Shiori Novella

Shiori Novella (シオリ・ノヴェラ) is an English speaking Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive. She is set to debut in 2023 as part of hololive -Advent-, the third generation of members of hololive English, alongside Koseki Bijou, Nerissa Ravencroft, Fuwawa Abyssgard and Mococo Abyssgard.

Profile
Driven by her thirst for knowledge, Shiori Novella is "The Archiver." She turns her favorite stories and treasured memories into bookmarks and saves them. By misfortune, she was found to have obtained forbidden knowledge within one of her stories and was imprisoned. But to her, that experience itself is but a fascinating story. In order to continue her search for more stories, she planned and executed a prison break.

Background
Following the debut of hololive English second generation -Council-, hololive English announced a permanent English language audition page on 30 December 2021. An update to the audition page on 7 September 2022 sparked speculation of an upcoming English third generation.

Shiori Novella's YouTube and Twitter accounts were originally created on 11 May 2023, although they contained no content at this point.

The third generation of hololive English, -Advent-, was first teased on the hololive English Twitter account with a short video on 22 July 2023. This was followed by another teaser video on 23 July, showing five new characters.

On 25 July, the hololive English YouTube channel posted a video titled Wanted!, revealing the five members of -Advent- and announcing their upcoming debuts. At the same time, Shiori also posted a short teaser video and made her first tweet, consisting of a single image.

All -Advent- members' YouTube channels reached 100,000 subscribers within twelve hours of the announcement.

Debut
Shiori Novella's debut stream is scheduled for Saturday, 29 July 2023 from 8:00 PM to 8:45 PM PDT (Sunday, 30 July from 12:00PM to 12:45PM JST).

Mascots and Fans

 * A mascot character resembling an inkblot can be seen on her right shoulder in official art.

Name

 * Shiori is a Japanese word meaning "bookmark." It is also a Japanese female given name.
 * Novella is an English word of Italian origin, in modern times referring to a short novel. It is also an uncommon surname.
 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Novella was the 39,419th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 558 individuals.
 * She appears to write her name in western name order, with the given name first.
 * In Japanese, her name is written in katakana, typically used for foreign names and words.

Miscellaneous

 * Her emote, 👁‍🗨, is an eye in a speech bubble. The emote was released in 2015, originally as part of an anti-bullying campaign.
 * She shares the same character designer Kayahara with Seto Miyako and Sukoya Kana of Nijisanji and Fukumaki Yuka of Irodori.
 * Her Live2D rigger, FELUCCA, has rigged various other members including Inugami Korone, Mori Calliope and Noir Vesper.
 * The golden runes which appear in the Wanted! debut PV spell out Shiori's official English profile text. The runes use the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, an alphabet used in England from the 5th to 11th centuries.
 * Nanashi Mumei from hololive -Council- is also associated with runes, although she uses the more ancient Elder Futhark.

Media

 * Shiori Novella Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
 * Shiori Novella's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @shiorinovella - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #ShiorinOnAir - Stream
 * #ShiorinSketc - Fan art