Kanade Izuru

Kanade Izuru (奏手イヅル) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive's branch HOLOSTARS. He is a member of its first generation, alongside Hanasaki Miyabi, Kagami Kira, Arurandeisu, Yakushiji Suzaku and Rikka.

Profile
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Personality
Izuru is a straightforward person who holds a deep passion for music. He's also a very insightful and mature person, giving thoughtful advice to his viewers in marshmallow streams and unafraid to set boundaries if need be. That said, he also has a playful, cute streak that often shows itself when he does gaming streams or collabs.

A notable trait of his voice is its husky and nasally quality, which gives his singing its own distinction. In addition, his vocal range is quite flexible, to the point that he's able to disguise his voice as that of a girl's, a trait he shares with Astel.

Background
His Twitter account was created in 27 May 2019; his YouTube channel was created on 3 June 2019, and his debut stream was performed on 22 June 2019.

2019
On 9 September, he released his first cover song, Dramaturgy by Eve. It is the first cover released in HOLOSTARS.

2020
On 15 March, he revealed his White Day costume.

On 6 July, he reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 4 August, he revealed his summer costume.

On 1 September, he reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 13 October, he reached 40,000 subscribers.

On 21 November, he reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 25 December, it was announced that all the HOLOSTARS members would receive new costumes on 3 January 2021, commemorating New Year's. On the same day, he reached 60,000 subscribers.

2021
On 3 January, he revealed his new year's costume, which was modelled by 深海潮.

On 19 January, he reached 70,000 subscribers.

On 13 February, he reached 80,000 subscribers.

On 14 March, he reached 90,000 subscribers.

On 8 April, he reached 100,000 subscribers, being the fourth HOLOSTARS' member to reach this milestone.

On 22 June, as part of the celebration of his 2nd anniversary, he opened his channel's membership feature, along with releasing his first original EP "IZR-EP1 Prot".

On 13 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that every HOLOSTARS member would get 2.0 version of their 2D model.

On 12 August, on his 20th birthday celebration stream, he announced that he released an original song titled "Crash!" and sold as part of his birthday goods.

On 23 August, he announced the 2.0 update to his Live2D model with a singing relay along with Rikka and Astel Leda, who also received updated models.

On 4 September, he released the MV for one of his original songs, Monologue in a Row.

On 23 October, Izuru announced during a stream that he would receive his 3D model. He also announced the release of his and Astel's cover song "Oni Kyokan."

On 30 October, Izuru debuted his 3D model.

2022
On 23 May, Izuru reached 180,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

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.

On 21 September, it was announced that in celebration of the upcoming HOLOSTARS 2nd ACT 3D live concert, 3 new original unit songs would be released.

On 23 October, Izuru reached 200,000 subscribers, being the fifth HOLOSTARS member to reach this milestone.

On 27 November, he revealed his autumn/winter outfit designed by his original illustrator TCB and modeled by Kawanami.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Kanade Izuru/Discography

2020

 * On 2 August, he participated in Shibuya Hal's VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament as team "Chibistars" alongside Kagami Kira and Astel Leda. The team took 5th place in overall ranking.
 * On 26 October, it was announced that HOLOSTARS goods would be sold at "Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche", held on November 7-8, 2020, and on 28 October 2020, it was announced that HOLOSTARS would be participating in the event as guests. Izuru is part of the "Virtual Clerk" (バーチャル店員) exhibition, the "Anibako" (アニバコ) program and the "Chatting Fes" (おしゃべりフェス) exhibition in the event.

2021

 * On 24 January, he participated in VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 2 as team "RAGGGGGU!!!" (ラッッッッグ!!!) alongside Astel Leda and Arurandeisu. They took 5th place in overall ranking, while Izuru came 5th in terms of personal damage dealt.
 * On 28 January, it was announced that "Net Talking Festival", an HOLOSTARS exclusive event, will be held on 14 February where fans can have a one-on-one chat with any of the HOLOSTARS members for 3 minutes, talking about their daily feelings of gratitude to an important person.
 * On 23 February, he participated in an invitational friendly exhibition called the RAGE PARTY 2021 - Apex Legends Best Trio Championship (powered by SHARP), as "Team HOLOSTARS" along with Astel Leda and Arurandeisu. They took 3rd place in overall ranking.
 * From 25 until 27 June, all HOLOSTARS members participated in their 2nd anniversary event "Our Rally 2021", the event featured 3 HOLOSTARS in each day of the event, Izuru participated on the 1st day. On the final day of the event, an original song "Just Follow Stars" was released on the official HOLOSTARS channel featuring all members singing.
 * On 24 July, he participated in Apex Legends tournament Cypher Cup Festival as "Team HOLOSTARS" along with Kishido Temma and Astel Leda. They took 7th place and did not advance to the Grand Final.
 * On 22 August, he participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 3 as team "ReTIcle" with fellow HOLOSTARS members Rikka and Kishido Temma. They took 17th place in overall ranking.
 * On 28 August, Penguin Parade announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS.
 * On 15 October, HOLOSTARS' Twitter account announced that HOLOSTARS would participate in "Animate Girls Festival 2021."
 * On 1 November, it was announced there will be a collaboration between King of Prism and HOLOSTARS for a limited time.
 * On 9 December, Capcom announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS featuring members Kanade Izuru and Rikka for a limited time with their online crane game.
 * On 26 December, Izuru, along with the rest of the HOLOSTARS members, performed at their first 3D live "HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS".

2022

 * On 4-13 February, HOLOSTARS was collaborating with CONVERSE TOKYO.
 * On 17 March, it was announced there would be a collaboration between HOLOSTARS and FamilyMart.
 * On 4 April, it was announced HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be having a meet and talk event on 22 May 2022 held in Ikebukuro harevutai with a time limit of 2 minutes per person and attendance will be determined by lottery.
 * On 24 April, HOLOSTARS announced an event "HOLOSTARS 3RISE SUPER FAN MEETING ～FLAGSHIP～" in celebration of it's 3rd anniversary to be held on 26 June 2022 in the venue of Ikebukuro harevutai.
 * On 25 April, it was announced there would be collaboration between HOLOSTARS and Don Quijote starting on 3 May 2022.
 * On 26 June, multiple announcements were made; collaboration with Bandai Gashapon starting on 27 June to 24 July 2022, HOLOSTARS' 3rd original song "Find It" was revealed and released on midnight of 27 June 2022 , HOLOSTARS' 1st album "Follow Us" goes on sale on 31 August 2022 along with the blu-ray of their first 3D live concert "HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS" and a second 3D live concert "HOLOSTARS 2nd Act: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE" to be held on 20 October 2022.
 * On 1 July, HOLOSTARS announced they will be taking part in "Animate Girls Festival 2022".
 * From 3 August, HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! were participating as ambassadors in support of the spicy foods event, Gekikara Yabai, held in Akihabara. Event merch will also be available but only locally.
 * On 1 September, DAM, one of Japan's notable karaoke system, announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS for a limited time through the entire month of September with a possibility to win prizes. On the same day, a video was uploaded to their official Youtube channel featuring Hanasaki Miyabi, Arurandeisu and Aragami Oga making an announcement regarding the collaboration.
 * On 3 September, it was announced that HOLOSTARS will be a guest of NTV, Nippon Television Network, on their program for the 15th episode of "PROJECT V" that focuses on VTubers featuring HOLOSTARS members; Kanade Izuru, Rikka, Yukoku Roberu, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga which will be broadcasted on 29 September 24:59 JST.
 * 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.
 * On 20 October, after the performance of HOLOSTARS 2nd Act: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE, multiple announcements where made. A blu-ray of HOLOSTARS 2nd Act will be released on 22 February 2023 and depending on which store the blu-ray is ordered from, exclusive bonus items will differ. HOLOSTARS will have an apparel collaboration with KANGOL REWARD and the first designs will be for UPROAR!! meanwhile other designs will be revealed at a later date. For a limited time, HOLOSTARS 2nd ACT: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE will be distributed through MiruHaco by JOYSOUND starting on 19 November with more information to be announced on November 4th. All four members of UPROAR!! will be getting their 3D models with more details to be announced later. Arurandeisu will be having a new appearance with more details coming soon. Lastly, a new project has been announced with more details on a later another date.
 * On 22 November, seiyuu Toshinari Fukamachi's V Variety show announced that both Izuru and Rikka would be guests on 13 December starting at 20:00JST on the Nico Channel with more details to be announced. Meanwhile, it is a paid content there will also be a free portion.
 * On 28 November, hololive Production announced that HOLOSTARS will have a Christmas 2022 campaign which will include the following events to take place; a web advent calendar, a collaboration with Cake.jp which is an online cake delivery service to feature 13 original cakes for HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! members, Christmas voice packs and more.

Fans

 * Izuru has said that he didn't intend to name his fanbase due to his fear of them doing something illegal and linking his name on the news. This has led to some fans calling themselves the "Nothing gang".

Relationships

 * Units and groups he is part of are:
 * "RIZnote" along with Rikka.
 * "Chibistars" (ちびすたーず) (officially translated as "Li'l Stars ) along with Kagami Kira and Astel Leda.
 * "AsuIzu" (アスイヅ) along with Astel Leda.
 * "RAGGGGGU!!!" (ラッッッッグ!!!) along with Astel Leda and Arurandeisu. However, on the event "RAGE PARTY 2021", they called themselves "Team HOLOSTARS".
 * "MiyaIzu" (MYIZ) along with Hanasaki Miyabi.
 * "Senkou Gumi" (先行組) along with Hanasaki Miyabi and Kagami Kira.
 * "ReTIcle" along with Rikka and Kishido Temma.
 * "HOLOSTARS Survival Corps" (ホロスタ生き残り隊), alternatively also just called "Survival Group" and similar, along with Kishido Temma and Roberu Yukoku.
 * The name stems from their collab streams for the co-op survival game RAFT. Izuru grew attached to this series of stream to the point where he didn't want them to end. Thus, as they finished the released content of RAFT and couldn't advance anymore, they chose a different survival game to continue this group.

Chat Etiquette
Izuru has had to address chat etiquette in his streams multiple times due to conflicts among viewers which has led him to stating he'll no longer put his chat on screen during live streams unless he really wants to for certain occasions. Since then, under the video description he has listed some rules and as well as a link to his free chat (the following listed should NOT be done in Izuru's chat);
 * No Emoji/Oshi Mark Spam: He prefers genuine feedback and rather have compliments in text but the clapping emoji is allowed after a song is finished.
 * Sniffles: He has pointed out that comments asking about his sniffling and asking about his health is not needed. It's just a part of him and how he sounds.
 * Babying: He's an adult who doesn't need his viewers to be his parents or manager.
 * Deviating from the stream: This has occurred too often where cases of fights happen among viewers and Izuru has had to step in. The following includes includes; viewers chatting amongst each other while ignoring Izuru who sincerely enjoys interacting with his chat, not reading the room when commenting especially when it's something serious or singing an emotional song, spamming off topic comments, personal comments such as; "I don't know Japanese/I can't understand you but I'll stay anyway." or "I have to leave now due to/school/work/need to finish homework/bye chat/etc." and dropping names of other VTubers when he didn't say them in the first place. These type of actions puts the focus of the stream away from him which leads to stream disruption.
 * Overseas Comments: There seems to be a misconception regarding overseas comments. They are allowed in his live streams as long as they are on topic and do not make demands of him such as bothering him to speak English. Furthermore, he's very intellectual and depending on the languages he knows of, he can pick up what is being said in his chat.
 * Izuru has also addressed the following and has added a new rule that he will only reply to comments that are in Japanese. Overseas comments are still allowed but he will not reply to them. He stated that due to increase of English comments, the Japanese fans get shy and stop commenting. This is also to help new Japanese fans to not feel scared and comment more.
 * Live Translations are Prohibited in Live Streams Chat: During live streams he has asks that translations be put into his "Free Chat" so that it doesn't drown out the live stream chat since he wants to see viewers' comments so he can interact with easier. Therefore, those who want to see the translations may go to the Free Chat. Importantly, keep in mind that he does monitor it as well when he is streaming.

Trivia

 * Izuru shares his character designer with Nekozeno Shin of NoriPro Gamers and Ike Eveland of NIJISANJI EN.
 * Izuru is the third debuted member of HOLOSTARS and is part of its early debut generation whom consists of Hanasaki Miyabi and Kagami Kira.
 * In a Minecraft stream while talking to viewers, Miyabi revealed that off-stream, Izuru is very kind and caring. Especially, Izuru gives him lots of sudden hugs. Further stating Izuru tends to also give members a random shoulder massages or hug their leg with the posture that looks like Dakkochan.
 * Izuru is also very close with Kira considering the amount of same interests and streams they have done together. In a few public streams, he mentioned that despite doing all they could for Kira and wanting him to stay, in the end, it was Kira's own decision to graduate from HOLOSTARS.
 * Izuru shared that he used to do busking or street performances but had to stop doing it after becoming a virtual YouTuber, noting that he does miss doing it.
 * Izuru has said in a livestream that he was born on the Tsushima island and was rather surprised that Ghost of Tsushima made a game about it.
 * It has been revealed through multiple streams that he is a university student.
 * Izuru was in the final stages of university and working on his Bachelor’s thesis.
 * Izuru has graduated from university.
 * Albeit not talking a lot of english, Izuru understands it fairly well.
 * When Astel was asked who was the most proficient english speaker in HOLOSTARS, he mentioned Izuru first, as he was capable of also understanding how to actually grammatically construct sentences, compared to the proficiency he himself had.
 * Izuru has clipped and translated his own APEX streams before.
 * As revealed in the second HoloUters stream, Izuru can not only play guitar, but also piano.
 * Izuru has mentioned that his favourite Studio Ghibli movie is "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", and his second favourite being "Princess Mononoke".
 * Izuru reached Master rank in Apex on the 22 March 2021, while accompanied by Astel Leda and Utai Meika. This rank was only achieved by 0.12% of players in season 8.
 * Izuru lives in the countryside and enjoys walking along the beach, as well as fishing.
 * Through his Twitter, Izuru has showed his cooking skills by posting pictures of his self cooked meals.
 * Sometimes, he will forage for wild vegetables as he has tweeted saying how he found a certain vegetable and that it would be part of today's meals.
 * He likes fishing and would tweet sometimes when he's going fishing or has gone fishing whether he had any catches or not. He has also stated that he would cook his fishes on a stick sitting on the ground by a fire pit. Of course, when he finishes, he cleans up properly before heading home.
 * Izuru holds a black belt in karate.
 * Izuru is the oldest brother and has two younger brothers.
 * In a collab stream with his vtuber sibling, Nekozeno Shin from NoriPro, Izuru was asked how he joined HOLOSTARS. Izuru revealed that at the time he had sent in his application, hololive (before it became hololive Production) were only recruiting female talents but he was informed that they're thinking of making a male vtuber group, too. When the male branch came to fruition, Izuru was contacted for an interview and made it in. Izuru also added that before this he did attempt to make his own vtuber character but after some struggle he stopped.

Media

 * Izuru Ch. 奏手イヅル - YouTube channel
 * Kanade Izuru's corporate profile on holostars.hololivepro.com
 * @kanadeizuru - Twitter account
 * @izurusub - Twitter account (sub)
 * 奏手一弦Official - bilibili channel
 * @kanadeizuru - TwitCasting channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #奏手イヅル - General
 * #イヅル描いたぞ - Fan art
 * #イヅル見るなよ - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #RIZnote - RIZnote general tag
 * #RIZ生 - RIZnote stream talk
 * #RIZアート - RIZnote fan art

Further readings

 * 奏手イヅル - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 奏手イヅル - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 奏手イヅル - Unofficial holostars seesaawiki
 * 奏手一弦 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Kanade Izuru - Hololive Fan Wiki