Elira Pendora

Elira Pendora (エリーラ ペンドラ) is an English female Virtual YouTuber affiliated with Nijisanji EN's first-wave group LazuLight, alongside Pomu Rainpuff and Finana Ryugu.

Profile
A sky dragon who came from the heavens closest to the sun. She has the kindness and receptiveness that makes the light of a sunny day fall equally on all.

Personality
Elira has a very calm, joking personality. Although she sometimes gets flustered by her genmates' antics, Elira is fairly mischievous herself and enjoys teasing her viewers from time to time.

Background
On 12 May, 2021, Nijisanji announced that their first English group, LazuLight, would debut on 16 May, 2021. Elira was the second of the group to debut. LazuLight's first original song, Diamond City Lights, was released on the same day. This song was composed by Mafumafu, and the lyrics were written by Nelson Babin-Coy and Hoshikawa Sara.

2021
On 4 June, she reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.

On 25 June, it was announced that Elira would be the vocalist for the English version of "Trial and Error", produced by banvox and the fourth song in Nijisanji's music project, "PALETTE", made for Nijisanji's third anniversary. The song became available on various streaming services on 16 July.

On 7 July, Elira streamed on Twitch for the very first time due to technical difficulties with Youtube. This stream also marked the first time that a member of Nijisanji EN streamed on Twitch. However, the archive was lost, as she forgot to activate the appropriate setting.

Events

 * On 24 June 2021, Nijisanji's English Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Anime Expo Lite 2021."
 * On 1 July 2021, Otakuthon Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Otakuthon At Home 2021" as guests.

Mascot and Fans

 * Elira's companion is named Pikl, who is one of the dragons she trains.
 * Her fanbase is referred to as Famlira, a combination of "family" and "Elira".

Quotes

 * "Sheesh!"
 * "Love at first light."

Identity

 * Her species is a solar sky dragon.
 * Color: #95C8D8

Likes and dislikes

 * Likes: Human food, sleeping, seiyuus, reading books
 * Cartoons she likes: Steven Universe, Gravity Falls
 * Anime she likes:
 * Shounen Jump: HUNTER×HUNTER, My Hero Academia, One Piece, The Promised Neverland, Haikyuu!!
 * Sports anime
 * Ikuhara-san's works
 * Harem anime
 * Madhouse Studio
 * Other sports anime that she likes include Ookiku Furikabutte, Diamond no Ace, and SK8 the Infinity.
 * Games she likes include:
 * Indie games: Ib, Your Turn To Die
 * Series: Professor Layton, Danganronpa
 * Mobile games: Ensemble Stars!, A3!
 * Casual games: Animal Crossing, Genshin Impact
 * Shooter games: Apex Legends, Splatoon
 * Music she likes:
 * Vocaloid: Mostly "boomer" songs, Kikuo, Neru, DECO*27
 * Utaite: Uratanuki, USSS, After the Rain
 * Hypnosis Mic: Buster Bros!!!
 * Arashi
 * Ikimonogakari
 * Her favorite characters in Ensemble Stars! are Ritsu Sakuma (who is her oshi), Izumi Sena, and Natsume Sakasaki. Her favorite units are 2Wink and Knights.
 * Her favorite characters in Hypnosis Mic are Jiro Yamada and Gentaro Yumeno.
 * Her favorite character in A3! is Kumon Hyodo and she is a Natsugumi fan.
 * She has hemophobia (fear of blood).

Miscellaneous
 * Elira is the sister of Selen Tatsuki in canon.
 * Because Selen Tatsuki mentioned in stream that her father was human, Elira is most likely also a Dragon-Human hybrid.

Media

 * Elira Pendora 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * EliraPendora - Twitch channel
 * Elira's corporate profile on the official Nijisanji website
 * @EliraPendora - Twitter account
 * @elirapendora - Marshmallow account
 * u/Elira_Pendora - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #EliraPendora - General
 * #PanCast - Live talk
 * #pendorART - Fan art
 * #elilust - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #E1337RA - Memes

Further readings

 * Elira Pendora - Unofficial Nijisanji Wiki