Shabel Tonya

Shabel Tonya is a female Virtual YouTube, a member of LITMEDIA. She can speak English, Korean, and Japanese (she is learning).

Profile
''Smilodon who wants be a REAL cat, & the mighty KING of cats. She started her VTuber activity to show the whole world how cute and adorable cats are.''

Background
Tonya's YouTube channel was created on 24 November 2021, she joined Twitter in November 2021. She made her first tweet on 11 December 2021. On the same day, Tonya released her first official cover song "Silhouette" (English Ver) by Kana-Boon.

On 13 December, Tonya released her first original song "TonyaDeSu!."

On 17 December 2021 ET time (or 18 JST time), Tonya debuted.

2021
On 30 December, Tonya made her first collaboration with Tenma Maemi in game "Super Bunny Man."

2022
On 25 January, Tonya celebrated her 5,000 subscribers and also gained her channel superchat feature.

On 26 January, Tonya reached 10,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 29 January, Tonya reached 20,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 5 February, Tonya made a stream to celebrate her membership opening, but YouTube announced that her channel membership was not yet available. About 10 minutes after the stream, her channel membership was opened. At night the same day, Tonya officially opened her channel membership feature.

On 9 February, Tonya reached 30,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 2 March, LITMEDIA Twitter account announced the "Tonya Fanart contest!." On the same day, Tonya reached 40,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 17 March, Yonya reached 50,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 10 April, the winners of "Tonya Fanart contest!" was announced.

On 3 May, she reached 60,000 subscribers on YouTube channel during a "Cat mario" stream.

On 18 June, she celebrated her 6 month anniversary and also released her first merch.

On 4 September, she debuted her 3D model, made by her fan.

On 20 September, she reached 70,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 12 November, she hosted a program for the debut of the new members of LITMEDIA, Luvdia

Discography
Main page: Shabel Tonya/Discography

Mascot and Fans

 * Tonya's fanbase is called "Tonyatachi." Her fanbase name was decided by a poll on Twitter. Rejected names were "Nyankotachi," "Kittonyas," and "Purroalty."
 * Her membership has 2 tiers, "Smolodon" and "Beeg Smolodon."

Trivia

 * Her favorite color is popcorn color (yellow).
 * She likes cats, human, playing games, cooking, sweets, human food (hamburger, pizza, pasta, etc).
 * She dislikes carrots.
 * She is afraid of coffee and bugs.
 * Her goals are 3D debut, make a full album with her original songs, make anime ost, learn music composition, offline concert, make friends from all over the world.
 * Tonya is a Smilodon or cat, not a tiger.
 * Tonya is the king of cats, the idol of cats and a virtual streamer.
 * Her birthday is 8 August, actually it's not her real birthday. Living so long, Tonya doesn't remember her birthday as well, she chose this day because it's a very special day. 8 August is also International Cat Day. It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It is a day to raise awareness for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them.
 * She shares character designer Ayamy with Yozora Mel, Hanamori Healthy, Kogure Piyoko, Taya Rex, Yaso Toiki and Louise Priere. Ayamy is also a VTuber.

Media

 * Shabel Tonya Ch - YouTube channel
 * Shabel_Tonya - Twitch channel
 * @ShabelTonya - Twitter account
 * @shabeltonyach - Tiktok account
 * @shabeltonya - Marshmallow account
 * u/ShabelTonya - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #SHABELTONYA - General
 * #TonyaTime - Live
 * #illustonya - Fanart
 * #TonyaMeme - Memes
 * #Tonyaoke - Karaoke
 * #Tonyaeat - Food
 * #Tonyatravels - Travel