Fumi

Fumi (フミ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. She debuted in 2019 as part of the unit "Orihimeboshi" (織姫星) alongside Hoshikawa Sara and Yamagami Karuta.

Profile
A fox goddess enshrined in a Japanese shrine who's been a shut-in for the last 50 years. She might sometimes use outdated slang or mannerisms.

Personality
Fumi often gives off a mature impression due to her appearance and voice, but is actually fairly mischievous and sassy. She sometimes does rather peculiar types of streams, such as counting all the hairs on her head or separating a furikake into its separate components.

Despite what her official bio might suggest, she has a particular fondness for sci-fi anime, especially Gundam, and enjoys building gunpla on streams.

Fumi often keeps tabs on the rest of NIJISANJI, including its overseas branches. She regularly holds a news entertainment show called "NiZIP", in which she summarizes recent events in NIJISANJI on YouTube or Twitter, and sometimes invites other Livers as guests.

Background
Fumi was one of the new Virtual YouTuber characters announced for the NIJISANJI audition held in November 2018. Nearly a year later, she debuted together with Hoshikawa Sara and Yamagami Karuta as part of the Orihimeboshi (織姫星) group.

2020
On 30 March, she debuted her second outfit, a Gundam pilot suit.

On 9 May, she unveiled her first cover song, "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" (渡月橋 ～君 想ふ～).

On 31 July, she debuted her third outfit.

On 5 August, Fumi's YouTube channel subscriber count hit 100,000.

On 25 August, Fumi posted a video of a cover song "Tsugarukogarashi" (番凩) she did with Nagao Kei.

On 10 October, she unveiled a cover song "Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't be late" (射手座☆午後九時 Don´t be late) from the anime series Macross Frontier. This was also her birthday and she started YouTube memberships on the same day.

On 29 October, her Live2D model was upgraded to version 2.0.

2021
On 18 July, her Live2D model was upgraded to version 3.0.

On 13 August, she premiered her cover of "Buriki no Dance" by 96neko.

On 12 November, she debuted her 3D model.

2022
On 16 April, Fumi reached 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 19 June, Fumi debuted her fifth outfit.

On 4 November, the members of Orihimeboshi celebrated their third anniversary together with a 3D live concert.

2020

 * On 20-21 June, Fumi participated in the Splatoon tournament held within NIJISANJI as team, "Team 321" (チーム321, read チーム殺意 meaning Team Murderous), along with Gundo Mirei, Naraka, and Kagami Hayato. The team won the tournament.

2021

 * On 12 September, Fumi participated in NIJISANJI Pokemon Unite Tournament (にじさんじポケユナ大会) as leader of team "Kani Yarimasu ne" (カニやりますね) along with Kuzuha (leader), Maimoto Keisuke (sub-leader), Naruse Naru, and Ars Almal. The team won 1st place.

Fans

 * Fumi's viewers are officially called "Fumi-min"「フミ民」, meaning "Fumi people" or "Fumi citizens".
 * When Fumi makes clumsy mistakes or experiences unfortunate events, her fans often fill the stream chat with "Oitawashiya..." (おいたわしや… - My condolences...) jokingly showing their sympathy towards the goddess.
 * At the end of her streams, her fans send her off with "Otsukoyan" 「おつこやーん」.

Relationships

 * "Orihimeboshi" (織姫星) - Fumi, Hoshikawa Sara, and Yamagami Karuta. These three debuted together.
 * Sepiast Logo.jpg"Sepiast" (セピアスト) - Fumi (Ten), Higuchi Kaede (Shu), Shizuka Rin (Ren), Yuhi Riri (Tobari), Inui Toko (Mio), Nui Sociere (Yui), and Shirayuki Tomoe (Yukari). A unit consisting of seven female Liver starring their male alter egos.
 * Media: YouTube | Twitter | Voice Drama
 * Hashtags: #セピアスト | #セピあーと | #セピアストボイス


 * "Flutoi" (フルトイ) - Fumi, Luis Cammy, and Shirayuki Tomoe. They host a talk show called "Flutoi Night" (フルトイ Night). The atmosphere of show tends to be somewhat mature or sexy.
 * "Fukeizai" (フ景罪) - Fumi and Nagao Kei.
 * "Fumino and Fumi" (ふみのとふみ) - Fumi and Fumino Tamaki.
 * "NIJISANJI Team Rocket" (にじさんじロケット団) - Fumi, Fumino Tamaki, and Nagao Kei.
 * "Yuzuki Family" (ゆづき家) - Fumi and Kanda Shoichi.

Trivia

 * Color: #F4E49D
 * She shares the same character designer with Kanda Shoichi of NIJISANJI.

NiZIP

 * Every now and then, Fumi hosts にZIP, a news show covering events within NIJISANJI. Episodes are usually about 30-40 minutes long.

Miscellaneous

 * Fumi mentioned she loves the Gundam series during her first stream. Her favourite mobile suit is Methuss.
 * Fumi's favourite character from Kuroko's Basketball is Ryota Kise because she likes how he looks.
 * Also she spends lots of time to play Battle Operations 2, a free-to-play Gundam game on PS4.
 * In 2 streams where she played Getting over It, she spent nearly 12 hours playing the game, and being stuck in the same place (the vertical tunnel). She played total of over 60 hours so far.
 * Since she spends so much time in the tunnel, it is known as the Fumi zone among the fan and other virtual YouTubers.
 * Rather than trying to beat the game, her Getting over It streams tend to be primarily chit-chatting with the fans. She talks about various topics including but not limited to her childhood memories, anime, work, life, relationships, etc.
 * Whenever she falls all the way down to the ground, fans greet her with "おかえり" (Welcome back) in the chat.
 * Soon after winning the Splatoon tournament in June 2020, Fumi hosted a stream to try to crack a Honeydew melon using only rubber bands . This went viral within NIJISANJI, and the stream also attracted an unusual number of viewers relative to her other streams . She later did a collaboration with Fumino Tamaki to crack a watermelon with only rubber bands.
 * A lot of her family members are teachers including her dad and mom. Her dad is a university professor and her mom works as a teacher in an elementary school. She repeatedly mentioned this in several streams.
 * She is also close friends with Fumino Tamaki, and often meets up with her in offline collabs.

Media

 * Fumi's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * フミ/にじさんじ - YouTube Channel
 * @FumiVirtual - Official Twitter Account

Further Readings

 * フミ - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki