Aiba Uiha

Aiba Uiha (相羽ういは) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. She debuted alongside Ars Almal and Mayuzumi Kai, known as the trio "Blues" (ぶるーず).

Personality
A new idol in the virtual world.

Appearance
She has medium length, dark-purplish black hair with light blue eyes and blue hairbow accessories and braids. She also has a mole under one of her eyes.

Background
Uiha made her debut on 28 July 2019.

2019
On 30 December she revealed her new outfit and hairstyle.

2020
On 11 April she participated in NIJISANJI's Singing Stream Relay.

On 4 June she revealed her 2.0 modeling.

On 25 June she revealed her new outfit and hairstyle.

2021
On 9 April, it was announced that Uiha would receive her 3D model. It will be revealed on 17 April. She debuted her 3D model on the 17 April.

2022
On October 1, Uiha performed during Day 1 of NIJISANJI 4th Anniversary LIVE "FANTASIA".

2023
On 14 November, it was announced that Uiha will graduate by the end of the year, the reasons being that she wanted to focus on being an idol rather being a liver. While her Twitter account will be private and YouTube membership-exclusive videos will unavailable to watch, her YouTube account will still remain.

Fans

 * Uiha calls her fans ういふぁん (Ui-fan)

Relationships

 * Blues 「ぶるーず」- Uiha, Mayuzumi Kai, and Ars Almal. (These three debuted together.)
 * Maigo Purozu 「まいごぷろず」: Uiha, Belmond Banderas, Yukishiro Mahiro. (Units that play Minecraft together, and do mining)
 * Kei Ai 「けいあい」- Uiha and Nagao Kei.
 * Uisupi 「ういすぴ」- Uiha and Kitakoji Hisui.
 * Kumaisan 「くまいさん」 - Uiha and Sukoya Kana
 * Kojirase Harassment「こじらせハラスメント」 - Uiha, Genzuki Tojiro, and Ryushen (Idol unit)

Etymology

 * Aiba means "phase, aspect, countenance, mutually, fellow" (相) (ai) and "feather" (羽) (ha/ba).
 * Uiha is written in hiragana (ういは), which has no special meaning. However, when part of the name Ui (うい) is written in kanji (愛衣, 愛, 右伊 or 宇衣), it could possibly mean:
 * 愛衣 - "love, affection" (愛) (u) and "clothing, garment" (衣) (i).
 * 愛 - "love, affection".
 * 右伊 - "right" (右) (u) and "that one" (伊) (i).
 * 宇衣 - "eaves, roof, house, heaven" (宇) (u) and "clothing, garment" (衣) (i).

Trivia

 * She shares the same character designer with Chae Ara, Kamishiro Rita, Tamachi Kanna, Kisaragi Ren and Tobi Shigoku.
 * Color: #324CAC
 * Uiha has poor eyesight, she cannot see anything with the naked eye. She wears daily contact lenses or glasses sometimes. ( Uiha's contact lenses frequency is 3.25 left and right )
 * She is extremely good at Mario Kart, to the point where she holds multiple records for fast times on the game.
 * Uiha is known for her remarkable physical strength, with a score of 932 on the Levergacha daipan machine. During an ASMR stream, she split an apple with her bare hands.
 * In April 2021, shortly after Uiha's 3D debut, a mysterious entity resembling Uiha, named Mia by Ui-fans, appeared on Uiha's channel. She has her own Twitter account similar to Debidebi Debiru with Debicchi, and speaks in a softer and mature tone, in contrast to Uiha's upbeat and childish voice.
 * After receiving her 3D model, Uiha unlisted many of her old streams and stopped streaming regularly, instead shifting her focus to 3D covers.

Media

 * 相羽ういは〖Aiba Uiha〗にじさんじ所属 - YouTube channel
 * Aiba's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * 相羽 ういは🍮💎 - Twitter account
 * @aibauiha - TikTok account
 * u/Uiha_Aiba - Reddit account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #相羽ういは - General
 * #ういはいしん - Stream talk
 * #ういはぁーと - Fan art

Further readings

 * 相羽ういは (あいばういは) - Unofficial NIJISANJI wiki
 * 相羽ういは - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 相羽ういは - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 相羽初叶 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 시이나 유이카 - Namu Wiki