Chae Ara

Chae Ara (채아라) is a female Korean Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI, formerly a second wave member of the previous NIJISANJI KR branch, along with Lee Siu, and So Nagi, forming the trio known as "嵐ウナギ" (Arashi Unagi).

Profile
An angel who always watched humans from the heavens and is now streaming because she likes human people so much. Though she isn't as skilled yet, she tries her best to fix all her mistakes.

Background
Chae Ara made her YouTube account on 14 May 2020 and made her debut on 22 May 2020.

2020
On 7 June, Ara released her first cover song, Seikan Hikou from Macross Frontier.

2022
On 15 April, both NIJISANJI ID and NIJISANJI KR merged into the main branch. However, Ara does not appear on the promotional image, and by 20 April her profile had been removed from the official NIJISANJI website; there are no official statements by either NIJISANJI or ANYCOLOR regarding the case as of 1 May.

On 16 May, all of her videos were made private, excluding her free chat. Around 30 May, all of her cover songs were made public again.

On December 2022, her Twitch channel seems to have been deleted. However, one cover song was made public while the others weren't. Her Twitter account remains however, without any activity since 12 January.

Events

 * On 3 February 2021, Ara participated in the NIJISANJI-wide "NIJIYANJI" event.

Fans

 * Chae Ara's fans are called "아라랑" (Ararang) which is a spin-off from the Korean word "사랑"(sarang) meaning love.

Relationships

 * "嵐ウナギ" (Arashi Unagi) - Chae Ara, Lee Siu and So Nagi. These three are debut-mates. The unit name literally means "storm eel" but is combination of their first names.

Trivia

 * Color: #FF6266
 * Ara shares the same character designer as Aiba Uiha from NIJISANJI JP, Indonesian vtuber Tamachi Kanna, Kisaragi Ren from Virtual eSports Project, Kamishiro Rita from PRISM Project and Japanese vtuber Tobi Shigoku.
 * Though Chae Ara's native language is Korean and mostly speaks Korean in her streams, she also does streams in which she speaks Japanese. Most of these streams are usually when another VTuber collaborates with her.
 * Chae Ara draws alot and even has dedicated streams in which she draws and interacts with her fans.

Media

 * 채아라 / Ara Chae 【NIJISANJI KR】 - YouTube channel
 * Chae Ara's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website (archive)
 * @AraChae2434 - Twitter account
 * @ara_liv - Twitter sub account
 * Arachae2434 - Marshmallow account
 * 채아라_ - Twitch channel
 * 채아라 🌹 Ara 【NIJISANJI KR】 - TwitCasting channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #Ararang - General
 * #Ara_Live - Stream talk
 * #Ara_Art - Fan art
 * #Ara_voice - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #Arasong - Ara singing

Further readings

 * 채아라 (チェ・アラ / Ara Chae) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * Chae Ara - Moegirl Encyclopedia