Samael

Samael (萨麦尔/Sà mài ěr) was a male Chinese Virtual UP (bilibili content creator) affiliated with VirtuaReal, NIJISANJI's Chinese Virtual Liver branch, as part of its eighth generation alongside Karu, Mimoi, Shiki and Pax.

Introduction

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Background
On 8 April 2020, VirtuaReal announced their eighth generation of Virtual Livers, including Samael, accompanied by their designs and profiles.

On 10 April 2020, Samael released his first video.

Debut
The eighth wave made their debuts in a stream relay split over two days on 25 April and 26 April 2020. At 22:00 jst on 25 April, Samael was the first of the eighth wave to debut on bilibili.

Retirement
On 27 July 2021 Shiki and Samael graduated from VirtuaReal, with the reason being that they posted inappropriate content which made a negative impact. Both of them requested graduation, and the management respected that decision. There were no graduation streams and all of their content will remain.

Relationships

 * "Eigth wave members"「八期生 」- Samael, Karu, Mimoi, Shiki and Pax. These five debuted together.
 * "873" - Samael, Karu and Shiki
 * VirtuaReal's eighth wave after Mimoi and Pax's retirements.
 * "Hexagram" - Samael, Kouichi, Yagi (formerly), Tabibito, Chaos, Isabella and Tanoshiba.
 * A six person musical unit within VirtuaReal.
 * "Basaka"「八萨卡」 - Samael, Yagi, and Chaos

Fans

 * Samael's fan medal was called "萨貂" (Sa-marten).

Trivia

 * Color: #A12831
 * Species: Demon
 * Originally an angel cast out of heaven for siding with Lucifer.
 * Shares a character designer with fellow VirtuaReal member Aza.
 * A day after the eighth wave was announced, Aza declared in his bilibili dynamic that Samael was too “2” (chuuni) and therefore expelled from being his brother.
 * He is fluent in Cantonese.

Miscellaneous

 * Karon referred to Samael as her brother.

Media

 * Samael's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website (removed)
 * 萨麦尔_Samael - bilibili channel
 * VR萨麦尔samael - Weibo account
 * @samael- Afdian account

Bilibili hashtags

 * #沙貂图# - Fanart tag

Further readings

 * 萨麦尔 - Moegirl Encylopedia (CN)
 * 萨麦尔 (サマエル/Samael) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki (JP)