Ren Zotto

Ren Zotto (レン ゾット ) is an English male Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's sixth wave "ILUNA", alongside Maria Marionette, Aia Amare, Kyo Kaneko, Aster Arcadia, and Scarle Yonaguni.

Profile
ILUNA Institute of the Mystics 3rd Year. A deadly alien prince from another world. He has resolved to conquer Earth, using his unique sound.

Personality
Ren is generally playful and easygoing. He tries to be a positive force in others' lives, often encouraging his fans to go outside and get some fresh air. He can be very competitive in multiplayer games, though it's all in good fun, and has a bit of a flirtatious streak.

Background
On 4 March 2022, ANYCOLOR launched their 4th audition for NIJISANJI EN open to both male and female talents lasting until 31 March.

On 20 July 2022, the NIJISANJI EN twitter account announced the upcoming debut of it's sixth wave "ILUNA", accompanied by a teaser of the Livers' designs and voices as well as an announcement for a debut song "Let's Get It Started" produced by MATZ, who also produced the debut song for Noctyx, "Stuck in the Abyss".

Ren's YouTube channel was created on 6 July 2022, and his Twitter account was created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 20 July 2022, he posted first video on YouTube channel on the next day. On 24 July, within the 24 hours before the debut stream, Ren reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. Ren debuted on 25 July 2022 (JST), on the same day, he released his first solo original song "Blue Sugar."

2022
On 25 July, Ren reached 200,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 26 July, Ren reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 8 August, Ren reached 300,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 13 August, Ren reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 21 August, Ren opened memberships on his YouTube channel.

On 17 September, Ren reached 400,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 7 November, Ren announced the release of a new original song titled "Amplify."

On 12 November, Ren released his second original song "Amplify."

On 20 December, Ren reached 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

2023
On 25 March, Ren released his third original song "Wanderer."

On 19 August, he released his fourth original song "Casket."

Fans

 * His fans are called "Renvaderz".
 * Initially, the fans chose "Renvaders" for the fan name through a poll on Ren’s Twitter. However, Ren later changed it to “Renvaderz", simply because “the z is sick".
 * Ren's YouTube membership is called "ALIENATION."

Relationships

 * "ILUNA" - Ren, Maria Marionette, Kyo Kaneko, Aia Amare, Aster Arcadia, Scarle Yonaguni, and Ren Zotto. They are debut-mates.
 * "NIJIAU" - Ren, Sonny Brisko, Maria Marionette, Luca Kaneshiro, and Ban Hada.
 * "NijiBitter" - Ren, Kyo Kaneko, Fulgur Ovid and Enna Alouette.
 * "Renster" - Ren and Aster Arcadia
 * "Renkyotto"-Ren and Kyo Kaneko.

Identity

 * Color: #429B76
 * Languages: English, he is learning Japanese and Animal Crossing.
 * His pronouns are "he/him, or they, I don't really mind".

Likes and Dislikes

 * Likes: Music, water, dinosaurs, paranormal things, trains, road trips, cats, Halloween & hamsters, touching grass, Disney Channel stuff , dogs, lemon meringue pie
 * Hobbies: Singing & song writing, playing instruments (guitar, piano, some drums, bass, kazoo), meditation (jokingly listed as "breathing" in his debut slides).
 * Video games: Mario Party, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Kingdom Hearts, Yoshi games, Monster Hunter, Apex Legends, Legend of Zelda, Luigi's Mansion, Tomodachi Life, Splatoon, Genshin Impact.
 * Music: Owl City, Waterparks, Neil Cicierega, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Shawn Wasabi, The Ready Set, Metro Station, Hello Goodbye, 100 Gecs, Video game OSTs.
 * His favorite Owl City song is Vanilla Twilight.
 * Anime: Toradora, Lucky Star, My Hero Academia, Pokemon, K-On!, TWEWY anime, Teasing Master Takagi-san.
 * Dislikes: Banana strings, sleeping, waking up, summer, superheroes, sports, bullies.

Miscellaneous

 * Standing at 180 cm, he is the tallest in ILUNA, and is tied with Sonny.
 * He is cold-blooded.
 * His horns are sensitive to touch, glow slightly ("glowstick-level"), and will regrow if broken or removed.
 * Kyo cuts off his horns while he is asleep, and sells them.
 * He used to think that dogs were cats and vice versa, which led to him naming his dog Cat.
 * He's befriended the birds around where he lives, to the point that they'll eat out of his hand.
 * While he's not familiar enough with Earth timekeeping to know his exact age, he estimates that he's in his 20s.
 * He is a pescatarian (i.e. he eats fish but no other meat).
 * He learned to meditate to improve his mental health during a difficult time in his life.
 * When speaking Japanese, he calls himself "ore".
 * His Rice purity score is 59, which he's somewhat disappointed about as he thinks having a score of 69 would be funny.

Media

 * Ren Zotto's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * Ren Zotto 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * @RenZott0 - Twitter account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #RenZotto - General/Live tag
 * #RenZottoArt - Fan art tag
 * #RentaiZotto - NSFW tag
 * #Zottonail - Thumbnail tag