Kairuichan

Kairuichan was a female English VTuber who debuted 25 July 2020.

Personality
Kairui isn't really great at games, but she loves to learn. When she isn't trying out games or improving, she loves to make artwork! When possible, she tries to give as much help or advice to newer artists. She loves to draw her friends and others that she admires, like Pekora and Korone.

She dreams of having her art in a big time game.

Appearance
Kairui has pastel green hair that fades to a soft yellow toward the end, usually tied in a ponytail. Her eyes are a bit of a mystery, as they're hidden behind a thick pair of glasses with spirals on them. Her eyes are closed in most pictures without her glasses. She has small bunny ears at the center top of her head.

She can usually be found wearing her artist gloves, which are gloves without the ring finger, middle finger, and thumbs. Her outfits include high waisted skirts, long sleeve shirts, and comfy tennis shoes.

Background
Kairui's Twitch channel was created on 8th Jan 2013. However, she did not make her debut as a VTuber until 25 July 2020. Prior to this, she was primarily an art streamer.

2020
Starting on 29 November, Kairui played in Leaflit's weekly Dungeons & Dragons game, where she played the demon character Ome D'omage.

On 1 December, Kairui was interviewed on The Leaflit Show.

2021
On 23 April, Kairui re-debuted with a new model, also designed by herself. It was rigged by enkitheaxolotl.

Retirement
On 1 June, Kairui announced that she would quit her VTubing activities. In a Twitlonger post, Kairui gave her reasons as anxiety nad pressure from peers, fans, and the VTuber community, as well as a desire to return to her her roots as an artist and creator.

Kairui held a final graduation stream on 25 June.

Quotes

 * (On games) "I just like to have fun, even if I'm not good at it. So."
 * "Chaos! I love chaos, yes."
 * "Just do it! Y'know? Don't let your dreams be memes. I think a lot of people get really caught up on that first step of like, how do I start? And it's really not about that. Drawing is a lot about where you're going. It's not about how to get there, because you will inevitably just get there."

Catchphrases

 * "PUT IT!"
 * "Okey? Okey."

Lore

 * Kairui is a rabbit.
 * Kairui's glasses are necessary to protect others from her gaze attack, which turns people into carrots. This is why she often appears with her eyes closed. Her true eye color is blue and pink.
 * She is interested in alchemy and potionmaking. Her goal is to reverse her carrot vision.
 * She is from the void, and does not know her own true origin. She spawned into the world somewhere in the arctic. Other VTubers of arctic origin include Nyatasha Nyanners and BungoTaiga.
 * She has to create, or she will wither away.

Artwork

 * Kairui is both a VTuber and artist, and drew her own virtual avatar. Other VTubers to do this include Luna the Magikarp.
 * Prior to becoming a VTuber, Kairui drew emotes for several Twitch streamers. She also drew her own Twitch emotes.
 * Her works include the 200-page manga My Cat is a Wizard and the yuri webcomic Kuma-Hime.
 * Kairui also drew fanart for other VTubers. In 2017, she drew the iconic picture of Nyanners enjoying a hot drink which appears in many of her YouTube video endings.
 * She cits Makoto Shinkai as an inspiration.

Other

 * The name Kairui originates from the nickname Shellfish, which is translated as "kairui" in Japanese.
 * The name Abba originated as a typo of Anna. Her Twitch emotes have the prefix "abba".
 * Kairui is a YouTube partner.
 * The opaque glasses in her original model were inspired by Professor Tomoe from Sailor Moon.
 * Her favorite color is green.
 * She likes food and talking. She dislikes having no breakfast.
 * Her greatest fear is temporal paradox. Kairui notes that this is ironic, because as her own character designer, she is her own mama.
 * She loves nappa cabbage. She often eats it for breakfast, fried in peanut oil with onion, carrot and rice.
 * She dislikes celery, but thinks celery salt is a "god-tier spice".
 * Her favorite anime include Garden of Words, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices.
 * She thinks Sailor Moon is a bad show, but has a strong sense of nostalgia for it. She has watched the original series at least six times. She also disliked 5 Centimeters Per Second.
 * Her goals are to produce more singing content, and do more collabs.
 * She once cosplayed the green-haired Vocaloid character GUMI. Her favorite holiday is hallowe'en, because it provides an excuse to cosplay.
 * She loved to play DDR, and at one point played DDR on a daily basis. She attached a home console DDR pad to an MDF board. He favorite is DDR 3, and her favorite DDR song is Until the End.
 * She has a Sailor Saturn dakimakura.

Media

 * Kairui TTV - Twitch Channel
 * Kairuichan - YouTube Channel
 * @Kairuichan - Official Twitter Account
 * Pixiv Profile

Hashtags

 * #kairuillust - Art hastag