Nakiri Ayame

Nakiri Ayame (百鬼あやめ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive.

Introduction Video
Ayame's introduction.

Personality

 * A female kimono-wearing oni that belongs to the school in the demon realm (the same school as Murasaki Shion, Uruha Rushia and Yuzuki Choco), she loves pranks and often tricks others with her will-o'-the-wisp (ghost light). Despite her personality, she is actually the student council president.
 * Her clear voice is much adored by her fans and often amuse herself when speaking, filling her livestreams with laughter all the time.
 * She usually stream games, by-talk, singing, etc. She is quite enthusiastic with PUBG (APEX, Splatoon 2 as well as other FPS/TPS). Is held in high regard during singing livestreams.

Dressing

 * Wears a kimono with her back bare, has a stigma on her back.
 * Carries two swords, the black Ōdachi "Rakshasa"(罗刹) and the other a red Ōdachi called "Asura". (阿修罗)
 * Has two will-o'-the-wisp-like shikigami following her, the male by the name "Karma"(业) and the female "Shiranui". (不知火)

Mascot

 * Her mascot is designed by Fubuki with すくすく白沢 in mind, is a dog-like creature, and has been named by Nakiri herself as "ぽよ余（Poyoyo)"
 * Her character designer ("mother" of the character) Kagura Nana's mascot "チリリ"（Chiriri）is often seen in fanart featuring the two.



In the .gif (Left: Chiriri, Right: Poyoyo)

Background
Her Twitter account was opened on 1 August 2018 while her YouTube channel was created on 12 August although she did not start her activities on her channel until her introduction stream live on 3 September.

2019
Her introduction stream on the platform bilibili (bilibili exclusive) was live on 12 April. On 14 May, she announced she will be getting a 3D model. She debuted her 3D model on 17 May.

Events

 * On 12 September 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongside Akai Haato, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Oozora Subaru, Sakura Miko, and Ookami Mio.
 * On 27 November 2019, she will be making an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Azur Lane as one of the characters alongside Tokino Sora, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Murasaki Shion, and Ookami Mio.Nakiri_Ayame_doggo.gif

Trivia

 * Her character designer is Kagura Nana who is also a VTuber. Other illustrators turned VTubers include Note Takehana, the illustrator for Shizuka Rin and Ienaga Mugi, and Shigure Ui, the illustrator for Oozora Subaru.
 * She is around 1500 years old, uses the word "余" (read "yu"), an archaic first-person pronoun to refer to herself, and is also known to use archaic words when speaking.
 * Viewers usually use "かわ余" to compliment her, which is a combination of the words "余" (first-person pronoun) and "kawaii".（かわいい)
 * Combines her name "Nakiri" （なきり) with greet words, such as " Hello Nakiri"（こんなきりー！）、 "Goodbye Nakiri"（おつなきり).
 * Her surname "Nakiri" is said to have originated from the surname "nakiri", in which legends had it that the surname was granted to those who have fended off hundreds of demons (the word "Nakiri" means a hundred demons in Chinese and Japanese). However, she claims the demon realm to be a very peaceful place...
 * Nicknamed by viewers as "milady"（お嬢), which is derived from how she calls her viewers "百鬼组"（literally Nakiri group）, can be seen used during livestreams and in twitter.
 * Is also nicknamed "doggy" (狗狗) and "wang chan" (dog in Japanese) due to her character design picture, even though she keeps denying her role as a dog, there was a time when she was forced to add a barking sound after each sentence after losing a bet she has made with the viewers as punishment. She has a high tendency to laugh, has a low amusement threshold to the point she was concerned by her manager if she was concealing her fear by forcing herself to laugh.
 * Loves singing, which takes up a fair portion of her livestreams, usually ends her singing streams with the song 恋愛サーキュレーション (Love/Renai Circulation), hence that song is also nicknamed "Doggy circulation" or "A Night to Remember" (Derived from another famous Chinese song 《难忘今宵》)

Interpersonal relationship(s)
Kagura Nana (left) and Nakiri Ayame (right)
 * Created the group 「卍组」(manji gumi) with same batch vtubers Minato Aqua and Murasaki Shion from Hololive and uses this name during collaboration streamings. (It is rarely used these days) (「卍组」has been revived after a year on 18 November 2019.)
 * Friends with same batch member Ōzora Subaru from Hololive, often invited by her to stream gameplay.
 * Once joined the "Hellish night stay" with Ōzora Subaru and Ōkami Mio, which provides footages of Nakiri Ayame waking early. (She once confessed she usually sleep until afternoon during holidays, which also led to her getting the nickname "lazy dog")
 * Created the group "FAMS" with Shirakami Fubuki, Ōkami Mio, and Ōzora Subaru.
 * Maintains good relationship with her character designer "mother" Kagura Nana, once sang《フタリボシ》together with her "mother" as a celebration of her half-year anniversary.
 * Has a younger brother (by her character designer "mother") half-dragon ジェイブ, once collaborated with him and their "mother" on 6 March 2019.

Video clips

 * 【Chinese subbed】百鬼あやめ—lemon


 * 【Chinese subbed】Punishment game


 * 【Chinese subbed】I am not a dog! Wang!

Whole clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAkzRpibf5E&t=1297s
 * 【Mother Daughter Collaboration】Kagura Nana：I have high standards when choosing my son-in-law
 * 【Nakiri Ayame】愛言葉Ⅲ-百鬼あやめ【歌ってみた】


 * 【Nakiri Ayame/Kagura Nana】Bilibili only song livestream

Whole clip: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWCc8tO-uUl_7SJXIKJACMw
 * 【Kagura Mea】Disturb calling Nakiri Ayame with Discord in the middle of night