Hoozuki Warabe

Hoozuki Warabe (鬼灯わらべ) was a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber and a member of NoriPro as the leader for an inside unit called "NoriPro Gamers" along with Inari Iroha, Nekozeno Shin and Regrush Lionheart.

She was originally introduced as a part of NoriPro's second generation along with Yumeno Lilith, Kurumizawa Momo, Ouma Kirara and Mirutani Nia.

Personality
Warabe is a good laugher who acts like a typical grandma due to significant age difference between her and her viewers; thus, she prefers to be called "ばあちゃん" (grandma) or "ババァ" (hag) rather than being called by her name. She doesn't like to be called "おばさん" (old lady), however.

She has a good skill when using computers despite living in the countryside, and does video editing as a hobby, which became her motive for joining NoriPro.

Appearance
Warabe is an oni girl with short red hair, two white horns, pointy ears, and yellow eyes, with her hair obscuring her left eye. She dons an oversized kimono with a purple obi which obscures her hands and exposes her flat breasts.

Background
Warabe made her YouTube debut on 16 December 2020.

2020
On 21 December, her YouTube channel was approved for monetization.

2021
On 3 January, she opened her membership feature.

On 4 May, she debuted her second costume themed after ninja.

On 21 May, she reached 100,000 subscribers during an endurance singing stream.

On 1 December, it was announced through Tsukudani Norio's Twitter account that Warabe would become the leader of the new group "NoriPro Gamers" that going to debut in January 2022.

2022
On 14 December, Warabe announced on her Twitter account that she would retire by the end on January due to family circumstances. She clarified that she would still collaborate with NoriPro as a video artist.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Warabekko" (わらべっこ).
 * She calls her viewers "人間様" (humans), in a similar vein to Nakiri Ayame of hololive.

Trivia

 * Her hobbies include laughing, eating, sleeping, imagining, observing, collecting, watching sumo, video editing (as mentioned above), and battle royale.
 * Her favorite food include meat, rice, and wagashi. On the other hand, she dislikes bitter vegetables and beans.
 * She has been credited as the MV editor for Houshou Marine's original song "Unison," Hakos Baelz's original song "PLAY DICE!," as well as some of cover songs by Inuyama Tamaki and Suntory Nomu.
 * Warabe shares her character designer with Uruha Rushia of hololive, Shiromiya Mimi (original design) of AniMare, Kamiki Hasami, Kurokiri Aria (original design), Kamishiro Natsume, Kamiyu Reirin of Pixela Project, Komai Ume of Varium & Hizuki Hino.

Media

 * 鬼灯わらべHoozuki Warabe - YouTube channel
 * @hoozukiwarabe - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #鬼灯わらべ - Stream talk
 * #ばあちゃんこれ見て - Fan art
 * #ばあちゃんこれ聞いて - Providing laughs from viewers to Warabe

Further readings

 * 鬼灯わらべ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 鬼灯わらべ - Unofficial NoriPro Seesaawiki
 * 鬼灯童 - Moegirl Encyclopedia