Sonny Brisko

Sonny Brisko (サニー・ブリスコー) is a male English Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's fifth wave "Noctyx", alongside Uki Violeta, Alban Knox, Fulgur Ovid, and Yugo Asuma.

Profile
An Officer from the future with a straightforward attitude. He's reliable in a pinch despite being rough around the edges.

Background
On 18 June 2021, NIJISANJI EN opened two sets of auditions, one of which was specifically for male Livers. The male-specific auditions lasted until 1 August.

On 22 February 2022, NIJISANJI EN announced the upcoming debut of its fifth wave, "Noctyx", accompanied by a teaser featuring the new Livers' designs and voices.

Sonny's YouTube channel was created on 7 February 2022, and his Twitter account also created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 22 February 2022.

Debut
Noctyx made their debuts on 27 February 2022 (JST) as part of a special debut program hosted on the NIJISANJI EN channel, with commentary provided by Reimu Endou and Ike Eveland. Sonny was the first of the group to debut. Afterwards, all five members of Noctyx appeared on the main channel.

An original song sung by Noctyx, "Stuck in The Abyss", was released shortly after the debut program. The lyrics and music were by MATZ and BBY NABE, and the song was produced by the former.

Fans

 * Sonny's fans are called Briskadets, a portmanteau of Brisko and cadet.

Quotes

 * "Don't make me use lethal force" - Debut teaser

Relationships

 * "Noctyx" - Sonny, Uki Violeta, Alban Knox, Fulgur Ovid, and Yugo Asuma. They are debut-mates.

Identity

 * Color: #FFF321 (the last three digits spell out Sonny's first name in Japanese)
 * Sonny is a native English speaker and speaks "a little bit" of Japanese.

Lore

 * Sonny was the commanding officer of the Virtual Special Forces (VSF) before being sucked from the future into this timeline. He now investigates cybercrimes in this era as a member of NIJISANJI EN.

Likes and dislikes

 * Foods that Sonny likes include sushi, ramen, gyoza, gyuudon, negi (green onions), and marbled meats. Aburi engawa is his favorite type of sushi.
 * Animals that Sonny likes include capybara, cuttlefish, and dogs. He likes Shiba Inus in particular "for their ability to clip through walls".
 * Sonny likes YouTube Poops (aka YTPs, YTPMVs) and their Japanese counterpart, 音MAD.
 * Sonny is interested in voice acting, in particular, the seiyuu industry. His favorite seiyuu is Wakamoto Norio. He is also interested in voice impressions.
 * Sonny also likes practicing kicks, kicking doors down, and ASMR.
 * Sonny dislikes beetroot, hot weather, koalas, driving, and getting drunk.
 * Anime series that Sonny likes include Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Welcome to the NHK, K-ON!, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Dragon Ball, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Tatami Galaxy, One-Punch Man, Cowboy Bebop, Monogatari, Lucky Star, Neon Genesis Evangelion, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Azumanga Daioh, and the Haruhi Suzumiya series/films.
 * Manga series that Sonny likes include Oyasumi Punpun, Chainsaw Man, Yotsubato, Baki the Grappler, Sen to Man, and Hatarakanai Futari.
 * Movies that Sonny likes include American Psycho, the Nolan Batman trilogy, Drive, Blade Runner, and John Wick.
 * Musical artists that Sonny likes include Neutral Milk Hotel, Tatsuro Yamashita, and Death Grips. In terms of music, he also likes anime OSTs, video game OSTs, and Touhou arranges.
 * Video games that Sonny likes include the Metal Gear series, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guilty Gear Strive, Doom, Sekiro, Earthbound (aka Mother 2), the Half-Life series, Dark Souls, Dishonored, and classic Nintendo games.

Miscellaneous

 * Sonny's first tweet is a reference to a particular scene in Azumanga Daioh involving Wakamoto Norio's character.
 * He drew some of the frames in his animated lore video.

Media

 * Sonny Brisko 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * Sonny's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * @sonny_brisko - Twitter account
 * u/Sonny_Brisko - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #SonnyBrisko - General tag
 * #SonnyLive - Live tag
 * #Briskart - Fan art tag
 * #FunnyBrisko - Meme tag
 * #FriskyBrisky - NSFW tag
 * #Noctyx - Noctyx group tag

Further readings

 * Sonny Brisko - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * Sonny Brisko 【NIJISANJI EN】 - Wikitubia