Arurandeisu

Arurandeisu (アルランディス) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive's branch Holostars. He is a member of its first generation, alongside Hanasaki Miyabi, Kagami Kira, Kanade Izuru, Yakushiji Suzaku and Rikka.

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Personality
Aruran is seen as a fatherly person by both fans and fellow Holostars, as well as other VTubers, earning him the nicknames "Papa", "Arupapa", among other derivatives. His father-like personality makes him a good tutor figure, making him good at teaching topics to viewers, as he has held several streams teaching subjects such as science-related topics, for example, immunization, and Japanese internet slang. He is also open to learning things from other people, as shown in his English slang learning streams.

Background
Aruran was first announced as an additional member to holostars' first generation on 2 September 2019, along with Yakushiji Suzaku and a then-unknown figure, which was later confirmed to be Rikka. His Twitter account was created in 1 August 2019; his YouTube channel was created on 2 August, and his debut stream was performed on 8 September 2019.

2020
On 15 March, he revealed his White Day costume.

On 2 May, Shirakami Fubuki released her and Aruran's duet cover of Pizza Pasta no Uta, making it his first cover song.

On 4 August, he revealed his summer costume.

On his first debut anniversary, 8 September, he released his first solo cover song, Megumi no Hito by Rats & Star.

On 3 October, he reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 1 November, he opened up his membership feature.

On 19 November, he reached 40,000 subscribers.

On 29 November, he reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 5 December, he reached 60,000 subscribers.

On 25 December, it was announced that all the Holostars members would receive new costumes on 3 January, 2021, commemorating New Year's.

2021
On 3 January, he revealed his new year's costume, which was modelled by カワナミ.

On 15 January, he reached 70,000 subscribers.

On 17 February, he reached 80,000 subscribers.

On 20 March, he reached 90,000 subscribers.

On 7 May, he reached 100,000 subscribers, being the seventh Holostars to reach this milestone.

On 13 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that every Holostars member would get 2.0 version of their 2D model.

On 26 August, Aruran announced during a stream that he would receive his 3D model.

On 20 November, Aruran debuted his first solo original song "W.I.M.".

Discography

 * ''Main page: Arurandeisu/Discography

2020
On 26 October, it was announced that Holostars goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche, held on November 7-8, 2020, and on 28 October, 2020, it was announced that Holostars would be participating in the event as guests. Arurandeisu is part of the "Virtual Clerk" (バーチャル店員) and "Chatting Fes" (おしゃべりフェス) exhibitions in the event.

2021
On 24 January, Arurandeisu entered on Shibuya Hal's Vtuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament #2 alongside fellow Holostars members: Kanade Izuru and Astel Leda. In the final rankings, their team "RAGGGGGU!!!" (ラッッッッグ!!!). In the final rankings, they ranked 5th place.

On 28 January, it was announced that "Net Talking Festival", an Holostars exclusive event, will be held on 14 February where fans can have a one-on-one chat with any of the Holostars members for 3 minutes, talking about their daily feelings of gratitude to an important person.

On 23 February, in an invitation to a friendly exhibition called the RAGE PARTY 2021 - Apex Legends Best Trio Championship (powered by SHARP), Arurandeisu participated with fellow Holostars members; Kanade Izuru and Astel Leda as "Team Holostars". In the final rankings, Team Holostars ranked 3rd.

From 25 until 27 June, all Holostars members participated in their 2nd anniversary event "Our Rally 2021", the event featured 3 Holostars in each day of the event, Aruran participated on the 2nd day. On the final day of the event, an original song Just Follow Stars was released on the official Holostars channel featuring all members singing.

On 3 July, Aruran participated on the Apex Legends tournament Reignite Cup as the team "Utanaide Kudasai" (撃たないでください), along Naruse Naru and Rikka. In the final rankings, the team ranked 19th place.

On 22 July, Aruran participated on the Fall Guys tournament VTuber Fall Guys Sports Day with fellow Holostars members; Hanasaki Miyabi, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga as "Crustacean LobStars". In the final rankings, they ranked 1st place.

On 15 October, holostars' Twitter account announced that holostars would participate in "Animate Girls Festival 2021."

Fans

 * His fanbase is officially called "Familiaran" (ファミリアラン).
 * "Ciao!" is used as his greeting but it is also used as his closing along with "Otsurandeisu" (おつランディス).

Relationships

 * Units and groups he is a part of are:
 * "Sharuwer" (シャルワー) (as ARUran), along with Hanasaki Miyabi (floWER) and Kageyama Shien (SHAdow).
 * "YuruStar" (ゆるスタ), along with Hanasaki Miyabi and Kishido Temma.
 * "Kirakira Collab" (キラキラコラボ), along with Aragami Oga, Airani Iofifteen and Ayunda Risu.
 * "ARoHaRi" (アロハリ), along with Hanasaki Miyabi, Yukoku Roberu and Rikka.
 * "AruRitsu" (アル律), along with Rikka.
 * "Otona Gumi" (大人組), along with Yukoku Roberu and Daidou Shinove.
 * "A Gumi" (あ組) along with Astel Leda.
 * "RAGGGGGU!!!" (ラッッッッグ!!!) along with Kanade Izuru and Astel Leda. However, on the event "RAGE PARTY 2021", they called themselves "Team Holostars".
 * "Ararandeisu" (アラランディス), along with Aragami Oga.
 * "Arubaana" (アルバーナ), along with Hanasaki Miyabi.
 * "Pizza Corn" (ピザコーン), along with Shirakami Fubuki.
 * "Utanaide Kudasai" (撃たないでください), along with Naruse Naru and Rikka for the tournament Reignite Cup.
 * "Koukakidou Lobstars" (甲殻奇動ロブスターズ), along with Hanasaki Miyabi, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga.

Trivia

 * He is drawn by the same illustrator as Shiranui Flare from hololive, Makaino Ririmu from Nijisanji, Ushio Tia from Re:AcT and Lain Paterson from Nijisanji.
 * His illustrator has done artwork notably for Fate/Grand Order and Touken Ranbu franchise.
 * He is a big fan of airsoft guns. He has held several gun maintenance ASMR streams featuring them. A playlist of those streams can be seen here.
 * He has shown to be quite skilled at video editing, and has has made his own highlight clips as well as bizarre, meme-like videos.
 * His favorite Gundam series is ​Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
 * Arurandeisu actually didn't play Apex Legends. He became an avid Apex player after - on a short notice - having been asked by Astel to join his team for Shibuya Hal's Vtuber Apex Legends Tournament Season 2. In the short amount of time before the tournament, he put most of his stream time and energy into Apex training.
 * During a slang stream with Temma and Miyabi, they came up with new nicknames for themselves. Arurandeisu's was GDP (Great Dandy Papa).
 * He loves making clips from his own stream.
 * Arurandeisu is known to be laid back with his chat as he loves interacting with his viewers - locally and internationally - but has savagely put trolls and spammers in their place before. However, after a certain incident during a stream, he made a public tweet for the first time addressing chat etiquette. The post had a fellow fan translating it into English for fellow overseas fans.
 * As seen from his English streams, Aruran has showcased his English skills where he's able to read and talk to viewers. However, if it's something he hasn't seen before or doesn't know, he does ask his chat for help as needed.
 * This could be seen with the many meme and slang streams Aruran has done and shown that he's a quick learner and is able to pick up things really well.
 * During the aftermath of the VTuber Fall Guys Sports Day tournament, Team Lobstars had considered doing a 3D Fall Guys of some sort after they all get their 3D.
 * During Arurandeisu's 3D stream, towards the end while reaching 130,000 subscribers, he thanked the viewers for being there because it wasn't just his effort alone but also because of the support that he was able to achieve his 3D. Even though there may have been times where viewers thought following them [Holostars] was hard, whether if one stopped or came back after a long time, the support mattered. Therefore, he asks for continue support as he reach even greater heights.
 * In a minecraft stream, Arurandeisu revealed to viewers that despite the official Holostars information regarding the group and their profiles having undergone an update, it originally and has never noted that they were idols. Therefore, jokingly, he said that manager Shinove tricked him into joining. Thus, Aruran ended up as an entertainer despite him really wanting to become an idol.
 * There was a new website launched from Hololive Production for Holostars that can be viewed in Japanese or English. It also gave an updated profile for the members. Arurandeisu's profile now notates that he aspires to be an idol.
 * Arurandeisu is the first male VTuber to have appeared in Animedia Magazine.
 * Arurandeisu is a fan of the King of Prism franchise and has stated that it was the anime series that got him interested in becoming an idol. When the King of Prism x Holostars collab was revealed he was very ecstatic. He even made a stream explaining about the anime.
 * For over a year up until in a 40,000 suscriber celebration stream where Arurandeisu was streaming for 40,000 seconds, he misclicked a mute button and his sneeze was heard for the first time. He got very embarrassed and put up his loading screen explaining that he needed to relax a bit before continuing stream since his face was very red, too.
 * Arurandeisu had terrible RNG luck when it came to trying to get the rare blue axolotl which was only obtainable through breeding after an update in Minecraft where it no longer could be spawned in creative mode. During the end of a Minecraft stream where he could not get a blue axolotl and cried, Yagoo had appeared in chat only with a kaomoji (´･_･`) for Aruran's pain of all the grinding he had done so far.
 * According to fans who kept count, after over 90 hours of grinding, on the same day that Lobstars won the 1st Fall Guys tournament, Aruran continued the grind to get a blue axolotl which he had achieved about half an hour into the stream. Aruran named it Kageyama Shien because towards the end of the tournament since Shien was their ace they agreed to named it after him.
 * In a combined celebration stream for 60,000 and 70,000 subscribers, Aruran solely ate 42 slices of pizza as 6 from the 60,000 multiplied by 7 from the 70,000 is 42. He had ordered more than one pizza in different sizes on top of getting some side dishes as well which he took a picture of when it arrived and showed on stream.
 * During an opening birthday gifts stream on November 12, 2020 Arurandeisu said that his age was actually 37 years old and not 38 because there had been a mistake in the introduction video. In the introduction video it said 36 years old but should have been 35 years old instead.
 * Arurandeisu was the second holostars member to have Sora, founder member of hololive, appear on his stream. It was also an important moment for Aruran as he never thought they would be able to chat directly. Sora explained that since Aruran was doing a big 24 hour New Year stream count down project, she wanted to drop by and cheer him on. Aruran thanked for her support and Sora shared that she is watching over everyone in hololive production even when she's unable to drop by streams. Before departing, Sora touched a bit on a deep topic regarding the beginning of holostars. Nevertheless, holostars was able to push forward and even got to do a live concert. Therefore, Sora believes that holostars will continue to grow and asks fans to continue to support them and hololive production.
 * During a stream where Rikka was going through the nicknames he had for the holostars members, for Arurandeisu it was "Aru-san". Rikka did clarify that Aru-san actually wants to be called "Aran" which is also notated in his much older holostars profile. Rikka also states that the reason why other members call Arurandeisu as Aru-san is probably due to him. Although, Rikka adds that the few members that still and sometimes call Arurandeisu as "Aran" is Miyabi and Temma.
 * Arurandeisu reassured an overseas viewer that typing in English is okay. He also stated that as long as it is simple English, he will understand.
 * Another time Arurandeisu was truly able to show his English comprehension skill was when he had attempted to play an English game that did not have Japanese. The game is very text heavy which also included idioms and metaphors. However, through the help of viewers, he was able to discern and quickly pick up on what was happening in the game.
 * Arurandeisu had gotten himself a MIDI keyboard. He does clarify that he does not know how to play piano but has noted at wanting to attempt at it.
 * He is a fan of the Touhou franchise and has stream a couple of the games on his channel. His favorite character is Nitori Kawashiro.
 * Appeared as a special guest on Touhou Station for the Touhou characters popularity poll event that has been ongoing for over a decade and occurs once a year.
 * Arurandeisu began running a series called Izakaya ARN (居酒屋ARN) where he invites guests to chat while they drink.
 * During a collab with Lain Paterson where she was invited to Izayaka ARN, Aruran noted that their illustrator, Lack, had hoped to one day see his vtuber children collab together and they were both the first two of the Lack family to collab on stream. Both agreed that it would be great to have a Lack family gathering one day.

Media

 * Aruran Ch. アルランディス - YouTube channel
 * Arurandeisu's corporate profile on holostars.hololivepro.com (English)
 * Arurandeisu's corporate profile on holostars.hololivepro.com (Japanese)
 * Arurandeisu's corporate profile on hololive.tv (English)
 * Arurandeisu's corporate profile on hololive.tv (Japanese)
 * @arurandeisu - Twitter account
 * 阿尔兰蒂斯Official - bilibili channel
 * @arurandeisu - TwitCasting channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #アランストリーム - Stream talk
 * #アランの画廊 - Fan art
 * #Rナンディス - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #切り抜きナンディス - Video clips
 * #聞いたぞアラン - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further readings

 * アルランディス - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * アルランディス - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * アルランディス - Unofficial Holostars seesaawiki
 * 阿尔兰蒂斯 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Arurandeisu - Hololive Fan Wiki