Nagao Kei

Nagao Kei (長尾景) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber and a member of Nijisanji. He debuted as part of the 2020 unit "VΔLZ" alongside Genzuki Tojiro and Kaida Haru.

Profile
An exorcist from the Ouma Empire. In addition to swordsmanship, this young man is also skilled at martial arts and curses (magic).

Personality
Kei's personality is rather cheerful and playful despite his serious appearance and his position as the oldest in VΔLZ. He also has a mischievous side that has most often comes out when interacting with Haru. He enjoys singing and often thinks of interesting/unique things to do, which has lead to some diverse content on his channel. With his group mates, he is playful and mischievous, however he tends to be bullied or teased by his Nijisanji senpai.

Background
Kei's channel was created on 27 February, 2020, and made his YouTube debut on 4 April 2020.

2020
On 15 May, a collab cover of Hail Holy Queen from Sister Act was released, in which he sung with Levi Elipha, Debidebi Debiru, Melissa Kinrenka, Todoroki Kyoko, Sister Cleaire, Sukoya Kana, Hayase Sou and Genzuki Tojiro, making it Kei's first cover song.

On 2 June, he released his first solo cover song, God knows... from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

On 25 August, he released a collab cover with Fumi in which they sang Pair of Wintry Winds (Tsugai Kogarashi), making it Fukeizai's first cover together.

On 21 November, VΔLZ's original song, Ukiyo no Enbu (浮世の演武), was released. The song was composed by Tojiro, while all three wrote the lyrics.

On 14 December, Kei's original song, Kamisama no Negai wo Kanaeta Uta (神様の願いを叶えた歌), was released. The lyrics to the song are a Marshmallow (an anonymous messaging service) that Kei wrote to Fumi in a stream. The song was composed on a different stream with Tojiro. Tojiro created the instrumental and mixed the song.

2021
On 30 April, Kei revealed his 2.0 brush-up.

On 3 August, he revealed his 3.0 brush-up.

On 25 September, he debuted his first new outfit. Along with it he also got two new hairstyles, a bun to his used-to-be ponytail and short hair. In this outfit, he has a windbreaker (that can be taken off) on top of a white hoodie that bears Muu-chan's face on the hood, black ankle-cut trousers, sneakers, and a lime-green wrist watch.

Events

 * On 24 January 2021, he participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament S2 together with Yukishiro Mahiro and Elu as team "Apex Boxing Club". The team ranked 19th.


 * On 12 June, he participated in NIJISANJI APEX Party with DETONATOR together with Gundo Mirei and TIE's PRiZE as team "Miretan, Puratan, Nagao Kei". They ranked 5th.


 * On 22 August 2021, he participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament S3 together with Yukishiro Mahiro and Kaminari Qpi as team "MahiMahiKyuukeiChuu" (まひまひきゅーけいちゅー！). The team ranked 15th.


 * On 30 August, he participated in Battle Field V BFJ Streamer Cup as Team B's Squad Charlie along with Higuchi Kaede, Shibuya Hajime, and Kanda Shoichi.

Mascot and Fans

 * Muu-chan (むーちゃん) is a shikigami (god in the form of a small ghost) that serves as somewhat of a mascot to Kei. Muu-chan has white fur, scratches on the right of its face and is depicted holding a can and a book. In streams, Muu-chan is represented by a portrait that Kei drew.
 * Muu-chan is apparently a shiba inu despite having very cat-like features.
 * Muu-chan has no specified gender or age.
 * Tojiro drew the stamp for Muu-chan for Kei's YouTube membership.
 * Kei's fans are called '16KBG' (ケイボーイ＆ガール).
 * His waiting room phrase is "taiki" (​待機). He greets his viewers with "kon-mabushi~" (こんまぶし〜) and ends his streams with "otsu-mabushi~" (おつまぶし～).

Relationships

 * "VΔLZ" (pronounced ヴァルツ, like "waltz") - Kei, Genzuki Tojiro and Kaida Haru (These three are debut-mates).
 * "Fukeizai" 「フ景罪」 - Kei and Fumi.
 * "KeiAi" 「けいあい」 - Kei and Aiba Uiha.
 * "Apex Boxing Club" 「Apexボクシング部」- Kei, Yukishiro Mahiro, and Elu.
 * "Nijisanji Team Rocket" 「にじさんじロケット団」- Kei, Fumi, and Fumino Tamaki.
 * "NagaoChigu" 「ながおちぐ」- Kei and Nishizono Chigusa.
 * "Big Voice" - Kei, Yukoku Roberu (Holostars), and Gil.

Trivia

 * Color: #625DA1
 * Kei's voice has been noted to resemble fellow Nijisanji member Ibrahim, so much so that he even had a collaboration stream with Melissa Kinrenka where he impersonated Ibrahim in an attempt to prank Furen E Lustario.
 * Kei once ordered a pizza to Haru's house without permission after Haru replied to Genzuki's tweet saying he wanted to have another pizza party. As a result, the three of them gathered at Haru's house to have a pizza party and an impromptu stream where they sang and ate.
 * He shares the same illustrator with Kuzuha from Nijisanji, Chiharu from VirtuaReal and Yogiri from hololive China.
 * Like his debut-mates, he likes to sing and does off-collab singing streams with VΔLZ, sometimes performing with the cajon. (he's currently learning bass)
 * Kei is well-known as a "忖度師" (sontaku master, someone who performs unspoken orders for others) by Livers and fans around, stemming mostly from his collabs with Fumi and his dedication to satisfy her mood and requests, as well as his peers. Examples are:
 * Memorizing the 'Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes' manual in two days in preparation for his collab with Fumi.
 * Writing a Kusomaro anonymously to Fumi because she hadn't been getting any and wanted some, only to be later caught by her. Said kusomaro later ended up being turned into his first original song.
 * Learning morse code as part of his punishment from Tsukiichi. He put his morse code skills up to the test in this Fukeizai collab.
 * He hit 100k subscribers in the stream where he was trying to learn morse code. The title of this stream specifically stated that he didn't want to hit 100k while learning morse code. He told his listeners to forget about it and pretend he got 100k subscribers during the NijiMen singing relay later that night as he finds it much cooler over the morse code stream.
 * Kei has taken the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) before and scored an 850 (the average score is around 500),but said he hasn't used his skills for a while and thinks it has dropped to 600.
 * Kei has an older sister, who he lives with, and a younger brother, making him a middle child. He has mentioned his sister being friendly terms with Tojiro, and that her favourite Liver is Gwelu Os Gar.
 * Kei occasionally shares anecdotes about conversations he has with his sister on Twitter and often mentions her on stream.
 * Kei sang "A Whole New World" with his sister in this singing stream.
 * Kei spent 9 hours building a literal mountain around Haru's home in Minecraft in retaliation for a prank Haru played against him, with the help of Genzuki who helped out for the first 3 hours.
 * When Haru played Minecraft after the completion of the mountain, he had difficulty finding his home as the mountain blended in with the rest of the scenery. He now resides inside the mountain.
 * Kei spent a total of 39 hours in 5 days challenging himself to speed run Pokemon Sapphire while memorizing a speed run guide. With the help of two skilled speedrunners coaching him and luck from Tojiro, he managed to beat his own record with the fastest time of 2h 27m 22s.
 * Kei usually tweets his stream schedule for the next day the night before and then reconfirms his schedule when he wakes up.
 * He is prone to oversleeping/being late, so his afternoon streams are sometimes delayed by 30 minutes.
 * Kei has a poor sense of direction. When he gets lost in Minecraft, he asks his viewers to help him get where he wants to go.
 * His katanas are named "Ouka Suijin" (桜華水刃).

Media

 * 長尾 景 / Nagao Kei【にじさんじ】 - YouTube Channel
 * Kei's corporate profile on the official Nijisanji website
 * @kei_nagao2434 - Official Twitter Account
 * kei_nagao2434 - TwitCasting Account

Twitter hashtags

 * #景くんあんね - General
 * #景成長中 - Stream talk
 * #長尾百景 - Fan art
 * #長尾夜百景 - Fan art (questionable)
 * #長尾背景 - Thumbnails
 * #景音 - Commentary on released songs
 * #ながおんせい - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further readings

 * 長尾景 - Unofficial Nijisanji Wiki
 * 長尾景 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 長尾景 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 长尾景 - Moegirl Encyclopedia