Akabane Youko

Akabane Youko (赤羽葉子) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. She debuted as a founding member of now-dissolved group, NIJISANJI Gamers, along with Kanae.

Profile
An 18-year-old high school third year. Despite dressing and behaving like a gyaru at school, Youko is actually an otaku in secret and loves anime, manga, video games, and yuri.

Background
Her Twitter account was opened on 24 April 2018 while her YouTube channel was created on 2 May although she did not start her activity on YouTube until her self introduction video uploaded on 19 May.

2019
On 3 April, it was announced that Akabane Youko, along with three other members of NIJISANJI (namely Dola, Rindou Mikoto and Sasaki Saku), would be getting an update to their 2D model. On 7 April, she showcased her updated model in a stream.

2021
On 6 August, Youko's 3D unveiling stream was announced. It was held on 13 August.

Etymology

 * Akabane means "red" (赤) (aka) and "feather" (羽) (hane/bane).
 * Youko means "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece" (葉) (you) and "child" (子) (ko).

Trivia

 * Color: #CA636C

Further readings

 * 赤羽葉子 - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 赤羽葉子 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 赤羽葉子 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 赤羽叶子 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 아카바네 요우코 - Namu Wiki