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.

Profile
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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.

Appearance
He has short, silvery hair with glasses and grey eyes. He has a light tan and red headphones.

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 29 August, Aruran debuted his 3D model.

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

2022
On 30 January, he unveiled his new outfit.

On 10 July, he unveiled his 2.0 summer outfit.

On 30 August, HOLOSTARS revealed an original voice drama titled, "Highschool Holography" to include all of the nine HOLOSTARS members along with featuring all four UPROAR!! members as guests. The drama cd will be released into two parts with the first part to release on November 5, 2022 and the second part to be announced at a later date.

On 6 September, he reached 170,000 subscribers.

On 21 September, it was announced that in celebration of the upcoming HOLOSTARS 2nd ACT 3D live concert, 3 new original unit songs would be released.

On 22 October, he debuted a new main model which he said "the Arurandeisu from another dimension." It is supposed to replace the original main model, similar to Momosuzu Nene, all models on the official website have been changed to the new one. In an episode of "Star Collection" on 21 October also mentioned the original Arurandeisu and his new journey.

On 11 November, in celebration of his birthday he also debuted a new 3D of his new main model along with the reveal of his 2nd solo original song, "FLIGHT!!!".

2023
On 12 May, HOLOSTARS announced that Arurandeisu would get his new 2D costume. It would be his second costume since he had a new main model.

On 15 May, he debuted his second costume after his redesign.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Arurandeisu/Discography

Izakaya ARN
Izakaya ARN (居酒屋ARN) is a show where Aruran invites guests to drink and talk for around an hour. The playlist can be found here which is not listed in any order. The list down below has the streams in numerical order from the oldest to the most recent.

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 28 August, Penguin Parade announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS.
 * On 15 October, HOLOSTARS' Twitter account announced that HOLOSTARS would participate in "Animate Girls Festival 2021."
 * On 1 November, it was announced there will be a collaboration between King of Prism and HOLOSTARS for a limited time.
 * On 26 December, Arurandeisu, along with the rest of the HOLOSTARS members, performed at their first 3D live, HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS.

2022

 * On 1 February, it was announced there would be a collaboration between HOLOSTARS and CONVERSE TOKYO starting February 4th until February 13th.
 * On 17 March, it was announced there would be a collaboration between HOLOSTARS and FamilyMart.
 * On 4 April, it was announced HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be having a meet and talk event on May 22, 2022 held in Ikebukuro harevutai with a time limit of 2 minutes per person and attendance will be determined by lottery.
 * On 24 April, HOLOSTARS announced an event HOLOSTARS 3RISE SUPER FAN MEETING ～FLAGSHIP～ in celebration of it's 3rd anniversary to be held on June 26, 2022 in the venue of Ikebukuro harevutai.
 * On 25 April, it was announced there would be collaboration between HOLOSTARS and Don Quijote starting on May 3, 2022.
 * On 26 June, multiple announcements were made; collaboration with Bandai Gashapon starting on June 27, 2022 to July 24, 2022, HOLOSTARS' 3rd original song "Find It" was revealed and released on midnight of June 27, 2022 , HOLOSTARS' 1st album "Follow Us" goes on sale on August 31, 2022 along with the blu-ray of their first 3D live concert "HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS" and a second 3D live concert "HOLOSTARS 2nd Act: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE" to be held on October 20, 2022.
 * On 1 July, HOLOSTARS announced they will be taking part in "Animate Girls Festival 2022".
 * On 10 July, he appeared on Touhou Station for the program's 31st episode where they held a tournament for fun by playing the 9th official game, "東方花映塚 ～ Phantasmagoria of Flower View" (Touhou Kaeizuka ～ Phantasmagoria of Flower View). He passed the 1st and 2nd round but lost on the final round. The free portion was also streamed to YouTube.
 * On 27 July, it was announced that HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be participating as ambassadors in support of the spicy foods event, Gekikara Yabai, to be held in Akihabara starting on August 3rd, 2022. Event merch will also be available but only locally.
 * On 1 September, DAM, one of Japan's notable karaoke system, announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS for a limited time through the entire month of September with a possibility to win prizes. On the same day, a video was uploaded to their official Youtube channel featuring Hanasaki Miyabi, Arurandeisu and Aragami Oga making an announcement regarding the collaboration.
 * On 3 October, it was announced that HOLOSTARS members will appear on the Nihon Television Vtuber NEWS program for 10 weeks to report the latest vtuber news. The broadcast will be on the Nihon Television channel program "news every" at 16:00JST on Mondays.
 * On 20 October, after the performance of HOLOSTARS 2nd Act: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE, multiple announcements where made. A blu-ray of HOLOSTARS 2nd Act will be released on Feburary 22, 2023 and depending on which store the blu-ray is ordered from, exclusive bonus items will differ. HOLOSTARS will have an apparel collaboration with KANGOL REWARD and the first designs will be for UPROAR!! meanwhile other designs will be revealed at a later date. For a limited time, HOLOSTARS 2nd ACT: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE will be distributed through MiruHaco by JOYSOUND starting on November 19th with more information to be announced on November 4th. All four members of UPROAR!! will be getting their 3D models with more details to be announced later. Arurandeisu will be having a new appearance with more details coming soon. Lastly, a new project has been announced with more details on a later another date.
 * On 28 November, hololive Production announced that HOLOSTARS will have a Christmas 2022 campaign which will include the following events to take place; a web advent calendar, a collaboration with Cake.jp which is an online cake delivery service to feature 13 original cakes for HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! members, Christmas voice packs and more.

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).

Official subunits

 * "unplan", alongside Hanasaki Miyabi, Rikka, and Kageyama Shien, was officially announced August 24, 2023 with a trailer and an original song released on the same day.

Unofficial units

 * "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.
 * "Kira Kira Collab" (キラキラコラボ), along with Aragami Oga, Airani Iofifteen and Ayunda Risu, also known as "Kira Kira Family" or "Kira Kira Club".
 * "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.
 * "Usapi" (ウサピー), along with Lain Paterson and Makaino Ririmu. All three share the same illustrator.
 * The name was built by taking a word that describes each of them and jumbling them together. For Lain Paterson it would be shark (same), for Ririmu it would be rabbit (usagi) and for Aruran it would be pizza. From that, Same-Usa-Pizza, Sa-U-Pi and lastly U-Sa-Pi was formed.
 * "Deisu Matsuri" (ディスまつり), along with Natsuiro Matsuri

Trivia

 * He is drawn by the same illustrator as Shiranui Flare from hololive, Makaino Ririmu and Lain Paterson from NIJISANJI, Ushio Tia from Re:AcT, and Marna Popri from World Connect Project.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Aruran avoids having his sneeze heard on stream by muting in time. Finally, after more than a year, he misclicked the mute button and his sneeze was heard for the first time during his 40,000 subscriber celebration where he streamed for 40,000 seconds. 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.
 * Towards 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 (´･_･`).
 * According to fans who kept count, he had invested over 90 hours into this grind.
 * Aruran finally managed to get a blue axolotl on the same day that Lobstars won the 1st Fall Guys tournament. That is why they agreed to name the axolotl after the ace of that tournament - Kageyama Shien.
 * 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. 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 her 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 on the beginning of HOLOSTARS and how they pushed forwards 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, he clarified that Aruran wants people to call him "Aran" and the reason many of the other members call him "Aru-san" might originate from Rikka calling him that way. Rikka also adds that the few members that still and sometimes call Arurandeisu as "Aran" is Miyabi and Temma.
 * He is a fan of the Touhou franchise with his favorite character being Nitori Kawashiro. He has 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.
 * 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.
 * Arurandeisu and his fellow VTuber siblings compiled congratulation messages for their illustrator's marriage. He stated how happy he was for being included and sincerely understood that even though they're all in separate groups, everyone truly wanted to celebrate together as family.
 * Made a puppet of his Shishirandeisu outfit from scratch and posted it on twitter where fans played along and congratulated him in the replies for achieving his 3D form debut. He also shared a video later on in a stream to show how he made it.
 * During a Minecraft stream, Aruran asked his viewers what sort of part time jobs they've had in the past as he revealed that he's only ever worked as a school teacher.
 * Arurandeisu evoked he exerced as Science teacher.
 * In the hololive production 5th anniversary stream, it was revealed that Arurandeisu was a scouted member. Yagoo also followed up that part of the 1st generation for HOLOSTARS was both auditions and scouting.
 * With Arurandeisu's new image, through multiple streams, he's confirmed the following; permanent change, updated some of his membership stickers especially 'Papa' to 'Nii' (big brother; Onii-san/Nii-san), doesn't age but stated he's in his 20s and that while the avatar may be different the heart is still the same Arurandeisu. On November 11, 2022 he put forth a partial of his Arurandeisuverse lore (which is very vast but most of it is limited to his highest membership tier) for the fans of the reason why for the change. The younger Arurandeisu came to find the older Arurandeisu and informed him of the incoming disasters to befall on the world. Thus to stop it, the older Arurandeisu, who turned 39, left to cross dimensions to fight and save worlds as the younger Arurandeisu took over his place.

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
 * #アランオススメアーカイブ - Stream recommendation

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