Fuwawa Abyssgard

Fuwawa Abyssgard (フワワ・アビスガード) is an English speaking Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive. She debuted in 2023 as part of hololive -Advent-, the third generation of members of hololive English, alongside Shiori Novella, Koseki Bijou, Nerissa Ravencroft and her twin sister Mococo Abyssgard with whom she shares her YouTube channel and Twitter account as the duo unit FUWAMOCO.

Profile
"How about we get you all nice and fluffy~?"

The fluffy older twin sister of The Demonic Guard Dogs, who were sealed away in The Cell for being a pain in the godly behind, Fuwawa Abyssgard is "The Fluffy One." Her duty is to calmly look after her younger twin sister Mococo and their pet Pero, but that calmness can be short-lived. Ultimately, she is a bouncy and boisterous girl who loves to chat and play.

Personality
According to her sister Mococo, Fuwawa is dependable and helps to calm her down.

Appearance
She has long blonde hair with little pigtails on the side with streaks of light blue and bright pink eyes. She also has dog ears and a collar. She wears a pastel blue headband and hairclips with one hairclip being shaped like a white bandage with blue center.

Background
Following the debut of hololive English second generation -Council-, hololive English announced a permanent English language audition page on 30 December 2021. An update to the audition page on 7 September 2022 sparked speculation of an upcoming English third generation.

Fuwawa and Mococo first discovered hololive after seeing a picture of Akai Haato on Twitter, which they initially mistook for a character from a visual novel. They were accepted to hololive as a duo after applying on four or more different occasions. They had variously applied both as a duo and as individuals, and in both English and Japanese.

The FUWAMOCO YouTube and Twitter accounts were originally created on 12 May 2023, one day after the rest of the group's accounts, although they contained no content at this point. Fuwawa and Mococo share an account. Separate YouTube accounts were also created for Fuwawa and Mococo, but they remained unused.

The third generation of hololive English, -Advent-, was first teased on the hololive English Twitter account with a short video on 22 July 2023. This was followed by another teaser video on 23 July, showing five new characters.

On 25 July, the hololive English YouTube channel posted a video titled Wanted!, revealing the five members of -Advent- and announcing their upcoming debuts. At the same time, the FUWAMOCO duo also posted a short teaser video and made their first tweet.

All -Advent- members' YouTube channels reached 100,000 subscribers within twelve hours of the announcement. On July 30, the FUWAMOCO channel reached 200,000 subscribers prior to the sisters' debut.

Debut
Fuwawa and Mococo made their debut stream on 31 July from 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM JST (Sunday, 30 July 2023 from 8:45 PM to 9:30 PM PDT). Their debut reached over 119,000 viewers at peak. During the stream they also previewed their first original song "Lifetime Showtime." The stream was followed by the release of their first cover, "KAIBUTSU."

Fuwawa and Mococo were the final members of hololive -Advent- to debut. In hololive tradition, this was followed by the generation all-member group collab stream. This was in turn followed by the release of their first group song, "Rebellion."

2023
On 31 July, the FUWAMOCO YouTube channel was the first in -Advent- to reach 300,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 4 August, they reached 400,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel.

On 6 August, FUWAMOCO celebrated their YouTube channel monetization and enabled Super Chat feature.

On 18 August, the FUWAMOCO reached 500,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel, making them the first members of -Advent-, and the 57th and 58th hololive members to reach this milestone.

On 26 August, they opened membership on their YouTube channel.

On 31 August, they released their original introduction song "Lifetime Showtime" to YouTube.

On 27 September, Fuwawa held her first solo stream.

On 15 October, FUWAMOCO reached 600,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel during a Suika Game endurance stream.

On 7 November, FUWAMOCO celebrated 100 days of consecutive streaming on YouTube.

Discography

 * Main article: Fuwawa Abyssgard/Discography

Mascots and Fans

 * They have a pet named "Pero," short for Perroccino. Pero was the twins' mentor, and they first met in the demon world. Pero is able to speak.
 * "Peropero" is Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of licking, such as a pet might do.
 * Pero has only two bones. The rest of his body is pure muscle.
 * FUWAMOCO fans are called Ruffians.
 * Pero calls them "Rufferans."
 * The duo's followers are called the Doggy Pack. Their YouTube member ranks are called Doggy, Hot Dog, and Mad Dog.

Fuwawa quotes

 * "Bau bau!"

Name

 * Fuwawa is from Japanese onomatopoeia "fuwafuwa", meaning "fluffy." It matches her title as The Fluffy One.
 * Abyssgard is a compound word of "abyss," meaning a bottomless pit, used as a metaphor for Hell in Dante's Inferno; and "gard," meaning either a guard, or an enclosed area of land, as Asgard of Norse myth.
 * Abyssgard is pronounced "AB-iss-gard." This is different to the normal pronunciation of the English word "abyss," which puts the emphasis on the second syllable.
 * She writes her name in western name order. In Japanese, she writes it in katakana, commonly used for foreign words.
 * Her sister Mococo usually refers to her as "Fuwawa," both in English and Japanese, without any honorifics.
 * In one instance, Mococo addressed Fuwawa as "Fuwa-nee," meaning "Fuwa-sister." This suffix is best known to visual novel fans in reference to the character of Kousaka Tamaki, and "older sister" type character whose nickname is "Tama-nee." Fuwawa enjoyed being called "Fuwa-nee," but Mococo found this embarassing, and refused to do it again.
 * Fuwawa considered the nickname "Wawa" but discovered it was already in use as a nickname for Takanashi Kiara.

Lore

 * The members of Advent were sealed away in The Cell, a prison deep underground built to hold dangerous people and things. Its location is a closely-guarded secret.
 * Fuwawa helped in the prison break by barking at the guards as a distraction.
 * The duo are referred to as the Twin Demonic Guard Dogs of hololive English -Advent-.
 * Despite being twins, their birthdays are different by one day. Fuwawa explained that they were "born under the blessing of the moon." Mori Calliope suggests that this means the elder sister Fuwawa was born shortly before midnight, and Mococo was born after midnight.
 * Despite some differences in appearance, Fuwawa and Mococo are identical twins.
 * They each have four ears: the human ears on the sides of their head, and the dog ears on top of their head. The human ears are vestigial, and are not used for hearing.
 * Fuwawa and Mococo are from a place called the Northwest Passage. It is located within the Makai, or demon world, and is in the PST timezone. It is a beautiful place with a lot of trees.
 * Demon guard dogs are tasked with protecting the gate to the demon world. However, only a select few guard dogs are selected for this position. Fuwawa's job is to protect your smile.
 * There are other types of demon dogs rather than guard dogs, such as demon dentist dogs and demon therapy dogs.
 * Their parents are referred to as Mamapuppy and Papapuppy. They only speak Dog language and a little English.
 * Some FUWAMOCO fans are known suffer from a condition called baubaubyou (bau bau syndrome), where seeing pink and blue things together makes them think of Fuwawa and Mococo.

Likes and dislikes

 * She likes pillows, Japanese sweets, matcha, nattou, and cute girls.
 * She dislikes dirty jokes, tangled hair, and pizza.
 * The sisters' "FUWAMOCO BIG LIKES" list includes baths, walks, singing, dancing, and pon-de-ring donuts, and cats.
 * They both dislike having their ears and tail touched.
 * Fuwawa's favorite anime are Mahoromatic, Onimai, Utawarerumono, School Days, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, Genshiken, and Yosuga no Sora.
 * In an interview with Crunchyroll, the sisters jointly added Pani Poni Dash and Space Adventure Cobra.
 * Her favorite games are visual novels, raising simulators, and retro games.
 * Her favorite music is moe songs, anime songs, bishoujo game songs, and 80's idol music.
 * Her favorite Japanese word is 「夜這い」, "yobai."
 * Her favorite hololive songs are Amane Kanata's Chuuku No Niwa and Aki Rosenthal's Shallys.

Hopes and dreams

 * At debut, Fuwawa and Mococo presented a whole screen full of hopes and dreams:
 * Collabs with fellow hololive members: sing Japanese oldies together with Houshou Marine, touch Ina's tentacles, ride on Shiori and Nerissa's backs, hold an off-collab with Advent, go to an onsen with Advent, sing anime songs with IRyS, do ASMR with Fauna, explore Minecraft with Mumei and Kronii, to hug all the Advent members, to sing denpa song with Polka, talk about visual novels with Miko, to befriend Nerissa's crow Shadow, touch Noel's floofies, carry Bijou like a princess, solve puzzles with Ame, get slapped by Gura's tail, rap with Calli, dance with Bae and Kiara, make Yagoo wear doggy ears and say "BAU BAU!", have a pajama party with Advent, have an Advent pillow fight, deepen their bonds with Advent, and make Advent unstoppable.
 * Perform at live events: perform on stage, have a FUWAMOCO solo concert, have a concert in North America with hololive EN, perform at a certain summer idol festival in Odaiba, perform at Animelo Summer Live, appear on TV as a segment announcer, appear in a video game, voice a character in a video game, appear in a manga, be part of hololive Super Expo, appear in a commercial, become a tourism ambassador, participate in a collab cafe, do on-location video shooting, collab with Japanese comedians, and have a hololive concert at Yokohama Arena.
 * To release music: release an original song, release a physical CD, have an original song in a game, hear their own original music when they walk down Akihabara, release hololive idol projects songs together in English, release a FUWAMOCO album, blast music everywhere from an ad truck, write lyrics in Japanese, and have their original music in Holo Music Studio.
 * To release more products: an (traditional Japanese protective charm) so they can protect the viewer, a life-size cardboard cut-out to take home, a hololive EN musical, a FUWAMOCO food product, a FUWAMOCO jacket to keep viewers warm, a dakimakura so they can protect you at night, FUWAMOCO bed sheets so you don't have to choose between them, original headphones, a Pero pillow, a digital stamp set, sneakers, lots of voice packs, a Nendoroid figure, and a scale figure. They also want to collaborate with amazing companies, collaborate with their favorite visual novel companies in particular, produce and release their own visual novel, run a maid cafe for a day, to have lots of fanworks, and get their paws on lot of FUWAMOCO doujinshi.
 * To make various hololive milestones: debut as a member of hololive EN, debut 3D model, debut in Hologra, get a new outfit, and reach 1 million subscribers.
 * To better themselves: get 7 hours of sleep a night, pass the JLPT N1 Japanese language test, get good at fighting games, get less scared of horror games, live with other hololive members, learn how to do ASMR, learn Bahasa Indonesia to talk to the hololive ID members, improve their FPS skills, get Mococo used to eating nattou, be able to touch their toes, beat Ring Fit Adventure on the hardest difficulty, learn to play Minecraft, learn to edit their videos themselves, to have a wrestling battle and come out "top dog," learn how to learn how to do a somersault, learn how to mix their own vocals, teach Mococo how to do a death metal scream, get used to being around birds, learn to be good therapy dogs, be true to their instincts, help cute animals find their "furr-ever home," and to have confidence.
 * To help the viewers: help you when you're lost, become your oshi, have cute cosplayers, bring everyone together, meet fans with hololive Meet, have fun and make (some) mischief, make you smile so much your face hurts, make you laugh so hard your tummy hurts, make sure you never hurt, and protect your smile.
 * To complete their goal list.
 * Fan-made goal trackers include FUWAMOCO Goals, FUWAMOCO Goals - Grid, and FUWAMOCO Goals - Gallery.

Miscellaneous

 * The pair's role as a duo of guard dogs invites a comparison to Gere and Freke, Odin's guard dogs in Norse mythology. Along with their pet Pero, they are also compared to Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the gates of Hell in Greek myth.
 * Fuwawa and Mococo are the first two VTubers in hololive to share a single channel across all of their social media accounts.
 * Unused individual channels for Fuwawa and Mococo were also created on 12 May 2023.
 * The sisters share an emoji, since they share a channel.
 * When speaking by herself, Fuwawa appends her messages with a blue heart emoji.
 * She speaks both Japanese and English.
 * She is designed by ICOMOCHI, who coincidentally is also a twin.
 * They share a bunk bed. Fuwawa takes the top bunk. Mococo sleeps in the bottom bunk, because she's afraid of falling off.
 * She wakes up at least three hours before streams. Mococo is always first to wake up, and has to make Fuwawa wake up.
 * Together, Fuwawa and Mococo are the 26th and 27th hololive members to join the official hololive subreddit as a moderator.
 * The twins run a show called Fuwamoco Morning. It runs on Fridays, Wednesdays, and Mondays, which spells FWM (FuWaMoco). It often features Misunderstanding Corner, where they issue a correction or apology for something that happened in a previous stream.
 * Fuwawa is bad at telling left from right. Fellow holoEN member Gawr Gura has the same flaw.
 * A running joke is that Fuwawa doesn't exist. This comes from the first Advent Minecraft collab, where only Mococo joined the server, as the duo only had one PC. Shiori joked that perhaps Mococo was hallucinating Fuwawa. They later clarified in a Misunderstanding Corner segment of FUWAMOCO Morning that Fuwawa is real.
 * They are known for the "FUWAMOCO sync", a trait where they accidentally say the same thing at the same time. It's a popular trait, but they're really embarrassed about it.
 * Fuwawa has a speech trait where she sometimes pronounces R sounds like a W, e.g. "Wuffians."
 * Fuwawa and Mococo have worn blue and pink, respectively, since they were little, so that people can more easily tell them apart. They looked even more alike when they were little, and also wore name tags so people could tell which was which.

Media

 * FUWAMOCO Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
 * Fuwawa Abyssgard's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @fuwamoco_en - Twitter account
 * u/FUWAMOCO_en - reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #FUWAMOCO - General
 * #FWMCpix - Fan art
 * #helpFWMC - Suggestions/requests
 * #FWMCMORNING - FUWAMOCO Morning
 * #lilFWMC - Clips
 * #FWMCbeats - Music
 * #FWMCwww - Memes