Hanasaki Miyabi

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

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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 emotional 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.

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 24 August, he reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 2 November, he reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 3 December, he opened up his membership feature.

On 22 December, he reached 40,000 subscribers.

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.

On 26 January, he reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 7 March, he reached 60,000 subscribers.

On 25 April, he reached 70,000 subscribers.

On 7 June, he reached 80,000 subscribers.

On 9 July, he reached 90,000 subscribers.

On 13 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that every HOLOSTARS member would get 2.0 version of their 2D model.

On 22 August, he reached 100,000 subsribers during a Minecraft stream, being the ninth HOLOSTARS to reach this milestone.

On 2 October, Miyabi announced during a stream that he would receive his 3D model.

On 9 October, Miyabi debuted his 3D model.

2022
On 17 February, hololive's Japanese Twitter announced that Miyabi and Temma would reveal their matching 100k celebration costumes in a relay.

On 18 February, he revealed his 100k subscribers celebration costume, which was designed by his original illustrator hou. Temma and his costume were made to match with a fairytale theme, with Miyabi's costume being inspired specifically by Red Riding Hood. He announced that his original song Kaikai Sengen would release by midnight in that same stream. Additionally, in a collab free talk stream with Temma shortly afterwards, it was announced that the two would start to hold a regular radio named "Hanakishi Radio".

Discography

 * Main page: Hanasaki Miyabi/Discography

2020
On 2 August, Miyabi entered Shibuya Hal's VTuber Apex Legends Tournament alongside Rikka and Kageyama Shien under their group name "Star☆Sweeper". In the final rankings, they ranked 20th place.

On 26 October, it was announced that HOLOSTARS goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche, held on 7-8 November 2020, and on 28 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.

2021
On 28 January, 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.

From 25 until 27 June, all HOLOSTARS members participated in their 2nd anniversary event "Our Rally 2021", the event featured 3 HOLOSTARS in each day of the event, Miyabi participated on the 2nd day. On the final day of the event, an original song Just Follow Stars was released on the official HOLOSTARS channel featuring all members singing.

On 22 July, Miyabi participated on the Fall Guys tournament VTuber Fall Guys Sports Day with fellow HOLOSTARS members; Arurandeisu, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga as "Crustacean LobStars". In the final rankings, they ranked 1st place.

On 15 October, HOLOSTARS' Twitter account announced that HOLOSTARS would participate in "Animate Girls Festival 2021."

Fans

 * His fanbase is officially called "Hanami-gumi" (花見組).
 * In a stream, Miyabi was trying to think of an English name of "Hanami-gumi" and among one of the comments in chat that he liked and resonated with was "Flower Garden". In other words, Miyabi's fanbase is his Flower Garden.
 * When Miyabi ends the stream, fans say farewell by saying "otsumiyabi" (おつみやび).

Forest of Hanasaki

 * 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:
 * A sparrow named Kyomu Suzume (虚無すずめ, lit. "void sparrow"),
 * Another sparrow named Kyogi Suzume (虚偽スズメ, lit. "false sparrow"); Kyomu Suzume's younger sibling,
 * A sheep named Mee-chan (め゛ぇ゛ちゃん),
 * A cow named Sensty-Gyuu (センシティ・ギュウ),
 * A chicken named Black Hole Chicken (ブラックホールチキン),
 * An elephant named Zoutsuji (ぞうつじ),
 * A mouse named Mimimimi (みみみみ),
 * A dolphin named Dolphin Itou (ドルフィンいとう),
 * A penguin named Holepen (ホールペン),
 * A tiger named Toranken (トランケン♂♀),
 * A horse named Momoko Blossom (モモコブロッサム).
 * 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 this tournament was Holepen.

Relationships

 * 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.
 * "MiyaIzu" (MYIZ), along with Kanade Izuru.
 * "Senkou Gumi" (先行組) along with Kagami Kira and Kanade Izuru.
 * "Koukakidou Lobstars" (甲殻奇動ロブスターズ), along with Arurandeisu, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga.
 * "Organic Flower" (オウガニックフラワー), along with Aragami Oga.

Debut

 * Miyabi is the first debuted member of HOLOSTARS and is part of it's early debut generation whom includes Kagami Kira and Kanade Izuru.
 * Miyabi openly shared that when HOLOSTARS first started out, introduced as a male branch of hololive, they weren't well received. The painful experience of the negative responses caused stress to where it affected Miyabi's health emotionally, physically and mentally. Despite HOLOSTARS having a rough start, Miyabi adds that it's thanks to manager Shinove and company president Yagoo for looking after HOLOSTARS in it's initial stage; making time to talk, coming up with ideas and looking around for collabs.
 * During a Minecraft stream, Miyabi revealed that it was actually company president Yagoo who managed Senkou Gumi (先行組) before Shinove came along. When Shinove joined and became the manager of HOLOSTARS it was before the rest of the 1st generation members joined.
 * Arurandeisu stated that the greatest thing about Miyabi was because he always stood back up despite the hardships. Yet, had Miyabi decided to graduate early on even Yagoo would have understood and not stopped him. Therefore, since Miyabi was the first HOLOSTARS and yet continued on despite receiving blacklash, it gave way for the group to continue growing and that's why the existence of Arurandeisu was able to be here.
 * Miyabi shared with his viewers that before HOLOSTARS, he had auditioned to be a seiyuu (voice actor). Despite passing the first round, he backed out before continuing onto the next phases. In wanting to change, Miyabi told himself that the next time he tries out for something, he'll see it through to the end. So when an opportunity came, he decided to audition for HOLOSTARS.
 * While Miyabi doesn't really get called senpai by the rest of his fellow HOLOSTARS members as they've explained that Miyabi doesn't really give off the vibe as one but they do occasionally address Miyabi as a daisenpai (大先輩). However, in a couple of streams, Miyabi has said that he hopes to come across future generation members who will lovingly address him one day as Miyabi-senpai.

Strength and Weaknesses

 * Miyabi has revealed through multiple streams that he's not good with kanji. As well as with English, even though it's difficult for him, Miyabi makes attempts to get his feelings across to his overseas fans.
 * It was revealed in a stream that Miyabi knows how to play Shogi and learned it from his grandfather who was very good at the game.
 * It's known among the HOLOSTARS members that Miyabi's physical condition has limitations and that's why they're always asking if he's okay. This was confirmed even more to be true considering that staff not only provided an oxygen inhaler for Miyabi ahead of time but they also made it visible via tracking in his 3D stream along with the water bottle.

Miscellaneous

 * Miyabi's illustrator has done artwork notably for Fire Emblem and Fate/Grand Order franchise.
 * Due to unknown circumstances, his illustrator is usually not in charge of any art for him. This leads to Miyabi being especially excited when he has the chance to interact with them for any purposes.
 * Miyabi said that he's trying to find his niche of what it means to be an idol since the image of it is different for everyone. The phrase that's usually said to him, "Miyabi just has to be our center." actually hurts him because it makes him feel like 'you don't have to do anything' but the thing is, Miyabi wants to be earn his position as in it's something that no one can do that only he can.
 * Miyabi tweeted that he felt better after the chatting stream.
 * Miyabi's younger brother, usually refered to as "Otosaki", often draws illustrations for Miyabi's purposes. Deadlines given to him by Miyabi seem to be incredibly short, as Miyabi himself remarked in various streams.
 * Miyabi stated that his favorite game is FFXIV.
 * He did not specify when he actually started playing, but by mentioning content that he has already cleared at that time, it is possible to conclude that he's been playing since before October 2017. The achievements screenshots Miyabi shared showed he cleared the hardest two content fights during the time of his video upload within a 1-2 month period and players who clear contents of the game within that time frame are considered top level players.
 * Miyabi made an appearance in Famitsu's article about FFXIV to comment about the next upcoming Endwalker expansion.
 * Miyabi enrolled into driving school and is aiming to get his motorcycle license.
 * Miyabi stated that one of his goals for 2022 was to reach 200,000 subscribers.

Media

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