Ouro Kronii

This name is officially written using the Japanese name format; the family name is Ouro.

 Ouro Kronii is an English Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its English (EN) branch second generation of VTubers alongside Tsukumo Sana, Ceres Fauna, Nanashi Mumei and Hakos Baelz.

Profile
A member of the Council and the Warden of "Time," the third concept birthed by the Gods and the one most intrinsically linked with mankind.

None may escape the sands of time and, indeed, most men do not even wish to be freed from her captivity. She picked up the blades almost as a reflex action of sorts, and seems to be enjoying it. Her quiet, aloof personality has never changed over the ages, but she has developed a little bit of haughtiness and sadistic tendencies along the way...

Originally, the concept of time was but a cog in the wheel, one which only functioned in tandem with others.

Eventually, humans went on to give time individual meanings such as dawn and dusk, making it universal. The humans became enslaved to Time in return for empowering her. In her present form, she has become a sadistic, prideful warden.

Background
Following the success of hololive English in 2020 and 2021, COVER Corporation announced auditions for a second batch of English members from 12 February to 26 March 2021. Twitter accounts for the five new members were created in June 2021 and YouTube accounts created on 26 July 2021.

Teaser videos for the new generation began on the official hololive English YouTube Channel in August 2021. On 1 August, "Prelude" revealed a story of gods creating the four concepts of space, nature, time, and civilization. On 14 August, "Omen" described the creation of avatars of those four concepts plus that of the primordial force of Chaos, revealing five silhouettes. On 17 August, "Council" revealed the five new hololive English members and announced a grand debut scheduled for the coming weekend. Although the traditional term "generation" was not officially used to refer to the new members, who had been referred to as "hololive English Generation 2" by fans, the new members nonetheless formed a group known as "-Council-".

Upon conclusion of the Council debut PV, all five new members' Twitter and YouTube accounts were revealed, and each made their first tweet. Twitter quickly restricted Kronii and Nanashi Mumei's accounts due to the sudden increase in followers.

On 17 August 2021, around 24 hours after the initial announcement, Ouro Kronii reached 100,000 YouTube subscribers before her debut. However, YouTube soon removed around half of this number, possibly due to the sudden subscriber growth on a channel with no videos yet, which may have triggered a YouTube anti-bot algorithm.

Ouro Kronii's debut was scheduled for 21 August 2021 at 1 PM PDT, 9 PM BST, or 5 AM JST on 22 August. However, the -Council- debuts were postponed for 24 hours due to unspecified technical issues, which members jokingly blamed on the "EN curse", a perceived tendency for hololive English members to suffer from unexpected technical problems. The debuts were rescheduled at the same time on Sunday 22 August (US/Europe time) or Monday 23 August (Japan time).

Mascots and fans

 * Kronii's fans are known as Kronies.

Trivia

 * The name "Ouro" appears to derive from "ouroborous", an ancient Greek name for a circular symbol of a serpent eating its own tail, representing an endless cycle. "Ouro" specifically means "tail".
 * The name "Kronii" appears to derive from the ancient Greek "chrono", meaning time.
 * Kronii's full outfit includes a headpiece of a circle with three arms, representing a modern clock with hour, minute, and second hands. She also wields two swords, one long and one short, similar to the minute and hour hands on an old-fashioned clock.
 * Kronii's role as Warden of "Time" suggests a connection to fellow hololive English member Watson Amelia, a time traveler. When Kronii's Twitter was automatically restricted at announcement due to the sudden influx of followers, Amelia joked "twitter is protecting me from a certain time lord" and "i swear i'll give it back soon...."
 * Being themed after time itself, her representative emoji is an hourglass.

Media

 * Ouro Kronii Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
 * Ouro Kronii's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
 * Ouro Kronii's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
 * @ourokronii - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #krotime - Stream (English)
 * #kronillust - Fan art (English)
 * #クロタイム - Stream (Japanese)
 * #クロニーラスト - Fan art (Japanese)

Statistics

 * Ouro Kronii Ch. hololive-EN - Social Blade YouTube stats