Suzuki Masaru

Suzuki Masaru (鈴木勝) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. Previously, he was a first-generation member of NIJISANJI SEEDs along with Dola, Hanabatake Chaika, Umiyashano Kami, Nakao Azuma, Izumo Kasumi, Todoroki Kyoko, Sister Claire, Yashiro Kizuku, Azuchi Momo, Ryushen, Uzuki Kou, and Hassaku Yuzu.

Profile
An eternally 13-year-old second-year middle school student living in the virtual world. He hates normalcy and ordinary life.

Background
Masaru's first YouTube channel was created on 27 May 2018 and his Twitter account also created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 3 June 2018.

Masaru made his YouTube debut on 8 June.

2018
On 13 December, Ichikara Inc. announced that NIJISANJI Gamers and NIJISANJI SEEDs would merge with NIJISANJI by the end of the month. As a result, Masaru is now officially affiliated with NIJISANJI.

On 21 December, Masaru created a new YouTube channel and had his first stream on 23 December 2018. The reason was because after half a year since his debut, somehow his channel did not get permission for monetisation.

2020
On 13 May, Masaru debuted in the new NIJISANJI music unit "Rain Drops," which is signed under the major music record label Virgin Records (Universal Music Group). The other members in this unit are Elu, Ryushen, Warabeda Meiji, Joe Rikiichi, and Saegusa Akina.

2021
On 9 August, celebrating his birthday, Masaru unveiled his new main costume, much like Elu, Suzuka Utako, Gaon, and Han Chiho.

On 20 September, Masaru unveiled his 3.0 update to his Live2D model with Twitter hashtag #鈴木勝update.

On 22 October, Masaru's YouTube channel reached 200,000 subscribers.

2022
On 25 April, Masaru launched his official LINE sticker line up.

On 8 May, Masaru reached 230,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 1 June, it was announced that Masaru will hold his personal 3D model debut stream on 8 June 2022. This will be his second 3D model after the Rain Drop version.

On 7 June, Masaru announced that his ASMR stream archives is made private due to changes in YouTube's term and temporarily stop the Tuesday ASMR stream. Afterwards, he started doing his ASMR streams with Yugamin's (NIJISANJI's mascot) Live2D model instead.

On 9 June, Masaru reached 240,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 11 September, Masaru announced that he is officially taking a break from streaming after not streaming for a month due to his health condition. He later explained in a stream following the announcement that he is still recovering from the cough he got after getting tonsillitis, which especially effects his voice.
 * On the same stream, he also explained about the changes on ASMR stream that had been going on for the past few months. Apparently, due to his model being an underage character, under the new YouTube's policy, he is not allowed to do ASMR stream. Therefore, he is working hard training to 'grow' himself so he is allowed to do ASMR stream again.

On 13 December, Masaru revealed his new appearance as a young silver wolf (銀狼). This appearance will be used especially for his ASMR streams. The model includes poses where he shows both of his front paws, one of the paw holding ear cleaner (for ear cleaning ASMR), and both his front paws covered with suds and bubbles floating around (for shampooing ASMR).

2023
On 7 January, Masaru revealed his new outfit montsuki haori hakama (紋付羽織袴, the most traditional formal attire for men in Japan) with black, grey, and white pattern; and a short side-ponytail as new hairstyle.

Relationships

 * "Rain Drops" 2434 Rain Drops Logo.jpeg - Masaru, Elu, Ryushen, Joe Rikiichi, Warabeda Meiji, and Saegusa Akina.
 * Musical unit who is signed under the major music record label Virgin Records (Universal Music Group).
 * They have radio program called Rain Drops Radio "OBS".


 * "OD-gumi" (OD組/おなえどし, Onaedoshi) - Masaru, Izumo Kasumi, and Uzuki Kou. Three of them are all 13-year-old from the 1st batch of NIJISANJI SEEDs.

Trivia

 * Color: #7B788A
 * "Ruco" is the name of Masaru's "younger sister" who appears on April Fools' Day and sometimes has song duets with him. (In reality, they are the same person...).
 * He dubbed most of his Minecraft sound effects with his own voice.
 * His house in Minecraft is one of the closest houses to NIJISANJI Railway Station. It was built long before the station constructed and he did not expect to have his land raised in value.
 * He is short-sighted and his contact lens power is about -6.5.
 * On 11 November, Masaru just found out that Twitter account name that has "verified mark" (the blue check mark) cannot be changed, leaving his current Twitter account name "鈴木勝☪️にじさんじ(復活)" (Suzuki Masaru ☪️ NIJISANJI (Revived)) unable to be changed, which he responded with "Does that mean I will always be "revived" for the rest of my life??".

Media

 * Suzuki Masaru's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 鈴木勝 / Suzuki Masaru【にじさんじ】 - YouTube Channel (current)
 * 鈴木勝の旧Channel【にじさんじ】 - YouTube channel (old, not in used anymore)
 * @darkness_eater - Twitter account
 * @Darkness_Eater2 - Twitter account (sub)
 * 铃木胜Official - bilibili channel
 * @Darkness_Eater - TwitCasting channel

Twitter Hashtags

 * #漆黒の観測者 - General
 * #漆黒の水鏡 - Fan art
 * #漆黒のボイス感想 - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further Readings

 * 鈴木勝 - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * Darkness_Eater - TWPF Profile
 * 鈴木勝 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 鈴木勝 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 鈴木勝 (バーチャルYouTuber) - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 铃木胜 - Moegirl Encyclopedia