Fuwa Minato

Fuwa Minato (不破湊) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. He debuted alongside Shirayuki Tomoe and Gwelu Os Gar, forming a trio known as "Yaoukoku" (夜王国, lit. "Night Kingdom").

Profile
A host who can't drink alcohol, who started live-streaming to make friends with similar interests to him.

Personality
Suiting for that of a host, Fuwa has a friendly and approachable personality. He enjoys singing and even kickstarted his debut livestream with a surreal cover of CLUB PRINCE's "Love Dokkyun"

The amusing cover has set the tone for the rest of his livestreams, where he is often caught saying random, nonsensical things, making noises to himself, and making equally nonsensical thumbnails for his videos - because of this his fans often say he is brain dead.

He will often stream for extended periods of time, sometimes for ten hours or more.

Background
Fuwa made his YouTube debut on 30 November.

2020
On 29 November, Fuwa revealed his first alternate costume.

2021
On 28 May, Fuwa's 3D model unveiling stream was announced. The stream was held on 4 June.

From 2 until 31 August, Fuwa hosted a radio exercise program on his channel as a challenge. The program was live every morning from 6.30am JST. The news got picked out by YouTube Japan. The rule was: if he overslept/late the challenge failed and the program will ended. Almost everyday different NIJISANJI livers joined him as guest(s) and on the final day of the challenge he invited all livers who had been supporting him throughout his journey of waking up and exercising every morning.

On 7 September, it was announced that Fuwa, Hoshikawa Sara, and Yashiro Kizuku were releasing time-limited perfumes on U.Health&Beauty ONLINE.

On 21 October, it was announced on NIJISANJI YouTube channel that Minato, Kagami Hayato, Kenmochi Touya, and Kaida Haru were debuting as a unit under the name "ROF-MAO" (ろふまお). They have their own official YouTube channel and Twitter account. They will have regular program called "ROF-MAO Juku" (ろふまお塾, ROF-MAO Cram School) on their official channel.

2021

 * On 24 January, Fuwa participated in VTuber最協決定戦 ver.APEX LEGENDS Season2 (a VTuber APEX tournament organised by Shibuya Hal) along with Kuzuha and Ex Albio. Their team is called 英吸不滅 (AQF). The team got fourth place in the first match and finished on the 12th position.
 * On 27 - 28 February, Fuwa participated in NIJISANJI Anniversary Festival 2021.
 * On the 27th he appeared in Lever Gacha Daipan stage (レバガチャダイパンステージ) hosted by Sasaki Saku and Yashiro Kizuku as a guest along with Otogibara Era. It was the first time Fuwa's 3D model was showcased. On the same day he also appeared in Panic Cube in にじFes 2021 along with Gwelu Os Gar, Saegusa Akina, and Mayuzumi Kai. The stream archive is available in Gwelu's chanel.
 * On the 28th he appeared in VACHSS stage. In this stage his 3D model was showcased publicly on the free part of the event stream.
 * On 12 June, Fuwa participated in NIJISANJI APEX Party with DETONATOR (Known as NijiPex) along with Utaites : Amatsuki and Mafumafu. Their team name is called あまふわ (Amafuwa).
 * On 22 August, Fuwa participated in VTuber最協決定戦 (VTuber Saikyō Ketteisen) ver.APEX LEGENDS Season3 along with Saegusa Akina and Naraka. Their team name is called Laugh Maker (ラフメイカー).
 * On 4 September, he participated in NIJISANJI SHOW DOWN along with fellow NIJISANJI livers Joe Rikiichi, Sukoya Kana, Mayuzumi Kai, Sasaki Saku, and Yashiro Kizuku. The event was held in Zepp Diver City (Tokyo).
 * On 18 September, he 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 C along with Kuzuha, Kanae, Mayuzumi Kai, Ibrahim, and Ex Albio. The team won 1st place on 1st stage.

Relationships

 * "ROF-MAO" 「ろふまお」 - Minato, Kagami Hayato, Kenmochi Touya, and Kaida Haru. 2434 ROF-MAO logo.jpeg
 * Officially debuted as a unit on 21 October 2021. They are the third NIJISANJI unit that has its own YouTube channel after ChroNoiR and JuvveL. The name was derived from internet slang ROFL-LMAO.
 * The unit aim to deliver contents that can make them grow to be "Good Guys" and "Cool Adults" by overcoming trials.
 * They have regular program called "ROF-MAO Juku" (ろふまお塾, ROF-MAO Cram School) on their YouTube channel every Thursday at 10 PM (JST).
 * Media: Website | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
 * Hashtags: #ろふまお - General tag #ろふあーと - Fan Art tag #ろふまお塾 - ROF-MAO Juku


 * "Mescher's" 「メッシャーズ」 - Minato, Mayuzumi Kai, and Saegusa Akina.
 * "Aniki and Kobun" 「アニキとコブン」 (Aniki to Kobun) - Minato and Kaida Haru.
 * "Ansatsu Ikka 「暗殺一家」 (Assassination Family) - Minato and Shiina Yuika.
 * "Densetsuz 「伝説ーズ」 (The Legendz) - Minato and Ibrahim.
 * "Eikyuu Fumetsu (英吸不滅) - Fuwa, Kuzuha, and Ex Albio.
 * "NIJISANJI Extroverts 「にじさんじ陽キャズ」 (NIJISANJI You-kya-zu) - Minato, Todoroki Kyoko, Ex Albio, and Hayase Sou.
 * "fACe - Minato, Shiina Yuika, Ex Albio, and Ars Almal.
 * "Tarkov Club 「タルコフ部」 (Tarkov-bu) - Minato, Kanae, Kuzuha, Mayuzumi Kai, and Ibrahim.
 * "VACHSS - Minato, Kuzuha, Kanae, Kagami Hayato, Kenmochi Toya, and Yumeoi Kakeru. The group's name stands for Vampire, Angel, CEO, Host, Student, Singer/Songwriter.
 * "Laugh Maker" 「ラフメイカー」 - Minato, Saegusa Akina, and Naraka. These three teamed up for VTuber Saikyō Ketteisen Season 3.
 * "Allexceed Familia" (AXF) - Minato, Kuzuha, Ratna Petit, Saegusa Akina, Ars Almal, Amamiya Kokoro, Sakura Ritsuki, and Luis Cammy.
 * Allexceed Familia is their clan name in ARK.
 * They released a cover song of Summertime Record.

Trivia

 * Color: #BF69F4
 * He is friends with the utaite Mafumafu, having played Apex Legends with him multiple times. He helped encourage Mafumafu to start livestreaming with a virtual avatar and Mafu wanted to write a song for him in return.
 * As a punishment to Fuwacchi, Mafumafu did end up writing a song for him. As a result, on April 18, 2021, the song called "Last Song", was released, with Fuwacchi singing and Mafumafu involved in the songwriting, composing, and mixing process of the song.
 * He has a mascot called "Fuwacchi Cruller", a half purple half pink donut that speaks in a hoarse high pitched voice.

Media

 * 不破 湊 / Fuwa Minato【にじさんじ】 - YouTube channel
 * Minato's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * @Fuwa_Minato - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #フワミナイト - Stream talk
 * #絵スコート - Fan art
 * #不破廉恥 - Fan art (sensitive)
 * #不破不破ボイス - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further readings

 * 不破湊 - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 不破湊 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 不破湊 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 不破湊 - Moegirl Encyclopedia