TaigaxHolic

TaigaxHolic is an English-language Canadian VTuber who debuted on Twitch on 27 April 2020. Taiga is an independent streamer and was a member of the Twitch Team VShonen.

Personality
Taiga has a quick tongue and a sharp wit. He seamlessly plays games, interacts with chat, and responds with a quick quip all while taking things in stride. He's lighthearted and dedicated even when frustrated from several creeper deaths in Minecraft.

He describe himself as bratty, affectionate, energetic, and athletic. Taiga has a habit of pranking friends or telling tall tales.

Taiga has a relaxed attitude to their own gender identity. Taiga's older official reference sheet described him as genderfluid. Taiga's own chat bot on twitch describes their pronouns as "Taiga's pronouns are whichever you prefer!" with the !pronouns command. Other statements include "My gender is Taiga", "Gender is dumb just be cute", and "my pronouns are smol/pp". Taiga also described themself as a femboy, a term often used for male-identifying people who adopt a feminine aesthetic.

Taiga is known for their beautiful singing voice. They have many song covers on YouTube, and they also will spontaneously hold impromptu karaoke performances live on twitch.

Taiga has a husky named Hayate who has made appearances on stream and in their videos.

Taiga has several hyperfocus interests, most notable are Scooby-Doo and HunterxHunter, as they can discuss either of these topics in depth for hours.

Appearance
Taiga has multiple models and appearances and is unpredictable when it comes to which they will appear as.

Angel Taiga: Angel Taiga is a human/angel style person with white hair, ear muffs, long white hair with bangs tied back in a hairband, and a golden halo. Angel Taiga has long white hair and crystal blue eyes. They have a bandage over their nose. They often wear earmuffs, a dark red cutoff sweater, jean shorts, thigh high socks, and white boots.

Dog Taiga: Dog Taiga is a furry-style anthropomorphic dog person with white fur, long white hair held back in a hairband, and a golden halo. They wear a red sleeveless turtleneck crop-top. Taiga has a bandage on their right cheek and nose. They wear a golden pawprint-shaped necklace. They wears off-cut shorts and red thigh-high socks with a snow pattern, and has furry white cuffs with the same golden dog paw symbol.

Tiger Taiga: Tiger Taiga is a Tiger neko with short white hair, Tiger ears and a Tiger Tail with white fur and black stripes. Tiger Taiga also has tiger stripes across their body, including two stripes on each cheek. They have a bandaid on their nose as well as two more in an X shape on their right cheek. They wear a red sleevless turtleneck croptop with open sides with a lace zig-zagging up the side. They have a black ribbon on their left arm and right leg, and have a longer stocking on their left leg and short sock on their right.

Lore
Taiga’s parents were fierce snow tigers. Taiga always wanted to be known for something, they always wanted to stand out. Taiga was scared for their future as the days got warmer and their parents grew sick. They were scared for what would happen, there was a word for this. Global warming. They were known for always wanting to making something right or have everything safe for others. They wanted to make a change.

Taiga was speaking to the others and sadly a few weeks after fell sick. They passed but continued on. Taiga had become an angel, the angel of the snow. They wanted to fix the state they were in. So they took to twitch becoming a vtuber in hopes to show the people that there is more, so they could make many happy, and show people what they means. They becomes friends with the people in hopes to make a change.

Background
Taiga's Twitch channel was created on 4 October 2018. They made a small number of streams in 2018 and 2019.

Taiga revealed their character model on Twitter on 25 April 2020. They did not make any preparations for their debut stream until a few days before.

Taiga made their Twitch debut on 27 April 2020, revealing a 3D model. They streamed for 10 hours and 24 minutes to a peak of 147 viewers, beginning with a Jackbox stream and playing Minecraft for most of that time. Taiga was nervous before the stream, but was well-received and described it as a positive experience. They would later recommend to other VTubers to do a voice reveal before their debut.

2020
On 24 August, Taiga expressed interest in a Live2D model.

In 2020, Taiga spent the most hours playing Minecraft, Skyrim, Subnautica, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. Just Chatting was their most popular event after Minecraft, a trend which would continue into 2021.

2021
On 27 February, Taiga announced a "2.0 debut" scheduled for their birthday on 28th May.

On 27 April, Taiga revealed a new Live2D fursona avatar during a one-year anniversary stream. The old humanoid avatar continued to appear in stream art such as loading screens and animations.

On 28 May, for their 1,000th birthday, Taiga revealed a new humanoid model created by _Pudizuu, featuring white eyelashes.

Quotes

 * "I'm not a VTuber. I'm gay."
 * "I'm an angel, I don't need condoms. God will protect me."
 * "Oh my goddo."
 * "Baaaaka."

Fans

 * Taiga's fans are known as the Taigaholics.
 * Taiga has a fan Discord server known as Taigaholics Anonymous.

Trivia
s the new Taigaholic dakimakura.
 * Taiga is a snow angel. Taiga's parents are a dogperson and a catperson who died and became angels.
 * Taiga's body is made out of snow. As a result, Taiga's species is highly resistant to physical injury.
 * Taiga claims to have been a prostitute in heaven.
 * Taiga's pee is holy and can cure disease.
 * Taiga's tears taste like maple syrup.
 * Taiga likes snow, bandages, and winter aesthetics. They are also a fan of burgers.
 * Taiga dislikes spicy food, milk, and being told what to do.
 * An official TTaiga dakimakura is on sale, as well a
 * The bandaid on Taiga's face is from falling on their face while ice skating.
 * Taiga is a big fan of Yu-Gi-Oh and Mortal Kombat.
 * Taiga is a self-described degenerate.

Media

 * taigaxholic - Twitch Channel
 * TaigaHolic - Youtube Channel
 * TaigaHolic - Tiktok account
 * @Taigaverse - Twitter account
 * Taigaholics Anonymous - Discord
 * @taigaverse - Vod Channel

Statistics

 * Taigaxholic - TwitchTracker stats
 * Taigs - SullyGnome Twitch stats
 * Taigs - Social Blade Twitch stats