Ookami Mio

Ookami Mio (大神ミオ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of the group "hololive Gamers" (ホロライブゲーマーズ) alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Nekomata Okayu and Inugami Korone.

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Personality
Mio is frequently described by fans and other hololivers as being mature, responsible and level-headed when compared to her peers. In the holo no graffiti animated shorts Mio is frequently seen playing the part of the "straight-man," reacting comparatively like a real person would to her coworkers' absurd shenanigans or the onset of surreal situations. Mio is also regarded as being exceptionally kind, even among the already enormously friendly hololive staff, with both fans and peers frequently seeking her personal advice. This friendly and wise persona has earned her the popular nickname "Mio-mama."

Despite these mature traits, however, Mio is frequently touted as one of the biggest scaredy-cats in hololive. Among hololive's roster Mio is one of the most susceptible to horror movies or the scares in horror-themed games. This aspect of her personality is also supported by the holo no graffiti animated shorts, with Mio being revealed to be extremely easily frightened by ghost-stories, being completely unwilling to remain alone in the dark and becoming almost catatonic when scared.

She has stated that she sometimes has to suppress her more wild, wolf-like instincts and compulsions. These compulsions have included things like outright eating her coworkers Tsunomaki Watame (a sheep girl) and Nekomata Okayu (a cat girl).

She is also recognized as a talented singer as Shirogane Noel's singing coach (who Noel describes as particularly harsh and difficult to impress), upon hearing Mio singing during the Toyosu PIT live-event, remarked that she was exceptionally gifted.

Background
Mio first auditioned for hololive after contacting her classmate friend Shirakami Fubuki about how the latter was doing, noticing that Fubuki had been too busy to play games with her like she used to. Mio learned that Fubuki had debuted as a VTuber from hololive and liked the idea of becoming one too, so she presented her audition.

She was then called for an interview where Mio said that she liked to play games a lot, not revealing at the time that she was friends with Fubuki, something that was revealed gradually latter on.

Her Twitter account was created on 16 November 2018, while her YouTube channel was created on 1 December 2018.

On 6 December 2018, an introductory video revealing "hololive GAMERS" was uploaded to both Mio's and Fubuki's channels, with Fubuki serving as the leader and Mio as the only new member of the group. The original focus of the group was to play videogames in stream and participating in competitions that were at the time starting to gain popularity in the VTuber scene.

On 7 December 2018, Mio officially debuted on her YouTube channel.

2018
On 16 December, she reached 10,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

2019
On 17 May, she reached 50,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 9 June, she announced that she would get her 3D model. She debuted her 3D model on 16 June.

On 11 September, she announced on her Twitter that she would get her swimsuit 3D costume, which she debuted later that day during a stream.

On 10 December, she reached 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 19 December, hololive's Twitter account published that both Mio and Fubuki would get new 2D costumes. She unveiled hers in a stream on 22 December an hour earlier than Fubuki's.

2020
On 1 January, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her third 2D costume, a kimono to celebrate the new year, she debuted her costume later that day during a stream.

On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted her 3D idol outfit at hololive's 1st fes. Nonstop Story.

On 24 April, she reached 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 11 July, she reached 300,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an endurance Getting Over It stream.

On 5 August, her activities were suspended due to multiple claims of copyright violation filed against her YouTube channel.

On 4 September, Cover Corp's Twitter account made a short statement announcing that Mio's copyright strike problem has been lifted and that she would return to her activities shortly. After this, Mio published that she would return to do streams on 5 September.

On 12 October, she reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a Penguin's Dogma stream.

On 30 October, Mio released a 2.0 update to her main 2D model.

On 20 December, she reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers, being the last member of hololive GAMERS and the 26th member of hololive to do so.

On 25 December, her Twitter account got suspended, but was restored a few days later. It was later revealed that she had shared several times her Christmas karaoke stream on her Twitter account which had triggered Twitter's anti-bot algorithm.

2021
On 20 February, she reached 600,000 YouTube subscribers during a karaoke endurance stream.

On 11 May, Mio reached 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 28 May, Mio announced during a short stream that she would go on a hiatus from streaming due to health problem.

On 6 June, Mio returned her activities with a singing stream.

On 27 June, Mio announced on her Twitter account that she would get her fourth 2D costume.

On 29 June, she debuted her fourth 2D costume during a stream, in this costume Mio got two different hairstyles, the first one being a long curvy ponytail and the second one include a braided strand of hair to the right of her head and a plaid one to the left, in this costume she wears a white sleeveless blouse, a black an red skirt decorated with a ribbon and brown shoes, she can also wear a black beret and a pink sweater.

On 30 July throught 31 July, Mio reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream.

On 20 August, Mio debuted her first original song "Howling."

On 7 December, celebrating the third debut anniversary, Mio debuted new accessories for her fourth 2D costume, including a new hairstyle, as she can now use low twintails falling to the front, one of the most notorious aspects of this hairstyle is that it can be combined with various light blue hairpins shaped like stars and flowers the biggest one is a star located to the left on her red colored locks, the accessories also produce light and blink in a pattern, the hairstyle is complemented by a red cape decorated a pattern of five petal white flowers.

On 8 December, Mio reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

2022
On 9 January, Mio's second 2D costume got updated to the 2.0 version.

On 15 April, Mio was tested positive for COVID-19.

On 7 June, Mio reached 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers during a karaoke subathon stream. This makes her the 29th hololive member, as well as the 22nd member of hololive JP, to reach this milestone. She is also the fourth and last of hololive Gamers to do reach this milestone. This makes hololive Gamers the second generation in hololive and the first one in hololive JP, where every member has reached 1 million subs.

On 18 July, the members of hololive GAMERS debuted a new accessory to celebrate their third anniversary, a headband with hearts on top of it. Mio's headband is red.

On 11 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Mio debuted her second 3D swimsuit. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On 19 August, continuing the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Mio debuted her 3D yukata. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.

On 21 August, Mio debuted a new hairstyle for her second 2D costume. Similar to her debut's third anniversary hairstyle, she uses low twintails falling down her shoulders but they have more volume. Mio's front locks are also styled to her right.

On 30 November, Mio released the second original song "Sayonara wa Mada."

On 5 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that Mio would get her fifth 2D costume.

On 6 December, Mio debuted her fifth 2D costume, inspired by the Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In this costume Mio got two new hairstyles in one she uses big twintails and her right eye is covered by her locks and a big red rose above, in the second one she use a bob haircut, her ears are covered with red and white bow, however its use is optional. She wears a mostly white dress with the left cup of her dress being red. On top of it Mio uses a black corset with golden motifs, this piece extendes and turns into a skirt with suits. Mio has black leggins and black long boots. Her tail is decorated with a golden ornament resembling a crown. Mio also has the option to wear a red cape.

On 7 December, Mio released her third original song "Yakou Tsuushinn."

2023
On 19 March, Mio debuted her new 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY2.

On 8 July, she debuted a new 3D costume as a member of the "Blue Journey" musical project. She uses a blue beret with a plaid pattern. The costume has a white blouse with detached sleeves, a blue ribbon in the chest decorated with light blue jewel and a blue belt below the chest. The blouse lower edge is asymmetrical and divided in three, the front has planks and it is the longest, then the right side is longer that the left side. She uses a long blue skirt with a plaid pattern and the inner section is light blue. On the back the costume is decorated with a see through ribbon.

Discography

 * Main page: Ookami Mio/Discography

Events

 * On 23 May 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongisde Roboco, Aki Rosenthal, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco and Oozora Subaru.
 * On 27 November 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Azur Lane as one of the characters, alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Nakiri Ayame, Natsuiro Matsuri, Murasaki Shion, Minato Aqua and Tokino Sora, she was available from 27 November to 10 December.
 * On 24 March 2022, hololive announced a collaboration with Kanda Myojin Shrine featuring Mio, Nakiri Ayame, and Sakura Miko in the "Kanda Myojin Shrine Support" set which includes 3 bottles of ginger ale and a plate postcards in each set. The products would be sold at the Kanda Myojin Cultural Exchange Center EDOCCO café MASU MASU and the online store starting 30 March 2022.
 * On 20 September 2022, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that she alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Inugami Korone, Nekomata Okayu, Usada Pekora, Houshou Marine, Moona Hoshinova, Ayunda Risu, Watson Amelia and Gawr Gura's hats and outfits would appear on the game "Among Us" and can be obtained purchasing the hololive production Cosmicube. The Cosmicube would be available until 20 December 2022.
 * On 20 October 2022, the amusement park Fuji-Q Highland announced its second collaboration "hololive in Fuji-Q Highland ~SNOW*WORLD~" with Shirakami Fubuki, Nakiri Ayame, Oozora Subaru, and Ookami Mio. The event would be held from 19 November to 30 December 2022.
 * On 2 December 2022, hololive's Twitter account announced a collaboration with Tobu Zoo, featuring Ookami Mio, Shirakami Fubuki, Nekomata Okayu, Inugami Korone, Usada Pekora, and Shishiro Botan in games, foods, merch. The event would be held from 2 to 29 January 2022. Especially, special birthday cakes to celebrate Pekora birthday would be sold for limited time from 12-22 January 2022.
 * On 28 April 2023, hololive's Twitter account announced a collaboration with the Japanese professional baseball team "Yomiuri Giants" in a match on 1 August 2023 at Tokyo Dome, featuring Mio and another eight members participating in various promotionals: announcements, posters, signage in the halls, as well as tickets and merch.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her pet is a minotaur like creature called "Hatotaurus" originally designed by Fubuki on 2 February 2019. It has the head of a pigeon, goatlike horns, the body of a minotaur and the legs and tail of a wolf.
 * Her fanbase name is officially called "Mio-fam," 「ミオファ」short for Mio's family.
 * On 23 April 2022, Mio introduced new mascots to represent Mio-fam, they are small gray and white wolfs and cats. The wolfs use an ornament similar to Mio's yellow hairpin, while the cats use bells similar to the ones Mio wears in her sleeves.

Name

 * Her last name, "Ookami" means "Great God," but is also a pun on the word for "Wolf."

Miscelaneous

 * Her long hair is often mistaken for her tail, while her real tail is wrapped around one of her legs. She mentioned that the reason for this is because her tail is too sensitive.
 * Mio is a self-professed practitioner and advocate of the "No Panties Healthy Lifestyle." This practice consists of not wearing underwear while sleeping, which supposedly grants health benefits such as improved blood-flow throughout the lower body. Mio states this wisdom was passed down to her from her grandmother.
 * Mio owns a cat named Taiga (タイガー, translingual pun on "Tiger") that is notably uncooperative and rambunctious, requiring Mio to chase and fight with her in order to do things like properly groom her fur. A picture of Taiga appears on Mio's usual stand-by screen. Taiga's species is Ragdoll.
 * Mio owns another cat named Tawa. Tawa's species is Abyssinian.
 * Following the debut of hololive's fourth generation, she stated that one of her New Year's Resolutions for 2020 would be that she promised to control her natural impulses and "not eat" Watame. Watame was in the chat at the time, with Mio suggesting that she shower prior to the two meeting in order to suppress the smell of "wild sheep" and thusly reduce her temptation. Watame responded by posting emoticons to illustrate herself running away.
 * She thinks her nickname "Mio-mama" comes from the foreign fans, as Japanese fans usually refer to her as "Mioshaa" like Oozora Subaru always calls her.
 * Adding on to the joke of her being the mother in hololive, on Mother's Day of 2021, she received multiple superchats wishing her a happy Mother's Day.
 * Mio does tarot reading streams, she invites other members to share their uneasiness and doubts, on these streams Mio also gives advice, but sometimes other members ask for her tarot reading off stream.
 * She is regarded as a super accurate tarot reader by both other members and most hololive members listeners (including hers), leading to the creation of the pun name "Big God Mio."
 * Mio and Sakura Miko are the organizers of hololive's Minecraft Sport Festival「ホロライブ大運動会」, they have organized three editions of the event in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (with Oozora Subaru).
 * Other members sometimes talk about Mio's motherly characteristics like:
 * When Miko went to her house she cooked her delicious meal to eat.
 * When Subaru was depressed because of the delay of her 3D concert celebration, Mio went to Subaru's house to cheer her up also inviting Okayu and Shion.
 * Mio talked a lot to Haato while the latter was on hiatus on Discord.
 * When Ayame was teased by Houshou Marine on dancing lessons, Mio was the one to protect her from Marine.
 * Mio is one of a few hololive JP members with a precisely known place of birth; in Mio's case, Gunma Prefecture.
 * Mio and Subaru were the first members to call Akai Haato "Haachama".
 * She shares the same character designer with independent VTubers Maaru Witch and Ozuka Roki; Nishizono Chigusa from NIJISANJI; Towa Kiseki from Pictoria; HACHI from Live Union; Nekota Tsuna from VSPO!; Rokaku Muni and Tsumugi Nia from IRIAM; Utsutsu Yomi from ZETA DIVISION; Syouhuku Nyako from MaHOROBA.
 * "Happy☆Fever! hololive," the opening theme song of "hololive Sports Festival 2022" was written and composed by Mio.

Media

 * Mio Channel 大神ミオ - YouTube channel
 * Ookami Mio's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @ookamimio - Twitter account
 * 大神澪Official - bilibili channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #大神ミオ - General
 * #ミオかわいい - Stream talk
 * #ミオじゅ〜る - Schedule
 * #みおーん絵 - Fan art
 * #ボイスのミオかわいい - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #ミオといっしょ - With Mio

Further readings

 * 大神ミオ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 大神ミオ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 大神ミオ - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 大神ミオ - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 大神澪 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 오오카미 미오 - Namu Wiki
 * Ookami Mio - Unofficial Hololive Wiki
 * Ookami Mio - Azur Lane Wiki