Himemori Luna

Himemori Luna (姫森ルーナ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its fourth generation of VTubers alongside Tsunomaki Watame, Tokoyami Towa, Kiryu Coco and Amane Kanata.

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Personality
Luna has a sickeningly sweet and innocent personality, although due of her status as the Princess of Candy Kingdom and as the youngest hololive member, she is a bit pampered and always asks for the older hololive members' attention, especially Natsuiro Matsuri's. Despite the presentation and theme of cuteness that is associated with Luna, her actual personality behind the cuteness is revealed to be quite mischievous borderline sadistic, competitive, and quite composed. Luna's interaction with the other members is often composed of teasing, as she use her cute acts to try to get under their skin and sometime simply being directly mischievous to them, both to her seniors and fellow 4th Generation member. On the flipside, Luna can also get quite attached to others, most evident in her interaction with Natsuiro Matsuri. Luna often acts spoiled towards Matsuri and Matsuri, in return, spoils Luna, albeit it appears that the way Matsuri treats Luna is not nearly the way she hoped it would be. Luna and Matsuri named their pair FestivalLuna (フェステイバルーナ). Outside of her interaction with the other members, she can also at times gets quite mischievous towards her listeners, such as when she keep playing cricket background noises on her midnight piano streams, or when she streamed a Muse Dash playthrough consisting mostly of the song Punai Punai Taiso (プナイプナイたいそう), treating the song as an addiction or poison to be spread.

Compared to some of the other girls, Luna can be considered as one of the more composed, albeit instead of panicking Luna's go-to reaction is replaced by an audible and almost childlike frustration. This is very visible when she gets competitive in games such as Apex Legends, or when she plays horror game. Her frustration comes out in the form of her motor mouth, where she starts rapidly talking about all sorts of things, usually in relation to what is going on (such as somewhat rationalizing whatever happens in the horror game). Not only in video games and frustration, her rapid-fire talking can even appear when having a regular conversation with others, usually when asked a question, where she will sometimes rapidly go into details regarding her answer.

Being a "baby", Luna speaks in a childlike manner that almost resembles a toddler who just learned how to speak. She also often adds verbal tics like Nnnaaaaa~ (んなあああああ~) and Nanora (なのら) in her words. She also refers to herself in third person.

Background
Luna was introduced along with the rest of the fourth gen on 25 December 2019. Her Twitter account was created on November 2019, she made her first tweet on 31 December, her YouTube channel was created on 4 December and her debut stream was on 4 January 2020.

2020
On 14 January, she reached 50,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 1 March, she opened membership feature on YouTube channel, the stream was then made private.

On 28 March, she reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 15 July, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her 3D model (this was already teased during Tsunomaki Watame's 3D debut). During the announcement stream, she reached 200,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 19 July, she debuted her 3D model during a stream being the fourth of her generation to do so.

On 22 September, she reached 300,000 subscribers during an endurance Ring Fit Adventure stream.

On 16 November, she shared that due to the worsening of her right wrist's tendonitis (later diagnosed as De Quervain's tenosynovitis), she has to postpone planned streams in order to treat it.

On 18 December, she reached 400,000 YouTube subscribers during a singing stream, where she also showcased her updated 2D model to the 2.0 version. The new features include being able to remove her crown, more facial expressions, better mouth tracking and the ability to move just her neck without the rest of the body more freely.

On 29 December, hololive's Twitter accounts announced that eight of their members would get New year costumes, Luna being one of them.

2021
On 1 January, she debuted her second 2D costume, a new year kimono, during a stream. Like with most costumes, Luna got a new hairstyle, but can also choose to use her regular hairstyle.

On 1 February, she underwent another surgery for tendonitis, putting her streaming activities on hiatus once again.

On 14 February, Luna announced on her Twitter account that the members of the 4th generation would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 15 February, she debuted her 3D idol costume.

On 18 March, Luna reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, making her the 35th hololive member to reach this milestone and the last of her generation.

On 27 May, hololive's official Twitter account announced that Luna would get her third 2D model.

On 29 May, Luna debuted her third 2D costume during a stream. With this costume Luna got a new hairstyle, with loose hair that goes just below the shoulder, using a silver crown instead of the regular gold one, and a small candy shapped hairpin, maintaining the same moon shaped earrings as her standard outfit. Luna wears a blue dress with a space pattern filled with stars, the dress is decorated with golden moons and stars. Luna has also the option to use a dark blue beret and a light pink coat or to keep her original hairstyle.

On 24 June, she reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream.

On 4 October, Luna reached 700,000 subscribers during a singing endurance stream.

On 10 October during her birthday, Luna received cat ears and tail as new accessories to use with her third 2D costume.

On 24 November, Luna's Twitter account became verified.

2022
On 4 January, during her 2nd anniversary debut live, Luna debuted her first original song "Zettai Chūsei♡Nano Nanora!"

On 29 January, Luna revealed the official launch of her first original song "Zettai Chuusei♡Nanonanora!" and also debuted new accessories for her third 2D costume, a new hairstyle consisting of twintails that fall to the front with candy shaped hair ornaments, and a coat with a hood that she can pull down. The coat and the new hairstyle are compatible with her cat ears accessory.

On 14 May, she reached 800,000 subscribers on Youtube channel during an endurance karaoke stream.

On 20 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that Luna would get fourth 2D costume.

On 23 July, Luna debuted her fourth 2D costume. In this costume Luna got two new hairstyles using long twintails decorated with black bows, blue and white striped candy shaped hairpins and silver crecent moon and star shaped decorations. The other hairstyle she uses her hair loose with buns at the sides, she also has a pink octopus on top of her head that apparently represents her illustrator Kanzaki Hiro, that mimics her eyes and mouth movements. Luna wears a white dress, decorated with various black bows, the bow on her chest has a crecent moon decoration, underneat the fabric is also decorated with silver crecent moon and star accessories. Luna uses long white socks and black shoes.

On 18 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Luna debuted her 3D swimsuit in a stream on hololive's Japanese channel alongside Oozora Subaru, Tokoyami Towa and Tsunomaki Watame. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On the same stream, Luna also debuted her 3D yukata. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.

On 23 August, Luna debuted two more variants of her hololive ERROR Aogami High school uniform: The winter 20XX uniform with a black blazer over a cardigan and the 19XX dark blue sailor uniform.

2023
On 3 January, Luna debuted a new hairstyle using loose long hair with the option to wear a hairband. The hairstyle is compatible with most of Luna's costumes.

On 11 March, Luna reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 18 March, Luna debuted her new 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.

On 15 July, she debuted a new 3D costume as a member of the "Blue Journey" musical project. She uses a blue beret with a plaid pattern. The costume has a white blouse with detached sleeves, a blue ribbon in the chest decorated with light blue jewel and a blue belt below the chest. The blouse lower edge is asymmetrical and divided in three, the front has planks and it is the longest, then the right side is longer that the left side. She uses a long blue skirt with a plaid pattern and the inner section is light blue. On the back the costume is decorated with a see through ribbon.

On 21 July, hololive's Twitter account announced that Luna would get her fifth 2D costume.

On 29 July, Luna debuted her fifth 2D costume. Luna uses and asymmetrical bob hairstyle, the inner layer is blue. She has a braid to the left decorated with a black bow complemented with a crown badge, Luna also uses heart shaped shades. Luna wears a stripped white crop top with an asymmetrical gray vest on top of it. She wears a stylized red tie and multiple black straps around her chest. Luna uses stylized black shorts with skirt planks to the sides, the middle button is unbuttoned. To the sides her black panties can be seen. She has a torn gray high sock on her left leg. Luna wears low gray boots. She can also use a white and wine colored jacket falling from her shoulders. On the right the jacket has two badges one representing a Lu-knight and the other representing her main illustrator Kanzaki Hiro. Luna can also hold a Lu-knight plushie.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, Luna debuted second her 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Himemori Luna/Discography

Events

 * On 17 December 2021, hololive's Twitter account announced a collaboration with TOKYO SKYTREE Town (R) featuring Yukihana Lamy, Oozora Subaru, Yozora Mel, Tokino Sora, Hoshimachi Suisei, Yuzuki Choco, Tsunomaki Watame, Himemori Luna, Amane Kanata, and Tokoyami Towa in limited eddition merchandise, cafe, games, and other activities. The event was held from 17 December 2021 to 31 January 2022.
 * On 10 March 2022, Luna was interviewed about her history with the Electone as part of a collaboration with Yamaha that included clear-file sheet music for the Electone in certain Yamaha stores in Japan.
 * On 9 June 2022, hololive's Twitter account announced that she and Oozora Subaru would appear in merchandize that could be won in the crane game MOLLY ONLINE with original designs. The merchandize includes cushions, tapestries, acrylic stands and keychains The items would be available from 10 June to 30 June 2022.
 * On 17 October 2022, Japanese Yamaha announced the second collaboration with Luna and the "Electone "LUNA" Project" (エレクトーン「LUNA」プロジェクト). The objective was to create an electone based and supervised by Luna and with some fan feedback. The Electone LUNA was finished on 3 March 2023, with the design being revealed on 20 March 2023. While it would not be sold, the electone would be showcased in different storefronts in places such as Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Lu-knight" 「ルーナイト」 (ruunaito).

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Luna is a part of:
 * "FestivaLuna," along with Natsuiro Matsuri.
 * "SubaChocoLuna," along with Oozora Subaru and Yuzuki Choco.
 * "SubaChocoLunaTan," along with Oozora Subaru, Yuzuki Choco and Shishiro Botan
 * "Anpontan Sisters," along with Aki Rosenthal and Roboco-san.
 * "HoloBabies" along with Sakura Miko and occasionally, Houshou Marine.

Quotes

 * "Baby no baby."
 * "No! Hotdog is enemy of the enemy."

Name

 * Luna's surname Himemori「姫森」can be divided such as,
 * The first kanji「姫」can be read as "Hime" which means "Princess."
 * The second kanji「森」can be read as "Mori/Shin" which means "forest."
 * So her surname can be translated as "Princess of the Forest."
 * Her name "Luna" means "Moon" in Spanish and Italian.

Miscellaneous

 * She has an Elderly Butler 「執事ちゃん」(Shitsuji-chan, lit : Little Butler) who is with her in the streams.
 * On her first 3D stream, she debuted a somewhat perverted chibi anthropomorphic cow butler who came out from her skirt when summoned. (the butler was played by Natsuiro Matsuri at the time of its debut.)
 * Her favorite games are Dark Souls and retro games.
 * She is considered as one of the best Dark Souls player in hololive, proved in her series of Dark Souls: Remastered streams, where she finished the game with no armor sets and minimum enchantments. This caused some fans to call her "War Princess" or "Battle Princess."
 * She doesn't like horror games.
 * Luna is known to be a very patient gamer, able to maintain her composure when things don't go her way. She is able to repeat a failed part for hours without showing extreme frustration.
 * However, when she does get frustrated, she often sucks her lips and teeth, producing a squeaky sound.
 * Luna used to have a regular segment in Kiryu Coco's AsaCoco Live News called Princess Luna's Sickly Sweet English Class「げぼかわ！！！ルーナ姫の英語教室」(Gebokawa! Rūna Hime no Eigo Kyōshitsu) where she teaches viewers English phrases, almost all of which are extremely crude insults or swear words.
 * Although her main biography says that she is 0 years old, she has said that she is 3 years old, since a baby of 0 cannot speak.
 * Luna does piano streams where she often plays songs such as "Dies Irae" "A Town with an Ocean's View," "Country Road" or Godzilla's theme.
 * She has heterochromatic eyes, evident from her right pink eye and left green eye.
 * Luna is the second shortest member in hololive at 140 cm after La+ Darknesss's 139 cm.
 * Luna is licensed to drive heavy motorcycles (a Japanese legal classification for motorcycles with an engine displacement greater than 400 cc) and owns a Harley-Davidson.

Media

 * Luna Ch. 姫森ルーナ - YouTube channel
 * Himemori Luna's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @himemoriluna - Twitter account
 * 姬森璐娜Official - bilibili channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #姫森ルーナ - General
 * #なのらいぶ - Stream talk
 * #ルーナイト - Fans
 * #ルーナート - Fan art
 * #セクシールーナート - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #ルーナ聴いたよ - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #ルーナわからないのら - Miscellaneous

Further readings

 * 姫森ルーナ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 姫森ルーナ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 姫森ルーナ - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 姫森ルーナ - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 姬森璐娜 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 히메모리 루나 - Namu Wiki
 * Himemori Luna - Hololive Fan Wiki