Kanade Izuru

Kanade Izuru (奏手イヅル) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive's branch Holostars. He is a member of its first generation, alongside Hanasaki Miyabi, (formerly) Kagami Kira, Arurandeisu, (formerly) Yakushiji Suzaku and Rikka.

Profile
A dude trying to live his life with little money. As he has nothing to do, he treats housework as a hobby. He is kind of strange, but is definitely a good man. Though he is cool, he never forgets to thank people. He loves to sing and clean his guitar.

Background
His Twitter account was created in 27 May 2019; his YouTube channel was created on 3 June 2019, and his debut stream was performed on 22 June 2019.

2019
On 9 September, he released his first cover song, Dramaturgy by Eve. It is the first cover released in Holostars.

2020
On 15 March, he revealed his White Day costume.

On 6 July, he reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 4 August, he revealed his summer costume.

On 1 September, he reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 13 October, he reached 40,000 subscribers.

On 21 November, he reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 25 December, it was announced that all the Holostars members would receive new costumes on 3 January, 2021, commemorating New Year's. On the same day, he reached 60,000 subscribers.

2021
On 3 January, he revealed his new year's costume, which was modelled by 深海潮.

On 19 January, he reached 70,000 subscribers.

On 13 February, he reached 80,000 subscribers.

On 14 March, he reached 90,000 subscribers.

On 8 April, he reached 100,000 subscribers, being the fourth Holostars to reach this milestone.

Events
On 2 August, 2020, Izuru entered Shibuya Hal's VTuber Apex Legends Tournament alongside Kagami Kira and Astel Leda, under their group name, Chibistars, in which they ended up ranking 5th out of 20.

On 26 October, 2020, it was announced that Holostars goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche, held on November 7-8, 2020, and on 29 October, 2020, it was announced that Holostars would be participating in the event as guests. Izuru is part of the "Virtual Clerk" (バーチャル店員) exhibition, the "Anibako" (アニバコ) program and the "Chatting Fes" (おしゃべりフェス) exhibition in the event.

On 24 January, 2021, Izuru entered Shibuya Hal's Vtuber Apex Legends Season2 Tournament as "RAGGGGGU!!!" (ラッッッッグ!!!) alongside Astel Leda and Arurandeisu. The team ranked 5th out of 20, while Izuru came 5th in terms of personal damage dealt.

On 28 January, 2021, it was announced that "Net Talking Festival", an Holostars exclusive event, will be held on 14 February where fans can have a one-on-one chat with any of the Holostars members for 3 minutes, talking about their daily feelings of gratitude to an important person.

On 23 February, 2021, in an invitation to a friendly exhibition called the RAGE PARTY 2021 - Apex Legends Best Trio Championship (powered by SHARP), Izuru participated with fellow Holostars members; Arurandeisu and Astel Leda as "Team Holostars". In the final rankings, Team Holostars ranked 3rd.

Fans

 * Izuru has said that he didn't intend to name his fanbase due to his fear of them doing something illegal and linking his name on the news. This has led to some fans calling themselves the "Nothing gang".

Relationships

 * Units and groups he is part of are:
 * "RIZnote" along with Rikka.
 * "Chibistars" (ちびすたーず) (officially translated as "Li'l Stars ) along with Kagami Kira and Astel Leda.
 * "AsuIzu" (アスイヅ) along with Astel Leda.
 * "RAGGGGGU!!!" (ラッッッッグ!!!) along with Astel Leda and Arurandeisu. However, on the event "RAGE PARTY 2021", they called themselves "Team Holostars".
 * "MiyaIzu" (MYIZ) along with Hanasaki Miyabi.

Trivia

 * Izuru is the third debuted member of Holostars and is part of it's early debut generation whom consists of Hanasaki Miyabi and (formerly) Kagami Kira.
 * Izuru has said in a livestream that he was born on the Tsushima island and was rather surprised that Ghost of Tsushima made a game about it.
 * Izuru is one of the members of Holostars who understands simple English.
 * As revealed in the second HoloUters stream, Izuru can not only play guitar, but also piano.
 * Izuru has mentioned that his favourite Studio Ghibli movie is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and his second favourite being Princess Mononoke.
 * Izuru reached Master rank in Apex on the 22nd of March 2021, while accompanied by Astel Leda and Utai Meika. This rank was only achieved by 0,12% of players in season 8.

Media

 * Izuru Ch. 奏手イヅル - YouTube channel
 * Kanade Izuru's corporate profile on hololive.tv (English)
 * Kanade Izuru's corporate profile on hololive.tv (Japanese)
 * @kanadeizuru - Kanade Izuru's official Twitter account
 * 奏手一弦Official - Kanade Izuru's official bilibili channel
 * @kanadeizuru - Kanade Izuru's official TwitCasting channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #奏手イヅル - General
 * #イヅル描いたぞ - Fan art
 * #イヅル見るなよ - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #RIZnote - RIZnote general tag
 * #RIZ生 - RIZnote stream talk
 * #RIZアート - RIZnote fan art

Further readings

 * 奏手イヅル - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 奏手イヅル - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 奏手イヅル - Unofficial Holostars seesaawiki
 * 奏手一弦 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Kanade Izuru - Hololive Fan Wiki