Saohime Yue

Saohime Yue ( サオヒメユエ, 佐保姬夕映 ) is a Japanese, Chinese and English; Virtual YouTuber associated with WACTOR, debuting as part of its fourth generation of VTubers under the name of "GATE" alongside Himea D'Almaria, Shinonome Ito, Kuuma Mireille and Lea.

Introduction Video
Japanese = Spanish = Chinese = Yue's introduction in chinese.

Profile
She originally lived in a remote elven village with an enchanted border to the human world (similar to the Peach Blossom Garden from The Peach Blossom Spring fable). One day she accidentally found out about the Internet because she sent back to the human world a human child who accidentally got lost there. Since then she has been addicted to human culture and fashion and crossed the gateway from the depths of the mountains and remote forests into the human world.

Yue has declared himself in charge of the Purity (seiso) of WACTOR, although this facade would later be disproved by herself.

Personality
A kind and caring elf, funny and mischievous, sometimes even mawkish or slightly lustful, But she is not limited to such attitudes, she can even role-play a variety of roles, such as yandere (demonstrated in her debut), ecchi, S&M and others.

Background
On 23 December 2021, WACTOR's Twitter account announced auditions for its fourth generation "GATE" showing the silhouettes of five designs open for audition. In the introductory video, Yue was shown as "Member No.1 Elf."

On 3 January 2022, the designs for the fourth generation were revealed during a stream on Hizuki Miu's channel.

On 15 February 2022, her Youtube channel, Bilibili and her Twitter were created. On this day she also made her first tweet.

Yue made her debut on 20 February 2022, in which she talked about her likes and dislikes, using her drawing skills to explain herself, as well as her singing skills. Her first performance was the opening of KanColle, Miiro by Akino.

2022
On 22 April, Yue reached 20,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 19 June, her Twitter account reached 10,000 followers.

On 30 June, Yue releases a collaborative cover of Hoshina Suzu, on the occasion of Suzu's graduation. The song they performed is ODDS&ENDS by ryo(Supercell) featuring Hatsune Miku.

Fans

 * Her fans are known as Yuelfinos, which comes from the union of "Yue", "elf" and "Fino" (this comes from the Spanish meme known as "Fino señores").

Quotes

 * "Enohada!", after being frustrated playing "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy", her first gameplay.

Lore

 * Yue is an elf from the deep mountains and forest.
 * She likes otaku culture, which was an incentive for her to come to the human world and stay to continue studying it.
 * She has a bandage on her right hand, she said that she holds a seal with the power to change the world; if the time should come to untie the bandage, it means that the world needs to use the power of the right hand.

Likes

 * Since she revealed herself as an otaku, she likes manga, anime and video games, as well as idols and VTubers.
 * She likes the mokugyo.
 * Although being an elf she has an affinity with plants, she likes to eat meat more than vegetables.
 * Actually she likes to eat all kinds of dishes, of which she usually posts pictures; in terms of drinks there is also a remarkable variety, but some of the usual ones are vegetable juice (to replenish nutrients) and "Bubble Tea" (tapioca mix).
 * Her anime preferences include: Love Live!, Date a Live, SpyXFamily, Kaguya-sama Love Is War, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shōmei Shite Mita.

Miscellaneous

 * She tried to learn Spanish because she liked the Pixar film, Coco; however, in the end she opted for Chinese. However since her debut, she returned to her studies to communicate with her fans.
 * Her fans have joked about what lurks beneath the bandage on her right arm: from tattoos, to supernatural powers, to otherworldly beings.
 * She is not a waifu, the Yuelfinos are her waifus and she is the husband.
 * She says humans couldn't stand to hear the elven language.
 * She often jokes when asked how her name is said in that language, it is likely that on each occasion a difference in intonation, pronunciation and melody will be noticed.

Media

 * サオヒメユエ Yue Saohime【WACTOR】 - YouTube Channel
 * Saohime Yue corporative profile on wactor.tech
 * @SaohimeYue - Twitter account
 * 佐保姬夕映-官方WACTOR billibilli channel
 * WACTOR FanCommunity - WACTOR Official Fan Discord Server

Twitter hashtags

 * #YueSaohime - General
 * #Yuelfanart - FanArts
 * #Yuelfinos - Fans
 * #Saohimeme - Memes

Bilibili Topics

 * #朝花夕映 - tag de arte
 * #佐保山纪行 - tag de clips

Further readings

 * 佐保姬夕映 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * サオヒメユエ - Pixiv Encyclopedia