Souya Ichika

Souya Ichika (宗谷 いちか) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber, and member of AniMare (あにまーれ).

Introduction Video
Ichika's introduction.

Background
Her YouTube channel was created on 4 June 2018, while her first stream 9 June.

2018
On 20 October, she revealed her second 2D costume, she presented her costume with a small guess game showing different pictures with some of them being part of her costume.

2019
On 13 March, she debuted her 3D model.

On 5 May, she unveiled her third 2D costume, unlike the previous two costumes this one shows her with casual clothes and longer hair.

On 10 October, during Inaba Haneru's stream about Umori Hinako's retirement, Ichika expressed how she genuinely felt about the topic; which had left her in tears throughout almost the entire stream.

On 8 December, she did a stream revealing her fourth 2D costume.

2020
On 12 July, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her 2D model updated to the 2.0 version. she debuted her 2.0 model later that day, showing her original design, she has more facial expresions, she can turn her head in different directions with her earing also matching the movement, her handkerchief also received movement updates.

Events

 * On 11 July 2019, she made an appearance in Animare's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongside Inaba Haneru, Umori Hinako, Hinokuma Ran and their manager Nanashi.

Trivia

 * Ichika is close with Umori Hinako.
 * It was revealed that Ichika has a pet rabbit named Yuzu (ゆず)
 * She likes to collect Teddy Bears
 * A Twitter user asked if she collected anything else other than Teddy Bears, and admitted to collecting original merchandise from other artists.
 * While she has singing talent, she is also capable of drawing.