AZKi

Virtual Diva AZKi, better known simply as AZKi, is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber and singer. Her concept was conceived by hololive's parent company, COVER Corporation, and her design and videos were produced by Composition Inc. Previously under hololive production's label InoNaka Music, she was transferred to the main hololive branch on 1 April 2022 and officially became a part of "hololive 0th gen" alongside fellow solo debutants: Tokino Sora, Roboco-san, Sakura Miko and Hoshimachi Suisei.

Profile
A diva who became reborn into the virtual world in order to fabricate a new world. No matter the time, place, or position, she warps through all the barricades with her dazzling talent.

Personality
Apart from singing, she likes to do ego-searching and browsing the internet. She also regards herself as a person with persistence that keeps putting effort on her abilities. She is very kind and is always there to comfort her fellow members when they're upset. She has very great singing abilities, and she has a very large vocal range, similar to the 4th generation member Amane Kanata.

Despite of the diva image and vibe she gives AZKi actually has a playful and mischievous personality, which made her doing things that surprise others: such as using "Kono Yarou" (この野郎) on her close friend Tokino Sora when the latter accidentally pranked her, the word roughly means "you bastard" in English.

Appearance
She has long dark hair with pink streaks and pink underneath and light purple eyes, with a floral themed hairpin. She wears a long right dress with the skirt partially being pink and a light beige half jacket on one side. She has dark boots with pink triangle shaped zippers.

Background
Her channel was created on 5 November 2018, also joining Twitter this month, she debuted on YouTube with a cover of song Just be Friends on 15 November.

2018
On 28 December, she debuted her first original song "Creating world."

2019
On 14 February, she started to be represented by the agency of Virtual Talents upd8 along with Yoruno Neon.

On 19 May, she held her first live concert named The Shitest Start. During the live event, she announced that she would be joining Inonaka Music a music label under hololive alongside Hoshimachi Suisei. At the end of the live, she announced her second concert named A GOODDAY TO DiE which was held on 27 July.

On 26 May, she debuted her second 3D model during a stream.

On 12 November, she released her first full album "without U."

2020
On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted an idol outfit that matches with the rest of the girls at hololive's 1st fes. Nonstop Story. She used an exclusive black version of the dress with vest variant.

On 18 March, she reached 100,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 23 September, she reached 200,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 1 December, she released her second full album "Re:Creating world."

On 6 December, AZKi held her sixth live concert "Re: Creating world" named after her second full album.

On 21 December, AZKi participated on stage 1 of "hololive 2nd fes. Beyond the Stage."

2021
On 25 January, she reached 300,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 20 February, hololive's Twitter account announced that AZKi would get her third 3D model.

On 23 February, AZKi debuted her third 3D model during a concert on her YouTube channel.

During her 7th live concert "Stand at the crossroads" on 11 April, AZKi revealed that AZKi Project was meant to end on July 2022. However, there are still many dreams she'd like to pursue that she wants to move beyond that end goal, going "from Route Alpha to Route Beta." Exactly what this entails is yet to be explicated. She also reached 400,000 susbcribers in her YouTube channel during this concert.

As a part of her birthday celebration, AZKi held a concert with Tsunomaki Watame and Momosuzu Nene on 3 July where she also debuted an updated version of her second costume, more in line with her third costume's visual style.

On 14 August, she reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers, making her the 41st hololive member to reach this milestone. She is also the last one of the Gen 0 to achieve it.

On 29 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that AZKi would be transfered to the main hololive branch in April 2022. A few hours later, AZKi made a post on her Twitter account explaining her transfer and thanking everyone for the three years so far, confirming the dissolution of INoNaKa MUSIC. Various hololive members welcomed her into the main branch, hoping to work together with her in the future. On the same day, her manager Tsuranimizu announced their retirement for the same reason.

2022
On 20 February, AZKi made her first appearance in "holo no graffiti." This is important as previously she only made small cameo appearances, unlike other members that were featured shortly after they debuted their 3D models.

On 1 April, AZKi officially transfered to the main hololive branch. She posted an account of her feelings on the closing of INNK Music at noon of the previous day and posted a greeting towards her future in hololive the morning after.

On 4 April, AZKi reached 600,000 subscribers on YouTube.

On 25 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, AZKi debuted both her 3D yukata and her 3D swimsuit. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On 11 November, AZKi announced that as part of her fourth anniversary she would get a her fourth 3D model as her new main model.

On 15 November, AZKi debuted her fourth 3D main model during her fourth anniversary live. AZKi has long hair with a short ponytail on the back, like her previous model the inner portion of her hair is pink but she also know has a pink lock on her forehead as well as a white one to the right while she uses a hairpin to the left. AZKi wears a long white dress with short sleeves, decorated with a handkerchief, the skirt has a diagonal cut being shorter on the front. AZKi also wears what seems to be the half of a light brown coat put in place with a small belt. However when she is not using the coat, the dress has a black and white stripped bow tied around her waist instead. She uses black boots with a zipper decorated with pink triangles.

On 31 December, during "hololive production COUNTDOWN LIVE 2022▷2023 -hololive side-" due to her image change, AZKi appeared wearing the regular white version of the idol costume using the strap dress with a black corset variant instead of her previous exclusive black idol costume.

2023
On 18 March, AZKi debuted her new 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.

On 22 May, she reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a karaoke stream.

On 1 July, she announced on her Twitter account that she had signed on with Victor Entertaiment.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, AZKi debuted her second 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt. AZKi uses the shorts. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

On 4 October, AZKi made her major debut with Victor Entertaiment.

On 10 November, AZKi announced on her Twitter account that she would get a new 3D costume.

On 15 November, during her fifth anniversary live "with U," AZKi debuted a new 3D costume. She has a long side wavy ponytail which inner layer is pink decorated with a blue ribbon with a starry pattern. AZKi wears a shoulderless and sleeveless white dress with a butterfly inspired print in the torso. The dress' skirt has planks with a light blue layer with a triangular cut, the inner layer is blue and also has a starry pattern. AZKi uses white and blue heels with butterfly decorations. She has glooves. AZKi can also wear a white and blue jacket and medium sleeves. During this stream she also introduced a mascot to represent her fanbase the Pioneers.

Discography

 * Main page: AZKi/Discography

Events

 * On 1 March 2022, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Tokyo 7th Sisters alongside Hoshimachi Suisei and Tokino Sora. A new version of her original song "The Last Frontier" alongside Suisei is also available in the game.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Pioneers" (Kaitakusha)「開拓者」.
 * On 15 November 2023, during her fifth anniversary live "with U," AZKi debuted a mascot to represent the Pionneers. They look like pink beavers with starry eyes and a beauty mark in the same place as AZKi. On their backs the carry two crossed pickaxes matching her oshi mark.

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups AZKi is part of:
 * "SorAZ," alongside Tokino Sora. Both are good friends, they have sung on stage, MVs and in EPs multiple times as this unit, while it used to be rare for AZKi to collab with other hololive members before her transfer to the main branch, Sora and her collab from time to time in each other's channels. On 8 November 2023, hololive's Twitter account announced that SorAZ would have their mayor debut as a unit as both are signed with Victor Entertaiment. The unit would officially debut on 27 January 2024 with the live "First Gravity" at "CLUB CITTA" in the Kanagawa prefecture. Sora also helped her when AZKi finally decided to join the hololive JP Minecraft server.
 * "SorAZKoyo," alongside Tokino Sora and Hakui Koyori.
 * "Star Flower," alongside Moona Hoshinova, Hoshimachi Suisei, and IRyS.

Trivia

 * She was the last member of INoNaKa Music before its disbandment.
 * Her favourite bird is the long-tailed tit.
 * AZKi likes Usada Pekora, mentioning that "PEKORANDOMBRAIN!" is one of her favorite songs, regularly watches Pekora's 13 December stream (mainly the section in which Pekora interacts with her real mom) and gave Pekora a lot of things in during holoRust season 2 and 3. She also attended two of Pekora's 3D lives as a guest singer.
 * AZKi likes reading maps during travels and had memorized much of the Japan prefectures, because of that she is one of the best players of GeoGuessr among hololive members. However, she struggles at guessing places that lack identifiable landmarks, road signs or ones that are too rural.
 * She is a big fan of the Virtual Singer named KAF.
 * AZKi actually plays Rust and is better than other members, capable of solo farming large quantity of resources, living in cold regions without difficulty, performing solo IFV hunts on regular basis and she has good knowledge in large scale construction.
 * AZKi never streams Rust due to her PC being incapable of running both programs at the same time, this caused confusion among members in season 2, as they didn't know if the mysterious player "az" was her.
 * The act of regularly hunting IFVs in season 3 earned her the nicknames of "Panzerjäger" and "Gachi Tank Destroyer" among Oozora Subaru's fans as revealed when she invited AZKi to an interview collaboration.
 * She shares her third model artist with Love-chan and Aipii of Kizuna AI Inc.

Media

 * AZKi Channel - YouTube channel
 * AZKi's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @AZKi_VDiVA - Twitter account
 * AZKi_Official - bilibili channel
 * AZKi - Spotify page
 * AZKi - Apple Music page
 * AZKi Corporate profile on Composition Inc. website
 * AZKi corporate profile on upd8.jp
 * AZKi Official statements and press releases on Note.mu
 * Article about AZKi's debut on Panora VR (in Japanese)

Twitter hashtags

 * #AZKi生放送 - Stream talk
 * #あずきんち - Stream talk for home streams
 * #AZKiART - Fan art
 * #AZKiレビュー - Music
 * #AZ声 - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #どこAZ - hololy
 * #コラAZ - Memes

Further readings

 * AZKi - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * AZKi - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * AZKi - Namu Wiki
 * AZKi - Hololive Fan Wiki
 * AZKi - Japanese Hololive Fan Wiki