Utsugi Uyu

Utsugi Uyu (羽継烏有) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with HOLOSTARS, debuting under the unit UPROAR!! alongside Yatogami Fuma, Hizaki Gamma and Minase Rio.

Profile
The phantom thief infatuated with beauty. Rumor has it "there are treasures only an idol can obtain". He is becoming an idol to get his hands on these treasures.

Background
On 26 December 2021, during the HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS concert, it was announced that new members would be coming to HOLOSTARS in 2022. Uyu, along with the rest of UPROAR!!, were introduced on 19 March 2022 (JST), during the hololive SUPER EXPO 2022 event, though their social media accounts were not revealed until 22 March. His YouTube channel has a creation date of 7 February 2022, while his Twitter account was also created in February 2022.

2022
On 21 July, he reached 60,000 subscribers.

On 2 August, it was announced that all 4 members of UPROAR!! will be getting their summer outfits which will be a reveal spreading across 4 days starting on August 5, 2022.

On 30 August, HOLOSTARS revealed an original voice drama titled, "Highschool Holography" to include all of the nine HOLOSTARS members along with featuring all four UPROAR!! members as guests. The drama cd will be released into two parts with the first part to release on November 5, 2022 and the second part to be announced at a later date.

2022

 * On 1 April, it was announced that UPROAR!! will be having a collaboration with Shibuya Marui/Shibuya Modi.
 * On 4 April, it was announced HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be having a meet and talk event on May 22, 2022 held in Ikebukuro harevutai with a time limit of 2 minutes per person and attendance will be determined by lottery.
 * On 18 May, it was revealed that UPROAR!! will be having their own show called, "Jump UPROAR!!" starting on July 22, 2022 at 20:00JST which will be streamed on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month on the official HOLOSTARS YouTube channel.
 * On 1 July, HOLOSTARS announced they will be taking part in "Animate Girls Festival 2022".
 * On 27 July, it was announced that HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be participating as ambassadors in support of the spicy foods event, Gekikara Yabai, to be held in Akihabara starting on August 3rd, 2022. Event merch will also be available but only locally.
 * On 18 August, Molly Online which is a crane game had announced a collaboration with UPROAR!! featuring all 4 members for a limited time. Gamma also contributed artwork for the merch.
 * On 3 October, it was announced that HOLOSTARS members will appear on the Nihon Television Vtuber NEWS program for 10 weeks to report the latest vtuber news. The broadcast will be on the Nihon Television channel program "news every" at 16:00JST on Mondays.

Fans

 * His fanbase is called "Fantom."

Lore

 * During the day, Uyu runs a coffee shop which was inherited from his grandfather and while at night he's a phantom thief.

Likes and dislikes

 * Uyu likes chocolate, liquor, things to be neat and tidy and reading light novels.
 * He dislikes cockroaches.
 * When it comes to anime and manga, his favorite series are; Little Busters!, Dies Irae, Shangri-La Frontier, Rainbow and Black, Strawberry Panic!, The Jeweler's Maid, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and With You and the Rain.
 * Games that he likes are Dead by Daylight, Terraria, Hitman, Minecraft, ARK, Apex and MMOs.

Miscellaneous

 * Unlike the rest of his unit members, Uyu wasn't shown as a silhouette in the first teaser for the unit.
 * Before debut, Uyu and the other UPROAR!! members used machine translated English to communicate with overseas fans on Twitter.
 * Uyu has a pigeon pet named ジャコ (Jyako) who is able to speak.
 * Some of his hobbies are visiting coffee shops, going to the sauna, collecting bath salts and natural stones.
 * Uyu narrated the promotion video for the first volume of the light novel, "Goumon Majo" (拷問魔女) written by Nakano Aruta and illustrated by Toyota Saori.

Media

 * Uyu Ch. 羽継烏有 - UPROAR!! - - YouTube channel
 * Utsugi Uyu's corporate profile on holostars.hololivepro.com
 * @utsugiuyu - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #Uyu_Live - Live
 * #Uyu_Art - Fan art
 * #Uyu_clip - Clip