Sanagi Yuzu

Sanagi Yuzu (蛾虫ユズ) is an independent English VTuber who debuted on 12 June 2021 and is partnered on Twitch. She currently streams on Twitch as Yuzu and uploads highlight content on YouTube while occasionally posting meme content on TikTok.

Profile
Sanagi Yuzu (蛾虫ユズ) is a silk moth spirit based on the Japanese Silk Moth. She was farmed for her high quality silk for hundreds of years. While confined, she lost count of the of days she spent in her cell, which resulted in her forgetting her age and growing a distrust in humans. Her only salvation was a small moth spirit named "Koga" (translates to: "little moth" in Japanese) who would share a Yuzu fruit with her on a nightly basis. Suddenly, Koga stopped showing up for weeks, and she feared the guards may have caught him. She was then suddenly freed by a mysterious figure and found Koga waiting under the Yuzu tree for another fruit to pick. She explained Koga went missing because he was waiting for the tree to bear more fruit as it was out of season. As for the mysterious figure, she explained on her debut stream that it was Gojo Satoru from Jujutsu Kaisen who broke her out, and that he is "packing." She now streams from a shrine in the spirit realm to determine if she can return to live with humans once again.

After a peaceful time in the spirit realm, a group of evil humans looking for powerful artifacts arrived at the shrine, when yuzu refused to tell them their location the humans set to destroy her home and hunt her spirit companions. Enraged by this, yuzu used the life force of the land and the slain spirits to ascend to godhood and kill the invading humans, losing control in the process and destroying a part of the spirit realm, by the time she came back to her senses only one ginkgo tree remained. Now she has set her goal to rebuilding her home and lead the spirits back to the realm.

Personality
Yuzu is a friendly streamer who often gets bullied by her chat. She cracks a lot of lewd jokes on stream and is often bonked by chat because of it. She has no sense of direction and mispronounces words often. When showered with love by her chat, she reluctantly accepts and returns it. After realizing she has opened up to them, she would turn around and tell chat that she despises them in true tsundere-like fashion. She aspires to be seen as "The cool older sister" but chat can't help to see her as the funny friend that's "a little weird", some even think she gives little sister energy. Yuzu is also well versed with modern-day meme culture and trends as shown on her twitter and YouTube channel.

Despite her lewd and tsundere nature, she has a very wholesome stream and chat. At times, she may suffer from slight impostor syndrome and worry that her content won't be appreciated by others. Upon hearing this, her chat will stop bullying her and give her appreciation by spamming her yuzuBlankies and headpat emotes, reassuring her that she is beyond S-tier as a content creator.

Yuzu is also a cultured individual, referred to by many as having great taste in video games, as well as anime. She has outwardly expressed her love for BL (Boys Love) but calls it "Bacon and Lettuce" to shrug off her fujoshi nature. She also prefers thighs to boobs, and has complained that artists tend to draw her with huge booba unless she specifies otherwise.

Background
Yuzu's model first appeared on the internet via a twitter post on 1 February 2021. Since then, she has given many teasers to her voice, personality and other features of her model on twitter. Her first TikTok post was uploaded on 26 May 2021. Her debut was announced on 30 May 2021 via twitter. Her first stream was a test stream to ensure her assets were all in check, occurring on 10 June 2021. To her surprise, there were an average of 70 viewers for the guerrilla stream. Her debut kicked off on 12 June 2021 at 5PM PST where she revealed her short hair model.

2021
On 27 July, her goal to reach partner was achieved, about one month and two weeks after debut.

On 30 August, Yuzu officially changed her Twitch username from "sanagiyuzu_" to "Yuzu."

On 10 September, Yuzu reached over 20K followers on Twitch.

On 19 November, Yuzu reached over 30K followers on Twitch.

On 12 December, Yuzu completed all of her 6-month anniversary subathon goals and reached the final 2k sub goal at the 7h 21m mark. In total, she reached 2.4K subscribers.

2022
On the first day of 2022, Yuzu reached 40K followers on Twitch.

On 15 February, Yuzu reached 50K followers on Twitch.

On 26 March, Yuzu reached 60K followers on Twitch.

On 4 April, Yuzu's Discord server achieved partner status.

On 10 April, she debuted her 1.5 model outfit along with a "Beach Episode" animation with chat.

On 22 June, she completed her 3-day capped subathon that celebrated her 1 year anniversary of streaming. She reached a total of 2.9k subscribers.

On 21 August, Yuzu reached 100K followers on Twitch.

On 2 September, Lifewire released an article on an interview with Yuzu titled "How Honesty Helped VTube Twitch Streamer Yuzu Sanagi Realize Success Online."

On 7 October, Yuzu attended her first Twitchcon with her friends

On 15 October, Yuzu took a Hiatus due to Health reasons

On 17 December, Yuzu returned to streaming from her recovery hiatus. On the same date, she also announced her partnership with Makeship for the launch of the long awaited Koga plushie.

2023
On 25 February, Yuzu debuted her 2.0 model and was on Twitch's front page.

From April 7 to April 10, Yuzu attended Weebcon 2023 on Texas as partnership with Uwumarket, with commemorative merch including T-shirts and a night light stand.

On 29 April, Yuzu launched her first independent merch drop on her website! These included a bucket hat, embroidered shirt, acrylic charm, deskmat and stickers.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her pet, Koga, is another moth spirit whose favorite fruit is Yuzu, hence Yuzu's first name.
 * Koga is a fan favorite after being assumed dead in her first lore video. However, he does appear alive in Yuzu's 2.0 lore video.
 * Koga may or may not have laser beam eye powers, which is why she threatens to use him as a weapon in one of her emotes.
 * Once Yuzu hit partner, it was confirmed as canon that Koga has laser eye beam powers as shown in one of her animated emotes.
 * Koga received an updated design with Yuzu's 2.0 model redebut.
 * A very muscular Koga that has trained his body to the max exists, he is in charge of welcoming new lampchamps to her discord server, leaving most of them speechless.
 * Her fanbase is known as the LampChamps, a moth-themed play on words to the commonly memed term "PogChamps."
 * Back in 1.0 days the LampChamps went to war on whether Yuzu is a "moth mommy" or "moth onee-san" (although Yuzu didn't believe she deserved either of these titles). To settle these qualms, Yuzu started a poll on stream to decide which the LampChamps were to call her. The poll resulted in a perfect 50/50.
 * Yuzu's fanbase also had a Minecraft server dedicated to multiple different factions amongst her fans. These factions include but are not limited to: The Church of Moth, The Church of Yuzu, The Church of Lamp, House Sanagi, House Yuzu, Cult of Lamp, Cathedral of the Sun, and others.
 * On August 8, 2021, Yuzu's LampChamps gathered together lead by one of her mods, Gucci, to give Yuzu a day of appreciation. Unbeknownst to her until the large reveal, the day was filled with a 3000% Hype Train, along with fireworks in the Minecraft server, and a Kudoboard with loving messages from her fan base.

Quotes

 * "Reject humanity, suck toe."
 * "Ara ara."
 * "Balls in my mouth."
 * "Oh yeah? you want me to spit on you?" - Referring to her high quality silk which comes in the form of her spit.
 * "I guess you are my little LampChamp, come here."
 * "I peg you."
 * "I'm seiso what do you mean?"
 * "Homies who moan together stay together."
 * "F*ck my *sshole."
 * *Cleric Beast screech*
 * "Shoot them in the crotch for maximum damage."
 * *Cromch cromch* "Disgostan'" *cromch* - In a Scottish accent
 * "Mmm, delicioso!~"
 * "Lord have merthy."
 * "Don't care, plus you're bald, plus ratio."
 * "Any primers? Modcheck?"
 * "I'm not a bottom!"
 * "Twist his d*ck!"
 * "I'm not a Dustox!"
 * "Gomene, hehe~"
 * "I'm feeling bustular."
 * "That's so Cottagecore."
 * "Copium."
 * "Saur traur."
 * "Every size makes the wood rise."
 * "We are at that time of the night where... Where you... Where... What was I saying?"
 * "I saw that some people said- ** loud mucussy cough**"
 * "I dont want you guys controling my body yet- ok that was weird..."
 * "I'll see it when i believe it"
 * "What if i tongue-punched your Fartbox"
 * "if you see a video of me being sus just know it's not real, just your imagination, i would never do something like that, surely"
 * "oh i get it! I get it, i get it, i get it..... Wait... Am i doing it wrong?"
 * "WELL AT LEAST" "WHATS ALL DIS' DEN'?? (in a terrible British accent)

Trivia

 * Her family name, 蛾虫, is a combination of the kanji for moth, "ga," and bug, "mushi." When read as "sanagi," it can be translated to "chrysalis."
 * Yuzu is part of the "Holy Trinity" (a.k.a. "Unholy Trinity"): a trio of cult leaders alongside Kou Mariya, Mai Rubee.
 * Yuzu was once top 500 in North America in Overwatch as a support main.
 * Her goals as of debut are to hit 100k followers on TikTok, reach partnership on Twitch, enter a Virtual YouTuber group and to be featured on a game, anime, or commercial.
 * Yuzu claims to dislike mammals, because every other virtual youtuber lists bugs as a dislike and Yuzu is salty.
 * Her favorite foods includes pickles and she dislikes tomatoes & mushrooms
 * After trying pineapple pizza during her 6-month anniversary stream, her opinion that pineapple does not belong on pizza changed to that of indifference.
 * Some of her favorite games are the Souls series, Nier/Drakenguard series, Dragons Dogma, Persona 3, and Nioh (specifically Nioh 2.)
 * Her favorite color is yellow.
 * She speaks intermediate-level Japanese, but rarely speaks it on stream.
 * The first Virtual YouTuber Yuzu ever watched was Usada Pekora.
 * She uses light mode on all social media. When labeled as a psychopath for it, she responded with, "Of course I use light mode, I'm a moth."
 * Yuzu is left handed.
 * Yuzu went to culinary school but forgot basically everything she learned there.
 * Yuzu died to Pinwheel during her Dark Souls playthrough.
 * Her mods live in her basement and receive a diet of wall moss and moss water. Her LampChamps hope that is just a joke.
 * Whenever yuzu goes to the bathroom or is not on screen her chat suddenly starts to bombard her with compliments, gifted subs and sometimes donations aswell as spamming "Yuzu is Cute" followed by the "yuzuBlankies" emote, as soon as she returns however they are known to scatter and return back to normal.
 * For Yuzu's 6-month anniversary subathon, she reached 720 subs before the stream even started which cleared over half of the subathon goals.
 * Yuzu pronounces GIF as "Jif." The LampChamps argue with her as well as among themselves on the acronym's pronunciation whenever she says GIF.
 * Yuzu is infamously terrible at identifying animals. Some examples include mistaking a koala for a wombat, a porcupine for a star-nosed mole, and a capybara for the Chupacabra.
 * While using the toilet, Yuzu accidentally dropped a bagel she had been eating that slipped between her legs and she had to fish it out of the toilet with chopsticks. This unfortunate event has been dubbed the "Piss Bagel story" that "couldn't have been avoided."
 * Yuzu is a renowned enjoyer of French architecture: especially the Eiffel Tower, which she believed was in the same place as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
 * As a connoisseur of art, Yuzu dislikes the "Ugly Bastard" tag. To the LampChamps' surprise, she likes the "NTR" tag even if only for its art quality.
 * Yuzu is a professional fall damage tester. The LampChamps have witnessed how proficient Yuzu is at falling from high places; This may be due to the fact that— despite being a moth— she cannot fly.
 * Yuzu has a history of killing animals by accident in videogames. The killing spree began during her Heavy Rain playthrough where she thought she could have avoided the death of Merlin the bird and would have gotten a bad ending as a result.
 * During Anime Expo 2022, witnesses claimed Yuzu used 69% of her strength and evaporated one of the arms of streamer and friend IPN, the veracity of such claims have yet to be confirmed.
 * Yuzu is extremely proficient at geography (which she has never mistaken with geology.) She knows places such as the Kingdom of Detroit in Canada and Washington D.C.: the capital of the U.S. that is surely located in Colombia, South America. The LampChamps feel like something is wrong about those descriptions but they cannot pinpoint what.
 * Yuzu's VTube Studio has a mysterious asset named "0_Womb_Tattoo." The LampChamps have never seen it before and investigations are still ongoing.
 * Yuzu is prone to misfortune and has been observed that after she says phrases like "Watch this chat," "This is for you," and "Ready for this?" she enters a spiral of bad luck that makes her fail the task at hand. The Lampchamps are incredibly supportive when this happens and decide to repeat the phrase adding the "DIESOFCRINGE" emote at the end.
 * Several LampChamps have joked that Yuzu looks like an IRL "Doomer girl," first observed by Juniper. Other characters the LampChamps believe Yuzu looks like include the main character of Lies of P.
 * When yuzu was younger she got stung by a Man-o-War, this resulted on her being peed on by her Father due to popular belief that urine can help with jellyfish stings, unfortunately this practice has been proven ineffective and some lampchamps have dubbed it the "golden shower incident"
 * During a batsu collab versus Admiral Akuma nihmune on the game Battleship yuzu had a losing streak of 5, not winning a single match, this led to her having all the punishments of the night such as: singing "Hey Nya" with cat accessories, cosplaying as the doomer girl and nihmune makes a tweet.
 * While yuzu was on recovery hiatus a mysterious event only known as "the Mothening" occurred, making most of the Lampchamps evolve to a superior form; The Koga, each one with a different appearance and name. the research is still ongoing but there have been cataloged more than 20 types.
 * Upon returning to streaming, the Koga curse that afflicted a big part of the Lampchamps was lifted, some sources report that all the Koga energy that was released manifested into a marketable plushie that was available at Makeship.
 * During her 2.0 model debut, yuzu obtained front page of twitch and tried to remain Family friendly for the duration to various levels of success.
 * Various Lampchamps pointed out the fun fact that with every new model yuzu lost a bit more clothing, she assured them that the reduction of clothes was "essential to the lore" and denied the idea of she eating them.
 * Yuzu revealed a sample of the upcoming merch that will be available in April, this included: Stickers, Posters, Acrylic charms, Deskmats among others.
 * During the screening of her lore video at the end of the stream, some easter eggs could be seen such as the guest appearance of her close friends in spirit form.
 * Yuzu is very keen to learn new words and enjoys using them as much as she can, much to the dismay of the lampchamps who have accidentally taught her what a "Prison Wallet" is.
 * Yuzu is known for being a lightweight drinker. During her second You Laugh You Lose stream, her first punishment was taking a shot of soju, after that she kept drinking (even without punishment) and proceeded to call some of her friends to hang out, turning the stream in "Girlies Drinking Party" . The lampchamps enjoyed their fun antics even more than the YLYL
 * Due to Lampchamps petitions, future YLYL streams will probably not include the drinking punishment 😅.
 * Yuzu has always demonstrated how much she loves her friends and how important they are to her, she held hands with almost all of them at various conventions.
 * Yuzu revealed that her next outfit for 2.0 will be slumber party themed, and that she would also like to have a model with a "Doomer" Dark hair toggle.
 * During the second part of the room reviews, Yuzu noticed how many of the lampchamps are into Tanks and Planes, she is suspicious that there is secret society of vehicle enjoyers that may or may not play tank games.
 * Yuzu has an amazing singing voice, she demonstrated this by being the second voice for the song "Dumpster Cat" by Akuma Nihmune, where both of their tunes complemented each other's.
 * Yuzu thinks her house may be haunted after hearing weird noises since she moved in, the lampchamps have a running gag about her ghost wanting to do a collab with her.

Media

 * yuzu - Twitch channel
 * Yuzu Ch. ENVtuber 蛾虫ユズ - YouTube channel
 * Yuzu VTuber VODs - VODs YouTube channel
 * Yuzu's Shorts! - Short Clips YouTube channel
 * @SanagiYuzu - Twitter account
 * @sanagiyuzu - Tiktok account
 * 🦋Yuzu's Shrine🦋 - Discord server

Twitter hashtags

 * #yuzuschedule - Schedule
 * #ユサート / #yuzart - Fan art
 * #yuzuwu - General
 * #yuzu草 - Memes