Elira Pendora

Elira Pendora (エリーラ ペンドラ) is an English female Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's first wave "LazuLight", alongside Pomu Rainpuff and Finana Ryugu.

Profile
A sky dragon who came from the heavens closest to the sun. She has the kindness and receptiveness that makes the light of a sunny day fall equally on all.

Personality
Friendly, supportive, and welcoming, Elira is an all-around talented streamer who vibes well with everyone. She often connects with her viewers over common interests such as shonen manga or anime, and tends to be well-versed in "zoomer" culture despite her canonical age. Though relatively laid-back compared to her genmates, Elira is fairly cheeky in her own right and will (lovingly) tease her viewers from time to time. Her singing is held in high regard by many Livers, including from other branches.

Background
On 30 November 2020, NIJISANJI opened auditions for their new English branch, with the audition period lasting until 15 December. YouTube channels for NIJISANJI EN's first wave of Livers were created on 21 April 2021, and their Twitter accounts were created in May 2021.

On 12 May 2021, NIJISANJI announced the upcoming debut of their English branch's first group, LazuLight, revealing a teaser with the new Livers' designs and voices. Their Twitter and YouTube accounts were also made public at this time.

Debut
LazuLight began their activities on 16 May 2021 (JST/GMT) as part of a special debut program on the NIJISANJI World channel hosted by Hana Macchia and Bonnivier Pranaja. Elira was the second of the group to debut. Her debut stream opened with her rendition of "God Knows..." and was especially memorable due to using the pun "dragon deez nuts."

Afterwards, all three members of LazuLight appeared on the main channel's special program, where each of them was given a piece of the moon from Staff-san. Immediately after the debut program, LazuLight released their first original song, Diamond City Lights. This song was composed by Mafumafu, and the lyrics were written by Nelson Babin-Coy and Hoshikawa Sara.

2021
On 4 June, she reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. At the time, this made her the fastest NIJISANJI Liver to do so with a record of 18 days, which would later be broken a month later by Leos Vincent.

On 6 June, her YouTube channel was approved for monetization.

On 25 June, it was announced that Elira would be the vocalist for the English version of "Trial and Error", produced by banvox and the fourth song in NIJISANJI's music project, "PALETTE", made for NIJISANJI's third anniversary. The song became available on various streaming services on 16 July.

On 7 July, Elira streamed on Twitch for the very first time due to technical difficulties with YouTube. This stream also marked the first time that a member of NIJISANJI EN streamed on Twitch. However, the archive was lost, as she forgot to activate the appropriate setting.

On 18 July, LazuLight's debut voice packs went on sale, with custom voice packs limited to the first 100 purchases.

On 26 August, she opened memberships on her YouTube channel.

On 24 September, she hosted a sponsored Onmyoji stream on her channel with the other members of LazuLight. This marked NIJISANJI EN's very first sponsored stream.

On 16 October, she celebrated her birthday by premiering a cover of "Goodbye Sengen."

On 18 October, her YouTube channel reached 200,000 subscribers.

On 26 November, her Twitter account received its verification badge. Also on this day, she held a sponsored stream of [https://projectsekai.fandom.com/wiki/Project_SEKAI_COLORFUL_STAGE! Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku] as part of the promotion for its upcoming release.

On 15 December, her duet cover of "Cruel Angel's Thesis" with Seffyna premiered on Seffyna's channel.

On 19 December, Elira's "First Step Goods" merchandise and Christmas 2021 voice pack went up for sale.

2022
On 22 January, LazuLight announced in a collab that on 29 January, they would get new costumes. They made the Twitter hashtag "#LazuDrip" so that fans could send their predictions for the outfits. Elira's hashtag for impressions of her new outfit was #PeepTheFit.

On January 29, she revealed her new outfit, a cloud-themed kimono with a frilly skirt and a fur collar. In this outfit, she sports a bobbed haircut and a tiara. Later, new merchandise went up for sale to celebrate LazuLight's new outfits.

On 15 March, Elira's "White Day 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 24 March, Elira reached 300,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 22 April, Elira's "Sakura Bloom 2022" voice pack and goods went up for sale. Merchandise included acrylic keychains, file folders, and badges.

On 17 May, LazuLight's 1st Anniversary goods went up for sale. Merchandise included acrylic stands, snapshot cards, badges, file folders, NIJIPuppets, and T-shirts designed by LazuLight. Elira's T-shirt featured LazuLight as eggs.

On 28 June, Elira reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 6 August, NIJISANJI announced that Elira would participate in a special 3D showcase on Day 2 of NijiFes 2022 alongside Pomu, Finana, and Hana Macchia.

On 31 August, Elira's "Summer Vacation 2022" voice pack went up for sale. She was featured in the artwork for this series.

On 2 October, Elira Pendora showcased her 3D model alongside Hana Macchia in "Daylight Dimension Dive" on Day 2 of NijiFes 2022, becoming the first EN Liver to receive a 3D model.

On 5 October, Elira reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 13 October, Elira's "Halloween 2022" voice pack went up for sale.

On 16 October, Elira's 2022 birthday goods and voice went up for sale.

On 24 November, Elira's "Thanksgiving" goods went up for sale. Merchandise included mug candles, acrylic stands, badges, wooden keychains, and lap blankets.

On 7 December, Elira's "Winter Date 2022" goods and voice went up for sale. She was one of ten Livers featured in this series. Merchandise included scarves, photo frames, acrylic keychains, file folders, and snapshot cards.

2023
On 6 January, NIJISANJI EN's official Twitter announced that LazuLight would be holding their 3D reveal streams, with Elira holding her 3D reveal first on 13 January.

On 13 January, Elira held her 3D reveal stream, becoming the first overseas Liver to do an official 3D reveal.

2021

 * On 24 June, NIJISANJI's English Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Anime Expo Lite 2021."
 * On 1 July, Otakuthon Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Otakuthon At Home 2021" as guests.
 * On 15 September, all members of LazuLight and OBSYDIA participated in the "Meltdown" Jackbox game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel.
 * On 22 November, all members of LazuLight, OBSYDIA, and Ethyria participated in the "Ready! Get Set! Clash!" Mario Kart game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel, with Elira taking 3rd place overall.
 * On 28 November, all members of LazuLight participated in the "VTubers Have No Borders 2021" music festival hosted by Overidea.

2022

 * On 1 January, OffKai Expo's Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "OffKai Expo" as guests. LazuLight held their OffKai Expo panel on 29 April, which was later uploaded to YouTube on 16 August.
 * On 14 February, Elira featured as one of the hosts for the "NIJIAnswer" game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel, alongside Nina Kosaka and Vox Akuma.
 * On 22 May, Elira was part of the merchandise collaboration with Otaku Culture Lab alongside, Selen Tatsuki, Petra Gurin, Shu Yamino, Luca Kaneshiro, and Vox Akuma. Limited-time goods included fans, wooden sake boxes, senjafuda stickers, wooden name tags, noren curtains, tenugui towels, and temperature-sensitive cups.
 * On 3 July, she, alongside Hana Macchia and Shu Yamino, will be participating in the NIJISANJI Mahjong Cup team competition, "Kachou Fugetsu Sen", on the official NIJISANJI channel as team BFP of Block B.
 * On 12 July, Otakuthon announced that Elira, Rosemi Lovelock, Nina Kosaka, Millie Parfait, and Enna Alouette would be attending their 2022 convention (running from 5–7 August) as in-person guests holding talk panels, autograph sessions, and a live concert.
 * On 28 August 2022, Elira particiapted in the NIJI Melody Time 24-hour relay.
 * On 11 November, Family Mart announced a collaboration with Elira, Selen, Vox, Reimu Endou, Mysta Rias, Ike Eveland, Sonny Brisko, and Alban Knox. Beginning 15 November until 28 November, customers were eligible for clear files featuring Elira, Selen, Mysta, and Alban if they bought two snack products. Files features handwritten messages by the members. A clear file featuring all four was also available if customers bought two jelly products.
 * On 23 November, WIXOSS TCG's official Twitter revealed that Elira would be featured in the upcoming "NIJISANJI DIVA" collaboration pack. Elira's card art was revealed on 12 December, and the collaboration pack was released on 24 December.

2023

 * On 15 January, LazuLight and Ethyria attended ANIME Impulse LA 2023 as guests, where they held meet & greet sessions and a live concert designated #HOPCONcert.

Mascots and Fans



 * Elira's companion is named Pikl, who is one of the dragons she trains.
 * Her fanbase is referred to as "FamElira," a combination of "family" and "Elira."
 * The "weewas" serve as the mascot for FamElira and are portrayed as puffy clouds with short legs, floating hands, head wings and a plus-shaped pin similar to Elira's, and a long, thin tail. The name is a combination of "wee," as in small, and "Ewiwa," one of her nicknames.
 * The end of the tail, along with the color of the body and the plus-shaped pin, are customizable.
 * The hands are interchangeable between mitten-like paws and little wings.


 * Her membership is named "Membersheesh."

Quotes

 * "Love at first light." - debut teaser quote
 * "Do you like dragons? Hmm? You guys like dragons? Heh heh. Dragon deez nuts."
 * “Basically, the Niagara Falls is like a tourist attraction that is between both America and Cana- Canada. Oh my god, I almost said Canadia. Oh my god, imagine being Canadian and saying Canadia. Ah, couldn't be me. Anyway, so like, the only difference is that the Canada side is like actually really really pretty, but the American side is just like one little streamline of water and they're like "Yeah, this is our Niagara Falls." But like honestly, that's like, kinda lame. And as someone who's only ever gone to the, like, Niagara Falls ever like once, because that shit's far as fuck, like who the fuck would go there in their free time ever as a Canadian? Like I dunno, that's not me, but like, like, yo America? You gotta up your game a little bit cause the Niagara Falls are kinda wild.”
 * "Do you think Diamond City Lights is a twerkable song?"
 * "Yippee!"

Relationships

 * "LazuLight" - Elira, Pomu Rainpuff, and Finana Ryugu. These three debuted together.
 * "PNGs" - Elira, Millie Parfait, Luca Kaneshiro, Pomu Rainpuff, and Shu Yamino.
 * "MOMs/Many Ovulating Monkeys of '87" - Elira, Nina Kosaka, and Vox Akuma. They were formed for the NIJIAnswer game show.
 * "EliPomu" - Elira and Pomu Rainpuff.
 * "EliPeto" - Elira and Petra Gurin.
 * "NijiBesties" - Elira, Enna Alouette, and Millie Parfait. They were in an offline collaboration stream with Rosemi Lovelock.
 * "SolarRose" - Elira and Rosemi Lovelock.
 * "NijiSEUP" - Elira, Petra Gurin, Shu Yamino, and Uki Violeta.

Identity

 * Species: Solar Sky Dragon
 * Color: #95C8D8
 * She speaks English and Japanese.
 * Elira is the half-sister of Selen Tatsuki, both canonically and due to sharing the same artist.

Lore

 * Elira is a dragon tamer, a dragon who trains other dragons, such as Pikl. She compares her role to human parents using toddler leashes in a shopping mall.
 * Her left eye, hidden under her bangs, has a diamond-shaped pupil similar to Pikl's.
 * She came from the sun, and traveled to Earth at some unspecified point in time.
 * Her true age has not been directly stated, but she is said to be millions of years old, making her canonically the oldest member of NIJISANJI EN.

Likes and Dislikes

 * Likes: Human food, sleeping, seiyuus, reading books
 * Cartoons she likes: Steven Universe, Gravity Falls
 * Anime she likes: Shounen Jump titles such as HUNTER×HUNTER, My Hero Academia, One Piece, The Promised Neverland, and Haikyuu!!; other sports anime such as Ookiku Furikabutte, Diamond no Ace, and SK8 the Infinity; Ikuhara-san's works; harem anime; and anime produced by Madhouse Studio.
 * Games she likes include: Ib, Your Turn To Die, the Professor Layton series, Danganronpa series, Ensemble Stars!, A3!, Animal Crossing, Genshin Impact, Apex Legends, Splatoon 
 * Music she likes: Vocaloid songs (Mostly "boomer" songs, as well as songs by Kikuo, Neru, DECO*27), Utaite (Uratanuki, USSS, After the Rain), Hypnosis Mic (Buster Bros!!!), Arashi, Ikimonogakari
 * Her favorite characters in Ensemble Stars! are Ritsu Sakuma (who is her oshi), Izumi Sena, and Natsume Sakasaki. Her favorite units are 2Wink and Knights.
 * Her favorite characters in Hypnosis Mic are Jiro Yamada and Gentaro Yumeno.
 * Her favorite character in A3! is Kumon Hyodo and she is a Natsugumi fan.
 * She has hemophobia (fear of blood).
 * Her favorite NIJISANJI members are Nishizono Chigusa and Inui Toko.
 * Elira was electrocuted by a jellyfish "a long time ago" and developed a fear of fish as a result.
 * She is a major fan of the Harry Potter series.
 * Elira adores Kagamine Len partly due to a drawing from her "favorite artist of all-time", Tama. Tama later drew the illustration for Elira's "Shoujo Rei" music video.

Miscellaneous

 * Elira was the LazuLight member who came up with their wave name.
 * Due to being one of the founding members of NIJISANJI EN, her relatively level-headed nature, her close bonds with fellow EN Livers, and strong rapport with other NIJISANJI branches, Elira is often regarded as the face of the EN branch. However, she dislikes being addressed as "daisenpai", as she feels it does a disservice to all of her hardworking senpais in other branches.
 * She has mentioned that her family members watch her streams, and they sometimes text her mid-stream with advice.
 * As a counter to the "F to pay respects" meme, Elira instead tells chat to say "E to believe."
 * She regularly browses TikTok, and is often associated with "zoomer" memes.
 * She is known for endurance streaming, and several of her most popular streams involved pressing a button for 8 hours.
 * Due to one of her eyes being hidden by bangs, a running joke among fans is to claim that she only has one eye.
 * She considers her meme tag, #E1337RA, to be the funniest thing she has ever come up with.
 * During a drunk Halloween collab with Finana, Elira brought up a fan's tweet asking if Diamond City Lights was a twerkable song. Elira considered the chorus to be especially twerkable, and to test this, she and Finana began twerking in-game while singing Diamond City Lights. As the night went on, they raided and were raided by other Livers' Halloween streams. At each opportunity, Elira pressed the other Livers for their opinion on whether Diamond City Lights was twerkable, and forced them to sing while she twerked.
 * She once played Tsukino Mito's NIJISANJI personality quiz game, with her result being Lize Helesta.
 * She has stated both on streams and on Twitter that she is unable to formulate images in her head, a condition known as aphantasia. She has also mentioned that she is not able to imagine sounds in her head (including an inner monologue) or smells.
 * She is a longtime friend of Enna Alouette and Millie Parfait, and has known them for nearly a decade.
 * She has amassed a numerous amount of wives in NijisanjiEN. Among them are Pomu Rainpuff, Millie Parfait, and Rosemi Lovelock.
 * In Millie Parfait’s #MILLIECAKE2022 birthday stream, Elira recalls a story of being trapped in the subway and was asked if she was a lesbian by Enna Alouette and Millie Parfait when the three were working late.
 * She fell in love with a red-haired maid bearing a resemblance to Asuka Langley Soryu from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise at a maid café in Japan with Pomu Rainpuff and Finana Ryugu. Elira, who never seen Neon Genesis Evangelion besides two films before, watched the first two episodes of the anime due to the resemblance.

Media

 * Elira Pendora's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * Elira Pendora 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * EliraPendora - Twitch channel
 * @EliraPendora - Twitter account
 * @3W1W4 - Twitter sub account
 * @elirapendora - Marshmallow account
 * u/Elira_Pendora - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #EliraPendora - General
 * #PenCast - Live talk
 * #pendorART - Fan art
 * #絵リーラ - Fan art (alternate hashtag)
 * #elilust - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #E1337RA - Memes
 * #thumbscales - Thumbnails
 * #ewiwapack - Voice pack
 * #weewas - FamElira mascot
 * #eligant - Cosplay