Tachibana Hinano

Tachibana Hinano (橘ひなの) is a female Japanese Virtual Youtuber who is a member of Iris Black Games under the Virtual eSports Project, debuting after Kurumi Noah and before Kisaragi Ren.

Personality
Hinano is a lonely girl who loves video games and singing. She is the best Apex Legends player on "VSPO!". She is one of the best players in Apex Legends and has reached the highest rank in the game..

Appearance
Hinano's original design is the embodiment of a sweet that takes shape in human form. She has two-tone colored hair like a cake with two different sides. On her left side (right side from viewer's POV) the hair is brown: the embodiment of the sweetness of chocolate on one side of the cake. On her right side (left side from viewer's POV) the hair is pink: the embodiment of the strawberry flavor like the one side of the cake. The combination of the two makes the appearance of Hinano stand out with incomparable sweetness. The blue color in her eyes like blueberries on a cake adds to the beauty. She wears a ribbon that is the opposite color of her hair. On the brown side she wears a pink ribbon, on the pink side she wears a brown ribbon. These ribbons perfectly complement her hair.

Hinano wears a Lolita Sailor Dress style with a white dominant top while the bottom is brown with a light plaid. The top on the chest there is a brown ribbon decoration. On the sleeves there is a brown ribbon braid decoration. At the bottom there are two white ribbon decorations at the waist. with the addition of pink bunny ribbon decoration and pink love ribbon. on the legs he wears flat round shoes with black ribbon decoration.

Background
Hinano's Twitter account was created on June 2020, while her first tweet was made on 11 August. Her YouTube channel was created on 4 August and her debut stream was on 14 August.

2020
On 28 August, Hinano did a 100 kills endurance Apex stream to celebrate her channel reaching 5000 subscribers.

On 11 September, Hinano's channel got monetized and her channel also reached 6000 subscribers.

On 11 November, Hinano did her first birthday stream.

On 23 December, Hinano released her first cover song: supercell's Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki.

On 30 December, Hinano streamed 10,000 subscribers celebration by watching her debut video.

2021
On 27 February, Hinano did a celebration stream after her channel reached 20,000 subscribers.

On 7 March, Hinano was a guest on the ALGS Winter Circuit #4 - APAC North, which streamed on Mildom.

On 27 March, Hinano revealed a new 2D Costume.

On 4 May, Hinano released her second cover song: supercell's Sayonara Memories.

On 7 May, Hinano did another 100 kills endurance Apex stream to celebrate her channel reaching 50,000 subscribers.

On 12 June, she did a free talk and singing stream to to wait for her channel to reach 100,000 subscribers.

On 2 July, Hinano released her third cover song: Darling Dance.

Events

 * On 23 February 2021, Hinano participated in the Rainbow Six Siege Rainbow Six Streamer Cup 1 as a member of team Vspo (team consisting of Hinano, Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto, Asumi Sena and Kaminari Qpi). The team won 3rd place.


 * On 2 May 2021, Hinano participated in the 2nd Apex Legends Washu Cup as a member of  オタク台パンコーチ "Otaku Desk slam Coach" (team consisting of Hinano, Kamito and Dexyuku. The team lost in the qualifying round.


 * On 15 May 2021, Hinano participated in the 5th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of 岩手県立ポッキー農業高校 "Iwate Prefectural Pocky Agricultural High School" (team consisting of Hinano, Rader and Spygea). The team took 13th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 16 May 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Legends Savage Club Cup as a member of ぶいすぽっ？ "VSPO?" (team consisting of Hinano, Hanabusa Lisa and Kamito. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 19 June 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Legends VISC Tournament 2021 Summer as a member of オタクの親友 "(Otaku) My Best Friend" (team consisting of Hinano, Kamito and Hendy). The team took 16th place in the overall ranking.
 * On 26 June 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Legends Kagayaki Cup as a member of 借金30万 "300k in debt" (team consisting of Hinano, Virtual Gorilla and Tenkai Tsukasa). The team took 8th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 27 June 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Festival Gaiden and placed in draft Group B consisting of Hinano, Kaga Sumire, Kurumi Noah, Shirayuki Reid, Kyouichiro, TIE Ru, Gatilmo, Kurokishi, Kurimaru and Onzōshi. Her team members drafted from Group C and E are And Uge and Kazami Kuku. The team took 9th place in the overall ranking.
 * On 3 July 2021, Hinano participated in the Apex Legends Reignite Cup, as a member of Iris Black Games (team consisting of Hinano, Kurumi Noah and Kisaragi Ren). The team took 18th place in the overall ranking.

Quotes

 * "イライラしてきた"(Iraira shite kita, I became frustrated)


 * "喧嘩する？"(Kenka suru?, Wanna fight?)


 * "いやになってきちゃった"(Iya ni natte ki chatta, I got sick of this)


 * "も゛っ゛！！！"("Mouuuuu ! ! !")


 * "くそでかといれ"(Kuso deka to ire, Big ass toilet sign on screen)


 * "ひなのトロールなの？"(Hinano torōruna no?, Hinano is trolling?)


 * "ひなの、俺じゃダメか？"(Hinano, ore ja dame ka?, Hinano, am I not good enough? )


 * "ミニップ"(Minippu, Ministop)


 * "気まずっ"(Kimazuuu~, Awkwarddd~)


 * "ほんますんまへん"(Honma sunmahen, I'm really sorry)

Fans

 * Hinano's fans are called "ひななー"(Hinana, reference from her name Hinano).

Trivia

 * She describes herself as a "menhera" (possessive) shut-in otaku, and this is reflected in her Twitter sub account handle: hinano__otaku.
 * She reached Apex Predator rank in Apex Season 2 before debut, this is confirmed on her bio on VSPO's website.
 * She's only counted as Master rank in tournaments because it was before debut and before the Predator-Master split in Apex Season 4.
 * She loves to sing, she almost always does weekly singing streams since her debut and has since released 3 cover songs on YouTube.
 * Although her singing streams are a little quirky, her singing ability is outstanding.
 * She is good at songs that are a bit nostalgic due to her mother's influence.
 * She forbids clips to be made from her singing streams, because she sets them to member only content after 1 week of free viewing.
 * Her drink of choice is Monster Energy (original flavor), she drinks one or more a day to fuel her long game streams.
 * Her favorite food is omelette rice.
 * She was nicknamed Apollo (chocolate) by fans when they suggested names for her collaboration partnership with Kamito. Her name is derived from her two-tone pink and brown hair in the same way Kamito is nicknamed Oreo for his two-tone black and white hair.
 * Preferences
 * Favorite things : Video games, singing.
 * Anime : Gintama, Attack on Titan, Shokugeki no Soma, Tokyo Ghoul, Violet Evergarden, Hunter x Hunter, Nagi no Asukara, Tokyo Revengers and more.
 * Dislikes : Infidelity, Getting seen-zoned.

Notable collaborations

 * OreApo "Oreo and Apollo" (おれあぽ / おれおとあぽろ) - Hinano and Kamito
 * The nickname Apollo was given to Hinano and Oreo was given to Kamito because of the similarity of their two-tone hair colors to the sweets Oreo and Apollo chocolate.
 * They often collab playing Apex Ranked and even participate in tournaments.
 * They reached Master rank together in Apex Season 8.


 * Geinin Ryoudan "Comedian Brigade" (芸人旅団) - Hinano, Kamito, Lisa, Hendy, Virtual Gorilla, Gill, Reid, Noah
 * This group of friends started with Valheim but now also play Valorant, 7 Days to Die and Minecraft together.
 * Kitanai Warai San Kyoudai "The Three Crude Laughter Siblings" (汚笑い三兄妹) - Hinano, Lisa and Hendy

Equipment & Game Setting
 Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.* 


 * Gaming PC
 * CPU             : I7-9700
 * Graphic Card    : RTX 2070 Super
 * Memory          : 32GB RAM


 * Peripherals
 * Monitor         : iiyama ProLite GB2488HSU 144hz
 * Keyboard        : Varmilo 113 Sakura JIS Keyboard Silver axis
 * Mouse           : Logitech G Pro (Wired)
 * Mouse pad       : ZOWIE G-SR-SE red
 * Capture board   : AVerMedia C878
 * Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
 * Headphones      : Iphone genuine earphone
 * Microphone      : Shure SM58-LCE
 * Microphone Stand : Roycel
 * WebCamera       : Logicool C920r


 * Apex Setting
 * DPI                : 800
 * In-game sensitivity : 1.5
 * Turn distance      : about 17cm

Live Chat Etiquette

 * Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarized here: "Vtuber Chat Etiquette"


 * Please don't mention the names of other streamers not involved in the stream (exception if Hinano talks about them first).
 * Please don't mention her or her collab partners' names in unrelated streams of other people.
 * Please don't spam comments.
 * Please avoid inappropriate remarks, expressions or words that are offensive to public order and morals.
 * Do not be "carrier pigeons" (viewers who bring messages and comments from other streams).
 * Do not "stream snipe" (deliberately joining her games while watching her stream to gain an unfair advantage).

Media

 * 橘ひなの - YouTube Channel
 * 橘ひなの - Twitcasting Channel
 * @hinano_tachiba7 - Twitter Account
 * Hinano Tachibana - Marshmallow Account
 * Lupinusvg - Official Booth

Twitter Hashtags

 * #橘ひなの - Main hashtag
 * #ひなのの絵なの - Fanart hashtag
 * #ひななー - Fans hashtag
 * #ひなのとたちばなし - Delivery hashtag
 * #ねえねえひなの - Egosurfing hashtag
 * #ひなのくりっぷ - Twitter clip hashtag
 * #ひなじゅ～る - Schedule hashtag
 * #歌ってひなの - Song request hashtag

Further readings

 * Official JP Website
 * Official EN Website