Toru Kuma

Toru Kuma (โทรุคุมะ/トルくま) is an independent Thai VTuber. He debuted on April 12, 2021. His concept is a sleepy bear.

Personality
Even though Toru seems to be sleepy, fluffy, shy, and innocent at first glance, he can also be naughty, chaotic, and a bit cheeky. But no matter how he appears to be, he is always caring and considerate. He also has an older twin brother and an older sister named Tora and Tori, respectively. (Basically, they are Toru's other personalities.)

Tora is calm, charming, and more mature than Toru. He speaks a little slower, and his voice is quite deep compared to Toru.

Tori has the same personality as Toru, but she is more mature. She also speaks faster than Toru, and her voice is relatively high-pitched. (Of course, she is Toru's girl voice.) However, Tori is quite an aggressive person. (Toru said, “She is the QUEEN of his channel.")

Appearance
Toru has bright teal eyes and short black messy hair with a mini braid tied with a bear head clip at the end while Tora has bright red eyes, and Tori has pink eyes and long black hair.

He used to wear a white shirt, blue sweater, gray jacket with a bear face and black ears hoodie, brown trousers, and bear slippers in his old outfit.

In his current outfit, he wears a white beret hat with bear ears and a couple pins, white shirt with a black necktie, white sweater coat, blue suspenders, gradient shorts from blue to white, and white shoes. He also has a panda cross body bag.

Background
He was a streamer before he was suggested to become a Vtuber by his staff.

Toru's YouTube channel was created on December 15, 2020, and his Twitter account was also created in the same month. His first tweet was made on March 1, 2021.

2021
On 1 March, he released his first clip on YouTube.

On 12 April, Toru debuted as a Vtuber, the sleepy bear, on YouTube.

On 30 July, Toru reached 1,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

On 8 August, Toru reached 3,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

On 21 August, Toru reached 5,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

On 5 September, Toru made a Fan Name Tournament to vote for the best fan name by Toru's fans.

On 11 September, Toru opened memberships on his YouTube channel.

On 20 September, Toru reached 10,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

2022
On 18 February, Toru released his new model with his new outfit on YouTube.

On 14 March, Toru reached 20,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

On 26 March, Toru reached 30,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

On 25 October, Toru reached 40,000 subscribers on his YouTube account.

2021

 * On 16 October, Toru had a special collab Event with Minecraft server named DevelopCraft Network.


 * On 13 November, Toru was invited to CRAB GAME collab Event with 37 other Vtubers.


 * On 21 November, Toru was invited to be a contestant in the Loy Krathong costume contest in #VMaiCrabTH Minecraft server.

2022

 * On 28 June, Toru participated in a special event (ตามล่าขนแกะสีรุ้ง) that was held to celebrate Pride Month on the #PinongCraft Minecraft server.


 * On 7 August, Toru was invited as a guest at Khaojao’s booth (วัดรวงข้าวสัญจร) in the V-Matsuri: Vtuber only event and appeared on the Meeting on Stage with Khaojao and Kyomu.


 * Toru participated as a contestant in the ต่อไปอะไรวะเนี่ย? (What's up next?) tournament, organized and held by Smongblurz. He ended up as the first runner-up of the A group. He got 50 THB and a box of instant noodles as the prizes.


 * On 26 December, Toru participated in the Minecraft Snowball V-Festival, held by Power Pay, with 61 other Vtubers.

2023

 * On 18 February, Toru teamed up with Khaojao and LuYao and participated in the dtto. APEX Custom hosted by dtto. as team 10. (However, they acted as if they were the "in-game" commentators. Lmao.)


 * On 1-2 April, Toru was invited to be a guest in the Multi Cosplay #5 x V-Market Expo and appeared on Main Stage with Khaojao, LuYao, Taiyo Bouken, and Amanogawa Kousei.


 * On 29-30 July, Toru was invited to be a guest in the V-Meet by V-Festa x True5GPro Hub and appeared on V-Festa Stage with Taiyo Bouken.
 * On 22 October, Toru was invited to be a guest at Huawei AppGallery " Play Together " Booth in the Thailand Game Show 2023: Assemble.

Mascot and Fans

 * Toru's fans are called กองกำลังปลาส้ม (kong-kamlang-plasom) which means 'Salmon Troops' because Toru loves salmon, so Toru's fans want to be what he loves to be the support power for him.
 * In his current outfit, he has a mascot named Taro. He is a sleepy polar bear perched on Toru's right shoulder.

Relationships

 * Mjorz House (บ้านมังจา) - is an unofficial group that consists of Vtubers designed by Mjorz.
 * Mjorz Boi (มังจาบ๋อย) - Aoi Crescent, Ookami Shiro, Toru Kuma, Inochizuna Ruka, IKKI, and Taiyo Bouken.
 * A-I-T-T (ออทท) - Aoi Crescent, IKKI, Taiyo Bouken, and Toru Kuma.
 * Fuchsia Café (ฟิวเซีย คาเฟ่) - a café that was open from March 7, 2023, until March 31, 2023, had Kamilla Lich as the owner, Aoi Crescent as the barista, Toru Kuma, Taiyo Bouken, and IKKI as the waiters.
 * 3 ZABB (3 แซ่บ) - this group name can be translated to 3 Hotties consisting of Toru Kuma, Taiyo Bouken, and IKKI.
 * iTIM (ไอติม) - Iriss Klarmary, Toru Kuma, and Midnight.
 * Pool Side Party (ขอบสระ พูลปาร์ตี้) - Khaojao, LuYao, Kyomu, and Toru Kuma.
 * Rank grinding gang (แก๊งไต่แรงค์) - a group of Sisira Hydrangea, Khaojao, LuYao, and Toru Kuma to play ranked in RoV.
 * Luxap Aeung-aol (ลักทรัพย์ อึ่งโอ่ว) - is an unofficial group created to cover Jazz on the Clock!! by Luxiem consisting of Khaojao, LuYao, Amanogawa Kousei, Taiyo Bouken, and Toru Kuma.
 * Unnamed group (yet) - Stamp LMTY, Kyubi Nine, Zacc is Shy, Toru Kuma, and LuYao. They mostly play horror games.

Likes and Dislikes

 * Hobbies: Sleeping, playing games, watching anime and movies, reading manga and light novels, and listening to music.
 * Games: NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, Monster Hunter Rise, RoV, Minecraft, League of Legends.
 * He likes Isekai anime, manga, and light novels (Fantasy genre).
 * In Ensemble Star!, his favorite characters are Rei Sakuma, Wataru Hibiki, and Madara Mikejima. (But he likes all of them anyways...)
 * In Ensemble Star!, his favorite units are Ra*bits, UNDEAD, and 2Wink.
 * His favorite color is blue. (But he likes all colors anyways.)
 * His favorite flowers are hydrangea and baby blue eyes (Nemophila). Recently, he started to like some white flowers, such as lily of the valley.
 * Favorite Vtubers: Kanae and Aoi Crescent.
 * Favorite animal: Bears and his favorite bear is polar bears.
 * He likes cats more than dogs.
 * He likes Doraemon.
 * He loves eating salmon, hotpot, Thai green curry (Kaeng-keaw-waan), panna cotta, banoffee pie, pancake, cake, macaron, waffle, cookie, meringue, brownie, french fries, fried chicken, popcorn chicken, and pickled fruits, such as Thai pickled mango and guava.
 * Favorite cake/ice cream flavors: Vanilla, strawberry, and cookies and cream. Chocolate is the least favorite.
 * He doesn't like vegetables, especially onions.
 * He doesn't like ghosts, snakes, and cockroaches.
 * Favorite Eevee evolutions: Vaporeon and Sylveon.

Miscellaneous

 * He, sometimes, plays games or talks with his staff named Kumataro (คุมะทาโร่). (FYI: Kumataro was the one who suggested Toru to be a Vtuber.)
 * Before Toru debuted, he was sent to learn about Vtuber with Nisa and Midnight by Mjorz because he was a muggle.
 * Toru used to count his age by using the number of subscribers. Every 100 subscribers = 1 year older.
 * His Hogwarts House is Hufflepuff.
 * He has teddy bears and Doraemon plushies filled in his room.
 * Toru has 3 cats named Roger, Meow, and Dina (Dee-na).
 * Toru often has friendly arguments with Taiyo Bouken.
 * Inside joke: Tora Standard. Tora is right and good at whatever he does, and he is the most handsome guy in the channel.
 * Toru’s Subway sauces choice: Honey mustard, Mayonnaise, and Thousand Island.
 * Toru is allergic to crabs.

Media

 * Toru Kumaトルくま - YouTube channel
 * ToruKuma - Twitch channel
 * Toru Kumaトルくま - Facebook page
 * @torutorukuma - TikTok account
 * @kuma_toru - Twitter account
 * Toru Kuma - His goods shop

Twitter Hashtags

 * #ToruKuma - General and live streaming hashtag
 * #ToruFAT - Fanart hashtag
 * #ToruKuUmUm - NSFW hashtag
 * #ToruKuMEME - MEME & Highlight hashtag
 * #กองกำลังปลาส้ม - Toru's fans hashtag
 * #อวดของหมี / #กองกำลังปลาส้ม - Goods reviewing hashtag
 * #ToruBirthday / #หมี5ขวบ - Birthday hashtag
 * #ตลาดนัดกองกำลังปลาส้ม / #ตลาดนัดกกปส - Unofficial hashtag (for Toru's limited goods trading)