Kaga Sumire

Kaga Sumire (花芽すみれ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with Lupinus Virtual Games, an eSports team under under the Virtual eSports Project, debuting alongside with her twin sister Kaga Nazuna, followed with Ichinose Uruha and Kogara Toto.

Profile
Sumire is an older sister of the Kaga sisters. She is usually calm, but has an innocent side in front of her sister, Nazuna. In FPS games, she plays with a great sense of exhilaration by utilizing her natural aim.

Appearance
Sumire's original design has the appearance of an idol. she has short silver hair. She has pure white skin with blue eyes. On her hair she wears a black ribbon decoration with cherry blossoms. On her ears she wears butterfly earrings. Besides that she wear the butterfly necklace.

Sumire wears an idol dress with black purple white saturation studded with stars which makes her very pretty. At the waist there is a flower decoration with a butterfly hanger. On her fingers she wears black nail polish. She wears black stockings. On the feet she wears black idol shoes.

Background
Sumire's Twitter account was created on September 2018, while her first tweet was made on 21 September. Her YouTube channel was created on 21 September and her debut stream was on 11 October in Nazuna's channel.

2018
On 26 December, Sumire and Nazuna announced their 3D outfit during a PUBG stream.

2019
On 1 January, Sumire with her sister Nazuna doing New Year Stream with full 3D body in Nazuna's channel.

On 8 March, Sumire did PUBG custom with viewer to celebrate her channel reached 5000 subscribers.

On 8 September, Almost one year after debut, Sumire did endurance PUBG stream to finish match in 30 minute to celebrate her channel reached 8000 Subscribers. The stream finish in 11 hours.

2020
On 25 April, Sumire announces her new 2D outfit.

On 1 May, Sumire released her first cover song "Religion of Loneliness."

On 12 July, Sumire did reading marshmallow QnA stream to celebrate her channel reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 28 August, Sumire did talk stream with her friend in Discord to celebrate her channel reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 11 October, Sumire did 2nd Anniversary stream with her sister Nazuna.

On 7 November, Sumire did talk and drawing stream to celebrate her channel reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 21 November, Sumire did endurance Apex stream 200 kill to celebrate her 50,000 subscribers. She accompanied by Noah to reach her goal. The stream ended after more that 5 hours.

2021
On 15 March, Sumire did celebration stream her channel reached 100,000 subscribers, she also reveal new 2D Costume.

On 2 April, Sumire did the first birthday stream.

On 12 April, Sumire did the first cooking stream.

On 22 May, Sumire did reading Marshmallow QnA to celebrate her channel reached 150,000 subscribers. In this stream also she show her room tour video that got privated before.

On 3 August, Sumire did a celebration stream for her channel reached 200,000 subcribers.

On 29 September, VSPO announced in a tweet that Sumire's activities would be suspended for next two weeks due to a controversy related to the use of alt accounts in VALORANT.

2022
On 16 February, Sumire revealed her 2nd 2D outfit.

2018

 * On 20 September, Sumire participated in the PUBG VTuber Co-op Final as member of a team "2008"(the team consisting of Sumire, Kaga Nazuna, Aoenoko Aim and Hatano). The team won 1st place.


 * On 20 October, Sumire participated in VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen wa, a PUBG tournament hosted by Shibuya Hal. She was member of team "Kagachyamu" along with Kaga Nazuna, BobSappAim and Hatano Charo. The team won 1st place.

2019

 * On 17 February, Sumire participated in the 3rd PUBG Girl Battle Individual Tournament. Sumire took 16 place in the overall ranking.


 * On 14 April, Sumire participated in The 2nd VTuber University PUBG Match as a member of team "Yang ca"(team consisting of Sumire, Kaga Nazuna, Nakiri Ayame and Oozora Subaru. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 2 June, Sumire participated participated in another bout of VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen wa, this time an individual tournament in collaboration with Nagoya VTuber Fes.


 * On 21 July, Sumire participated in the PUBG Donkatsu Cup as a member of team "Lupinus Virtual Games"(team consisting of Sumire, Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha). The team took 14th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 28 August, Sumire participated in the PUBG A-SCRIM Group B as member of team "Lupinus Virtual Games"(team consisting of Sumire ,Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha). The team got overall winner.


 * On 29 September, Sumire participated in Entertainer vs VTuber e-sports PUBG Championship as a member of team "Lupinus Virtual Games"(team consisting of Sumire, Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha). The team won 3rd place.

2020

 * On 2 August, Sumire participated in the Vtuber Apex Legends Tournament as a member of Team GG(team consisting of Sumire, Ichinose Uruha and Kurumi Noah. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 29 August, Sumire participated in the 1st Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of team "Ushikaku 3150!!" (team consisting of Sumire, BobSappAim, and shomaru7). The team won 1st place.


 * On 24 October, Sumire participated in Intel PC Fes 2020 in a collaboration between VSPO! and Galleria. VSPO! members were joined by Shibuya Hal and Virtual Gorilla to form four Apex Legends teams that held simultaneous 12-hours endurance streams, with the challenge to get 10 Champions within that time frame. Sumire's team consisted of Hanabusa Lisa and Shibuya Hal.


 * On 1 November, Sumire participated in the 2nd Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of team "Sukko Nyankon" (team consisting of Sumire, Ras, and Cornn). The team won 1st place.


 * On 27 December, Sumire participated in the 3rd Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of team "Sumire with Wokka" (team consisting of Sumire, wokka, and L4zyAlone). The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.

2021

 * On 24 January, Sumire participated in the 2nd Season of the Vtuber Apex Legends Tournament as a member of team "TMSGO☆GO"(team consisting of Sumire, Tokoyami Towa, Natsuiro Matsuri).The team took 16th place in the overall ranking and got new PC as price.


 * On 14 March, Sumire participated in the 4th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of team "Giant in Both Hands"(team consisting of Sumire, Kawase, and Rader). The team took 17th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 5 May, Sumire participated in the Apex Legends Duo Tournament Legacy Launch Party as a member of team 2(team consisting of Sumire and TIE Ru).


 * On 15 May, Sumire participated in the 5th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of team "We Crushed"(team consisting of Sumire, Shibuya Hal, Yuki Chihiro). The team took 10th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 5 June, Sumire participated in the Valorant Crazy Racoon Cup 1 as a member of team "Evil Barce Corps"(the team consisting of Sumire, Barce, Sasatikk, Cornn and Hendy. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 26 June, Sumire participated in the Apex Legend Kagayaki Cup 1 as member of team "Norisumi"(the team consisting of Sumire, Masanori and Miomio). The team won 3rd Place.


 * On 27 June, Sumire participated in the Apex Festival Gaiden and placed in draft Group B consisting of Sumire, Tachibana Hinano, Kurumi Noah, Shirayuki Reid, Kyouichiro, Ru (TIE), Gatilmo, Kurokishi, Kurimaru and Onzōshi. Her team members is [Sentan Kyofusho] from group C and [Nobaman] from group E, her team called "Team Kaga Sumire". The team won 3rd place.


 * On 23 July, Sumire will participate in the 6th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup. The team member will be announce later.


 * On 14 September, she participated in 2nd VCC Apex organised by VAULTROOM as Team 13 along with Eir Aoi (singer) and Yufuna. The team took 11th place in overall ranking.


 * On 19 September, she 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 A along with Tachibana Hinano, Kaga Nazuna, Kaminari Qpi, Hanabusa Lisa, and Tosaki Mimi. The team won 1st place in overall ranking.


 * On 23 September, Sumire, along with the other VSpo members, participated in VSpo! Autumn Surprise Test ~Get out from the academic ability Bronze lobby~ (ぶいすぽっ！秋の抜き打ちテスト～抜け出せ学力ブロンズ帯～) hosted by Kisaragi Ren, Ichinose Uruha, and Shirayuki Reid as the special guest. Sumire ended up in 8th place.


 * On 27 November, Sumire, along with the other VSpo members, participated in VSpo! Final Battle to Decide the Remote Bistro Queen (リモートビストロクイーン決定戦) hosted by Kisaragi Ren and Shirayuki Reid, with Tonakaito Hendy as the remote chef.

Quotes

 * "おいす～"(Oisu ~)
 * "顔渋い"(Kao shibui)
 * "顔くっしゃくしゃ"(Kao kussha ku sha)
 * "虚空でうんこ食う"(Kokū de unko kuu)
 * "ばびょ～ん"(Ba byo ̄ n, byebye)
 * "どひゃ～"(Do hi ~ya ~)
 * "エリートスミラルタル"(Erītosumirarutaru, Elite Sumilartar)
 * "シロートスミラルタル"(Shirōtosumirarutaru, White Sumilartar)
 * "クロートスミラルタル"(Kurōtosumirarutaru, Black Sumilartar)
 * "スーパースミタン"(Sūpāsumitan, Super Sumitan)
 * "スミレイス"(Sumireisu,Sumiwraith)
 * "スミプト"(Sumiputo,Sumicrypto)
 * "スミットハウンド"(Sumittohaundo, Sumihound)
 * "小指！！"(Koyubi! !, little finger! !!)
 * "確かに、タカアシガニ、毛ガニ"(Tashika ni, takāshigani, kegani, Certainly, spider crab, horsehair crab)

Mascot & Fans

 * Sumire's mascot name was Poyaneko


 * Sumire's fans are called "グ民" (Gu-min)
 * More passionate fans and channel members are called "名前のないレベル" (Namae no nai reberu, Your name is level up).
 * The most passionate fans and channel members are called "なんもない" (Nan mo nai, Nameless).

Trivia

 * Her favorite food is Nerunerunerune, which she has made with special tea and acerola juice.
 * She like Nerunerunerune so much that she only have one meal, or she eat 4 to 5 servings of Nerunerunerune alone.
 * Food that she hate is shiitake mushrooms
 * She got nick name "Gyu-chan" & "Kaga Gyu-mire" because eating Gyūdon(Beef Bowl) during live streaming.
 * She have been riding a bicycle since she was three years old (self-proclaimed).
 * When she was in kindergarten or elementary school, she pulled out the radishes from her neighborhood grandma's field and lined them up on the road to get angry.
 * She saw a UFO from the window of her room when she was in the first grade of junior high school or high school (self-proclaimed).
 * When she was attending a driving school, she got 100km/h at the confluence of the highway, and the teacher at the driving school got angry. She said it seems to be okay to enter the void when an accident is likely.
 * She is not good at driving a car, and she have been told by her neighbors that she was in a violet zone when she rushed into a plant on the road and had an accident.
 * She could doing Yoshi's voice imitation when dying, and she sometimes shows it.
 * She and Kisaragi Ren occasionally send pictures of each other's cats and hold a party to say "cute".
 * Sumire's Family Story
 * There is a picture book of her mother's work that summarizes her memories so far because her father is involved in cooking related work and her mother is related to illustrations.
 * Her mother is not good at driving a car and has had an accident.
 * She won an Ojiji Award during the 5th CR Cup for having the word 'toire' left on the screen throughout the first match.
 * Just after the 5th CR Cup, she used a cardboard box for a gaming chair and streamed for 30 minutes standing up when it broke.
 * She shares the same character designer with her sister Kaga Nazuna, Yumekawa Kanau of Re:ACT and Kugumi Rui of VVorks.

Equipment & Setting
 Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.(Updated 26 June 2021)* 


 * Gaming PC
 * CPU         : I9-10850K
 * Graphic Card : RTX 3070
 * Memory      : 32GB RAM


 * Live Streaming PC
 * CPU         : I7-8700k
 * Graphic Card : GTX 1080 Ti
 * Memory      : 32GB RAM


 * Peripherals
 * Monitor         : BenQ 24inch 144hz | Acer 24inch 60hz
 * Keyboard        : Corsair K65 silver shaft | Tizona
 * Mouse           : Logitech GPRO Wireless
 * Mouse pad       : SteelSeries QcK Edge
 * Capture board   : AVerMedia C878
 * Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
 * Headphones      : SteelSeries Arctis 5 White | Bose QuietComfort 20
 * Microphone      : Shure SM58-LCE
 * Microphone Stand : Roycel
 * WebCamera       : Logicool C920r
 * Drawing tablet  : HUION Kamvas Pro GT-133


 * Gaming Console
 * Nintendo Switch
 * PlayStation 4


 * Gaming Chair
 * Noble Chair Epic Pure White 002


 * Apex Setting
 * DPI          : 1200
 * Sensitivity  : 3.8
 * Turn distance : about 4 cm

Media

 * 花芽すみれ - YouTube Channel
 * 花芽すみれ - Mildom Channel
 * 花芽すみれ - TwitCasting Channel
 * 花芽姐妹Official - bilibili Channel (shared with Nazuna)
 * @sumire_kaga - Twitter Account
 * @Sumire_00 - 2nd Twitter Account
 * Sumire Kaga - Marshmallow Account
 * Lupinusvg - Official Booth
 * kagasumire - Twitch Channel

Twitter Hashtags

 * #花芽すみれ - Main hashtag
 * #すぅあーと - Fanart hashtag
 * #すみれさん_えらい - Tagging stream clips/compilations
 * #グ民 - Fans hashtag

Further readings

 * 花芽すみれ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 花芽菫 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Official Japan Website
 * Official English Website