓 (Child-Azusa), a pun on 小孩子.

Likes and dislikes

 * She's addicted to eating bullfrog dishes with spicy flavor.
 * She dislikes horror games, including scary scenes in any kind of game.
 * She loves cats, and is keeping two cats naming 妹妹 and 乖乖.
 * She loves Ariana Grande, Tia Ray and many great singers.
 * She likes to play Apex Legends, League of Legends, Among Us, Dota 2, VRChat and other games.

Miscellaneous

 * Till now, Azusa has the longest channel name (8 Chinese characters) over all VirtuaReal, which became an official quiz for fans in Bilibili World 2020.

More

 * Color: #7E8AFB
 * Skills: Singing, games
 * Interests: Cats, games
 * Scaring: Scary things

Quotes

 * "我似楞呐！" I am Hyuman nah!
 * "510晚安. " 510 Good night
 * "红豆泥阿里嘎多(ほんとうにありがとう)，太破费了，好久没有收到这么贵重的礼物了！" Thank you very much, it's too expensive, I haven't received such an expensive gift for a long time!
 * "嗝~"

Media

 * 阿梓 - VirtuaReal official page
 * 阿梓从小就很可爱 - Weibo account
 * 阿梓 - Netease music artist page
 * 阿梓从小就很可爱 - Douyin account

Unofficial

 * 阿梓的竖笛进修班 - Unofficial derivative-work group channel
 * 梓吧二创组 - Unofficial derivative-work group channel (from Baidu Tieba)

Community

 * 阿梓从小就很可爱吧 - Baidu Tieba
 * 新阿梓从小就很可爱吧 - Baidu Tieba
 * 阿梓从小就很可爱 - QQ channel name
 * 阿梓从小就很可爱超话 - Weibo Super Index

Hashtags

 * #小孩梓# - Bilibili Fanart Tag
 * #小孩梓 - Twitter Fanart Tag
 * #阿梓从小就很可爱 - Pixiv Tag

Futher reading

 * VirtuaReal#VirtuaReal Link - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 阿梓 - Moegirlpedia