Ookami Mio

Ookami Mio (大神ミオ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of a group of VTubers inside called as hololive Gamers (ホロライブゲーマーズ) alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Nekomata Okayu, and Inugami Korone.

Introduction Video
Mio's introduction.

Personality
Mio is frequently described by fans and other hololivers as being mature, responsible and level-headed when compared to her peers. In the holo no graffiti animated shorts Mio is frequently seen playing the part of the "straight-man", reacting comparatively like a real person would to her coworkers' absurd shenanigans or the onset of surreal situations. Mio is also regarded as being exceptionally kind, even among the already enormously friendly hololive staff, with both fans and peers frequently seeking her personal advice. This friendly and wise persona has earned her the popular nickname "Mio-mama".

Despite these traits, however Mio is frequently touted as one of the biggest scaredy-cats in hololive. Among hololive's roster Mio is one of most susceptible to horror movies or the scares in horror-themed games. This aspect of her personality is also supported by the holo no graffiti animated shorts, with Mio being revealed to be extremely easily frightened by ghost-stories, being completely unwilling to remain alone in the dark and becoming almost catatonic when scared.

She has stated that she sometimes has to suppress her more wild, wolf-like instincts and compulsions. These compulsions have included things like outright eating her coworkers Tsunomaki Watame (a sheep girl) and Nekomata Okayu (a cat girl).

She is also recognized as a talented singer as Shirogane Noel's singing coach (who Noel describes as particularly harsh and difficult to impress), upon hearing Mio singing during the Toyosu PIT live-event, remarked that she was exceptionally gifted.

Background
Her Twitter account was opened on 16 November 2018 while her YouTube channel was created on 1 December 2018. On 6 December, a video introducing hololive GAMERS was uploaded and then she did an introductory stream with Fubuki on the next day.

2019
On 9 June, she announced that she would debut her 3D model. She debuted her 3D model on 16 June.

On 11 September, she published on her Twitter that she would get her swimsuit 3D costume, which she debuted later that day during a stream.

On 19 December, hololive's Twitter account published that both Mio and Fubuki would get new 2D costumes. She unveiled hers in a stream on 22 December an hour earlier than Fubuki's.

2020
On 1 January, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her third 2D costume, a kimono to celebrate the new year, she debuted her costume later that day during a stream.

On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted her 3D idol outfit at hololive's 1st fest Nonstop Story.

Events

 * On 23 May 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongisde Roboco, Aki Rosenthal, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco, and Oozora Subaru.
 * On 27 November 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Azur Lane as one of the characters, alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Nakiri Ayame, Natsuiro Matsuri, Murasaki Shion, Minato Aqua and Tokino Sora, she was available from 27 November to 10 December.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her pet is a minotaur like creature called "Hatotaurus" originally designed by Fubuki, with the head of a pigeon, with buffalo or goat like horns, the body of a minotaur and the legs and tail of a wolf.


 * Her fanbase name is offficially called "Mio-fa" short for Mio's familiy ミオファ（みおーんファミリー）.

Trivia

 * Her last name, "Ookami" means wolf.
 * Her long hair is often mistaken as her tail, when her real tail is wrapped around one of her legs. She has said before that the reason for this is because her tail is too sensitive.
 * Her visual design has been noted as heavily resembling that of Ryuko Matoi from Studio Trigger's 2013 anime Kill la Kill. Ryuko has black hair with a distinctive red stripe on her right-side bangs, which Mio also has with increased length. The color-scheme of Mio's clothing with the the dominant use of black and red also matches that of Ryuko's school uniform. The orange hair-clip with the white cross through it that she wears on her right-side bangs resembles the distinctive single eyeball of Senketsu; the talking, sentient piece of clothing that bonds with and fights alongside Ryuko in the series.
 * Mio is a self-professed practitioner and advocate of the "No Panties Healthy Lifestyle". This practice consists of not wearing underwear while sleeping, which supposedly grants health benefits such as improved blood-flow throughout the lower body. Mio states this wisdom was passed down to her from her grandmother.
 * Mio owns a cat named Taiga ("Tiger") that is notably uncooperative and rambunctious, requiring Mio to chase and fight with her in order to do things like properly groom her fur. A picture of Taiga appears on Mio's usual stand-by screen.
 * Following the debut of hololive's fourth generation, she stated that one of her New Year's Resolutions for 2020 would be that she promised to control her natural impulses and "not eat" Watame. Watame was in the chat at the time, with Mio suggesting that she shower prior to the two meeting in order to suppress the smell of "wild sheep" and thusly reduce her temptation. Watame responded by posting emoticons to illustrate herself running away.