Hanasaki Miyabi

Hanasaki Miyabi (花咲みやび) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive production's branch HOLOSTARS as part of its first generation, alongside Kagami Kira, Kanade Izuru, Yakushiji Suzaku, Arurandeisu and Rikka.

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Personality
Miyabi is always cheerful and calm, exuding a soothing presence whenever he streams. He rarely shows any negative emotions, even when he is genuinely surprised or when playing high tension games like Apex Legends. He does, however, gets scared easily and when he screams, it can sound either helpless or desperate.

Due to this, he is often perceived as precious and endearing by his viewers. He doesn't act any different during collaborations either, although he is occasionally mischievous and playful with the other members.

He is also a very soft-hearted and emotional person. During a Christmas collaboration video, the HOLOSTARS members had the opportunity to meet each other offline on that day. Miyabi tried to give a closing speech but quickly burst into tears while talking about meeting the other members.

He even held a Free Talk stream titled "Let's talk about emotional stuff" (エモい話しようや) where he had a heart-to-heart conversation with his chat. In the stream, he confessed how he felt during his early days of being a VTuber and expressed sincere gratitude for his viewer's constant support and his fanbase's slow but steady growth.

Miyabi is known to be a sickly and weak person who is sensitive to the outdoors and often stays at home. If he goes outside and energetically moves around for 5-10 minutes, a thing called "frail skill" (虚弱スキル) will activate. "Frail skill" will make him experience dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitation, nausea, headache, etc. Despite his condition, he seems adamant on playing Ring Fit Adventure when he makes his 3D debut.

Appearance
He has short red hair that's partially tied back and golden yellow eyes. He wears a cherry blossom shaped hairpin. He wears a black striped turtle neck underneath a white poncho like cover with yellow ribbons tied to them and wide leg black ankle length pants and black and yellow laced boots.

Background
His Twitter account was created in 27 May 2019; his YouTube channel was created on 3 June 2019, and his debut stream was performed on 8 June 2019.

2020
On 3 March, he uploaded his first cover song, Do Re Mi Fa Rondo by 40mP.

On 15 March, he revealed his White Day costume, which was designed by ne-on and modelled by vivi.

On 4 August, he revealed his summer costume, which was also designed by ne-on.

On 24 August, he reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 2 November, he reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 3 December, he opened up his membership feature.

On 22 December, he reached 40,000 subscribers.

On 25 December, it was announced that all the HOLOSTARS members would receive new costumes on 3 January, 2021, commemorating New Year's.

2021
On 3 January, he revealed his new year's costume, which was designed by ne-on and modelled by FELUCCA.

On 26 January, he reached 50,000 subscribers.

On 7 March, he reached 60,000 subscribers.

On 25 April, he reached 70,000 subscribers.

On 7 June, he reached 80,000 subscribers.

On 9 July, he reached 90,000 subscribers.

On 13 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that every HOLOSTARS member would get 2.0 version of their 2D model.

On 22 August, he reached 100,000 subscribers during a Minecraft stream, being the ninth HOLOSTARS to reach this milestone.

On 2 October, Miyabi announced during a stream that he would receive his 3D model.

On 9 October, Miyabi debuted his 3D model.

On 31 October, he showed his Home 3D for the first time on the stream. This also doubled as a way to show off the Halloween assets he received, which came in the shape of a pumpkin head that covered his head.

2022
On 1 January, Miyabi showed the updated Live 2D of his New Year's costume on stream.

On 11 January, Miyabi showed his New Year's assets to his Home 3D, which came in the shape of him wearing a Kagami Mochi over his head.

On 17 February, hololive's Japanese Twitter announced that Miyabi and Temma would reveal their matching 100k celebration costumes in a relay.

On 18 February, he revealed his 100k subscribers celebration costume, which was designed by his original illustrator hou. Temma and his costume were made to match with a fairytale theme, with Miyabi's costume being inspired specifically by Red Riding Hood. He announced that his original song Kaikai Sengen would release by midnight in that same stream. Additionally, in a collab free talk stream with Temma shortly afterwards, it was announced that the two would start to hold a regular radio named "Hanakishi Radio".

On 17 July, he revealed his 2.0 summer outfit.

On 30 August, HOLOSTARS revealed an original voice drama titled, "Highschool Holography" to include all of the nine HOLOSTARS members along with featuring all four UPROAR!! members as guests. The drama cd will be released into two parts with the first part to release on November 5, 2022 and the second part to be announced at a later date.

On 4 September, he reached 130,000 subscribers.

On 21 September, it was announced that in celebration of the upcoming HOLOSTARS 2nd ACT 3D live concert, 3 new original unit songs would be released.

On 15 November, he revealed his autumn/winter outfit which was designed by his original illustrator hou and modelled by FELUCCA.

Discography

 * Main page: Hanasaki Miyabi/Discography

HanaKishi Radio
HanaKishi Radio (花岸れいでぃお) is a radio show starting at 7:00JST where Hanasaki Miyabi and Kishido Temma take turns broadcasting on their channels regarding different topics. It's held on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month unless stated otherwise. A playlist on Miyabi's channel can be found here. The episodes list down below has the broadcasts that Miyabi hosted on his channel in order of the oldest to the most recent. The other episodes can be seen on Temma's page.

2020

 * On 2 August, Miyabi entered Shibuya Hal's VTuber Apex Legends Tournament alongside Rikka and Kageyama Shien under their group name "Star☆Sweeper". In the final rankings, they ranked 20th place.
 * On 26 October, it was announced that HOLOSTARS goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche, held on 7-8 November 2020, and on 28 October, 2020, it was announced that HOLOSTARS would be participating in the event as guests. Miyabi is part of the "Virtual Clerk" (バーチャル店員) exhibition in the event.

2021

 * On 28 January, it was announced that "Net Talking Festival", an HOLOSTARS exclusive event, will be held on 14 February where fans can have a one-on-one chat with any of the HOLOSTARS members for 3 minutes, talking about their daily feelings of gratitude to an important person.
 * From 25 until 27 June, all HOLOSTARS members participated in their 2nd anniversary event "Our Rally 2021", the event featured 3 HOLOSTARS in each day of the event, Miyabi participated on the 2nd day. On the final day of the event, an original song Just Follow Stars was released on the official HOLOSTARS channel featuring all members singing.
 * On 22 July, Miyabi participated on the Fall Guys tournament VTuber Fall Guys Sports Day with fellow HOLOSTARS members; Arurandeisu, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga as "Crustacean LobStars". In the final rankings, they ranked 1st place.
 * On 18 August, Molly Online which is a crane game had announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS featuring members; Hanasaki Miyabi, Kishido Temma, Yukoku Roberu and Kageyama Shien. The goods would be available for a limited time.
 * On 28 August, Penguin Parade announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS.
 * On 15 October, HOLOSTARS' Twitter account announced that HOLOSTARS would participate in "Animate Girls Festival 2021."
 * On 1 November, it was announced there will be a collaboration between King of Prism and HOLOSTARS for a limited time.
 * On 26 December, Miyabi, along with the rest of the HOLOSTARS members, performed at their first 3D live, HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS.

2022

 * On 1 February, it was announced there would be a collaboration between HOLOSTARS and CONVERSE TOKYO starting February 4th until February 13th.
 * On 17 March, it was announced there would be a collaboration between HOLOSTARS and FamilyMart.
 * On 4 April, it was announced HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be having a meet and talk event on May 22, 2022 held in Ikebukuro harevutai with a time limit of 2 minutes per person and attendance will be determined by lottery.
 * On 24 April, HOLOSTARS announced an event HOLOSTARS 3RISE SUPER FAN MEETING ～FLAGSHIP～ in celebration of it's 3rd anniversary to be held on June 26, 2022 in the venue of Ikebukuro harevutai.
 * On 25 April, it was announced there would be collaboration between HOLOSTARS and Don Quijote starting on May 3, 2022.
 * On 26 June, multiple announcements were made; collaboration with Bandai Gashapon starting on June 27, 2022 to July 24, 2022, HOLOSTARS' 3rd original song "Find It" was revealed and released on midnight of June 27, 2022 , HOLOSTARS' 1st album "Follow Us" goes on sale on August 31, 2022 along with the blu-ray of their first 3D live concert "HOLOSTARS 1st ACT: JOURNEY to FIND STARS" and a second 3D live concert "HOLOSTARS 2nd Act: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE" to be held on October 20, 2022.
 * On 1 July, HOLOSTARS announced they will be taking part in "Animate Girls Festival 2022".
 * On 27 July, it was announced that HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! will be participating as ambassadors in support of the spicy foods event, Gekikara Yabai, to be held in Akihabara starting on August 3rd, 2022. Event merch will also be available but only locally.
 * On 1 September, DAM, one of Japan's notable karaoke system, announced a collaboration with HOLOSTARS for a limited time through the entire month of September with a possibility to win prizes. On the same day, a video was uploaded to their official Youtube channel featuring Hanasaki Miyabi, Arurandeisu and Aragami Oga making an announcement regarding the collaboration.
 * On 3 October, it was announced that HOLOSTARS members will appear on the Nihon Television Vtuber NEWS program for 10 weeks to report the latest vtuber news. The broadcast will be on the Nihon Television channel program "news every" at 16:00JST on Mondays.
 * On 20 October, after the performance of HOLOSTARS 2nd Act: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE, multiple announcements where made. A blu-ray of HOLOSTARS 2nd Act will be released on Feburary 22, 2023 and depending on which store the blu-ray is ordered from, exclusive bonus items will differ. HOLOSTARS will have an apparel collaboration with KANGOL REWARD and the first designs will be for UPROAR!! meanwhile other designs will be revealed at a later date. For a limited time, HOLOSTARS 2nd ACT: GREAT VOYAGE to UNIVERSE will be distributed through MiruHaco by JOYSOUND starting on November 19th with more information to be announced on November 4th. All four members of UPROAR!! will be getting their 3D models with more details to be announced later. Arurandeisu will be having a new appearance with more details coming soon. Lastly, a new project has been announced with more details on a later another date.
 * On 28 November, hololive Production announced that HOLOSTARS will have a Christmas 2022 campaign which will include the following events to take place; a web advent calendar, a collaboration with Cake.jp which is an online cake delivery service to feature 13 original cakes for HOLOSTARS and UPROAR!! members, Christmas voice packs and more.

Fans

 * His fanbase is officially called "Hanami-gumi" (花見組).
 * His greeting is, depending on the time of day, "ohamiyabi (おはみやび) or "konbanmiyabi (こんばんみやび).
 * When Miyabi ends the stream, fans say farewell by saying "otsumiyabi" (おつみやび).

Forest of Hanasaki

 * Miyabi has created a fictional park named Hanasaki no Mori or "Forest of Hanasaki" (花咲の森) with several animals he has drawn that ends up with creepy characteristics. These include:
 * A sparrow named Kyomu Suzume (虚無すずめ, lit. "void sparrow"),
 * Another sparrow named Kyogi Suzume (虚偽スズメ, lit. "false sparrow"); Kyomu Suzume's younger sibling,
 * A sheep named Mee-chan (め゛ぇ゛ちゃん),
 * A cow named Sensty-Gyuu (センシティ・ギュウ),
 * A chicken named Black Hole Chicken (ブラックホールチキン),
 * An elephant named Zoutsuji (ぞうつじ),
 * A mouse named Mimimimi (みみみみ),
 * A dolphin named Dolphin Itou (ドルフィンいとう),
 * A penguin named Holepen (ホールペン),
 * A tiger named Toranken (トランケン♂♀),
 * A horse named Momoko Blossom (モモコブロッサム),
 * A bunny named Bloody Bunny .Jr (BB.Jr) (ブラッディバーニー.Jr),
 * Twin squirrels named Pain (ペイン) and Tool (ツール) whom operate a robot called Ctrl+Z.
 * Their names are a pun on paint tool.
 * He had his animals compete to be "King of the Forest" in a tournament game of Animal Tower Battle. During the stream, he roleplayed as his animals while providing live commentary. The champion of this tournament was Holepen.

Official subunits

 * "unplan", alongside Arurandeisu, Rikka, and Kageyama Shien, was officially announced August 24, 2023 with a trailer and an original song released on the same day.

Unofficial units

 * "Star☆Sweeper" (スター☆スウィーパー), along with Rikka and Kageyama Shien.
 * "Sharuwer" (シャルワー) (as the floWER), along with Arurandeisu (ARUran) and Kageyama Shien (SHAdow).
 * "YuruStar" (ゆるスタ), along with Arurandeisu and Kishido Temma.
 * "HanaKishi" (花岸), along with Kishido Temma.
 * "ARoHaRi" (アロハリ), along with Arurandeisu, Yukoku Roberu and Rikka.
 * "Arubaana" (アルバーナ), along with Arurandeisu.
 * "Hanajuu Gumi" (花獣グミ), along with Kageyama Shien.
 * "Ashita Hana" (明日花), along with Astel Leda.
 * "MiyaIzu" (MYIZ), along with Kanade Izuru.
 * "Senkou Gumi" (先行組) along with Kagami Kira and Kanade Izuru.
 * "Koukakidou Lobstars" (甲殻奇動ロブスターズ), along with Arurandeisu, Kageyama Shien and Aragami Oga.
 * "Oganic Flower" (オウガニックフラワー), along with Aragami Oga.

Debut

 * Miyabi is the first debuted member of HOLOSTARS and is part of it's early debut generation whom includes Kagami Kira and Kanade Izuru.
 * Miyabi openly shared that when HOLOSTARS first started out, introduced as a male branch of hololive, they weren't well received. The painful experience of the negative responses caused stress to where it affected Miyabi's health emotionally, physically and mentally. Despite HOLOSTARS having a rough start, Miyabi adds that it's thanks to manager Shinove and company president Yagoo for looking after HOLOSTARS in it's initial stage; making time to talk, coming up with ideas and looking around for collabs.
 * During a Minecraft stream, Miyabi revealed that it was actually company president Yagoo who managed Senkou Gumi (先行組) before Shinove came along. When Shinove joined and became the manager of HOLOSTARS it was before the rest of the 1st generation members joined.
 * Miyabi used to have a family dog named Nana but it passed away. His mother got another similar dog and gave it the same name. Sadly, that dog also passed away right before his debut and it greatly affected him to the point of no appetite.
 * Miyabi notated about the collab stream Izuru had with his vtuber sibling about how Izuru joined Holostars and also chimed in about his similar experience of being chosen by Yagoo. At the time, hololive only had female vtubers in which he was aware of and there was no establishment for a male branch yet. According to the recruitment, it didn't specify gender so he took a chance and sent in his application as he was interested in the idea of a vtuber. Later on, Miyabi would be notified for an interview. During the interview process, Miyabi was not aware Yagoo was present or part of the interviewers due to how Yagoo didn't give a company president like vibe.
 * Through multiple streams Miyabi has also stated that he doesn't consider himself a leader such as the likes of Yatogami Fuma for UPROAR!! and Regis Altare for TEMPUS. Miyabi makes it known that even though he was the very first HOLOSTARS to debut, being a founder, it was simply because out of Kira, Izuru and himself, at the time, he just happened to volunteered to go first when no one else did.

Strength and Weaknesses

 * Miyabi has revealed through multiple streams that he's not good with kanji. As well as with English, even though it's difficult for him, Miyabi makes attempts to get his feelings across to his overseas fans.
 * It was revealed in a stream that Miyabi knows how to play Shogi and learned it from his grandfather who was very good at the game.
 * It's known among the HOLOSTARS members that Miyabi's physical condition has limitations and that's why they're always asking if he's okay. This was confirmed even more to be true considering that staff not only provided an oxygen inhaler for Miyabi ahead of time but they also made it visible via tracking in his 3D debut stream along with the water bottle.
 * Miyabi has very sensitive skin. He used some body wipes and saw that his skin started to turned red and realized it may have contained alcohol but after getting home and taking a bath the redness subsided.
 * Through multiple streams Miyabi stated that he is allergic to cats. Despite his parents' home having multiple cats, he explained that as long as he's careful, his allergic reaction to them won't get serious. Such a case was shown when one of the cats named Hana interrupted him during an entire cooking stream.

Miscellaneous

 * Miyabi's illustrator has done artwork notably for Fire Emblem and Fate/Grand Order franchise.
 * Miyabi said that he's trying to find his niche of what it means to be an idol since the image of it is different for everyone. The phrase that's usually said to him, "Miyabi just has to be our center." actually hurts him because it makes him feel like 'you don't have to do anything' but the thing is, Miyabi wants to be earn his position as in it's something that no one can do that only he can.
 * Miyabi tweeted that he felt better after the chatting stream.
 * After the vlog that Miyabi showed in his 3D debut, he has since continued to make them and a playlist can be found here. Miyabi's vlogs showcases places he visits as he utilizes his 3D model and video edits.
 * While Miyabi doesn't really get called senpai by the rest of his fellow HOLOSTARS members as they've explained that Miyabi doesn't really give off the vibe as one but they do occasionally address Miyabi as a daisenpai (大先輩). However, in a couple of streams, Miyabi has said that he hopes to come across future generation members who will lovingly address him one day as Miyabi-senpai.
 * Miyabi's younger brother, usually refered to as "Otosaki", often draws illustrations for Miyabi's purposes. Deadlines given to him by Miyabi seem to be incredibly short, as Miyabi himself remarked in various streams.
 * Miyabi has mentioned that he wants to become a game voice actor and has actually attended the school for it before.
 * Miyabi stated that his favorite game is FFXIV.
 * Fans have concluded from screenshots he shared and content he has mentioned to have already cleared that he has played since before October 2017 and is considered a top level player.
 * Miyabi made an appearance in Famitsu's article about FFXIV to comment about the next upcoming Endwalker expansion.
 * Miyabi enrolled into driving school and is aiming to get his motorcycle license.
 * Miyabi created a creature cat which he noted that is not a residence of the Hanasaki Forest . He would follow up with another drawn picture of the cat which seems to indicate it's wearing a custome which fans thought was to be the case but Miyabi followed up that it is completely a cat and nothing else . It doesn't have a name and Miyabi simply calls it "ippan neko" (一般ネコ) which means "some cat".*

Media

 * Miyabi Ch. 花咲みやび - YouTube channel
 * Hanasaki Miyabi's corporate profile on holostars.hololivepro.com
 * @miyabihanasaki - Twitter account
 * 花咲雅Official - bilibili account
 * @miyabihanasaki - TwitCasting channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #花咲みやび - General
 * #生き花 - Stream talk
 * #開花予定 - Schedule
 * #花見組 - Fans
 * #みやびじゅつ - Fan art
 * #切り抜きみやびさん - Video clips
 * #花咲日和 - Videos
 * #聞いたぞみやび - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further readings

 * 花咲みやび - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 花咲みやび - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 花咲みやび - Unofficial HOLOSTARS seesaawiki
 * 花咲雅 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Hanasaki Miyabi - Hololive Fan Wiki