Ayunda Risu

Ayunda Risu (アユンダ・リス) is a female Indonesian Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its Indonesian (ID) branch first generation of VTubers alongside Airani Iofifteen and Moona Hoshinova.

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Personality
Risu has a humorous, high-energy and extremely friendly personality, not unlike Inugami Korone. Risu's interactions with Moona and Iofi, other hololive members and anyone in general, has given her the reputation of being exceedingly sweet, kind and personable; as well as silly and mischievous.

Risu is also known for her randomness-examples of this include the multitude of 2-5 second long videos uploaded to her channel that consist of single words, phrases, or noises. She also had a stream where all she did was whistle and another that consisted of her counting coins from Moona's piggybank.

According to herself she can be described as cheerful, clumsy and a crybaby.

Background
Her Twitter account was created on March 2020, while her first tweet was made on 6 April, her YouTube channel was created on 3 March and her debut stream was on 10 April.

2020
On 29 June, hololive Indonesia's main channel published a cover of "Ochame Kinou featuring all of hololive Indonesia's first generation members, making Risu's first collaboration cover song.

On 9 August, Risu reached 100,000 subcribers on YouTube.

On 14 August, it was announced on the official hololive Indonesia Twitter account that their 1st Gen members would get a new outfit for each commemorating Indonesia's Independence Day.

On 16 August, she debuted her second 2D costume. In this costume she wears a white floral dress, with a belt bellow the chest, she also uses a small hat on her left ear.

On 10 September, Risu opened her channel membership feature.

On 7 November, Risu reached 200,000 subcribers on YouTube.

On 10 November, Risu premiered her first solo cover "KING" by Kanaria.

On 6 December, Risu reached 300,000 subcribers on YouTube.

2021
On 11 March, Risu reached 400,000 subscribers on YouTube.

On 15 April, she and the other holoID gen one members revealed that there are plans for them to get their 3D models at some point in 2021.

On 12 June, she showcased the 2.0 version of her 2D model during a stream. The new features include being able to remove her beret and/or jacket, more facial expressions, a rounder face and better movement tracking.

On 11 August, Risu reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, making her the 40th hololive member to reach this milestone.

On 15 August, during their AREA 15 segment, Iofi announced that hololive ID 1st Gen member would receive their third 2D costumes soon.

On 21 October, Risu debuted her third 2D costume, a dark brown witch costume. Typical of a witch costume, the costume has a witch hat decorated with fuchsia flowers, golden leaves and light pink feathers that turn darker on the tips. The inner edge of the hat is golden. She wears a white blouse decorated with a black ribbon with a red jewel in the middle, white gloves, a long skirt that go just below the chest. The skirt has various layers, the first one is dark brown and is shaped like a corset around her waist, put together with golden laces and chain which has a red jewel in the tip. At the center of this layer there is a black piece of cloth that seems to be part of the same layer; as the skirt's front, this cloth and the ones around it are "V" shaped at the edge of the skirt, all of them decorated again with red jewels. The rest of the skirt has its edges straight and adorned with Fleur-de-lis just like the one at the center. The second layer is a black skirt. Risu wears long socks and black shoes. The outfit is complemented by a small coat, the coat's sleeves go just below her elbow. She can remove both the hat and the coat. In lore, Risu presents herself under an alter ego named "Ayunda" while wearing this outfit.

On 15 November, hololive's Twitter account announced that the 3D debuts for hololive Indonesia's first generation would be postponed for the rest of the year due to the unpredictable situation with the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022
On 15 January, as part of her birthday celebration, Risu released her first original song "ALiCE&u."

On 7 February, Risu reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 20 March, Risu debuted her 3D model during "hololive 3rd fes. Link Your Wish" day 2.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Ayunda Risu/Discography

Events

 * On 7 July 2021, Comifuro Twitter account announced that every hololive Indonesia member would appear in "Comifuro Virtual," Risu alongside with Kureiji Ollie would appear as hosts.

Mascot & Fans

 * Her mascot is a pink squirrel that wears a hat, choker and hairpin similar to hers named "Riscot," which was drawn by Aragami Oga.
 * Her fanbase is officially called "Risuners" (based on the word "Listeners"), or "Prisuners" (based on the word "Prisoners") for members.

Relationships

 * "Kirakira Collab" (キラキラコラボ), along with Aragami Oga, Arurandeisu and Airani Iofifteen, also known as "Kira Kira Family".
 * "holorodents" along with Usada Pekora (rabbit), and Hakos Baelz (rat).
 * "World Domination Duo" along with Aragami Oga.

Quotes

 * "People nowadays tried so much to be different to the point they forget about who they really are and what they really like. Truth is, don't try so hard to be different that it makes you forget who you really are."
 * "If we work hard we'll get 3D, right? Lets work hard. Yes, and stay hard! wait..."
 * "Eh… nani?"
 * "You had nuts. I have your nuts. We are nut the same."

Name

 * Risu's original name "Tupaia Splendidula" is assumed to be the scientific name of her species, Ruddy Treeshrew. It could also be a language and word mix of Indonesian ("tupai") and English ("splendid") origin, which fully means "Splendid Squirrel."
 * Her name "Ayunda Risu" is written in Japanese「アユンダ・リス」with "Risu"「リス」in Japanese meaning "squirrel," and "Ayunda"「アユンダ」in Indonesian meaning "pretty" or "older sister."

Lore
During a stream, Risu revealed part of her lore about Ayunda and Risu: So, based on the lore, Risu is actually a squirrel and Ayunda is a witch. But the question of whether Risu took human form before or after Ayunda put her soul into Risu is currently unknown.
 * Risu: A squirrel from a magical forest that loves human culture. She went to the human world and got stuck there. An onee-chan picked her up and took her home. Because onee-chan loves hololive so much, she recommended her to join hololive to become a VTuber.
 * Ayunda: Ayunda was actually a witch who owned a squirrel. She lived deep in the forest to avoid humans because people hated magic back then. One day, humans found out her place and attacked her. Cornered, she decided to insert her soul into her familiar.

Likes and dislikes

 * Her hobbies are singing, learning new things about human and human world, roasting Iofi, borrowing Moona's piggy bank, teasing her Risuners, and trying weird food.
 * She likes onee-chan, cute things, hats, food, peanuts, fresh memes, drinking water, and toilet RTA.
 * She dislikes bugs, ghost, and bad Risuners.

Miscellaneous

 * In addition to Indonesian, she can also speak English and Japanese.
 * Risu has a notably wide vocal-range, even for a singer. At the request of fans she's been able to portray a considerable range of identities through voice affectation, even convincing impersonations of other hololive members. Risu's fans frequently refer to these identities emulated through voice as "Risu DLC's."
 * Because of her wide vocal-range, her whistle-like laugh and having said she's a huge fan of Inugami Korone, there is a running joke that Risu is the child of Korone and Nekomata Okayu.
 * She also gets along with Zen Gunawan, a male Indonesian Vtuber from MAHA5, and have had several collabs together.
 * Due to this quality acting as reinforcement to her singing talent, many fans have joked that she has helped restoring Motoaki Tanigo's (also widely known by the moniker "YAGOO") dream to create an idol company.
 * She lives in the same house together with the other members of hololive Indonesia's 1st Generation, Moona Hoshinova and Airani Iofifteen.
 * She is scared of dogs (an admittedly appropriate trait for a squirrel-girl).
 * Her debut-stream featured an instance where her neighbor's dog suddenly began loudly barking, making Risu excessively nervous.
 * Despite being scared of dogs, she mentioned herself to be a big fan of Korone and has mentioned wanting to do collaborations with her.
 * On 7 December 2020, Risu collabed with Korone for the first time, playing Phasmaphobia together.
 * She's part of a group called "Kirakira Collab" (キラキラコラボ), along with Airani Iofifteen, Arurandeisu and Aragami Oga. They stream a game together once a month.
 * She has a bad sense of direction, as shown in her first DOOM stream.
 * Her fanart tag #GambaRisu came from the words "Gambar + Risu" from Indonesian language which literally means Picture/Image of Risu.
 * Beginning on 1 November 2020 and ending on 30 November 2020, Risu has posted short form videos on her channel in observance of "Nonstop Nut November" (a parody of the internet meme "No Nut November"), wherein she extols the virtues of various nuts and how much she, a squirrel girl, loves them while also mixing in various memes.
 * After "Nonstop Nut November" ended on 30 November 2020, Risu quickly started DDD, or "Devour Doughnut December," the following day on December 1st, and talks about a different type, flavor or weird trivia about doughnuts each day.
 * While NNN would return for November 2021, Risu would not restart DDD for the following month. Instead, she would upload a series of short videos where she would attempt to sing "Padoru Padoru" except mess it up in some way with the exception of the last video on Christmas Day.
 * Her birthday 15 January is also the national hat day.
 * She shares her birthday with Holostars member Aragami Oga.
 * In 2021, they both released a duet of "DADDY! DADDY! DO!" on their channels, each featuring themselves as the main vocals for the song and the other as backing vocalist.
 * When we combine the first letter of the verses in the lyrics of Risu's first original song "ALiCE&u" we get: "AYUNDA RISU HOLOLIVE INDONESIA." It's her statement that she is Ayunda Risu of hololive Indonesia.

Media

 * Ayunda Risu Ch. hololive-ID - YouTube channel
 * Ayunda Risu's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com (EN)
 * Ayunda Risu's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com (JP)
 * Ayunda Risu's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
 * Ayunda Risu's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
 * @ayunda_risu - Twitter account
 * Ayunda Risu hololive ID - Page on Facebook
 * ayunda_risu - Instagram account
 * risuayundachhololive-id - Streamlabs account

Twitter hashtags

 * #Ayunda_Risu - General
 * #Risu_Live - Stream talk
 * #Risuners - Fans
 * #GambaRisu - Fan art
 * #Risu_meme - Memes
 * #CongRISUlation - Celebrations

Further readings

 * アユンダ・リス - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * Ayunda Risu - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Ayunda Risu - Hololive Fan Wiki