Tachibana Hinano

Tachibana Hinano (橘ひなの) is a female Japanese Virtual Youtuber who is a member of Iris Black Games under the Virtual eSports Project, debuting after Kurumi Noah and before Kisaragi Ren.

Personality
Hinano is a lonely girl who loves video games and singing. She is the best Apex Legends player on "VSPO!". She is one of the best players in Apex Legends and has reached the highest rank in the game..

Appearance
Hinano's original design is the embodiment of a sweet that takes shape in human form. She has two-tone colored hair like a cake with two different sides. On her left side (right side from viewer's POV) the hair is brown: the embodiment of the sweetness of chocolate on one side of the cake. On her right side (left side from viewer's POV) the hair is pink: the embodiment of the strawberry flavor like the one side of the cake. The combination of the two makes the appearance of Hinano stand out with incomparable sweetness. The blue color in her eyes like blueberries on a cake adds to the beauty. She wears a ribbon that is the opposite color of her hair. On the brown side she wears a pink ribbon, on the pink side she wears a brown ribbon. These ribbons perfectly complement her hair.

Hinano wears a Lolita Sailor Dress style with a white dominant top while the bottom is brown with a light plaid. The top on the chest there is a brown ribbon decoration. On the sleeves there is a brown ribbon braid decoration. At the bottom there are two white ribbon decorations at the waist. with the addition of pink bunny ribbon decoration and pink love ribbon. on the legs he wears flat round shoes with black ribbon decoration.

Background
Hinano's Twitter account was created on June 2020, while her first tweet was made on 11 August. Her YouTube channel was created on 4 August and her debut stream was on 14 August.

2020
On 28 August, Hinano did a 100 kills endurance Apex stream to celebrate her channel reaching 5000 subscribers.

On 11 September, Hinano's channel got monetized and her channel also reached 6000 subscribers.

On 11 November, Hinano did her first birthday stream.

On 23 December, Hinano released her first cover song: supercell's Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki.

On 30 December, Hinano streamed 10,000 subscribers celebration by watching her debut video.

2021
On 27 February, Hinano did a celebration stream after her channel reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 7 March, Hinano was a guest on the ALGS Winter Circuit #4 - APAC North, which streamed on Mildom.

On 27 March, Hinano revealed a new 2D Costume.

On 4 May, Hinano released her second cover song: supercell's Sayonara Memories.

On 7 May, Hinano did another 100 kills endurance Apex stream to celebrate her channel reaching 50,000 subscribers.

On 12 June, she did a free talk and singing stream to to wait for her channel to reach 100,000 subscribers.

Events

 * On 23 February 2021, Hinano participated in the Rainbow Six Siege Rainbow Six Streamer Cup 1 as a member of team Vspo (team consisting of Hinano, Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto, Asumi Sena and Kaminari Qpi). The team won 3rd place.


 * On 2 May 2021, Hinano participated in the 2nd Apex Legends Washu Cup as a member of オタク台パンコーチ "Otaku Desk slam Coach" (team consisting of Hinano, Kamito and Dexyuku. The team lost in the qualifying round.


 * On 15 May 2021, Hinano participated in the 5th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of 岩手県立ポッキー農業高校 "Iwate Prefectural Pocky Agricultural High School" (team consisting of Hinano, Rader and Spygea). The team took 13th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 16 May 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Legends Savage Club Cup as a member of ぶいすぽっ？ "VSPO?" (team consisting of Hinano, Hanabusa Lisa and Kamito. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 19 June 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Legends VISC Tournament 2021 Summer as a member of オタクの親友 "(Otaku) My Best Friend" (team consisting of Hinano, Kamito and Hendy). The team took 16th place in the overall ranking.
 * On 26 June 2021, Hinano will participate in the Apex Legends Kagayaki Cup as a member of 借金300万 "3 million in debt" (team consisting of Hinano, Virtual Gorilla and Tenkai Tsukasa).


 * On 27 June 2021, Hinano will participate in the Apex Festival Gaiden as part of Group B where the group consists of Hinano, Kaga Sumire, Kurumi Noah, Shirayuki Reid, Kyouichiro, TIE Ru, Gatilmo, Kurokishi, Kurimaru and Onzōshi.
 * On 3, July 2021, Hinano will participate in the Apex Legends Reignite Cup, team members will be announced at a later date.

Quotes

 * "イライラしてきた"(Iraira shite kita, I became frustrated)


 * "喧嘩する？"(Kenka suru?, Wanna fight?)


 * "いやになってきちゃった"(Iya ni natte ki chatta, I got sick of this)


 * "も゛っ゛！！！"(Mo ゛~tsu゛! ! !)


 * "くそでかといれ"(Kuso deka to ire, Big ass toilet sign on screen)


 * "ひなのトロールなの？"(Hinano torōruna no?, Hinano is trolling?)


 * "ひなの、俺じゃダメか？"(Hinano, ore ja dame ka?, Hinano, am I not good enough? )


 * "ミニップ"(Minippu, Ministop)


 * "気まずっ"(Kimazuuu~, Awkwarddd~)


 * "ほんますんまへん"(Honma sunmahen, I'm really sorry)

Fans

 * Hinano's fans are called "ひななー"(Hinana, reference from her name Hinano).

Notable

 * "OreApo"(オレアポ) - Hinano and Kamito
 * OreApo (Oreo and Apollo) the nickname Oreo was given to Kamito and Apollo was given to Hinano because of the similarity of their two-tone hair colors to the sweets Oreo and Apollo chocolate.
 * They often collab and even participate in tournaments.


 * Geinin Ryoudan "Comedian Brigade" (芸人旅団) - Hinano, Kamito, Lisa, Hendy, Virtual Gorilla, Gill, Reid, Noah
 * Kitanai Warai San Kyoudai "The Three Crude Laughter Siblings" (汚笑い三兄妹) - Hinano, Lisa and Hendy
 * Preferences
 * Favorite things : Video games, singing.
 * Anime : Gintama, Attack on Titan, Shokugeki no Soma, Tokyo Ghoul, Violet Evergarden, Hunter x Hunter, Nagi no Asukara, Tokyo Revengers and more.
 * Dislikes : Infidelity, Getting seen-zoned on SNS.


 * She almost always does a weekly singing stream, and although she sings a little quirky, her singing ability is outstanding.
 * She is good at songs that are a bit nostalgic due to her mother's influence.

Equipment & Game Setting
 Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.* 


 * Peripherals
 * Monitor         : iiyama ProLite GB2488HSU 144hz
 * Keyboard        : Varmilo 113 Sakura JIS Keyboard Silver axis
 * Mouse           : Logitech G Pro (Wired)
 * Mouse pad       : ZOWIE G-SR-SE red
 * Capture board   : AVerMedia C878
 * Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
 * Headphones      : Iphone genuine earphone
 * Microphone      : Shure SM58-LCE
 * Microphone Stand : Roycel
 * WebCamera       : Logicool C920r


 * Apex Setting
 * DPI               : 800
 * InGame sensitivity : 1.5
 * Turning around    : about 17cm

Media

 * 橘ひなの - YouTube Channel
 * 橘ひなの - Twitcasting Channel
 * @hinano_tachiba7 - Twitter Account
 * Hinano Tachibana - Marshmallow Account
 * Lupinusvg - Official Booth

Twitter Hashtags

 * #橘ひなの - Main hashtag
 * #ひなのの絵なの - Fanart hashtag
 * #ひななー - Fans hashtag
 * #ひなのとたちばなし - Delivery hashtag
 * #ねえねえひなの - Egosurfing hashtag

Further readings

 * Official JP Website
 * Official EN Website