Hana Macchia

Hana Macchia is a female Indonesian Virtual YouTuber and she is a first wave member of Nijisanji ID, Nijisanji's Indonesian Virtual Liver branch with Taka Radjiman and ZEA Cornelia which is known as "3SetBBQ" (San-SetBBQ, 3セットBBQ).

Profile
A university student majoring in design, Hana debuted to create a safe space for people to feel comfortable, entertained, and not alone. She will always accompany and encourage you from afternoon to evening.undefined

Personality
Hana is a good person. She has a considerable sense of curiosity. Hana is also a person who smiles easily. In addition to having a great sense of curiosity, she also wanted to try something she only knew, for example on minecraft streams when she collaborated with Taka and ZEA, she wanted to do Debus in front of them even though in the end, Taka prevented her from doing that.

Background
Hana created her YouTube account on 23 August and made her debut on 13 September 2019, alongside Taka Radjiman and ZEA Cornelia as the first wave of Nijisanji ID. The three are collectively known as "3SetBBQ" (San-SetBBQ, 3セットBBQ).

2020
On 28 September, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her second 2D costumes.

2021
On 5 March, Hana, along with the rest of 3SetBBQ, had their 2D models updated to version 2.0.

On 5 April, Nijisanji ID's original music project "Virtual on Voyage" was announced. On 11 April, more details about the project were announced. Hana was revealed to be one of the vocals for the track ODD-Venture along with Reza Avanluna and Layla Alstroemeria, with the song being produced by heiakim and illustrated by soyatu. The songs were released on 15 May.

On 16 May, she and Bonnivier Pranaja were the MCs for Nijisanji EN's group, LazuLight's, Special Debut Program, where they commentated on the members' debut streams and new song.

On 15 September, Hana's second 2D costume was updated to the 2.0 version.

Discography

 * Main article: Hana Macchia/Discography

Events

 * She participated in an exhibition event Creator Super Fest (CSF) Jakarta, back in 26-27 October 2019 with Taka and ZEA under the name "Nijisanji ID."
 * On 26 June 2021, Nijisanji's Indonesian Twitter account announced that every 3SetBBQ member would appear at the grand launching of Poco M3 Pro 5G as guests.

Fans

 * Her fans are called "Nijisenja". It comes from the words "Nijisanji" and "Senja". Senja means "dusk" in Indonesian.

Trivia

 * Color: #FFEFD6
 * Hana is a half Japanese-half American descent and currently lives in Indonesia so she is trilingual (Indonesian, English, and Japanese). She mentioned she has a trouble understanding Kanji and some of the nuances of the English language, but overall, she still speaks all three languages pretty well.
 * She has invited her real life father to some of her livestreams, with Hana herself illustrating his appearance. Harry, or "Papa Macchia", has developed a following all his own, and he's often referred to as the father of Hana's chat.
 * During her first Getting Over It stream, she was making various noises when jumping and trying to concentrate. After a string or noises like "uh", "pu" and "ue", she ended up saying "apue". The chat picked the nonsensical word, and later, "apue" became Hana's most famous trademark.
 * She is good at drawing.
 * She is bad at horror games and avoids them.
 * She loves coffee and it often keeps her up late.
 * Thanks to her father, Hana is a fan of the DOOM series. Because of his obsessive focus on gaming when she was younger, she initially hated gaming, believing that her father liked video games more than herself.
 * At around the 59-minute mark of Hana’s 20 March 2020 livestream of DOOM Eternal, the main composer for both DOOM 2016 and DOOM Eternal, Mick Gordon came to the livestream and watched her play the game. Not having known of Hana before, he wrote in the chat “wtf am I watching?” Hana noticed and responded to his comment, to which she was shocked by Mick’s sudden appearance.
 * Even though her surname is Macchia and is sometimes misinterpreted, she hates anything related to matcha.
 * She maintains a good relationship with Nijisanji JP members such as Sukoya Kana and Machita Chima.
 * She has a deep-manly voice that act like her alter ego, called "Handoko" and sometimes uses it in some of her livestreams or when Hana is "away".
 * She has admitted to taking inspiration from Twitch streamers in her streaming style, particularly Vinny from Vinesauce.
 * She is good friend with Amano Pikamee, a fellow half-Japanese-half American Vtuber from VOMS Project.
 * She has mentioned on a stream that her mother passed away when she was very young.
 * Hana finds the word "plow" hilarious and will giggle uncontrollably whenever it is said out loud.
 * She hates vegetables, especially broccoli. Her fans know this fact and "pursue" her to eat vegetables.
 * She is one of the most popular members of foreign Nijisanji branches, having quickly gained popularity in Japanese VTuber community after multiple translated clips from her streams went viral on both YouTube and Nicovideo.

Media

 * Hana Macchia【NIJISANJI ID】 - Youtube channel
 * Hana's corporate profile on the official Nijisanji website
 * @Hana_Macchia - Twitter account
 * HanaMacchia2434id - Facebook page
 * u/Hana_Macchia - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #Hana_Macchia - General
 * #hana_live - Stream talk
 * hanamaki_art - Fan art
 * #hanakal - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #CoretanHana - Hana's art

Further readings

 * Hana Macchia - Unofficial Nijisanji Wiki
 * ハナ・マキア - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * Hana Macchia - Moegirl Encyclopedia