Hanasaki Miyabi

Hanasaki Miyabi (花咲みやび) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive's branch Holostars. He is a member of its first generation, alongside (formerly) Kagami Kira, Kanade Izuru, (formerly) Yakushiji Suzaku, Arurandeisu and Rikka.

Personality
Miyabi is always cheerful and calm, exuding a soothing presence whenever he streams. He rarely shows any negative emotions, even when he is genuinely surprised or when playing high tension games like Apex Legends. He does, however, gets scared easily and when he screams, it can sound either helpless or desperate. Due to this, he is often perceived as precious and endearing by his viewers. He doesn't act any different during collaborations either, although he is occasionally mischievous and playful with the other members.

He is also a very soft-hearted and emotional person. During a Christmas collaboration video, the Holostars members had the opportunity to meet each other offline on that day. Miyabi tried to give a closing speech but quickly bursted into tears while talking about meeting the other members. He even held a Free Talk stream titled "Let's talk about emo stuff" (エモい話しようや) where he had a heart-to-heart conversation with his chat. In the stream, he confessed how he felt during his early days of being a VTuber and expressed sincere gratitude for his viewer's constant support and his fanbase's slow but steady growth.

Miyabi is known to be a sickly and weak person who is sensitive to the outdoors and often stays at home. If he goes outside and energetically moves around for 5-10 minutes, a thing called "frail skill" (虚弱スキル) will activate. "Frail skill" will make him experience dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitation, nausea, headache, etc. Despite his condition, he seems adamant on playing Ring Fit Adventure when he makes his 3D debut.

Profile
The peach blossom is his trademark. He is a cute kind of boy. Usually calm, his attitude may shift during gaming.

Background
His Twitter account was created in 27 May 2019; his YouTube channel was created on 3 June 2019, and his debut stream was performed on 8 June 2019.

2020
On 3 March, he uploaded his first cover song, Do Re Mi Fa Rondo by 40mP.

On 15 March, he revealed his White Day costume, which was designed by ne-on and modelled by vivi.

On 4 August, he revealed his summer costume, which was also designed by ne-on.

On 3 December, he opened up his membership feature.

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 designed by ne-on and modelled by FELUCCA.

Events
On 26 October, 2020, it was announced that Holostars goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche, held on 7-8 November 2020, and on 29 October, 2020, it was announced that Holostars would be participating in the event as guests. Miyabi is part of the "Virtual Clerk" (バーチャル店員) exhibition in the event.

On 28 January, 2021, 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.

Fans

 * His fanbase is officially called "Hanami-gumi" (花見組).
 * When Miyabi ends the stream, fans say farewell by saying "otsumiyabi" (おつみやび).

Trivia

 * Miyabi has created a fictional park named Hanasaki no Mori or "Forest of Hanasaki" (花咲の森) with several animals he has drawn with creepy characteristics. These include:
 * An owl named Kyomu Suzume,
 * Another owl named Kyogi Suzume; Kyomu Suzume's younger sibling,
 * A sheep named Mee,
 * A cow named Sensty-Gyuu,
 * A chicken named Black Hole Chicken,
 * An elephant named Zoutsujisan,
 * A mouse named Mimimimi,
 * A dolphin named Dolphin Itou,
 * A penguin named Holepen,
 * A tiger named Toranken.
 * He had his animals compete to be "King of the Forest" in a tournament game of Animal Tower Battle. During the stream, he roleplayed as his animals while providing live commentary.
 * The champion of the 1st tournament was Holepen.
 * In the Do Re Mi Fa Rondo cover video, his younger brother was credited for illustrations as 花咲 弟. On his birthday stream, Miyabi revealed that his brother drew the mini Holostars characters.
 * Units and groups he is a part of are:
 * "Star☆Sweeper" (スター☆スウィーパー), along with Rikka and Kageyama Shien.
 * "Sharuwer" (シャルワー) (as the floWER), along with Arurandeisu (ARUran) and Kageyama Shien (SHAdow).
 * "YuruStar" (ゆるスタ), along with Arurandeisu and Kishido Temma.
 * "Hanakishi" (花岸), along with Kishido Temma.
 * "ARoHaRi" (アロハリ), along with Arurandeisu, Yukoku Roberu and Rikka.
 * "Arubaana" (アルバーナ), along with Arurandeisu.
 * "Hanajuu Gumi" (花獣グミ), along with Kageyama Shien.
 * "Ashita Hana" (明日花), along with Astel Leda

Media

 * Miyabi Ch. 花咲みやび - YouTube channel
 * Hansaki Miyabi's corporate profile on hololive.tv (English)
 * Hansaki Miyabi's corporate profile on hololive.tv (Japanese)
 * @miyabihanasaki - Hanasaki Miyabi's official Twitter account
 * 花咲雅Official - Hanasaki Miyabi's official bilibili account
 * @miyabihanasaki - Hanasaki Miyabi's official TwitCasting channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #花咲みやび - General
 * #生き花 - Stream talk
 * #開花予定 - Schedule
 * #花見組 - Fans
 * #みやびじゅつ - Fan art
 * #切り抜きみやびさん - Video clips
 * #花咲日和 - Videos
 * #聞いたぞみやび - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further readings

 * 花咲みやび - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 花咲みやび - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 花咲みやび - Unofficial Holostars seesaawiki
 * 花咲雅 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Hanasaki Miyabi - Hololive Fan Wiki