Ayamy

Ayamy (あやみ) is a female Korean Virtual YouTuber, character designer and illustrator.

Appearance
Ayamy has brown hair decorated with a pink lace with a white hiragana of the letter "A"「あ」and two cat shaped hairpins, her eyes are blue. She wears a white hoodie, with a white t-shirt underneat that reads "Ayamy desu"「あやみデス」. In her standard outfit Ayamy doesn't wear any shoes.

Background
Her Twitter account was created in November 2010, where she first teased her intentions in becoming a VTuber on 27 August 2020 teasing her debut date as 10 October. Her YouTube channel was created on 24 August 2020, but Ayamy didn't debut until 17 October 2020.

2020
On 1 November, she reached 6,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 10 November, she reached 7,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 23 November, she reached 8,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 11 December, she reached 9,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

2021
On 1 January, Ayamy celebrated reaching 10,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 16 January, Ayamy designated the third 2D costume for Hanamori Healthy during a stream.

On 13 March, Ayamy announced on her Twitter account that she would get two new 2D costumes. She debuted both of them next day on 14 March, the first one is named by herself "Neko Maid" where she wears kimono-inspired clothes with a white apron and brown cat ears and tail. The second costume is gothic inspired using a black dress with purple decorations.

On 13 May, she celebrated reaching 30,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel with a singing stream.

On 1 June, Ayamy announced during a stream that she would get her fourth 2D costume.

On 10 June during her birthday stream she debuted her fouth 2D costume. In this costume Ayamy got a new hair style, small twintails, decoraded with the two cat head shaped hairpins that are present in all of her outfits, she also wears a dark purple beret decorated with cat ears and ribbons, her dress is white and the skirt of the dress is purple, Ayami complements her dress with a purple corset, her white socks go above her knees and her shoes are black. She can also wear glasses and a dark purple sweather that matches her beret, decorated with ribbons, a cat pawn and the hiragana of the letter "A" 「あ」 present in her original outfit. Ayamy can combine the small twintails hairstyle with her original outfit.

On 22 June, she reached 40,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 2 July, Ayamy announced on her Twitter account that her YouTube channel was terminated without warming. About 13 hours later, she confirmed that her channel was restored thanking everyone for their support.

On 5 September, Ayamy announced on her YouTube community post that she would taking a break due to work and taking care of her cat, Pooh.

On 18 September, Ayamy announced on her YouTube community post that she would receive her fifth 2D costume. On the same day, Ayamy returned her activites with a talking stream.

On 16 October, Ayamy debuted her fifth 2D costume.

On 17 November, she announced the celebration of her YouTube channel reaching 50,000 subscribers.

2022
On 5 April, Ayamy celebrated reaching 60,000 subscribers.

On 11 May, Ayamy announced that she would get her 3D model.

On 21 May, she announced that she would get her sixth 2D costume on 9 June.

On 9 June, Ayamy debuted her sixth 2D costume. In this costume Ayamy got a new short hairstyle. Ayamy wears a white and blue schoolgirl uniform with a red bow and cat shaped pockets. Her skirt is blue, she uses black socks and red shoes. Ayamy can move her right hand up and has the option to wear cat ears and tail. She can remove her school uniform to reveal a traditional Japanese school blue swimsuit underneat that has her name "Ayamy" written in hiragana「あやみ」.

On 10 June, Ayammy debuted her 3D model with a new outfit. Ayamy retains her original hairstyle. Her outfit is reminicent of her original 2D costume, as she also wears a hoodie, however the hoodie is designed without the front aside from the neck and on the back it only covers half way down, so she uses a black top instead with the right side of it having a purple plaid design and a line in the same color near the lower edge. Her skirt shares the same pattern and is longer on the back, she wears a white belt and a second belt falling to the right side. Ayamy wears a leg belt in each thigh and a black fish net on her left leg. Ayamy has black shoes.

Fans

 * Her fanbase doesn't have an official name, althought she usually calls her fans as her "boyfriends."
 * When Ayamy starts the stream, fans say greeting by saying "konyami" (こんやみ).
 * When Ayamy ends the stream, fans say farewell by saying "otsuyami" (おつやみ).

Quotes

 * "Thank you my boyfriend, chu~"

Trivia

 * Ayamy is the character designer of Yozora Mel, Hanamori Healthy, Kogure Piyoko, Taya Rex, Yaso Toiki, and Shabel Tonya. Both Mel and Healthy made appearances on Ayamy's debut stream. Ayamy also collaborated with Healthy the following day after her debut.
 * She has two cats named "Kuma" and "Pooh," Ayamy represents them on her model as two hairpins that are present in every costume.
 * Ayamy sometimes jokes that she is 100 years old.
 * She is good at cooking, although sometimes she makes weird food combinations.
 * She is a big fan of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World and her favorite characters are Rem and Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti.
 * She often draw fanarts of Rem.
 * She is pretty fluent in English, she even can make a conversation with her overseas fans.
 * She loves pineapples.

Media

 * ayamy あやみちゃんねる - YouTube channel
 * @ayami_garubinu - Twitter account
 * @ayami_garubinu - Marshmallow account
 * ayamy - Pixiv Fanbox page
 * あやみ - Pixiv account
 * あやみ - BOOTH page

Twitter hashtags

 * #なまあやみ - Stream talk
 * #かくあやみ - Fan art