Petra Gurin

Petra Gurin (ペトラ グリン) is an English female Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's second-wave group OBSYDIA, alongside Selen Tatsuki and Rosemi Lovelock.

Profile
A penguin who spent much time alone in the frosty sea. Has charm and complex emotions as the stormy sea.

Personality
Petra often comes off as a calm and soft-spoken girl, though she's shown herself to have a somewhat blunt, charmingly honest and sassy side mixed into her nature. She often becomes easily frustrated while playing games, and tends to curse frequently or pretend to sob.

Due to her soft voice, short model, and tendency to get frustrated easily, Petra has gained a reputation as the easiest member of NIJISANJI EN to tease. As she's often on the receiving end of light-hearted bullying during collabs, Petra often has to reassure viewers that she's used to these kinds of friendships and is on good terms with her fellow Livers.

Petra also has a sizable following among Japanese fans due to her high proficiency in Japanese. She does her best to accommodate both English-speaking and Japanese-speaking fans, often scheduling streams during JP-friendly hours or holding Japanese-only streams.

Background
On 30 November 2020, NIJISANJI opened auditions for their new English branch, with the audition period lasting until 15 December. Youtube channels for NIJISANJI EN's second wave were created on 8 July 2021, and their Twitter accounts were also created in July 2021.

NIJISANJI EN's second group, OBSYDIA, was announced on 14 July 2021, accompanied by a short teaser with the new Livers' designs and voices. It was also announced that an original song sang by OBSYDIA, "Black Out", would be released on the same day of their debuts. The song's composition and lyrics were written by TeddyLoid and the lyrics' story was made by Ryushen.

Debut
OBSYDIA began their activities on 18 July 2021 (JST) as part of a special debut program on the NIJISANJI English channel. Petra was the second of the group to debut, with commentary provided by Finana Ryugu. Petra's debut stream featured an introductory video in the form of a visual novel playthrough, followed by her rendition of "Snow Halation."

Afterwards, all three members of OBSYDIA appeared on the main channel's special program.

2021
On 27 July, she reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. At the time, this made her the fastest member of NIJISANJI EN to reach this milestone, as well as the sixth fastest member of NIJISANJI overall behind Eden-gumi.

On 26 September, she opened memberships on her Youtube channel.

On 1 October, she premiered her cover of "phony" by Tsumiki.

On 4 December, she celebrated her birthday with a nine-hour stream, during which she premiered a cover of "Tokimeki Broker" by PMaru, with visuals drawn by chika. During the call-in portion of her stream, she spoke with over twenty Livers from various NIJISANJI branches.

On 19 December, Petra's "First Step Goods" merchandise and Christmas 2021 voice pack went up for sale.

2022
On 21 January, she reached 200,000 subscribers on her Youtube channel.

Relationships
Notable units and collab groups:


 * OBSYDIA: Petra Gurin, Selen Tatsuki, Rosemi Lovelock
 * Niji UK (Unbelievably Kracked): Petra Gurin, Reimu Endou, Millie Parfait, Enna Alouette
 * NijiPETS: Petra Gurin, Mysta Rias, Enna Alouette

Events

 * On 15 September, all members of LazuLight and OBSYDIA participated in the "Meltdown" game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel.
 * On 22 November, all members of LazuLight, OBSYDIA, and Ethyria participated in the "Ready! Get Set! Clash!" Mario Kart game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel, with Petra placing 8th overall.

Fans

 * Her fans are called "PenTomo".

Quotes

 * "Shall I break the ice?" - debut teaser quote

Identity

 * Color: #FFAE42
 * Race: Frost penguin
 * Occupation: Student, VTuber
 * She can speak English, Japanese, and Chinese.

Likes and dislikes

 * Favorite anime/manga: Natsume Yuujinchou, Akatsuki no Yona, Boku no Hero Academia, Card Captor Sakura, Chihayafuru, Death Note, Haikyuu, Hyouka, ID:Invaded, Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun, and Kuroko no Basuke.
 * Favorite games: Otome games (AMNESIA:Memories, BUSTAFELLOWS, CLOCK ZERO, Code:Realize, Collar×Malice, Psychedelia series, Taishou Alice, Shinigami to Shoujo), A3!, Genshin Impact, IDOLiSH7, Kimi ga Shine, Persona series, anything with a good story.
 * Favorite music: Amatsuki, Ayase, DECO*27, Harumaki Gohan, Hitoshizuku × Yama, KANON69, luz, Mafumafu, Rib, Ryushen, syudou, Yanagi Nagi, and Yorushika.
 * Interests: Singing, graphic design + motion graphics, café hopping, making (and eating) desserts, NIJISANJI.
 * Dislikes: Horror, thunder and loud noises, public speaking, school assignments.
 * She is a big fan of Ryushen, Hoshikawa Sara and Debidebi Debiru.

Miscellaneous

 * She is very musically inclined, and sometimes does piano streams. She also composed her own BGM during a stream.
 * Petra made all of OBSYDIA's stream overlays, as well as that of Mysta Rias.
 * She streams using a gaming laptop instead of a desktop PC.
 * Because her name looks similar to "Peter Griffin", her ikemen voice is referred to as Peter.
 * Upon her first visit to the NIJISANJI World Minecraft server, Petra was unhappy with the house that Selen built for OBSYDIA, so she (jokingly) claimed that she was leaving OBSYDIA. Pomu initially agreed to adopt Petra into LazuLight, but changed her mind after discovering Petra killed some of LazuLight's sheep to make a bed. She later built her own house next to the OBSYDIA house, which Pomu and Finana later renovated into an igloo.
 * During a collab with Selen, Petra joked that her uncle was Riku Tazumi, the CEO of Anycolor. This led to a running joke that Petra got into NIJISANJI through nepotism.
 * She gets motion sickness easily.
 * A running joke among fans is to debate whether Petra has flippers or hands.

Media

 * Petra Gurin【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * @Petra_Gurin - Twitter account
 * Petra's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * @petra_gurin - Marshmallow account
 * u/Petra_Gurin - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #PetraGurin or #ペトラグリン - General
 * #PetraOnAir or #ペト配信 - Stream talk
 * #PetraArt or ペト絵 - Fan art
 * #Gur18n or #ペト禁 - Fan art (NSFW)

Further readings

 * Petra Gurin (ペトラ・グリン) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki