Asano Sisters Project

Asano Sisters Project (朝ノ姉妹ぷろじぇくと, Asano Shimai Purojekuto) is a group of female Japanese VTubers. Originally a trio, the group is currently a duo of sisters: Asano Ruri (朝ノ瑠璃) and Asano Akane (朝ノ茜). Their third sister Asano Hikari (朝ノ光) retired in 2019. As of 2 January 2022, Ruri is the only active representative of the project after Akane went on undefined hiatus. The project was originally planned to be only one character, Hikari.

Introduction Video
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 * -|Akane=【自己紹介】朝ノ茜だよ～╰（｀・ω・）╮ −−＝＝≡≡≡卍 ｼｭｯ!
 * -|Hikari=【自己紹介】朝ノ光、改めて自己紹介します！

Profile
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 * -| Asano Ruri's Older =

Appearance
Originally the sisters shared Hikari's model with different headbands, Hikari's purple, Ruri's blue and Akane's pink. Few months after debut, Ruri debuted her second model with new clothes and hairstyle no longer using a headband but a blue flower ornament. On the other hand Akane kept using her original model but as Hikari retired that appearance became unique to her, just getting a short hair update. Eventually Akane also received a brand new model, with different clothes, hairstyle and smaller chest compared to Ruri. In 2021 both sisters debuted their third models which differentiate the sister's color palette, Ruri's clothes are purple and black while Akane's clothes are pink and black.

Background
The project stared with a video of Hikari playing "Super Mario Maker" on 31 March 2018.

On 1 May 2018, Hikari formally introduced herself in a short video.

On 2 May 2018, Ruri debuted on the channel with an introductory video.

On 4 May 2018, Akane debuted on the channel with an introductory video. As triplets the sisters have an identical appearance with a headband of different color to distinguish them.

2019
On 19 February, Hikari retired from her activities as a VTuber.

2020
On 3 August, their YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers.

2021
On 4 August, Ruri announced that she would get a new 3D costume.

On 8 August, in celebration of her third anniversary, Ruri debuted a new 3D costume during a live. This costume give her a much more distinctive look. The kimono potion of her costume can be removed.

On 7 September, Akane debuted a new 3D costume. This costume give her a much more distinctive look.

Also on this date Ruri's Twitter account was verified.

On 2 October, it was announced that Ruri won an audition to be cast as the voice actress of Ecute for the third season of the anime adaptation of Jashin-chan Dropkick X. Ruri was selected from 11 finalists by the votes of fans who had purchased Dropkick on My Devil! merchandise and a total of 1661 participants since the auditions started. Previous to this Ruri gave reports regarding the status of her auditions. This fulfilled her dream of becoming a VTuber to have a mayor role as a voice actress in an anime.

On 1 November, Ruri announced on her Twitter account that she would be joining Crocodile Co., Ltd. a company that represent various voice actors.

2022
On 2 January, Akane announced that she would go on a long undefined hiatus to achieve other goals.

On 13 August, during her birthday live, Ruri debuted two color variants of her 2021 costume. One is black and red and the other white and purple.

On 20 September, Ruri launched her official website.

2023
On 30 March, Ruri debuted her fourth 3D costume. Ruri received three new hairstyles. The first is a bob haircut. In the other two she uses short low twintails falling on her shoulders. Ruri wears loungewear. She has a stripped pink hoodie which hat has animal ears. Underneat she wears purple t-shirt with print of a triangle and the words "Bermunda Triangle" under it. Ruri has black shorts with a white outline. She wears Nori-themed slippers.

Events

 * On 24 March 2019, Ruri had her first VR live event on Cluster.
 * On 5 December 2019, Ruri and Akane made an appearance in the game "Dawn of the Breakers" as playable characters.
 * On 1 April 2020, Compile Heart announced on their Twitter account that the Ruri and Akane, would made an appearance on the game Neptunia Virtual Stars, alongside Todoki Uka and Sifir Esirer.
 * On 10 December 2021, it was announced via Gamebiz that Ruri would cast as a voice actor for Tokita Shiori in the visual novel "Shiori no Kotoha -Dark Reflections-." alongside four other VTubers, including Mitsurugi Lia and Hizuki Miu.

Fans

 * The sisters call their fans "Asanoshū"「朝ノ衆」.

Trivia

 * As part of an attempt to reach 10000 YouTube subscribers, Ruri did a 100-song challenge video, singing over a period of almost 5 hours.
 * In a livestream, Hikari started crying while describing how appreciative she was of her big sister's efforts to help their project gain popularity, which is difficult in the crowded VTuber market.
 * Ruri voiced the character "Dina" (ディナ) in the game "Thousand Memories" by Akatsuki Inc. as well as Ecute in the anime "Dropkick on My Devil X".
 * Ruri's 100-song challenge was removed due to copyright questions about the original source.
 * On 15 December 2018, Ruri did a 110-song challenge, including a 111th which was an original song.
 * On 22 January 2019, it was announced that Ruri would be a voice actress for a character in a small game by doujin group Charon.
 * Ruri appears as the protagonist of her visual novel "Ruriiro Days -Heavenly Blue-" alongside her sister Akane, Annin Miru, AMENOSEI, Tenkai Tsukasa among others.
 * Ruri provides for the voice of the character Kazamatsuri Akemi in the multi-media Jazz project swing,sing.
 * While the role of Ecute in Jashin-chan Dropkick X was the first role assigned to and recorded by Ruri, her first anime appearance was in the prologue episode of the anime "Suisei no Fräulein" (彗星のフロイライン) along with several other VTubers such as MaiR, AZKi, Ginga Alice, and Kuramochi Kyoko. This is because Suisei no Fräulein aired on April 1, 2022 while Jashin-chan Dropkick X began airing in July of 2022 (with Ecute's first appearance happening in September)
 * Ruri is the first (and currently only) VTuber to be included in the Seiyuu Grand Prix directory.

Media

 * 朝ノ姉妹ぷろじぇくと - Asano Sisters' YouTube Channel
 * @asanoruri - Asano Ruri's Twitter account
 * @asanoakane - Asano Akane's Twitter account
 * @asanohikarihaa1 - Asano Hikari's Twitter account
 * @asano_nori - Nori, Asano Sisters' Managment Twitter account
 * @asanoshimai - TikTok account
 * asanoruri-newproject.jp - Asano Ruri's Website
 * Asano Sisters' Managment Official Q&A on peing.net

Twitter hashtags

 * #あさの絵巻 - Fan art