Henya the Genius

Henya the Genius is a super genius virtual YouTuber affiliated with VShojo.

Appearance
She has amber eyes and white hair.

Profile
A genius with an IQ of 999. She has escaped from a research facility that gathers children with special abilities and has retreated into a hyperdimensional space to hide from her pursuers. The cube hanging from her neck occasionally glows blue-white and emits energy, charging all her electrical appliances so she doesn't have to charge her phone. She likes cats, games, and sweets, and her name Henya comes from the Spanish word Genia (genius), but even with an IQ of 999, she can't remember how to spell it, so she tells everyone "Henya" as she hears it.

Background
Henya's YouTube and Twitter accounts was created on 3 April 2023, while her Twitch channel was created on 4 April 2023. On 6 May, the VShojo Twitter account began releasing a series of animated teasers with the hashtag #IQ999.

On 10 May 2023, VShojo revealed Henya, scheduling a date for her debut. She made her initial tweet the same day. She posted her introductory lore video to YouTube.

Debut
On 13 May, Henya had her debut at 9pm PDT, or 14 May 1pm JST. Her stream took place on Twitch, and the recording was uploaded to YouTube. The stream reached a peak of 37,253 viewers.

2023
On 14 May, Henya reached 60,000 Twitch followers. Later that day she also reached 60,000 YouTube subscribers.

Fans

 * Henya has not yet decided on her fan name.

Lore

 * Henya's name is based on the Spanish word "genia," meaning "genius."
 * According to her profile on the VShojo website, she uses the spelling "Henya" because can't remember how to spell the Spanish word "genia," despite her IQ of 999. In fact, she misspelled it during her debut stream.
 * Henya's emoji is a tulip-shaped namebadge, often worn by japanese kindergarten pupils. In a tweet before her debut, she described it as "tofu on fire."
 * After escaping from a research facility that studies children with unique abilities, she has retreated into a hyperdimensional space to hide from her pursuers. She describes herself as a professional genius hikikomori.
 * Her IQ is 999.
 * The "Quantum Physics" textbook she carries is a reference to the movie Men in Black, where the firing range scene features a cardboard cutout of a girl carrying a book with that title.
 * Her cube necklace can cause her eyes to glow blue, but the reason is a mystery. However, it has the power to charge her phone. It also charges her other electrical appliances.
 * The morse code on her skirt .. ..-. / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. / .-. . .- -.. / - .... .. ... --..--  / -.-- --- ..- .-. . / .- / -. . .-. -.. translates to "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOURE A NERD". In this sentence, "YOU'RE" is written as "YOURE" because Morse code does not include an explicit character for the apostrophe.

Likes and dislikes

 * Her favorite games are horror games (although she is scared of them), zombie games (including Resident Evil), games by From Software (including Dark Souls), Minecraft, Final Fantasy X, and the Grand Theft Auto series.
 * Her favorite anime are Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Konosuba, STEINS;GATE, RE:Zero, Yuru Camp, Made in Abyss, Spice and Wolf, Sword Art Online, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * According to her official profile, she likes cats, games, and sweets.
 * Her goals at debut are to gain a 3D model, do a lot of 3D collabs, play a lot of horror games, release original music, and perform a 3D live event.

Miscellaneous

 * She lives in Japan. She speaks both English and Japanese, but her first language is Japanese.
 * According to Ironmouse, Henya speaks both English and Japanese, and is likely to serve as a bridge between the English and Japanese branches of VShojo. She tweets in both English and Japanese.
 * During her debut stream, she attempted to solve a Rubik's cube, but it broke.
 * She has a cat.

Media

 * Henya the Genius - YouTube Channel
 * henyathegenius - Twitch Channel
 * @henyathegenius - Twitter account
 * @henyamng - Manager's Twitter account
 * Official VShojo page

Twitter hashtags

 * #IQ999 - Debut tag
 * #Henya - Stream tag
 * #Henyart - Art tag

Statistics

 * henyathegenius - TwitchTracker stats
 * henyathegenius - SullyGnome Twitch stats
 * henyathegenius - Social Blade Twitch stats