Watarai Hibari

Watarai Hibari (渡会雲雀) is a Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI, debuting as part of the unit "VOLTACTION" (ヴォルタクション) alongside Fura Kanato, Shikinagi Akira, and Seraph Dazzlegarden. Previously, he was enrolled as a student in VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA).

Profile
The heir of a phantom thief family. He longs to be the "good thief" that can catch people's hearts. He does not steal for money, so he makes a living from a part-time job at a cafe.

Background
On 5 November 2021, Watarai Hibari made his first appearance on the VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY channel as part of its first batch of students.

On 11 July 2022, ANYCOLOR announced that Watarai Hibari would debut directly into NIJISANJI as part of the unit "VOLTACTION", the second wave of Livers formed from VTA graduates. In preparation for his debut, Hibari received a full redesign, and all videos previously created during his time in VTA were hidden.

Hibari's YouTube channel was created on 2 July 2022, and his Twitter account was created in June 2022. His first tweet was made on 13 July 2022.

Debut
VOLTACTION started their activities on 13 July 2022 and had their first stream on 16 July 2022. Hibari was the second of the group to hold his first stream. Afterwards, all four members of VOLTACTION appeared on a special debut program on NIJISANJI channel, hosted by Hanabatake Chaika and Joe Rikiichi.

The short version of VOLTACTION's first original song, "INLAID" (インレイド), was released earlier on 13 July 2022. This song was written and produced by R・O・N of STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION.

2022
On 16 July, on the day of his first stream, Hibari reached 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 18 July, Hibari reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel in less than 2 days after debut.

Relationships

 * "VOLTACTION" (ヴォルタクション) or "VOLTA" (ヴォルタ) - Hibari, Fura Kanato, Shikinagi Akira, and Seraph Dazzlegarden. They are debut-mates and fellow VTA graduates.
 * Media: YouTube | Twitter
 * Hashtags: #VOLTACTION - General tag #ヴォルタ - General tag (Japanese)

Identity

 * Color: #192332
 * Background: Heir of phantom thief family.
 * Occuation: Part-time worker at cafe.

Preferences

 * Likes:
 * Game: Apex Legends, VALORANT, Final Fantasy X, Escape from Tarkov, etc...
 * Anime:, , Major, etc...
 * Music: Vocaloid, anime songs.

Media

 * Watarai Hibari's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 渡会雲雀 / Watarai Hibari - YouTube Channel
 * @watarai_hibari - Twitter Account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #渡会部 - Stream tag
 * #わたらいらすと - Fan art tag
 * #お渡系会 - Thumbnail art tag
 * #渡会盗聴会 - Comments about voice release
 * #サクット雲雀 - Clip tag
 * #ひばりーど - for egosa