Kaminari Qpi

Kaminari Qpi (神成きゅぴ) is a female Japanese Virtual Youtuber. She debuted on 10 July 2020 as a member of Busokanojo, but on 21 September the agency was dissolved and all former talent became independent Vtuber. On 9 January 2021 it was announced that she joined the Virtual eSports Project to become its first solo member Vtuber, later joined by Yakumo Beni.

Profile
Qpi is a tanned gal who loves energy drinks. She is a good-natured girl, but at heart, she is a serious and hard-working person.

Appearance
Qpi's has the appearance of a gal. She has long blonde hair. She has brown skin with golden eyes. She wears two orange X-shaped hair clips to the right of her hair. She has a piercing in her right ear. On the neck she wears a black necklace. Qpi wears a white buttoned front tank top. In addition, she wears a black jacket. She wears a short skirt with lightning ties on the right thigh. She wears black boots.

Background
Prior to becoming a VTuber, Qpi was a staff member under the streamer and pro gamer Admin, also known for being a part of Shibuya HAL's streamer group Knot Not Rank. During that time, she was referred to as just "Q-chan."

Qpi's Twitter account was created on February 2020, while her first tweet was made on 28 February. Her YouTube channel was created on 5 March and her debut stream on 10 July.

2020
On 5 July, five days before her debut, Qpi's channel already reached more than 30,000 subscribers.

On 17 July, a week after her debut, Qpi did a celebration stream after her channel reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 15 August, Qpi announced that her channel has membership enabled.

On 21 September, Busokanojo was dissolved. All talent became independent Vtuber including Qpi.

2021
On 9 January, Qpi announced that she joined Virtual eSports Project and also revealed her new 2D costume.

On 18 May, Qpi did her first birthday stream where she drank beer.

2020

 * On 2 August, Qpi participated in the Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament as team "Bleach" along with Otsuta and Angel Riel. The team took 16th place in the overall rankings.


 * On 29 August, Qpi participated in the 1st Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as team "Each of them" along with Vodka and Toppi. The team won 2nd place.

2021

 * On 24 January, Qpi participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 2 as "Otaku Killers" (オタクキラーズ) along with Hoshikawa Sara and Gundo Mirei. The team took 7th place in the overall rankings.


 * On 23 February, Qpi participated in the R6 Streamer Cup 1 as a member of Vsports!Siege Club along with her fellow VSPO! members Kaga Nazuna, Tachibana Hinano, Asumi Sena and Kogara Toto. The team won 3rd place.


 * On 3 July, Qpi participated in the Apex Legends Reignite Cup, as a member of team ぎゃるとおじたんとぎゃる "Gal, older guy and gal" along with dexyuku and Yakumo Beni. The team won 2nd place.


 * On 22 August, she participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 3 together with Yukishiro Mahiro and Nagao Kei as team "MahiMahiKyuukeiChuu" (まひまひきゅーけいちゅー！). The team ranked 15th.


 * On 30 August, she participated in Battle Field V BFJ Streamer Cup as Team A's Squad Charlie along with Mitwun, Mirage Bomber, and Bosna.


 * On 10 September, she participated in Rainbow Six Siege R6 Royal Flush as team "VSPO! Siege Club" (ぶいすぽっ！シージ部 VSPO! Siege-bu) along with Kurumi Noah (leader), Kaga Nazuna, Ichinose Uruha, and Tachibana Hinano; with Wokka (Crazy Raccoon) as their coach. The team took 3rd place in overall ranking.


 * On 18 September, she participated in Apex Legends Reignite Cup #2 Arena Tournament as team "FPSAngels&rpr" along with rpr (Scarz) and Kaga Nazuna. The team lost in Block B qualifier match.


 * On 19 September, she participated in Autumn Minecraft Premium Stage ~Big Gathering of Game Streamers~ (秋のマイクラ プレミアム ステージ 〜ゲームストリーマー大集合！〜) as Team A along with Kaga Sumire, Tachibana Hinano, Kaga Nazuna, Hanabusa Lisa, and Tosaki Mimi. The team won 1st place in overall ranking.


 * On 23 September, Qpi, along with the other VSpo members, participated in VSpo! Autumn Surprise Test ~Get out from the academic ability Bronze lobby~ (ぶいすぽっ！秋の抜き打ちテスト～抜け出せ学力ブロンズ帯～) hosted by Kisaragi Ren, Ichinose Uruha, and Shirayuki Reid as the special guest. Qpi ended up in 2nd place right after Manager 3.


 * On 27 November, Qpi, along with the other VSpo members, participated in VSpo! Final Battle to Decide the Remote Bistro Queen (リモートビストロクイーン決定戦) hosted by Kisaragi Ren and Shirayuki Reid, with Tonakaito Hendy as the remote chef.

Quotes

 * ビールを飲んで幸せになりたい(Bīru o nonde shiawaseninaritai, I want to be happy with a beer)

Fans

 * Qpi's fans are called "かみなり組"(Kaminari-gumi).

Relationship

 * "部活" (Bukatsu, Club Activities) - Nazuna, Ramune, Qpi, Ajak0n, Ariken, and YuFuna.
 * A group of friends who got closer after playing Valorant together many times. It is called Bukatsu/Club Activities because the team's atmosphere feels like an after-school club activities.

Equipment & Game Setting
 Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.* 
 * Gaming PC
 * CPU         : I7-8700k
 * Graphic Card : GTX 1080
 * Memory      : 32GB RAM


 * Peripherals
 * Monitor         : Acer KG251QHbmidpx 24.5″ 144Hz
 * Keyboard        : Varmilo87 Koi ANSI Keyboard CHERRY MX
 * Mouse           : Logitech GPROX superlight
 * Mouse pad       : Razer Acari
 * Capture board   : AVerMedia C878
 * Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
 * Headphones      : Razer Hammerhead V2
 * Microphone      : Shure SM58-LCE
 * Microphone Stand : Roycel
 * WebCamera       : Logicool C920r


 * Apex Setting
 * DPI                : 800
 * In-game sensitivity : 1.6
 * ADS                : 1
 * FOV                : 110

Live Chat Etiquette

 * Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarized here: "Vtuber Chat Etiquette"


 * Please don't mention the names of other streamers not involved in the stream (exception if Qpi talks about them first).
 * Please don't mention her or her collab partners' names in unrelated streams of other people.
 * Please don't spam comments.
 * Please avoid inappropriate remarks, expressions or words that are offensive to public order and morals.
 * Do not be "carrier pigeons" (viewers who bring messages and comments from other streams).
 * Do not "stream snipe" (deliberately joining her games while watching her stream to gain an unfair advantage).

Media

 * 神成きゅぴ / Kaminari Qpi - YouTube Channel
 * 神成きゅぴ - Twitcasting Channel
 * @xprprQchanx - Twitter Account
 * - Marshmallow Account
 * Lupinusvg - Official Booth
 * kaminariqpi - Twitch Channel

Twitter Hashtags

 * #神成きゅぴ - Main hashtag
 * #きゅぴなま - Live Streaming hashtag
 * #神成った - Fanart hashtag
 * #きゅーちゃんあのね - Egosurfing hashtag

Further readings

 * Official JP Website
 * Official EN Website