Kudo Chitose

Kudo Chitose (久遠千歳) was a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber and formerly affiliated with NIJISANJI. She debuted alongside Warabeda Meiji as the first batch of VTuber debuts under NIJISANJI following the group's consolidation of branches.

Profile
Cursed by a witch with immortality, her age is unknown. She joined NIJISANJI and streams to find a way to break her curse. Chitose lives in a secluded cabin by herself.

History
Chitose's YouTube channel was created on 6 January 2019 and her Twitter account on the same month.

On 8 January, she posted her first tweet, introducing herself with short video using her model and voice.

On 10 January, just before her debut stream, Chitose's YouTube channel reached 10,000 subscribers.

2019
On 17 July, her YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers.

Retirement
On 28 August, she announced her retirement.

She retired on 31 August. Videos on her channel were mostly made unavailable since then, except for song cover videos.

2020
Despite being retired, her name still can be found on Amemori Sayo's song cover of "Shinkai no Little Cry" that was released on 22 February 2020 as video editor.

On 2 July, her YouTube channel reached 150,000 subscribers.

Fans

 * Chitose's fans are called "Koroshiya" (ころしや), abbreviated from Nikkorogashiya (にっころがしや).
 * Initially the fans were called "Koroshiya" (殺し屋, hit man), but with its negative meaning it was rejected. Later, inspired with Warabeda Meiji's favourite food, "Nikkorogashi" (煮っ転がし, "Simmered Potato"), and some improvement, it became "Nikkorogashiya".

Greetings

 * Waiting room: "Ikiteruka?" (生きてるか？, Are you alive?)
 * Opening: "Ohafushi" (おはふし)
 * Ending: "Otsufushi/Otsufutsu" (おつふし/おつふつ)

Relationships

 * "AmemoriKudou" 「雨森久遠」 - Chitose and Amemori Sayo.
 * "Kouhaku Aho-gassen" 「紅白アホ合戦」 - Chitose and Warabeda Meiji.
 * "Yankee-gumi" 「ヤンキー組」 - Chitose, Higuchi Kaede, Kenmochi Touya, Kuzuha, Todoroki Kyoko, Amemori Sayo, and Saegusa Akina.

Trivia

 * Color: #FBD5F1
 * She owns a shotgun for self-defense: its model is a Remington M870.
 * The flowers on her head are sensors, rotating when they sense danger.
 * She became friends with Yuzuki Roa while playing Minecraft.
 * Despite retiring, she is occasionally mentioned by Roa during her streams.

Media

 * Kudo Chitose's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website (archive)
 * Kudou_chitose / 久遠千歳 - YouTube channel
 * 久遠千歳 - OPENREC.tv channel
 * @kudou_chitose - Twitter account
 * @kudou_chitose - Marshmallow account

Twitter hashtags

 * #久遠の生存記録 - Stream tag
 * #ちとせてんごく - Fan art tag

Further readings

 * 久遠千歳 - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 久遠千歳 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 久遠千歳 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 久远千岁 - Moegirl Encyclopedia