Mikeneko

Mikeneko (みけねこ, lit. "calico cat") is an independent Japanese VTuber who streams primarily on YouTube. She was a regular livestreamer on TwitCasting before her VTuber debut.

Background
Mikeneko was originally a regular streamer and utaite based in Japanese site Niconico Douga, with her earliest known activities dating back to 2011. She has since been moved her streaming activities to TwitCasting around 2015, but continued her utaite activities on Niconico Douga until 2017. She also had uploaded a single song cover and a facecam stream, as well as few gameplay footages of Splatoon on YouTube.

Mikeneko's Twitter account was created on December 2010. Her current YouTube channel was created on 22 February 2022, where she hosted a few livestreams, mostly with a static image as an avatar.

On 20 April 2022, she uploaded a silhouette of her new Live2D avatar, with the next few days revealing bits of it. She debuted on 24 April 2022 on YouTube channel.

2022
On 30 December, Miko announced that she would get a new model.

2023
On 3 January, Mikeneko debuted her second model and announced her merch shop.

On 14 March, during the white valentine's day, Mikeneko debuted the second outfit for her second model. This costume is Chinese style, with a black cheongsam, pink hair with two small buns, a small panda-shaped bag.

On 22 July, she debuted her third model.

On 23 July, it was announced that Mikeneko would join the virtual voice actor agency VOICE-ORE, under the alias "Koito Ria".

Mascot
Pon-chan is Mikeneko's mascot, a stuffed cat with two differently-colored button eyes mirroring its owner's heterochromia. Mikeneko occasionally carries Pon-chan in her arms.

Media

 * みけねこch - YouTube channel
 * @95rn16 - Twitter account
 * みけにゃん - FANBOX
 * @95rn16 - TwitCasting channel
 * @mikeneko.x - Instagram account
 * Merch shop

Twitter hashtags

 * #みけねこライブ - Stream talk
 * #みけアート Fan art