Yozora Mel

Yozora Mel (夜空メル) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its first generation of VTubers alongside Aki Rosenthal, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, and Akai Haato.

Background
Yozora Mel opened her Twitter account on 16 April 2018 while her YouTube channel was started on 25 April although her introduction video was not uploaded until 13 May.

2019
On 27 March 2019, she announced in a live-stream that she would be getting a 3D model.

On 29 March, a sneak peek of her new 3D model was shown and the debut date was revealed to be on 2 April. Shirakami Fubuki noted on her stream later that night that the 3D model outfit will be different compared to the original 2D illustration. was revealed in a stream on 2 April.

On 23 August, she debuted her swimsuit 3D costume, during a stream.

On 6 November, she published in Twitter that her channel was demonetized, explaining that a song she performed was the cause, however like the rest of hololive girls afflicted by this issue, she erased or made private most of her ASMR videos.

On 29 December, she announced on her Twitter account, that she would get a new year 2D costume.

2020
On 1 January, she debuted her new year costume during a stream, being her second 2D costume overall.

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 31 January, she announced on her Twitter account the remonetization of her channel.

On 16 May, she revealed that she has been victim of harrasment in a public statement on her Twitter account, explaining why she had been on semihiatus since October 2019, as she felt unsafe because the perpetrator was someone she knew in real life.

She stated that after taking things to the authorities and court the harrasment has stopped since March. In the statement she thanked her fans and hoped to be able to continue her activities at some point. She also stated that she decided to made this issue public wishing that this doesn't happen to other people including other hololive members.

On 24 May Cover Corp, hololive's parent company also released an statement about the issue. They apologized for their mistakes into handling the situation, announcing changes within the company to prevent this for ever happening again and paying for any fees Mel went throught into handling with this issue.

After been on full hiatus since early April, Mel announced on 23 June that she would continue with her activities.

On 24 June, after two attempts being prematurely ended by YouTube's algorithm, she returned to her activities with a stream, where she was warmly received by fellow VTubers and fans.

On 31 July, she announced on her Twitter account that her original 2D model would be get an update. She debuted her updated model the next day on 1 August during a stream, featuring more facial expressions, her hair and bat ornament have much better movement, she received improved jiggle physics, she can turn freely in more directions in line with the model capabilities of hololive members from the GAMERS unit onwards.

On 27 August she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her third 2D costume. She debuted this costume next day on 28 August during a stream, just like her new year costume Mel has long hair but in this costume she uses twintails, with bat wings accesories on both sites, her previous hair ornament that used to be shapped like a bat is now an inverted heart, probably in response to Mel's constant struggle with YouTube's algorithm bot taking down her streams in the past, this costume doesn't show any cleavage, instead using a white blouse with a black corset, she wears a black and white miniskirt mantained in place with orange suspenders also decorated with inverted hearts, finally she uses asymmetrical tights with shoes decorated with hearts.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Kapu-min" (かぷ民).

Trivia

 * She is the first hololive member to be part of a generation to debut, debuting half a month earlier than the other members, she is also the third hololive member to debut ever, after Tokino Sora and Roboco. This also makes Mel the first member to debut with a 2D model.
 * She was the first hololive member to debut her 3D model with a different design from her original 2D appearance.
 * Her favorite clothing type is a hoodie.
 * Her favorite video game series is Resident Evil.

Twitter Hashtags

 * #夜空メル - General
 * #メル生放送 - Stream
 * #メルArt - Fan art

Further readings

 * 夜空メル - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 夜空メル - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 夜空メル - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 夜空梅露 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Yozora Mel - Hololive Fan Wiki