IRyS

IRyS is an English Virtual Singer associated with hololive as part of its English (EN) branch's "Project HOPE."

Profile
IRyS, a half-demon, half-angel also known as a Nephilim, once brought hope to “The Paradise” during the ancient age. Her full name is ███████ Irys. This current era, riddled with despair and desperation, has brought upon her second awakening. She has arrived to deliver hope, with her feelings put into her lyrics and songs, and determination in her voice.

Though she tends to retain her Nephilim form, she is still quite young within her race. With emotion and “other factors,” it is possible that her form may lean to either side. When that occurs, she bears a brief change in her appearance.

She does not speak of the events that preceded her second awakening. She faces ever forward, perhaps because she is Hope Incarnate, though no one knows for sure. Or could it be...

“The future is not what helps people; the future is made with our own hands.

Salvation is hypocrisy. If people know they are to be saved, they simply will not try.

From the depths of despair: a glimmer of light, the warmth of recovery.

As long as we are with hope, we live. We stand tall.”

Personality
IRyS is a sweet, somewhat shy girl. She holds positivity close to her heart, looking on the brighter side of things.

Background
On 30 November 2020, hololive's official Twitter account announced the start of auditions for a VSinger for hololive English; auditions were open until 29 January JST.

On 7 July 2021, a premiere countdown started on the hololive English channel titled "#CountdownWitnesser #hololiveEnglish". As the 8 hour countdown reached its end, a new video was released on the channel. This video was a animated teaser video revealing IRyS as part of "Project: HOPE", as well as becoming the first VSinger introducted to hololive English.

Her Twitter account was created in February 2021, while her YouTube channel was created on 20 May 2021. Her Twitter account was temporarily restricted on the day of her introduction for no clear reason. However, she was able to make her first tweet published on 7 July. In the following days previous to her debut IRyS reached 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 11 July 2021, just hours before her debut stream, the restriction on her Twitter account was lifted. IRyS debuted with an introductory stream on her YouTube channel later the same day, where she presented a short version of her first original song and PV "Caesura and Despair." IRyS also announced that she would release her first EP "||: Caesura and Despair" next day on 12 July on various streaming platforms.

Discography

 * Main page: IRyS/Discography

Trivia

 * IRyS is the fifth hololive Production member to have heterochromia after Houshou Marine, Himemori Luna, Kureiji Ollie and Yukoku Roberu.
 * IRyS can speak English and Japanese, making her bilangual.
 * Likes:
 * Food (Spagetti w/meatballs) and Tofu.
 * Sleeping, singing, PvP Games and Sudoku.
 * Dislikes:
 * Celery
 * Heights
 * Despite having wings, IRyS prefers to walk because of her fear of heights.
 * Bugs
 * Santa
 * IRyS claims that she dislikes Santa because as she is a half-demon Santa Claus never visited her, forgetting that she is also a half-angel.
 * She said that she apparently isn't qualified for presents.
 * She personally finds it slightly creepy and unsettling for an old man to creep and intrude into childrens' houses to leave presents in the middle of the night.
 * Math
 * She doesn't like big numbers.
 * Ceiling Fans
 * She doesn't see the purpose of ceiling fans, and that she prefers air conditioning over them.
 * She says that it takes forever for ceiling fans to stop spinning when they're turned off.
 * A reason she gives for disliking ceiling fans is because she watched too much Final Destination.
 * [Favorite] Anime/Manga:
 * EVANGELION
 * IRyS states that EVANGELION is her favorite-favorite anime.
 * Bakuman
 * IRyS says that she watched Bakuman three full times, and stated how the anime has 75 episodes.
 * Death Note
 * She loves how the shinigamis (reapers) are portrayed in the anime.
 * Angel Beats
 * She thinks that this anime brings a lot of hope in the afterlife.
 * Kaguya-Sama
 * She loves Rom-Coms (Romance Comedies).
 * She also loves shojo mangas.
 * Gundam Seed
 * She says that if EVANGELION isn't considered to be a robot anime, she suggests that her favorite robot anime is Gundam Seed.
 * She mentions that she loves Destiny as well.
 * The Promised Neverland
 * Her goals are:
 * Releasing a full original album.
 * Hold a 3D debut live concert.
 * Singing an anime OP/ED song.
 * Make a lot of friends.
 * Make collaborations with every hololive member.
 * Bring hope to this world!

Media

 * IRyS Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
 * @irys_en - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #IRyS - General
 * #IRySart - Fan art