Inuyama Tamaki

Inuyama Tamaki (犬山たまき) is a male Japanese virtual YouTuber. His creator and voice actress is Tsukudani Norio, a female manga artist most known for her Himegoto series, which is about a young boy who is forced to cross-dress in high school.

Originally independent, he is currently a part of NoriPro, a VTuber agency managed by Tsukudani Norio as its founding member along with Shirayuki Mishiro.

Background
Tamaki's YouTube channel was created on 30 June 2017, but only debuted as VTuber on 29 September 2018. His first tweet as VTuber was on 22 September 2018.

2018
On 14 October, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 10,000 subscribers.

On 1 November, Tamaki's YouTube channel was available for monetisation.

On 10 November, Tamaki was featured on VTique Vol.2 (Ｖティーク　Vol.2) published by KADOKAWA.

On 12 November, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 18 November, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 26 November, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 40,000 subscribers.

On 19 December, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 50,000 subscribers.

2019
On 6 January, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 60,000 subscribers.

On 21 January, Tamaki opened his YouTube channel membership.

On 27 January, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 70,000 subscribers.

On 31 January, Tamaki was featured on CustomCast Magazine Vol.01 (カスタムキャスト　マガジン Vol.01) published by KADOKAWA.

On 8 February, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 80,000 subscribers.

On 27 February, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 90,000 subscribers.

On 4 March, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers.

On 5 March, Tamaki debuted his first 3D model.

On 13 March, Tamaki appeared as guest on radio show "Myu~ Comi+Plus" (ミュ～コミ+プラス) broadcasted by Nippon Housou (ニッポン放送) and STV Radio (STVラジオ).

On 5 April, Tamaki appeared as regular on TV show "2D Realm Expansion News" (二次元領域拡大通信, Nijigen Ryouiki Kakudai Tsuushin) broadcasted by BS Fuji. He graduated from the program on 6 March 2020.

On 14 April, Tamaki debuted his second 2D outfit. It has maid style.

On 27 April, Tamaki held his first event "Inuyama Tamaki's Wantama Festival☆" (犬山たまきのわんたまフェスティバル☆).

On 28 April, Tamaki appeared as guest on "NicoNico Super Conference 2019" (ニコニコ超会議2019, NicoNico ChouKaiGi 2019).

On 28 May, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 150,000 subscribers.

On 6 August, Tamaki held "Inuyama Tamaki's WantamaLand☆ in cluster" (犬山たまきのわんたまランド☆ in cluster) event.

On 10 August, Tamaki appeared on "Project Singularity 'Musical Singularity' Vol.0" (Project Singularity 音楽的特異点 Vol.0) event.

On 17 August, Tamaki appeared on "Bilibili World at Guangzhou 2019" (Bilibili World at 広州 2019) event.

On 24 August, Tamaki debuted her third 2D outfit, summer uniform style.

On 1 September, Tamaki held "Inuyama Tamaki's WantamaLand☆ in cluster #2" (犬山たまきのわんたまランド☆ in cluster #2) event.

On 8 September, Tamaki revealed his fourth 2D outfit, indoor style.

On 4 October, Tamaki appeared on "Bilibili World at Shanghai 2019" (Bilibili World at 上海 2019) event.

On 7 October, Tamaki held his first solo event in Shanghai (犬山たまき1stソロイベントin上海).

On 23 October, Tamaki announced his crossover collaboration event with Dawn of the Breakers game.

On 26 October, Tamaki held his 1st anniversary event "Inuyama Tamaki 1st Anniversary VR Live in cluster" (犬山たまき1周年記念VRライブ in cluster).

On 27 October, Tamaki revealed his fifth 2D outfit, Chinese clothing style.

On 7 November, Tamaki appeared as guest on TV Show "Superwoman Warrior GullivengerV" (超人女子戦士ガリベンガーV) broadcasted by TV Asahi.

On 30 November, Tamaki appeared as guest on radio show "Strawberry and Lemon and Muscat" (いちごとレモンとマスカット) broadcasted by TBS Radio.

On 2 December, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 200,000 subscribers.

2020
On 19 January, Tamaki featured on music album "VirtuaREAL.01".
 * On the same day, he participated in the album launching event in Osaka.
 * On 25 January, he participated in the album launching event in Tokyo.

On 29 February, Tamaki appeared as guest "Waku-Waku! VTuber Forum Special♪" (わくわく！VTuberひろば すぺしゃる♪) event.

On 17 March, Tamaki debuted his second 3D model with maid style.

On 17 May, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 300,000 subscribers.

On 6 August, Tamaki announced his collaboration desserts with THE AKIBA (THE SHIBUYA STORE).

On 7 August, Tamaki participated in "Bilibili World 2020 Shanghai".

On 21 August, Tamaki revealed 2.0 update on his Live2D model. On the same day, his YouTube channel reached 400,000 subscribers.

On 10 September, Tamaki appeared as guest on TV Show "Superwoman Warrior GullivengerV" (超人女子戦士ガリベンガーV) broadcasted by TV Asahi.

On 2 October, Tamaki appeared as guest on "Virtual TIF 2020" (バーチャルTIF 2020) event.

On 24 October, Tamaki announced his participation on "IMAGINATION vol.3" compilation music album.

On 27 October, Tamaki revealed 2.0 update on his Chinese outfit 3D model.

On 23 November, Tamaki participated in "Mahjong Virtual Inter-High" (雀魂バーチャルインターハイ) event.

On 3 December, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 500,000 subscribers.

On 30 December, Tamaki participated in VTuber music event "*ASTERISK".

2021
On 5 February, Tamaki announced his collaboration with Muse Dash.

On 6 February, Tamaki released his single "Koi no Moonlight" (恋のMoonlight) in collaboration with Muse Dash.

On 10 February, Tamaki appeared on "Animedia vol. March 2021" (アニメディア2021年3月号) published by Gakken Plus (学研プラス).

On 5 March, Tamaki revealed his 2.0 update on his 3D maid outfit.

On 25 March, Tamaki debuted his third 3D Chinese style outfit.

On 27 March, Tamaki participated in Kizuna Ai's Fall Guys "FallAIs" event.

On 8 April, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 600,000 subscribers.

On 1 June, NoriPro released "Toki-Meki Notes♪" (トキメキノーツ♪) with all NoriPro members.

On 20 June, Tamaki participated in "Mahjong 2nd Anniversary Big Big Appreciation Cup" (雀魂二周年大大感謝杯, Mahjong Nishuunen Daidaikansha-hai) event.

On 21 June, Tamaki participated in the recording of "VTuber Chips 3" (Vtuberチップス3).

On 27 July, Tamaki revealed his 2.0 update on his Live2D indoor outfit model.

On 2 August, Tamaki revealed his 2.0 update on his Live2D summer uniform outfit model.
 * On the same day, he announced his collaboration with online crane game company "MOLLY.ONLINE" for limited time prize.

On 14 August, Tamaki's YouTube channel reached 700,000 subscribers.

On 21 October, Tamaki debuted his sixth Live2D model with idol style.

2022
On 26 June, Tamaki debuted his seventh Live2D model with royal guardian style.

On 2 August, it was announced that Tamaki would have a voice acting role in the anime "End of the World with a Shiba Inu". He is set to be a guest in episode 70.

2023
On 2 January, Tamaki announced that he is going to suspend his activities and going on an indefinite hiatus to take a rest in order to recover from the signs stress-induced alopecia and early symptoms of stress bronchial asthma. Despite suspending his activities, the upcoming sponsored streams will be carried out as usual. This includes the radio show "NoriPro Presents: Nori-Nori Radio!" on Bunka Housou Cho! A&G+. He is planned to be back by the end of January 2023.

Fans

 * Tamaki's fans are called "Tamakinz" (たまきんズ).

Trivia

 * Colour: #3CBCEB
 * He is occasionally called "Tamakin", which is Japanese slang for testicles.
 * Tamaki is a close friend of Oda Nobuhime; a Twitter post from one will almost certainly result in a reply from the other.
 * He mentioned that his "Tower of Babel" is up to 18 cm (7 inches) long.
 * According to a stream on 26th June 2020, at the 2:47:11 mark, he apparently has very strong feelings about cool blonde guys.
 * Tamaki made a cameo appearance as a train advertisement in The Ghost Train.
 * Tamaki also made a cameo appearance as a logo on the collectible can in the Night Delivery.
 * Tamaki introduced a wide variety of VTubers to his viewers through collab streams; in addition to his co-workers at NoriPro, he frequently does collab streams with hololive, NIJISANJI, and AniMare members, as well as various indies including but not limited to: Shigure Ui, Kagura Mea, Tenkai Tsukasa, and GatchmanV.

Media

 * Inuyama Tamaki's corporate profile on the NoriPro website
 * 佃煮のりおちゃんねる【犬山たまき】 - YouTube channel
 * 犬山玉姬Official - Bilibili channel
 * @norioo_ - Twitter account (main)
 * @noritamaaa_ - Twitter account (second)

Twitter hashtags

 * #犬山たまき - General
 * #たまきあーと - Fan art

Further readings

 * 犬山たまき - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 犬山たまき - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 犬山たまき - Unofficial NoriPro seesaawiki
 * 犬山玉姬 - Moegirl Encyclopedia