Hakuja

Hakuja (库伽/Kù jiā) is a Chinese male Virtual UP (bilibili content creator) affiliated with VirtuaReal, under VirtuaReal Project, as part of its fourteenth generation (aka 147) alongside Koxia, Yomiya, Rhea, and Miyu.

Introduction

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Profile
"An assassin, but not at all merciless. Every time a sharp blade is unsheathed, it's only for a heart's desire."

- Hakuja

There are big and small mistakes. Regarding the Snake Clan, the first small mistake was selecting the low-born Hakuja when choosing a test subject for a piece of not yet fully-developed enhancement technology, while the second small mistake was making an outrageous miscalculation of strength with a wealthy young master as an assassin target. The big mistake after that was to directly judge Hakuja's assassination failure as an experiment failure; and the final fatal mistake was to prepare to dispose of the failed subject Hakuja, pushing this young man who had just recently become the strongest assassin in the history of the Snake Clan towards the other side. After washing the Snake Clan's den with blood, the disoriented snake youth slowly walked onto the street for the first time, somewhat at a loss. However, he very soon got to know new friends - a cute yet arrogant cat girl who enjoys observing humanity; after that the former assassination target also brought him a new job.

Personality

 * Contrary to what one might expect from his appearance, Hakuja is talkative.
 * According to Yomiya, he is very focused and organised, preparing before stream half an hour in advance.
 * He does not regard relationships based on seniority. To him, all new members are just new friends.
 * As noted by his genmates, he is very hard-working behind the scenes.

Background
On 19 July 2021, the upcoming Livers were teased with an image of their silhouettes on VirtuaReal's bilibili and Twitter accounts.

On 20 July 2021, VirtuaReal officially announced their fourteenth generation of Virtual Livers, including Hakuja, in an article accompanied by their designs and profiles. Hakuja made his first dynamic and released his first video, a self-introduction, on the same day.

On 24 July 2021, VirtuaReal released a teaser trailer for the new VirtuaReal Livers.

Debut
The fourteenth wave made their debuts in a stream relay on bilibili split over two days, lasting from 20:00 to 22:00 CST on 29 July and from 19:00 to 22:00 CST on 30 July 2021, Hakuja being the first. During his debut, he shared facts about himself, played GOODRAGE on Phigros at level 15 without missing a single note and talked about his likes and dislikes. The archive was uploaded the day after.

Later on 9 August 2021, a video of their debut streams highlights presented by Ciyana was released on bilibili's official virtual streamer channel.

2021
On 6 August, Hakuja collaborated with the other members of 147, marking their first ever official collaboration with other VUPs. They chatted, answered questions from fans then played some party games.

On 14 August, Hakuja's 2021 Qixi Festival voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 27 August.

On 16 August, Hakuja released his first song cover, "Tatara" by Picon.

On 29 August, Hakuja held a livestream revealing Kujia's Live2D visual.

On 30 October, Hakuja's 2021 Halloween voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 12 November.

On 5 November, Hakuja's Weibo account was created and he made his first Weibo post.

On 24 December, Hakuja's 2021 X'mas voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 7 January 2022.

2022
On 5 February, Hakuja held a livestream revealing his suit Live2D visual.

On 14 March, Hakuja's 2022 White Day voice pack and goods went up for sale, lasting until 28 March.

On 2 April, Hakuja reached 30,000 fans (i.e. followers) on bilibili. He celebrated the occasion by drawing the profile images of his captains (i.e. members) on stream from 3 to 4 April. He also reached 1,000,000 plays on his bilibili channel on the same day.

On 30 April, Hakuja unveiled Weizi's Live2D model at the start of his birthday livestream.

On 2 July, Hakuja's "不思议校园异闻录" (Unimaginable Schoolyard Anecdotes) voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 23 July.

On 29 July, Hakuja held a livestream revealing his swimsuit Live2D visual in celebration of his one year anniversary since debut.

On 4 August, Hakuja earned the achievement "乐园探索者" (Paradise Seeker) on bilibili.

On 17 August, Hakuja exceeded 180,000 fans on his Weibo account. However, as he later pointed out, a lot of them were bots.

On 8 September, Hakuja's 2022 Mid-Autumn voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 25 September.

On 26 October, Hakuja's livestream chat UI was changed to a new one that he had bought for temporary use until his new outfit reveal scheduled for mid-January.

Official

 * On 8 August 2021, Hakuja participated in VirtuaReal's "APEX夏日娱乐赛" (APEX Summertime Entertainment Match) along with Rhea and Yomiya as the team "Jì".
 * On 12 November 2021, Hakuja participated in VirtuaReal's 2021 Autumn Singing Relay.
 * On 28 May 2022, Hakuja participated in VirtuaReal's 3rd Anniversary Special Program with two pre-recorded skits, the first along with Kouichi and the second along with Chiharu, Tocci and Rhea.
 * On 19 July 2022, animate公式 announced goods for ten male Livers, including Hakuja, as a collaboration with VirtuaReal.

Liver-organised

 * On 2 October 2021, Hakuja hosted "王牌大作战" (Great Trump Card Battle) as the MC along with Kiti.
 * On 26 October, Hakuja participated in the second issue of Kiti's werewolf game "VirtuaJail".
 * On 19 November 2021, Hakuja participated in "你真的了解ROZA吗?" (Do You Really Get ROZA?) as one of the judges.
 * On 20 November 2021, Hakuja participated in "魔语地城" (Spell Dungeon) hosted by Joi in a team with Kouichi and Yagi against Chiharu, Rhea and Kiti.
 * On 13 March 2022, Hakuja participated in the "谁是VR巧克力王" (Who is the VR Chocolate King) White Day collaboration.
 * On 24 April 2022, Hakuja participated in the second issue of Sybil's "Liver家中最xxx物品大披露" (Livers' Most XXX Household Items) along with Kouichi, Chiharu and Mayumi.
 * On 14 May 2022, Hakuja participated in Waku's "Wakujuku" (Waku塾) along with Noi and Sybil.
 * On 3 September 2022, Hakuja participated in the first issue of Sybil's "猜谜大会" (Riddle-guessing Conference) along with Joi, Chiharu, Hunger, Hoshimi, Sirius and Waku.

Fans and Greetings

 * Hakuja's fans and fan medal tag are called "Shé Xìnzi" (蛇信子).
 * It is literally translated as Snake Letter.
 * "Shé xìn" (蛇信) also refers to when a snake flicks out its tongue.
 * Hakuja ends stream with "See you next illusion", abbreviated as "SYNI".
 * He describes it as a "signal".
 * It is seen in his stream ending screen and in one of his captain (i.e. member) emotes.

Identity

 * Species: Snake (Trimeresurus stejnegeri).
 * He is an albino.
 * He is 2.3m in snake form.
 * Occupation: Assassin, Vice-president of VirtuaMiyal
 * Place of origin: Forest
 * His age is not clear because time flows differently for snakekind.
 * Hakuja's emoji 💠 (diamond with a dot) represents his mechanical core located next to his heart. It enhances his speed and can also self-destruct. He adds it to the beginning and end of every post and comment he makes on bilibili.

Weizi

 * Hakuja's snake is called "Wěi Zi" (尾子/Tail).
 * He can speak in snake form, but only Hakuja can hear him.
 * He is 1.8 m in length.
 * He is Hakuja's tail.
 * He also has a human form called "Wěi Zǒng" (尾总/Tail Total). His Live2D human model was rigged by Hakuja himself.

Storyline

 * Hakuja was ordered by an unnamed man to kill Yomiya. He did not, claiming he had no interest, though the truth may have been that Kamiya was stronger than him. At this point, he had also realised that Yomiya’s death would cause panic which the man can take advantage of and take control. Since he knew too much now, the man pressed a button on a remote controller, causing acid to corrode Hakuja's mechanical system; there was a bomb bound to his core. However, Hakuja was not defeated.
 * Around 23:08 on an unspecified day, the bomb fragments were removed from his sea of consciousness through a card reader and computer accessing his consciousness, with the help of an unnamed person (POV of his self-introduction video) on the order of Black double twintails and his emotional state returned to normal.
 * During his debut stream, Hakuja received an anonymous message telling him that there was a bomb planted inside each of his genmates, and that all five of their bombs will explode in 30 minutes. He managed to disarm them in time.

Miscellaneous

 * Hakuja can control his venom. His waist pouch contains his and Weizi's freshly extracted venom.
 * As a snake, Hakuja can swallow things far bigger than him. But now that he has a human form, he's decided it won't be polite.
 * Hakuja can do a very convincing girl voice, which is known as his younger sister "Kù jiā" (库佳).
 * Her name has the same pronounciation as Hakuja's Chinese name "库伽", using the same first character, while the second character means good/beautiful (used in female names).
 * Her emoji is ☄️ (comet).
 * The blue parts on Hakuja's shoes are Velcro straps.

Chat rules
Hakuja's livestream chat rules can be found here. Translation:
 * No violating relevant national laws and legislations. Including but not limited to sending pornography, gambling scams, illegal websites and other related messages.
 * No advertising.
 * No fighting, hoaxes, malicious taunting, or spreading rumours.
 * No personal attacks, and behaviours such as abusing the streamer or the audience in the live broadcast room are absolutely prohibited.
 * Do not reveal too much personal information in the live-streaming room, and revealing any personal privacy or information is absolutely prohibited.
 * Do not mention topics that are not related to the live content e.g chat with other fans unrelated to the content of the live broadcast.
 * Do not make comments that are extremely irrelevant to the current live broadcast atmosphere and destroy the live broadcast atmosphere.
 * Do not mention of other streamers unrelated to the current live content.
 * Do not send messages about other fans. E.g. sending a "xx is coming to your live room" type of comment or enter in other streamers.
 * No spoilers, no back-seating.
 * Do not mention anything related to the personal information of the person within the Liver.
 * Do not make comments related to the streamer in the live room of other Livers without mentioning it.
 * When there is an inappropriate comment in the live broadcast room other than the above, the chat moderators will come forward to deal with it.

Style

 * Hakuja usually streams in the evening, typically starting at around 20:00 CST and lasting for around 2-4 hours.
 * Games that Hakuja has played on stream include: Arknights, Apex Legends , Phigros, Muse Dash, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! , Minecraft , Honor of Kings , FF14 , Genshin Impact , Gris, Dota 2, Among Us, Cuphead, Super Bunny Man, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
 * Apart from games, Hakuja's streams also feature free talks, singing, video watchalongs and other miscellaneous activities.

Quotes

 * 「VR哥，我是你爷爷」("VR-ge, I'm your grandpa")
 * 「哈哈哈哈... VR哥，看来你的头发是已经没有了呢」("Hahahaha... VR-ge, looks like your hair is already gone")
 * 「不是，你对这种紫色的- 没听见. 记忆抺除, 当你们没听到. 」(“No, towards these kind of purple- you didn’t hear. Memory wipe, pretend you didn’t hear.”)

Relationships

 * "147" - Hakuja, Koxia, Yomiya, Rhea and Miyu. These five debuted together as VirtuaReal's fourteenth generation.
 * "Jì"「寄」("Send") - Hakuja, Rhea and Yomiya. These three were a team for the VirtuaReal-organised Apex Legends Summertime Entertainment Match.
 * "VRG" - Hakuja, Hunger, Isabella, Reve and Jinxy
 * "Shàng Fēn Qìfēn Zǔ"「上分气氛组」("Point-increasing Mood Group") - Hakuja, Isabella and Suzume

Basic details

 * Color: #55A8CB
 * Special skills (as in his profile on the VirtuaReal website): Songwriting, MMD, fan creation, commentary
 * He makes his own MMD videos, including one that he released two days after 147 was announced.
 * He remarked that watching MMD videos bring him pain, because they remind of the effort that goes into the production.
 * His nickname "烧0" came from the unofficial Apex collaboration with Yomiya, Miyu and Rhea on 31 July to 1 August 2021 . Since then, jokes about him being "0" have persisted.
 * Shares a character designer with Kiyora, Susam's female black and yellow jacket outfit and Uka's original outfit.
 * He doesn't know who his character designer is, only who shares his character designer.
 * Because of this, he referred to Uka as his younger brother.
 * After Uka and Susam received new outfits from different character designers for their Hello New World event and Kiyora announced her graduation, he remarked that he was about to become an only child.
 * At 191 cm, he is the tallest VirtuaReal member and second tallest NIJISANJI Liver after Gilzaren III (human/default/original heights only).
 * His MBTI is ENFJ-T.

Preferences

 * Likes:
 * Fruit (especially clementines and oranges), black tea, friends , gaming, fan creations
 * Animations: Aotu World (favourite character is Grey), 小绿和小蓝 (Small Green and Small Blue)
 * Songs: MMD greatest hits, pure tone piano, music games greatest hits, traditional Chinese, electronic, Yin Que Shi Ting
 * Games: FF14, Honor of Kings, Genshin Impact, Punishing: Gray Raven, Minecraft, Arknights, music games
 * Dislikes: Bitter melon
 * He is known for his infatuation with Xiao from Genshin Impact.
 * He calls Xiao "Xiao-bao" (魈宝).
 * Every time he plays the game he spends a great deal of time looking at Xiao.
 * He owns a Xiao body pillow.
 * Favourite Sanrio character: Kuromi

Miscellaneous

 * He used to have long hair, but cut it after it got too inconvenient.
 * According to Yomiya, he is 147's technical support. Whenever his genmates didn't understand something, they would @ him. They relied on him for video-making.
 * He can use Photoshop, e.g. in the creation of his channel logo. The mask and dagger seen in the logo were drawn straight from the ones on his outfit.
 * The first Vtuber he ever saw was Eine, which was how he got to know VirtuaReal.
 * Four months before Hakuja debuted, he knew of Keke’s existence from a member of staff. He had asked them if Yomiya was the Deer Clan's prince, to which they replied, "No, not a prince. The prince is in the next wave."
 * He is the third VirtuaReal Liver to be visited by the police after Karu and Nanami.
 * The NIJISANJI official bilibili account (aka Rainbow-ge) has appeared in his chat when he was ranking the cosplay difficulty of VR Livers.
 * From the fifteenth wave onwards, he has a tradition where he edits the silhouette teasers of upcoming waves, replacing their silhouettes with that of other Vtubers or characters. He also discusses the upcoming Livers and tries to guess their characters and lore.
 * While discussing 157, he guessed all four Livers with nearly complete accuracy; Yog as a cool, Apex-playing youth, Keke as a desert prince with red hair, Uka as a strong adventurer, and Hunger as a black-haired demon who dwells in a castle.
 * For 167, after taking inspiration from Kouichi's comment, he replaced Karisa with Mahiru, Kiyuu with Nyatsuki, Girimi with Hoshimi and Sybil with Rhea, as well as replacing the VirtuaReal logo with VirtuaRhea's logo instead. It managed to briefly fool Yomiya into thinking it was the real one. Hakuja got questioned by staff after posting it into VirtuaReal's group chat. Three members of the yet to be revealed sixteenth wave ended up catching him after all of this.
 * The VirtuaReal official account (aka VR-ge) has made multiple appearances in Hakuja's livestream chat, including:
 * When he was streaming under VirtuaMiyal's logo and called VR-ge bald.
 * When he was adding the VirtuaMiyal logo to his edited version of 157's silhouette teaser image.
 * When he was talking about his visit from the police.
 * When he was trying on Plus' ears.
 * Before he was even officially announced, people managed to find his channel, follow him and even become his captain (i.e. member).
 * The slap effect in his self-introduction was learned by Roi. It had been performed twenty-something times and chosen from the best one.
 * He was only given three hours to make his self-introduction. He had wanted to add better effects but didn't have the time.
 * The underwear and earphones he ordered after moving to his new home were stolen from the delivery locker. While relating the story on stream, he accidentally revealed the colour of the stolen underwear (dark purple).
 * Since then, "purple underwear" has become a running joke for him.
 * After he clipped this incident from his livestream, somebody stole the video and put it in bilibili's news section.
 * He has elaborated on his health issues multiple times on stream, which include intestinal and tracheal issues.
 * He mentioned during his birthday stream that he had planned to graduate in March due to his health, but remembered the things he had not yet shown his viewers and wanted to give himself another chance.
 * The main reason for his health issues is due to the fact he was in breech position at birth, causing him to choke on amniotic fluid and be strangled by the umbilical cord. His mother had to get a caesarean without any anaesthetics.
 * Though he thinks he’s unfortunate, he is glad he’s at least alive, which is why he especially enjoys life.
 * He refers to his mother as "蛇妈" (Snake Mom). He is particularly close with her, phoning her many times every day.
 * When he was a child, he was often mistaken for a girl because of his high voice.
 * He specifically requested the artist for the animate collaboration goods to emphasise his chest to prove that he is, in fact, not flat.
 * His character designer had to add a black undershirt to his design after staff said it was too immodest without.
 * He has two friends, referred to as "兄弟A" (Brother A) and "兄弟B" (Brother B).
 * As of 25 September 2022, 15.2% of his fans are 50+ in age.
 * He makes his own PVs using Adobe After Effects.

Media

 * Hakuja's corporate profile on the official VirtuaReal website
 * Hakuja's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * 库伽Hakuja的个人空间 - bilibili channel
 * 库伽Hakuja的直播间 - bilibili live room
 * @库伽Hakuja - Weibo account
 * 库伽Hakuja - Weibo account (CN site)
 * 库伽Hakuja - Tapechat account

Series

 * 直播回放 - Stream archive
 * 【MC】生存挑战系列 - Minecraft Survival mode streams
 * MMD合辑 - MMD music videos
 * 王者荣耀 - Honor of Kings clips
 * 单人企划合辑 - Solo special streams
 * 联动企划合辑 - Collaboration special streams
 * 直播切片 - Funny livestream clips
 * 翻唱合辑 - Song covers
 * VRG·王者战队 - Honor of kings collaboration streams with VRG

Unofficial

 * 尾子的蛇爬架批发市场 (Weizi's Snake Climbing Frame Wholesale Market) - bilibili channel for 二次创作 (derivative works)
 * 493920996 - Fan group ID

Bilibili hashtags

 * #蛇爬伽# (Snake climbing) - Fan art tag
 * #蛇语者# (Snake speaker) - Anecdote tag
 * #云早饭# (Cloud breakfast) - Food pictures sharing tag

Weibo topics

 * 库伽Hakuja - Super talk