Uzuki Kou

Uzuki Kou (卯月コウ) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. Previously, he was a first-generation member of NIJISANJI SEEDs along with Dola, Hanabatake Chaika, Umiyashano Kami, Nakao Azuma, Izumo Kasumi, Todoroki Kyoko, Sister Claire, Yashiro Kizuku, Azuchi Momo, Suzuki Masaru, Ryushen, and Hassaku Yuzu.

Profile
A half-Japanese half-British boy whose father is the CEO of a company.

Personality
Kou may appear to be brusque and abrasive, but when he opens up to people, he acts like a kid fitting of his age. Additionally, he is worried about being seen as unapproachable.

Background
Kou's channel was made on 27 May 2018 and made his debut on YouTube on 14 June 2018.

2018
On 27 July, Kou reached 10,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 13 December, Ichikara Inc. announced that NIJISANJI Gamers and NIJISANJI SEEDs would merge with NIJISANJI by the end of the month. As a result, Kou is now officially affiliated with NIJISANJI.

2019
On 18 May, Kou reached 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 23 June, he uploaded an original song titled "Icy" (アイシー). However, on 30 June 2019, for some reason, the video was made private.

On 30 November, he debuted the 2.0 brush-up of his Live2D model.

On 24 December, Kou reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

2020
On 1 September, it was announced that Kou would be featured on NIJISANJI's cover album, Prismatic Colors, which released on 28 October. The songs Kou were featured in were "Memeshikute" by Golden Bomber, in which he sang with Kenmochi Toya and Shellin Burgundy; and "Saikai" by Harumaki Gohan.

On 9 December, it was announced that Kou would receive his 3D debut on 16 December.

2021
On 16 January, Kou reached 150,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

2022
On 9 April, Kou reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 27 October, Kou reached 250,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Fans

 * Kou has several names for his fans:
 * "Uzuki Gundan" (卯月軍団).
 * "Kou Girl" (コウガール). This name is used for female fans.
 * "Kou Boy" (コウボーイ). This name was used as a response to "Kou Girl" to differentiate Kou's male fans from females.
 * "Kou Kokumin" (コウ国民).

Relationships

 * "Onaedushi/OD Gumi" (おなえどし/OD組), along with Izumo Kasumi and Suzuki Masaru. These three are all 13-year-olds from the 1st Batch of NIJISANJI SEEDs.
 * "Orikou" (おりコウ), along with Makaino Ririmu.
 * "Kusozako Gaming" (くそざこGaming), along with Belmond Banderas and Takamiya Rion.
 * "Loser King" (ルーザーキング), along with Kuzuha, Makaino Ririmu and SUMOMOXqX (DetonatioN Gaming).
 * "NZMN", along with Harusaki Air, Naruse Naru and Yumeoi Kakeru.

Trivia

 * Color: #F9E97A
 * Kou created the "Nabe Rap" (鍋ラップ), a rap about hotpot ingredients. This rap went somewhat viral and has been performed by many other NIJISANJI Livers, such as Saegusa Akina, Kaida Haru, Kagami Hayato, etc. People even started remixing the rap and posting the remixes on NicoNico (a Japanese video sharing site) and SoundCloud. This rap was created in a one person hot pot party stream where Kou was celebrating his one year anniversary of being part of NIJISANJI.

Media

 * Uzuki Kou's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 卯月コウ - YouTube channel
 * @udukikohh - Twitter account (main)
 * @udukikohh_sub - Twitter account (sub)
 * @udukikohh - TwitCasting channel
 * @23_kouzuki - OPENREC.tv channel
 * 卯月コウ@にじさんじ - Mirrativ channel
 * 卯月コウ - Niconico channel

Twitter hashtags

 * 卯月コウ - General
 * #ウヅコウ - Stream talk
 * #絵画コウ - Fan art
 * #ひとくち卯月コウ - Video clips

Further readings

 * 卯月コウ - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 卯月コウ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 卯月コウ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 卯月コウ - Japanese Wikipedia