Sukoya Kana

Sukoya Kana (健屋花那) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber and member of Nijisanji. She debuted as part of the 2019 unit "Tulip-gumi"「チューリップ組」 alongside Shellin Burgundy and Hayase Sou.

Profile
A girl who works at a hospital. Many people have healed by her smile. She became a liver to cheer up and encourage people from all over the world. She's awkward, though, and doesn't like drawing blood.undefined

Personality
Her easy-going manner of speaking and devilish laugh in between are very attractive. However, when it comes to streaming games, especially Identity V and Splatoon 2, her personality changes whereas she tend to start clicking tongue and cursing in-game.

Kana likes to interact with fans that she has created various twitter tags as her way of communicating with them as she is also open on taking their thoughts and suggestions about her works.

Background
Kana's YouTube channel was created on 4 July and made her debut on 21 September.

2019
On 29 September, her YouTube channel has been monetized.

On 28 October, her YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers during her Minecraft stream where she became Stomach-kun and would only turn back to normal once she have reached her channel's goal.

2020
On 21 March, Kana released her first solo cover song Interviewer in line with the celebration of Tulip-gumi’s half year anniversary and her, reaching 150,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 11 April, she participated in Nijisanji’s Singing Stream Relay.undefined

On 14 May, during her birthday stream she enabled her membership function on her channel and released a teaser of her new outfit to commemorate her 50,000 subscribers milestone.undefined She revealed her new Gothic Lolita outfit the following day on her YouTube channel.undefined

On 3 June, Kana debuted the 2.0 brushup of her Live2D model.

On 11 June, Kana and Shirayuki Tomoe's duo name (formerly Nijisanji Seiheki Konbi) is now officially called "Crossick" which represents their intersecting "sickness" and as well as their cross hairpins.

On 28 June, announced during the ASOBINOTES ONLINE FES, Kana will take part of Bandai Namco Entertainment's new dance music project, DEN-ON-BU, to which she'll voice a character named Houou Karin (鳳凰火凛).

On 30 June, she revealed her new Spring-themed outfit during her Ring Fit Adventure endurance stream for her 200,000 YouTube subscribers milestone.

On 4 September, it was announced that she would be getting her 3D debut. The model debut stream was held on 12 September.

On 8 October, she debuted her Niji3D.

On 7 December, it was announced that Kana would be a regular participant on Nijisanji's New Quiz Variety Program "NijiQuiz" that would be broadcasted once a month starting 13 December.

On 16 December, Kana released her cover of "KING" by Kanaria.

2021
On 8 January, her YouTube channel reached 300,000 subscribers.

On 14 May, Kana announced that she will be taking a break from solo streaming starting June until March of 2022. She had been hinting about the break since 2020 but finally announced it officially on her birthday stream. She also mentioned that she originally planned to start the break last January but decided to delay it for the meantime until it became hard for her to balance both study and streaming. Her other activities like NijiQuiz, Den-On-Bu, voice packs, etc., will still continue as scheduled and will occasionally do member-only streams and celebratory solo streams.

On 5 June, CHARON Inc. announced that Kana, along with Momosuzu Nene and Fukuya Master, will take part in a horror/romance visual novel game titled, MenheRafflesia Flowering Abyss as the voice actress for the character Ayume Daffodil (あゆめスイセン). The game was released on 25 June 2021.

On 6 August, Kana released her Official Nijisanji LINE Sticker.

On 13 September, her YouTube channel reached 400,000 subscribers.

On 21 September, Kana revealed her new Key Visual.

On 30 October, Kana's new 3D model, wearing Houou Karin's outfit, was revealed along with Sister Cleaire and Hoshikawa Sara's respective versions during the DEN-ON-BU 1st Live -Make Waves-.

Events

 * Shout in the Rainbow Nagoya Live (Studio MC) - 26 February 2020
 * ASOBINOTES ONLINE FES (Sister Cleaire and Hoshikawa Sara) - 28 June 2020
 * Talk aVout!! Vol. 2 (Tulip-gumi) - 14 November 2020
 * Nijisanji x Yomiuri Land Collaboration Attraction Vol. 1 (Crossick) - 28 November 2020
 * Nijisanji Anniversary Festival 2021 - 27~28 February 2021
 * NIJISANJI SHOW DOWN - 04 September 2021
 * ASOBISTORE EXPO 2021 - 05 October 2021
 * DEN-ON-BU 1st Live -Make Waves- - 30~31 October 2021

Programs

 * Nijisanji Happy Hour Episode 22 (Crossick) - 08 September 2020
 * NijiQuiz Variety Program - ongoing
 * Houkago Sabotage Talk Variety Show (Mayuzumi Kai and Ryushen)
 * Gariben Girl V Episode 82 (TV Asahi) - 10 April 2021
 * Den-On-Bu Web Radio #1 ~ #4 (Main Personality) - May 2021
 * Den-On-Bu Web Radio #12 ~ #13 (Guest) - July 2021
 * Den-On-Bu Web Radio #24 ~ #25 (Guest) - October 2021
 * Den-On-Bu Web Radio #28 ~ #29 (Guest) - November 2021

Voice Acting Roles

 * DEN-ON-BU - Houou Karin (鳳凰火凛)
 * MenheRafflesia Flowering Abyss - Ayume Daffodil (あゆめスイセン)

Fans

 * Kana calls her viewer すこや患者 (Sukoya Kanja, Sukoya's Patients).

Within Nijisanji

 * チューリップ組 (Tulip-gumi) with Hayase Sou and Shellin Burgundy. (They debuted together)
 * くまいさん (Kumai-san) with Aiba Uiha.
 * Crossick (formerly にじさんじ性癖コンビ (Nijisanji Seiheki Konbi)) with Shirayuki Tomoe.
 * Fan Mark: 🧬 (DNA mark)
 * Fan Name: 性壁 (Seiheki, Wall)
 * 片目隠れズ (Katame Kakurezu) with Genzuki Tojiro. (They both have one eye covered by their hair)
 * 明日晴れる花那 (Ashita Hareru Kana) with Kaida Haru.
 * 限界くろしっく (Genkai Crossick) with Shirayuki Tomoe, Genzuki Tojiro, and Kaida Haru.
 * 放課後サボタージュ (Houkago Sabotage) with Mayuzumi Kai and Ryushen.
 * 電音部 - 帝音シブヤ組 (Den-on-bu - Teion Shibuya-gumi) with Hoshikawa Sara and Sister Cleaire.

Outside Nijisanji

 * Hijirime Laeria (聖女れりあ)
 * A fan of Crossick who occasionally draws fan arts of them. Her relationship with Kana grew closer through Shirayuki Tomoe, who she has been a fan of since Tomoe debuted.
 * Calls each other soulmates.
 * Nuijo (ぬいじょ)
 * Identity V streamer and cosplayer. She also likes Joseph and seem to be in tune with Kana in terms of fetishes.
 * Because of her name's origin 脱いでジョゼフ (Strip Joseph), Kana changed her IGN to 吐いてジョセフ (Throw up, Joseph) shortened as Haijo (はいじょ) when they collaborated.
 * She has a low-pitch voice that Kana really likes.
 * Shibuya Azuki (澁谷梓希)
 * A Voice Actress, DJ, and former member of the idol group i☆Ris.
 * They got close through Den-on-bu and often appear on official streams together.

Trivia

 * Color: #FF2FA2
 * Kana was encouraged by her friends to audition for Nijisanji and occasionally helps her with her streams.
 * Kana is an actual medical practitioner and occasionally shares her medical and academic knowledge with her viewers.
 * She mentioned that around September 2021, she would be temporarily relocated on a remote area that she doubt would have any service.
 * She announced a 9-month solo stream break starting on June 2021 until March 2022 to focus on her studies for her Qualifying Examination.
 * Her hair was once damaged by formalin solution during their dissection practice in college.
 * In her debut stream Kana proclaimed she has a vomiting fetish.
 * Kana went out for a drink with a girl whom she's quite interested in and ended up getting drunk out of nervousness. As Kana was struggling to throw up, she was offered some help and was asked if she knew how to throw up using her fingers. She was then taught how to do it, but felt ashamed for the trouble she had caused during that time. But the moment she woke up the next morning she thought that what happened that time was really something and that opened her eyes to her vomiting fetish.
 * Due to some misunderstanding about her fetish, Kana had to clarify that it's not the vomit itself that she likes but the psychological aspects of when the person shows their distressed/miserable state before and during vomiting.
 * She made the hashtag #手洗いうがいしたぞ健屋 (Sukoya, I've washed my hands and gargled) to encourage everyone to wash their hands and gargle. If you tweeted it with the condition that you have washed your hands and gargled, you can sometimes get likes and replies from her. It is also used for lunch menu updates.
 * She mentioned that the reason why her wrists are weak was because she used to take an IV drip from her wrist.
 * She played tennis for about 10 years.
 * She was part of the brass band and played bass clarinet when she was still a student.
 * She took her English Proficiency Test (EIKEN) Level 2 when she was in middle school.
 * Kana can speak English relatively well, as observed in her English-only collaboration stream with Nijisanji ID member Hana Macchia.
 * Tamamusi-sensei's yuri manga どれが恋かがわからない (I Don't Know Which One is Love)'s main character was inspired by the character Kana played in her TRPG with Kosaka.
 * She shares the same character designer with Seto Miyako of Nijisanji and Fukumaki Yuka of Irodori.

Crossick

 * List of Voice Dramas Released:


 * Kana and Tomoe's duo にじさんじ性癖コンビ (Nijisanji Seiheki Konbi, Nijisanji's Fetish Duo) was formed when they had an unplanned collaboration on the night of Christmas Eve (2019) when Tomoe's plan of playing a yuri game didn't go as she planned.
 * On 31 January 2020, together with Tomoe, they planned and wrote the script for their first official yuri voice drama that went on sale for a limited time at the official Nijisanji BOOTH store.undefined This stream also serves as their first proper collab stream as a pairing.
 * A lot of VTubers asked both them if they are dating and Kana answered during her online drinking stream with Hayase Sou that her relationship with Tomoe doesn't need to be labelled and the only thing that matters is that they care for each other.
 * On April Fool's Day, she changed her Twitter profile icon and header into pitch-black images and set her name to "We had a fight" and her status to "It was Sukoya's fault, I'm sorry." It turns out that this episode was related to Nijisanji Seiheki Konbi and that they really had an actual fight the day before, but then decided to use it for April Fool's Day after making up. She then uploaded a photo of her and Tomoe from their Kyoto trip after setting her twitter profile back to normal.
 * On 14 May 2020, she received a rabbit plush, Kirby plush, 2 sets of baby doll lingerie, and a custom-made cake as birthday presents from Tomoe. On a later date, Tomoe personally handed her other presents; a matching wristwatch, underwear and pajama.
 * She stays a lot at Tomoe's place to the point that they can almost be considered cohabiting. She even have a dedicated "Sukoya box" at Tomoe's place where she keeps her belongings. She also owns a duplicate key to Tomoe's place.
 * Although they've discussed and planned about living together, they said that it won't be happening any sooner because of their work schedule and also have to consider that they both stream, as they stated "the current relationship is just right for now."
 * They are on the phone all the time except when they're at work and/or streaming, and are always connected whether each of them are sleeping or awake. This makes them feel that they are always collaborating together hence tending to forget whether they just did collab stream or not.
 * Kana and Tomoe were supposedly scheduled to stream Splatoon 2 but an off-collaboration was decided in a short period of time then later announced that a "Major Announcement" would take place instead. The description in her video, "Every beginning has an end" has caused uneasiness towards their listeners while waiting for the stream to start. They then revealed that the management has requested them to pick a new duo name in consideration of their future projects.undefined
 * Harukawa Haru, a professional manga artist/illustrator, is the one responsible for their previous duo name whereas she called them Nijisanji Seiheki Konbi even before the duo was formed.  Her duo name suggestion "Crossick" was chosen as the new duo name.
 * Kana held a gacha stream in attempt to complete Tomoe's DMM Scratch goods. Witnessing Kana getting hooked with the gacha, Tomoe tried stopping her by sending LINE messages but got her notifications turned off. Kana even took out her third credit card which she haven't told Tomoe about. In the end, she have managed to complete Tomoe's goods except for the signed board.
 * Tomoe sent her a 12,000 yen superchat with a comment saying, "I'll be scolding you later for turning off your LINE notifications." to catch her attention.
 * On 22 November 2020, also known as the Good Couple's Day in Japan, Sukoya and Tomoe celebrated the first anniversary of their first meeting. Although not having any particular plans made in advance for the stream on that day they've decided to bake a cake and have an exchange gift. Tomoe received a bouquet of flowers and a Peony Gardenia-scented body scrub, while Sukoya received a matching gloves.
 * On 27 November 2020, Crossick announced that they had produced a smartphone cases they originally designed that went available for a limited time.
 * On 14 May 2021, she received a Dior set as birthday present from Tomoe.

Media

 * 健屋花那【にじさんじ】KanaSukoya - YouTube Channel
 * Kana's corporate profile on the official Nijisanji website
 * 健屋花那 - Nijisanji Official Store
 * @sukosuko_sukoya - Official Twitter account
 * @sukosuko_sukoya - Official TwitCasting channel
 * 健屋花那_Official - Official bilibili channel
 * u/Kana_Sukoya_2434 - Official Reddit account

Twitter Hashtags

 * Live Stream: #すこやカルテ
 * Fan Art: #いらすこや
 * NSFW Fan Art: #すこティッシュ
 * Cosplay: #すこやこす
 * Thumbnail: #おたすけすこや
 * Voice Impressions: #ぼいすこや

Further Readings

 * 健屋花那- Unofficial Nijisanji Wiki
 * 健屋花那 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 健屋花那 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 健屋花那 - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 스코야 카나 - Namu Wiki