Kson

Kson (pronounced keison) is an independent English and Japanese-language VTuber. She streams primarily on YouTube and Mildom, and has streamed on Niconico Live.

Background
Kson originally produced game playthrough videos on Japanese site Niconico Douga. Her earliest video was part 1 of a SIREN: New Translation playthrough, uploaded on May 1, 2016. Kson described herself in the video title as a foreigner who speaks poor Japanese. Her Niconico Live community, co3340513, was established shortly afterward on 12 June, 2016, with her first livestream there a Biohazard 7 test stream on 3 Mar, 2017.

A character wearing a business suit appeared in the introduction to a game video posted to Niconico Douga on 20 June 2017. "Kson-sensei" taught Japanese viewers the English idiom "son of a bitch". In the video description, she introduces herself as the "kumichou" (boss) of Year 3 class B. Kson described her gameplay videos and streams as a way for her to practice Japanese language.

Kson's YouTube channel was created on 17 Mar 2017. She streamed or uploaded that year, although these early videos are no longer available.

2018
On 10 February, Kson appeared in person as a host at the Niconico Toukaigi live event. The costume she wore would appear later that year as Kson's 3D live model during VR games.

Although she did not make an official debut, the earliest surviving appearance of Kson's original 3D VTuber model is an Ark video uploaded to Niconico Douga on 15 November. Its first surviving appearance on YouTube is a few days later on 18 November 2018.

2019
Kson continued to upload videos to Niconico Douga in 2019, including 30 short videos (mainly English lessons) between May and October, and a 30-episode Lets Play series of Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable: Mushimushi Hakase to Teppen-yama no Himitsu!! which concluded on 28 December. These videos were also uploaded to YouTube.

She also streamed on Niconico Live 28 times that year, often also simultaneously streaming to YouTube. She variously appearing on camera or using a VTuber avatar. In a Niconico Live stream on 18 September, she first described herself as "Sometimes a Vtuber, when my face is too f**ked up for streaming".

2020
Kson livestreamed to her Niconico Live community 32 times in 2020, last doing so on 3 June, with simultaneous broadcast on YouTube. She did not upload videos to Niconico Douga in this year.

On 21 August 2020, Kson made a YouTube stream celebrating her channel reaching 100,000 subscribers. This would be her last YouTube stream that year.

2021
Kson made a small number of streams on YouTube in the first half of this year. She did not upload to or broadcast on Niconico this year.

Around 12 May, Kson reached 200,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 16 June, Kson reached 500,000 subscribers, following a massive spike in her subscriber count during the previous week.

On 1 August, Kson announced her intent to begin streaming regularly again on YouTube. Her first stream was a horror visual novel 「白羽つきみ 消えたVtuberを知ってください」, "Shiraha Tsukimi: Please Get to Know the Missing VTuber". She began streaming on a daily basis.

On 3 October, Kson celebrated 893,000 YouTube subscribers. This milestone is significant to Kson as the number 893 is goroawase (Japanese number code) for "yakuza".

On 5 October, Kson announced an upcoming official debut on 16 October, at which she would reveal a new model. She also announced the upcoming release of merchandise. Her re-debut stream subsequently took place on 16 October, revealing a new bōsōzoku-style outfit.

On 19 October, Kson began presenting a satirical Morning News Digest called GMMF. Parodying a news anchor, Kson presents news related to her, as well as calling other Vtubers to make friends with them. GMMF is livestreamed on her channel on a daily basis at 7:00 AM JST.

Fans

 * Kson's YouTube channel members are referred to as the 「kson組幹部会」 (kson-gumi kanbukai), "Kson Group Board of Directors".

Trivia

 * Kson is from Atlanta, Georgia.
 * Kson based her name on the character Ka-son from the sketch comedy television series MADtv, which is her favorite TV show.
 * She is a fan of the Yakuza video game series.
 * Her title "kumichou" means "boss", especially a yakuza boss.
 * Her birthday of August 93rd is a reference to 893, the yakuza number.
 * A poster of Projekt Melody has appeared in her VTuber background.
 * She has done "2.5D" streams, where she puts the head part of her VTuber model on herself.

Media

 * kson ONAIR - YouTube Channel
 * @ksononair - Twitter account
 * Kson組長 - mildom
 * co3340513 - Niconico community

Twitter hashtags

 * #ksononair - Stream tag
 * #ksonART - Fan art (English)
 * #ksonARKserver - Ark server