Fura Kanato

Fura Kanato (風楽奏斗, Fūra Kanato) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI, debuting as the leader of the unit "VOLTACTION" (ヴォルタクション) alongside Watarai Hibari, Shikinagi Akira and Seraph Dazzlegarden. Previously, he was enrolled as a student in VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA) as part of its first generation.

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The son of a mafia family. He has a gentle nature, despite questioning his family business, he has a natural talent to be the boss. His current occupation is a young business man who manages cafes and restaurants.

Personality
Kanato is a bright, bubbly, and energetic young man with a friendly disposition. Fitting his position in VOLTACTION and his lore as a mafia heir who is intended to succeed as the next boss, he is a natural and reliable leader, with his debut-mates remarking that he was the best fit for the role. He is also quite ambitious, with aspirations for VOLTACTION to entertain as many people as possible, including those overseas, and for the group to go on tour across America.

In stark contrast to this, he has a cheeky, brattier side leading to him being referred to as a kusogaki; he has a habit of rebutting with demo datte (でもだって, but, but -) to such an excessive degree that even his manager has had to call him out for it. He can also be quite clumsy and pon, often forgetting to start stream or to mute himself. However, as yet another facet of his personality, he will occasionally show startling signs of darkness - unsurprising given that he is still someone who was raised in a world of organized crime.

Although he outwardly has an outgoing personality, by his own admission and as described by others, he is actually quite shy and timid and has anxiety around people he doesn't know very well. He gets scared easily and has an infamously low tolerance for horror, with his debut-mates and viewers referring to him as Bibileader (ビビリーダー), a portmanteau of bibiru (ビビる, to be afraid), and leader.

Appearance
Kanato has mid-length blond hair with an orange streak and blue-purple eyes. He also has the option to activate a magical eye; when active, a glowing crosshair-like sigil appears in his right eye. Likely in reference to his real-life fear of needles, his ears are unpierced.

In, he wears a removable long white jacket with dark gold buttons, yellow trim, and blue accents, underneath which he wears a black turtleneck top with white geometric patterns. Over the turtleneck, he wears a gold necklace with a pendant in the shape of his pinwheel logo. He wears loose black pants with purple and magenta belts, tucked into purple socks and black boots with gold and magenta accents. He also carries a large pistol decorated with paint and decals matching the rest of his outfit.

Background
On 5 November 2021, Fura Kanato made his first appearance on the VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY channel as part of its first batch of students.

On 11 July 2022, ANYCOLOR announced that Fura Kanato would debut directly into NIJISANJI as part of the unit "VOLTACTION", the second wave of Livers formed from VTA graduates. In preparation for his debut, Kanato received a full redesign, and all YouTube videos previously created during his time in VTA were hidden.

Kanato's YouTube channel was created on 2 July 2022, and his Twitter account was created in June 2022. His first tweet was made on 13 July 2022.

Debut
VOLTACTION started their activities on 13 July 2022 and had first stream on 16 July 2022. Kanato was the first of the group to hold his first stream. Afterwards, all four members of VOLTACTION appeared on a special debut program on NIJISANJI channel, hosted by Hanabatake Chaika and Joe Rikiichi.

The short version of VOLTACTION's first original song, "INLAID" (インレイド), was released earlier on 13 July 2022. This song was written and produced by of STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION.

2022
On 16 July, on the day of his first stream, Kanato reached 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 7 August, his channel was approved for monetization and opened for memberships.

On 13 August, Kanato reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 30 August, Kanato released his first music cover, of "CH4NGE" by Giga.

2023
On 12 January, VOLTACTION announced that that all four members would receive their second 2D outfits, and would reveal them via a stream relay with 30 minutes allotted for each member. The relay was held in the same order as their debut streams with Kanato going first, holding his stream at 22:30 JST that same evening. Kanato's second outfit consists of a variant of the Erfolg College school uniform - while it has the same black tailcoat and grey dress shirt, as a member of the student council he wears grey slacks instead of the standard black, a red armband signifying his position as the president, and a custom necktie - in his case, one with gold and blue stripes. Kanato's further customizations to the uniform include a black and navy vest with gold patterning and a gold lapel pin in the shape of his pinwheel logo. He also wears a pair of round gold glasses. The outfit also came with a new hairstyle, which is shorter than his default hairstyle and has his bangs parted in the middle.

On 13 January, VOLTACTION celebrated their half-anniversary since debut by releasing their second original song, "Watercolor". The song was written and produced by the band.

On 18 March, Kanato reached 150,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 26 April, VOLTACTION announced a 3D model debut stream relay, with Kanato as the last person to have his 3D debut on 26 May. His 3D debut stream peaked at over 68,000 concurrent viewers.

On 5 July, VOLTACTION announced that they would be celebrating their first anniversary since debut with a live 3D concert, "RAISE the VOLTAGE", which was streamed for free on the group's YouTube channel on 15 July. At the concert, they debuted their third original song, "RELOAD!!!!", which was written and produced by OSTER project.

On 23 July, magazine revealed that VOLTACTION would be featured in its 2359th issue as part of its NEXT Generation 2023 segment, which was released on 2 August.

On 5 August, he was revealed to be part of the executive committee for NijiFes 2023 alongside Tsukino Mito, Shiina Yuika, and Ibrahim. They held a stream unveiling the first details of the event that evening.

On 31 October, NIJISANJI announced that Kanato would receive a 3.0 Brushup to his 2D model. He showcased his updated model and its new facial expressions in a reveal stream later that day.

On 1 November, announced that VOLTACTION would be interviewed and featured in the magazine's December issue.

From 4-11 November, coinciding with the second anniversary of their VTA debuts, the 8 former members of VTA's first generation who ultimately debuted with NIJISANJI held the Ano 8-Nin Nayutan Medley (あの8人でナユタンメドレー), a cover relay in which each member sang a different NayutalieN song. Kanato released a cover of "Rocket Cider" (ロケットサイダー) on 7 November as part of this relay. The relay concluded with a cover of "Alien Alien" (エイリアンエイリアン) by the full group on 12 November.

On 2 December, Kanato debuted his NIJI3D model.

On 22 December, the night prior to NijiFes 2023, he hosted a special program with Sasaki Saku as one of the members of the executive committee. At NijiFes itself, which was held from 23-24 December, he took part in club MOGRA's NIJISANJI DJ Fes as one of the representative NIJISANJI DJs on Day 1. On Day 2, he participated in the NIJISANJI Dance Live alongside the other members of VOLTACTION.

2022

 * On 14 September, it was announced that VOLTACTION goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival 2022, which was held from 5-6 November. A secondary campaign, "Luxiem × VOLTACTION ～Secret Mission～ in AGF2022", was announced on 2 November in collaboration with NIJISANJI EN's Luxiem; those who successfully solved the campaign's riddles would receive an exclusive acrylic keyholder.

2023

 * On 28 April, Taito Toys released a VOLTACTION Street Style series of original collaboration goods via kuji (i.e., received goods are randomized). The goods featured original artwork of the members in streetwear, and included a poster standboard, large cushions, face towels, badge sets, posters, and rubber charm straps.
 * On 29 May, makeup brands Love Liner and iCouleur announced a collaboration with the members of VOLTACTION, with tie-in goods available to purchase from 14-30 June. They featured original artwork of the members in casual clothing, and included eyeshadow palettes and liquid eyeliner designed by each member as well as acrylic stands, with stickers and postcards as purchase bonuses. The campaign also included a pop-up event at @cosme's flagship Tokyo location in Harajuku from 18-19 June.
 * On 15 August, convenience store chain announced a sales campaign in collaboration with VOLTACTION which ran from 22 August to 4 September, with customers reaching a certain purchase threshold eligible to receive goods featuring original artwork of the members.
 * On 25 October, perfume brand Anideal announced the 4th volume of its collaboration series with NIJISANJI, this time featuring the members of VOLTACTION. The collaboration featured original fragrances designed by the members, which were released on 28 November.

Fans

 * Kanato's fans and channel members are officially referred to as "Diner".
 * His fanmarks are 🍝 (spaghetti) and 🍷 (wine glass).

Relationships

 * "VOLTACTION" (ヴォルタクション) or "VOLTA" (ヴォルタ) - Kanato, Watarai Hibari, Shikinagi Akira, and Seraph Dazzlegarden.
 * They are debut-mates and fellow graduates from the first generation of VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA), and are the first debut wave from NIJISANJI to have received their own dedicated social media and YouTube channel on launch.
 * The unit's name is a portmanteau of the English words "voltage" and "bolt-action"; the four of them came up with the name together.
 * Media: YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
 * Hashtags: #VOLTACTION - General tag #ヴォルタ - General tag (Japanese) #ヴォルタノアジト - Stream tag #VOLTA展 - Fanart tag
 * Emoji: ⚡🔫 (tentative)
 * "Zeffiro" - Kanato and Watarai Hibari; a subunit of VOLTACTION.
 * "Nagikaze" (凪風) - Kanato and Shikinagi Akira; a subunit of VOLTACTION.
 * "Kanasera" (かなセラ) - Kanato and Seraph Dazzlegarden; a subunit of VOLTACTION.
 * "No Pants Gamers" or "NPG" - Kanato, Selen Tatsuki, and Ike Eveland.
 * "ONEGAI HELP KAMI" or "OHK" - Kanato, Selen Tatsuki, and Bonnivier Pranaja.
 * "Brotubers" - Kanato, Selen Tatsuki, and Tempplex.
 * "Nikuseikatsu" (にくせいかつ) - Kanato, Watarai Hibari, and Ha Yun.
 * "Tasukami" (たすかみ) - Kanato, Takamiya Rion, Mashiro Meme, and Kuramochi Meruto.
 * "Rakuen no Nyannyara Café" (楽園のにゃんにゃらカフェ) - Kanato, Suzuya Aki, Naraka, and Nishizono Chigusa. They were teammates in the NIJISANJI Splatoon Festival, which took place on 16 October 2022.
 * "Ten Million Man" (テンミリオンマン) - Kanato, Yuhi Riri, Kanae, Honma Himawari, and Lauren Iroas. They were teammates in the NIJISANJI Overwatch 2 Custom, which took place on 12 March 2023.
 * "PINK BRAIN" (ピンクブレイン) - Kanato, Makaino Ririmu, Hanabusa Lisa, and their coach, Yufuna. They were teammates in VSaikyo Season 5, which took place on 15 April 2023.
 * "New fACE Dragonz" or "NfD" - Kanato, Shikinagi Akira, Maria Marionette, Kotoka Torahime, and Sophia Valentine. They were teammates in the 2nd NIJISANJI VALORANT Custom, which took place on 2-3 May 2023.
 * "Pokapoka School!" (ぽかぽかすくーる！) - Kanato, Akabane Youko, Honma Himawari, and Ratna Petit. They were teammates in the SUMIRE CUSTOM: PUBG, which took place on 27 June 2023.
 * "Lovely Brilliant" (ラヴゥリー・ヴゥリリアント) or "VRR" - Kanato, Honma Himawari, Shishido Akari, Hanabusa Lisa, Komori Met, and their coach, Zepher. They were teammates and the winners of the inaugural VSaikyo VALORANT Act 1, which took place on 19 November 2023.
 * "Ano 8-Nin" (あの8人, Those 8) - Kanato, Amagase Muyu, Umise Yotsuha, Ponto Nei, Watarai Hibari, Shikinagi Akira, Seraph Dazzlegarden, and Kaburaki Roco. They are the 8 former first generation VTA students who ended up debuting with NIJISANJI.
 * "Kamupotage" (かむぽたーじゅ) - Kanato, Amagase Muyu, Ponto Nei, and Watarai Hibari. They were former classmates in VTA's first generation's class 1 before debuting with NIJISANJI.

Quotes

 * "Demo datte" (でもだって, ... but, but...)
 * "Nyarupochi" (にゃるぽち, I see.) - Kanato's version of "naruhodo" (なるほど).
 * "Maikka!" (まいっか！, Whatever!)
 * "Murimurimurimurimurimuri!!!" (無理無理無理無理無理無理！！！, Nopenopenopenopenopenope!!!)
 * "Jingi tōttenaito hito tte utarerumon janai no? Sōyatte ochichiue ni osowatte kitan desu kedo" (仁義通ってないと人って撃たれるもんじゃないの？そうやってお父上に教わってきたんですけど, Isn't failing to give a proper greeting something you can shoot someone for? That's what my father taught me, but...)
 * "Minna tte shitteru? Mafia no keiyaku nandakedo. Oyayubi kara chi wo dashite chutte otagai yaru yatsu" (みんなオメルタって知ってる？マフィアの契約なんだけど. 親指から血を出してチュッてお互いやるやつ, Do you guys know about ? It's part of a . The one where thumbs are pricked and pressed together to form a blood oath.)
 * "Grenade launcher? Nante heiwateki na buki nanda. Nandemo kaiketsu dekiru jan, onbin ni" (グレネードランチャー？なんて平和的な武器なんだ. 何でも解決できるじゃん、穏便に, A grenade launcher? What a weapon of peace. You can solve any problem with this, peacefully.)
 * "Seichō shinai ningen nante ningen janai kara. Ningyō desu, sore wa. Seichō shinakute yurusareru no wa NIJI-NUI dake" (成長しない人間なんて人間じゃないから. 人形です、それは. 成長しなくて許されるのはにじぬいだけ, People who don't continue to grow and develop aren't people. They're dolls. The only things that can be forgiven for not growing as people are NIJI-NUIs.)
 * "Omaera leader ga iru kara daijōbu dayotte" (お前らリーダーがいるから大丈夫だよって, Your leader is here, so don't worry.)

Identity

 * Color: #F0F0F5 (main) #FAD246 (sub)
 * Background: Heir of a mafia family.
 * Occupation: Café and restaurant manager.
 * His is ENFP.

Character and Lore

 * The members of VOLTACTION were originally a group of close friends - all coming from criminal or otherwise morally ambiguous backgrounds - who attended the same boarding school, Erfolg College (エルフォルクカレッジ).
 * During their school years, Kanato was an honors student and eventually became the president of Erfolg College's student council, with Shikinagi Akira serving as his vice-president.
 * After honing their respective skills in the criminal underworld, Kanato gathered them together due to a shared desire to use these skills to instead bring happiness to people. To do so, they meet at a hidden base called the Laundry (ランドリー), and carry out missions in secret. After learning about NIJISANJI, the members decided to start streaming in addition to their activities as VOLTACTION.
 * Aside from streaming, he is a businessman and representative for the Venti Group (Ventiグループ, or Venti Gruppo in Italian) conglomerate as his day job, and owns and manages various Italian cafés and restaurants in this capacity.
 * While he states that he doesn't plan on succeeding his father as don since he would prefer to "do things that are [actually] fun" and has his concerns with respect to the dark side of the family business, he is still involved with his family's criminal empire to some degree - though what exactly this entails has not been elaborated on. However, these activities are kept separate from the work he does with the Venti Group.
 * Despite his name clearly being Japanese, there are implications that his family is part of the, given his knowledge of its customs, him mentioning that his family has branches internationally, and his businesses all having Italian names.
 * He has described his father as looking like a typical mafia don appearance-wise, intimidating and heavily tattooed from head to toe.
 * His primary role in VOLTACTION is as the group's leader and strategist. Due to his numerous connections and contacts both in the underworld and in normal society, he also conducts intelligence gathering prior to their missions.
 * His magical eye acts as a target sight when active, and is a hereditary trait.
 * Like the other members of VOLTACTION, he does not age.

CAFE Zeffiro

 * CAFE Zeffiro is a café owned and managed by Kanato and the Venti Group, and acts as a front for VOLTACTION's activities in conjunction with Shikinagi Akira's Room 4S. Watarai Hibari works part-time at the café, meaning that Kanato is technically his boss; as such, Hibari occasionally refers to Kanato as "Owner".
 * In order to protect clients' privacy, the primary way clients can contact Room 4S is by first ordering a small espresso with four sugar cubes at CAFE Zeffiro. As orders and requests are relayed through Kanato and Hibari, it can then be determined if the request warrants involving VOLTACTION as a whole.
 * When shown in 3D, CAFE Zeffiro is shown to have a yellow exterior facade with a large covered outdoor terrace, while its interior appears much like a classic modern café, with ivory walls, indoor seating, and a baked goods case at the front counter.

Name

 * His surname Fura is written as 風楽, with 風 (fū) meaning wind and 楽 (ra) meaning fun.
 * In apparent reference to the character for "wind" in his name, his personal logo is a stylized pinwheel. In addition, the names of his businesses almost all allude to wind in Italian (including "Venti Group" itself, as "venti" means "wind"). These include CAFE Zeffiro (zephyr or west wind), Ristorante Maestrale (mistral or northwest wind), Pizzeria Euro (east wind), Buffet Aliseo (trade wind), Bar Libeccio (southwest wind), and Grecale (northeast wind); the only exception is a restaurant called Facile Estate.
 * His given name Kanato is written as 奏斗, with 奏 (kana) meaning to play music, and 斗 (to) being an archaic unit of measurement, but more commonly a character used at the end of masculine names.

Preferences

 * Hobbies: Outdoor activities (e.g., camping, marine sports, etc.), going to onsens and saunas
 * Likes:
 * Games: FPS games (e.g.,, , , , , ), party games, rogue-likes
 * Anime and manga:, , , , , , ,
 * Music: FAKE TYPE., LUCY IN THE ROOM, Creepy Nuts,, , UmedaCypher, Noctyx, Luxiem, , , , , , , , , , , , , Giga, , , CIKI, climbgrow
 * Food: Soup curry,,  ontama cheese , salmon and tuna mayo
 * Snacks: Marseille Butter Sandwich, kettle-cooked chips, 's chocolate, s
 * Alcohol: Red wine, sake (MASUMI, hirezake)
 * Other: Incenses, scents
 * Dislikes:
 * Games: Horror games, slide puzzles
 * Food: Tomatoes, cabbage rolls
 * Alcohol: Kahlúa
 * Other: Kanji, bugs (especially spiders, wasps, mosquitoes, and cockroaches)

Miscellaneous

 * Kanato has a female persona named Kana (カナ), who is considered a separate person from him. She first appeared on April Fool's Day in 2023, briefly hijacking Kanato's Twitter account to interact with his viewers, and was voiced by Kanato using a voice changer.
 * Unlike Kanato she refers to herself in the third person and has notably -esque speech patterns. She has been described by Kanato as a good girl who is very energetic - in a positive way - and "comes and goes like a storm".
 * According to Kanato, she is not good with technology and so uses a rather than a, and only communicates via mail address - she does not use LINE, Discord, etc. In contrast to Kanato, by her own admission she is quite bad at video games.
 * How exactly Kana and Kanato are related (i.e., whether they're relatives, siblings, twins, etc.) is unknown.
 * She has her own separate fanmarks, 🍓 (strawberry) and 🍷 (wine glass).
 * He usually uses the first-person pronoun boku (僕), but occasionally slips up and uses the pronoun ore (俺), generally considered a more aggressive way to refer to oneself. He tends to act shocked or berate himself when this happens, as he associates the pronoun ore with the mafia upbringing he wants to distance himself from.
 * Kanato is known for his proficiency in English, to the point of having semi-regular collaborations with the EN branch. While he acknowledges that he has difficulty remembering words, he can understand it perfectly fine and has decent pronunciation.
 * He partly attributes this to his father's influence, as the latter speaks English fairly fluently and often conducts business abroad, especially to the US (e.g., California, Nevada, the West Coast, Hawaii, Guam); young Kanato would often accompany him on these trips and had a lot of opportunities to listen to and thus absorb English as a result.
 * He has taken the (Test of English for International Communication) before and scored 750-760 points.
 * He is quite adept at marine sports, including swimming, wakeboarding, and surfing, and even has a boating license. He also used to work part-time at a marine sports shop.
 * Another sport he has significant experience in is soccer; his position was usually either or.
 * He holds a black belt in karate.
 * He has a driver's license.
 * He owns a variety of musical instruments that he has played on stream, including maracas, castanets, a cowbell, a harmonica, and a MIDI keyboard. He sometimes plays them to distract himself from getting scared during horror game streams, or in the case of the harmonica, kept it in his mouth while playing Tsugu no Hi -The Cat Ghost- as a challenge to see if he could avoid screaming and having it make noise.
 * He has.
 * He owns a pet dog, who he refers to on stream as Poochyena in reference to the.
 * The first entertainers he found himself enjoying were NIJISANJI's livers. His specific inspiration for applying to NIJISANJI was NIJISANJI Ark, as up to that point he had always played video games alone and was envious of how much fun they seemed to having together; he wanted to know what it would be like to join a group like that and have that kind of fun playing a game seriously with a group of other people.
 * He mentioned during his audition interview with ANYCOLOR that he is capable of playing video games for 35 hours without stopping.

Setup/Equipment

 * PC:
 * CPU: Intel Core i9
 * Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070Ti
 * Peripherals:
 * Monitor: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240Hz
 * Keyboard: Wooting
 * Mouse: G-Wolves Hati-S Plus 4K
 * Mousepad: BenQ Zowie G-SR-SE Rouge
 * Headphones: XTRFY H2, fumo TRUTH Open Air Gaming Headset
 * Microphone: AKG C214

Live Chat Etiquette

 * Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarised here: "VTuber Chat Etiquette"
 * From stream descriptions:
 * Many people can see the comments, so please only make comments that everyone can feel comfortable with.
 * Please refrain from making too many comments unrelated to the content of the stream.
 * Please refrain from mentioning Kanato's name in other peoples' channels.
 * Please avoid mentioning spoilers.
 * Please avoid making comments of abusive nature (e.g., violent, sexual, or judgmental comments).
 * Additionally:
 * Please refrain from bringing up things he talks about in other peoples' streams (i.e., "pigeoning"), or mentioning inside jokes (e.g., referring to him as "leader", etc.) elsewhere.

Media

 * Fura Kanato's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 風楽奏斗 / Fura Kanato - YouTube Channel
 * 風楽奏斗 - Twitch Channel
 * 風楽奏斗🍝🍷 - TwitCasting Channel
 * @KNTFR2434 - Twitter Account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #ふーらいぶ - Stream tag
 * #飲もうかなっと - Drinking stream tag
 * #ふうらーと - Fan art tag
 * #カナート - Fan art tag for his female alter ego, Kana
 * #風楽つかえ - Thumbnail art tag
 * #風裏倉庫 - NSFW art tag
 * #楽しい奏作 - Non-art fan project tag (e.g., cosplay, MMD, etc.)
 * #聴こうかなっと - Comments about voice release
 * #風楽の口コミ - Egosurfing
 * #ふらっと切り抜き - Clips