Sukoya Kana

Sukoya Kana (健屋 花那) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. She debuted in 2019 wave as part of the unit "Tulip-gumi" (チューリップ組) alongside Shellin Burgundy and Hayase Sou.

Profile
A girl who works at a hospital. Many people have healed by her smile. She became a liver to cheer up and encourage people from all over the world. She's awkward, though, and doesn't like drawing blood.

Personality
Kana Sukoya is a medical practitioner who has been sharing her knowledge in medicine and academics on her streams and on Twitter. She is a knowledgeable person who have won the NIJISANJI Quiz King Competition with Tulip-gumi, and as well as solved high school physics and math problems on her streams as an effort to provide support to the students who are preparing for the entrance exams.

She loves theater and usually does a bit of it on her streams. Her passion when it comes to creativities are stronger, which makes her regularly participate on voice-pack releases on the NIJISANJI Official Store and even had other Livers commission her for scripts.

As a product of her hard work, she was then officially introduced as a voice actor as of 28 June 2020 with DEN-ON-BU's Houou Karin as her very first role. From there, she also began studying DJ and has been showcasing them on stream.

Because of her wide range of activities, she is always on a tight schedule, and ends up neglecting her daily life, which is mainly cleaning.

Her easy-going manner of speaking and devilish laugh in between are very attractive. However, when it comes to streaming games, especially Identity V and Splatoon 2, her personality changes whereas she tend to start clicking tongue and cursing in-game.

Kana likes to interact with fans that she has created various twitter tags as her way of communicating with them as she is also open on taking their thoughts and suggestions about her works.

Background
Kana's YouTube channel was created on 4 July and made her debut on 21 September.

2019
On 29 September, her YouTube channel has been monetized.

On 28 October, her YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers during her Minecraft stream where she became Stomach-kun and would only turn back to normal once she have reached her channel's goal.

2020
On 21 March, Kana released her first solo cover song Interviewer in line with the celebration of Tulip-gumi’s half year anniversary and her reaching 150,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 11 April, she participated in NIJISANJI’s Singing Stream Relay.

On 14 May, during her birthday stream she opened her membership on her channel and released a teaser of her new outfit to commemorate her 50,000 subscribers milestone. She revealed her new Gothic Lolita outfit the following day on her YouTube channel.

On 3 June, Kana debuted the 2.0 brushup of her Live2D model.

On 11 June, Kana and Shirayuki Tomoe's duo name (formerly "NIJISANJI Seiheki Konbi") is now officially called "Crossick" which represents their intersecting "sickness" and as well as their cross hairpins.

On 28 June, announced during the ASOBINOTES ONLINE FES, Kana will take part of Bandai Namco Entertainment's new dance music project, DEN-ON-BU, to which she'll voice a character named Houou Karin (鳳凰火凛).

On 30 June, she revealed her new Spring-themed outfit during her Ring Fit Adventure endurance stream for her 200,000 YouTube subscribers milestone.

On 4 September, it was announced that she would be getting her 3D debut. The model debut stream was held on 12 September.

On 8 October, she debuted her Niji3D.

On 7 December, it was announced that Kana would be a regular participant on NIJISANJI's New Quiz Variety Program "NijiQuiz" that would be broadcasted once a month starting 13 December.

On 16 December, Kana released her cover of "KING" by Kanaria.

2021
On 8 January, her YouTube channel reached 300,000 subscribers.

On 14 May, Kana announced that she will be taking a break from solo streaming starting June until March of 2022. She had been hinting about the break since 2020 but finally announced it officially on her birthday stream. She also mentioned that she originally planned to start the break last January but decided to delay it for the meantime until it became hard for her to balance both study and streaming. Her other activities like NijiQuiz, Den-On-Bu, voice packs, etc., will still continue as scheduled and will occasionally do member-only streams and celebratory solo streams.

On 5 June, CHARON Inc. announced that Kana, along with Momosuzu Nene and Fukuya Master, will take part in a horror/romance visual novel game titled, MenheRafflesia Flowering Abyss as the voice actress for the character Ayume Daffodil (あゆめスイセン). The game was released on 25 June 2021.

On 6 August, Kana released her Official NIJISANJI LINE Sticker.

On 13 September, Kana reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 21 September, Kana revealed her new Key Visual.

On 30 October, Kana's new 3D model, wearing Houou Karin's outfit, was revealed along with Sister Claire and Hoshikawa Sara's respective versions during the DEN-ON-BU 1st Live -Make Waves-.

On 7 December, it was announced that Kana will also be taking a break from NijiQuiz to focus on her nearing examination and hopes to be back around late-March or April of 2022.

2022
On 11 March, Kana celebrated her return from her 9-month break after taking the Qualifying Examination. She also announced her new costume that will be revealed on 15 March.

On 27 April, in line with the commemoration of Dore ga Koi Ka ga Wakaranai Vol. 1 release, a voice comic of its first chapter was released whereas Kana voiced the main character, Soraike Mei (空池メイ).

On 16 May, Kana's YouTube channel was wrongfully terminated without warning during her collaboration stream with Hijirime Laeria due to "severe violations of YouTube's policy on nudity or sexual content" like several other VTubers, including fellow NIJISANJI Liver, Mika Melatika. It is believed that spam bots with icon that contains sensual image is what triggered the YouTube algorithm to terminate her account.

On 17 May, her YouTube channel has been restored.

On 8 July, ANYCOLOR announced that Kana, along with Mononobe Alice, Lize Helesta, Elu, and other NIJISANJI Livers, will be featured in a new mixed-media project, Lie:verse Liars, in collaboration with KADOKAWA Co. and BALCOLONY. Kana will be playing the role of Himekawa Saki (姫川沙希) in the comic version.

On 27 September, Kana released her Official NIJISANJI LINE Sticker Vol. 2.

On 13 October, Kana's "Halloween 2022" goods and voice went up for sale. She was one of six Livers featured in this series, with merchandise including snapshot cards, acrylic stands, postcards, metal keychains, and folding mirrors.

On 25 October, Kana reached reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during her Getting Over It stream.

On 31 October, Kana's 3.0 Brushup of her Live2D model has been announced.

Events

 * Shout in the Rainbow Nagoya Live (Studio MC) - 26 February 2020
 * ASOBINOTES ONLINE FES (Sister Claire and Hoshikawa Sara) - 28 June 2020
 * Talk aVout!! Vol. 2 (Tulip-gumi) - 14 November 2020
 * NIJISANJI x Yomiuri Land Collaboration Attraction Vol. 1 (Crossick) - 28 November 2020
 * NIJISANJI Anniversary Festival 2021 - 27~28 February 2021
 * NIJISANJI SHOW DOWN - 04 September 2021
 * ASOBISTORE EXPO 2021 - 05 October 2021
 * DEN-ON-BU 1st Live -MAKE WAVES- - 30~31 October 2021
 * DEN-ON-BU 2nd Live -BREAK DOWN- - 19 March 2022
 * Bandai Namco Entertainment Festival 2nd Online - 10 May 2022
 * MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2022 (Lie:verse Liars) - 24 July 2022
 * DEN-ON-BU AREA MEETING -SHIBUYA- - 10~11 September 2022
 * NIJISANJI Festival 2022 - 01~02 October 2022
 * NIJISANJI Unit Music Festival 2022 - 29~31 December 2022
 * Identity V Forum: Valentine Special ~I want to escape from Sukoya-sama~ - 15 February 2023

Programs

 * NIJISANJI Happy Hour Episode 22 (Crossick) - 08 September 2020
 * NijiQuiz Variety Program - ongoing
 * Houkago Sabotage Talk Variety Show (Mayuzumi Kai and Ryushen)
 * Gariben Girl V Episode 82 (TV Asahi) - 10 April 2021
 * Den-On-Bu Web Radio
 * Part 1: #1, #2, #3, #4, #12, #13, #24, #25, #28, #29
 * Part 2: #13, #14
 * BOAT RACE Biwako Part 4 - 26 June 2022

Character Voice Acting Roles

 * DEN-ON-BU - Houou Karin (鳳凰火凛)
 * MenheRafflesia Flowering Abyss - Ayume Daffodil (あゆめスイセン)
 * Dore ga Koi Ka ga Wakaranai (Voice Comic) - Soraike Mei (空池メイ)

Acting Roles

 * Tokoyami no Kleinod - Pearl (パール)
 * Lie:verse Liars (Comic version) - Himekawa Saki (姫川沙希)
 * Alice in Wonderland (NIJISANJI Festival 2022: Theatre Stage) - Young Girl (少女)
 * Danzaishitsu Stage - Negi (根木) Voice-only

Fans

 * Kana calls her viewer "Sukoya Kanja" (すこや患者, Sukoya's Patients).

Within NIJISANJI

 * "Tulip-gumi" (チューリップ組) - Kana, Hayase Sou, and Shellin Burgundy. These three debuted together.
 * "Kumai-san" (くまいさん) - Kana and Aiba Uiha.
 * "Crossick" (formerly にじさんじ性癖コンビ (NIJISANJI Seiheki Konbi)) - Kana and Shirayuki Tomoe.
 * Fan Mark: 🧬 (DNA mark)
 * Fan Name: 性壁 (Seiheki, Wall)
 * "Katame Kakurezu" (片目隠れズ) - Kana and Genzuki Tojiro. They both have one eye covered by their hair.
 * "Ashita Hareru Kana" (明日晴れる花那) - Kana and Kaida Haru.
 * "Genkai Crossick" (限界くろしっく) - Kana, Shirayuki Tomoe, Genzuki Tojiro, and Kaida Haru.
 * "Houkago Sabotage" (放課後サボタージュ) - Kana, Mayuzumi Kai, and Ryushen.
 * "Den-on-bu - Teion Shibuya-gumi" (電音部 - 帝音シブヤ組) - Kana, Hoshikawa Sara, and Sister Claire.
 * "NgoKaiNa" (ンゴ灰那) - Kana, Mayuzumi Kai, and Suo Sango.

Outside NIJISANJI

 * Hijirime Laeria (聖女れりあ)
 * A fan of Crossick who occasionally draws fan arts of them. Her relationship with Kana grew closer through Shirayuki Tomoe, who she has been a fan of since Tomoe debuted.
 * Calls each other soulmates.
 * Nuijo (ぬいじょ)
 * Identity V streamer and cosplayer. She also likes Joseph and seem to be in tune with Kana in terms of fetishes.
 * Because of her name's origin 脱いでジョゼフ (Strip Joseph), Kana changed her IGN to 吐いてジョセフ (Throw up, Joseph) shortened as Haijo (はいじょ) when they collaborated.
 * She has a low-pitch voice that Kana really likes.
 * Shibuya Azuki (澁谷梓希)
 * A Voice Actress, DJ, and former member of the idol group i☆Ris.
 * They got close through Den-on-bu and often appear on official streams together.

Trivia

 * Color: #FF2FA2
 * She shares the same character designer with Seto Miyako of NIJISANJI and Fukumaki Yuka of Irodori.


 * Kana was encouraged by her friends to audition for NIJISANJI and occasionally helps her with her streams.
 * Kana is an actual medical practitioner and occasionally shares her medical and academic knowledge with her viewers.
 * She announced a 9-month solo stream break starting on June 2021 until March 2022 to focus on her studies for her Qualifying Examination.
 * She mentioned during NijiQuiz and her solo livestream that she safely passed her examination.
 * Her hair was once damaged by formalin solution during their dissection practice in college.
 * In her debut stream Kana proclaimed she has a vomiting fetish.
 * Kana went out for a drink with a girl whom she's quite interested in and ended up getting drunk out of nervousness. As Kana was struggling to throw up, she was offered some help and was asked if she knew how to throw up using her fingers. She was then taught how to do it, but felt ashamed for the trouble she had caused during that time. But the moment she woke up the next morning she thought that what happened that time was really something and that opened her eyes to her vomiting fetish.
 * Due to some misunderstanding about her fetish, Kana had to clarify that it's not the vomit itself that she likes but the psychological aspects of when the person shows their distressed/miserable state before and during vomiting.
 * She made the hashtag #手洗いうがいしたぞ健屋 (Sukoya, I've washed my hands and gargled) to encourage everyone to wash their hands and gargle. If you tweeted it with the condition that you have washed your hands and gargled, you can sometimes get likes and replies from her. It is also used for lunch menu updates.
 * She mentioned that the reason why her wrists are weak was because she used to take an IV drip from her wrist.
 * She played tennis for about 10 years.
 * She was part of the brass band and played bass clarinet when she was still a student.
 * She took her English Proficiency Test (EIKEN) Level 2 when she was in middle school.
 * Kana can speak English relatively well, as observed in her English-only collaboration stream with NIJISANJI ID member Hana Macchia.
 * Tamamusi-sensei's yuri manga "Dore ga Koi ka ga Wakaranai" (どれが恋かがわからない, I Don't Know Which One is Love)'s main character was inspired by the character Kana played in her TRPG with Kosaka.
 * On 6 May, Kana finally started raising her new pet, a white cat with beige accent (pseud. Roomba (ルンバ)), after moving and settling into her new place. Roomba's cry was first heard during her Detroit: Become Human endurance stream.

Crossick

 * List of Voice Dramas Released:


 * Kana and Tomoe's duo "NIJISANJI Seiheki Konbi" (にじさんじ性癖コンビ, NIJISANJI's Fetish Duo) was formed when they had an unplanned collaboration on the night of Christmas Eve (2019) when Tomoe's plan of playing a yuri game didn't go as she planned.
 * On 31 January 2020, together with Tomoe, they planned and wrote the script for their first official yuri voice drama that went on sale for a limited time at the official NIJISANJI BOOTH store. This stream also serves as their first proper collab stream as a pairing.
 * A lot of VTubers asked both them if they are dating and Kana answered during her online drinking stream with Hayase Sou that her relationship with Tomoe doesn't need to be labelled and the only thing that matters is that they care for each other.
 * On April Fool's Day, she changed her Twitter profile icon and header into pitch-black images and set her name to "We had a fight" and her status to "It was Sukoya's fault, I'm sorry." It turns out that this episode was related to NIJISANJI Seiheki Konbi and that they really had an actual fight the day before, but then decided to use it for April Fool's Day after making up. She then uploaded a photo of her and Tomoe from their Kyoto trip after setting her twitter profile back to normal.
 * On 14 May 2020, she received a rabbit plush, Kirby plush, 2 sets of baby doll lingerie, and a custom-made cake as birthday presents from Tomoe. On a later date, Tomoe personally handed her other presents; a matching wristwatch, underwear and pajama.
 * She stays a lot at Tomoe's place to the point that they can almost be considered cohabiting. She even have a dedicated "Sukoya box" at Tomoe's place where she keeps her belongings. She also owns a duplicate key to Tomoe's place.
 * Although they've discussed and planned about living together, they said that it won't be happening any sooner because of their work schedule and also have to consider that they both stream, as they stated "the current relationship is just right for now."
 * They are on the phone all the time except when they're at work and/or streaming, and are always connected whether each of them are sleeping or awake. This makes them feel that they are always collaborating together hence tending to forget whether they just did collab stream or not.
 * Kana and Tomoe were supposedly scheduled to stream Splatoon 2 but an off-collaboration was decided in a short period of time then later announced that a "Major Announcement" would take place instead. The description in her video, "Every beginning has an end" has caused uneasiness towards their listeners while waiting for the stream to start. They then revealed that the management has requested them to pick a new duo name in consideration of their future projects.
 * Harukawa Haru, a professional manga artist/illustrator, is the one responsible for their previous duo name whereas she called them NIJISANJI Seiheki Konbi even before the duo was formed. Her duo name suggestion "Crossick" was chosen as the new duo name.
 * Kana held a gacha stream in attempt to complete Tomoe's DMM Scratch goods. Witnessing Kana getting hooked with the gacha, Tomoe tried stopping her by sending LINE messages but got her notifications turned off. Kana even took out her third credit card which she haven't told Tomoe about. In the end, she have managed to complete Tomoe's goods except for the signed board.
 * Tomoe sent her a 12,000 yen superchat with a comment saying, "I'll be scolding you later for turning off your LINE notifications." to catch her attention.
 * On 22 November 2020, also known as the Good Couple's Day in Japan, Sukoya and Tomoe celebrated the first anniversary of their first meeting. Although not having any particular plans made in advance for the stream on that day they've decided to bake a cake and have an exchange gift. Tomoe received a bouquet of flowers and a Peony Gardenia-scented body scrub, while Sukoya received a matching gloves.
 * On 27 November 2020, Crossick announced that they had produced a smartphone cases they originally designed that went available for a limited time.
 * On 14 May 2021, she received a Dior set as birthday present from Tomoe.

Media

 * Sukoya Kana's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * 健屋花那【にじさんじ】KanaSukoya - YouTube Channel
 * @sukosuko_sukoya - Twitter account
 * @sukosuko_sukoda - Twitter sub-account
 * @sukosuko_sukoya - TwitCasting channel
 * 健屋花那_Official - bilibili channel
 * u/Kana_Sukoya_2434 - Reddit account
 * 健屋花那 - NIJISANJI Official Store
 * Kana Sukoya - NIJISANJI Official Store EN

Twitter Hashtags

 * #すこやカルテ - Stream tag
 * #いらすこや - Fan Art tag
 * #すこティッシュ - Fan Art (NSFW) tag
 * #おたすけすこや - Fan Art (Thumbnail) tag
 * #栄養だぞ健屋 - Fan Art (TRPG) tag
 * #すこやこす - Cosplay tag
 * #ぼいすこや - Voice Impression tag
 * #健屋これ歌って - Cover Song Request tag

Further Readings

 * 健屋花那- Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 健屋花那 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 健屋花那 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 健屋花那 - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 스코야 카나 - Namu Wiki