Kaida Haru

Kaida Haru (甲斐田晴) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. He debuted as part of the 2020 unit "VΔLZ" alongside Genzuki Tojiro and Nagao Kei.

Profile
A prominent researcher from the Ouma Empire who studies "Evil/Demons". Since he is always immersed in his research within his residence, few people know what he really looks like.

Personality
Haru has a refreshingly boyish voice and loves to sing while playing the guitar. He's a self proclaimed introvert and an otaku, having been familiar with a wide range of old to new anime and manga. He will talk nonstop about an anime-related topic if its brought up and often makes references to them. He likes making puns and weird things like building toilets in Minecraft and occasionally songs with really odd chat suggested lyrics.

He has a playful and mischievous side that likes to play childish pranks but occasionally shows a motherly side especially to VΔLZ. He often gets affectionately teased by his seniors, though he himself has stated he wanted to be teased.

Background
Haru's channel was created on 25 February 2020 and made his YouTube debut on 4 April, 2020.

2020
On 24 April, he released his first cover song, MANKAI☆Kaika Sengen by A3ders from A3!

On 20 November, he revealed his new winter outfit along with a customized guitar. With this outfit, he also received a new set of motions that allowed him to hold his guitar while strumming and moving his right hand along the finger board. His general range of movements widened slightly although this was not his 2.0 update.

On 21 November, VΔLZ's original song, Ukiyo no Enbu (浮世の演武), was released. The song was composed by Tojiro, while all three wrote the lyrics.

2021
On 1 May, Haru revealed his 2.0 brush-up.

On 13 September, Haru reached 300,000 subscribers.

On 21 October, it was announced on NIJISANJI YouTube channel that Haru, Kagami Hayato, Kenmochi Touya, and Fuwa Minato were debuting as a unit under the name "ROF-MAO" (ろふまお). They have their own official YouTube channel and Twitter account. They will have regular program called "ROF-MAO Juku" (ろふまお塾, ROF-MAO Cram School) on their official channel. On 10 December, Haru revealed his 3.0 brush-up.
 * Haru debuted his 3D model unannounced during ROF-MAO debut program.

2022
On 4 March, Haru revealed his official key visual.

Starting from 4 April, Haru started a series of one-chorus-a-day cover songs.

On 22 April, VΔLZ's 3D model unveiling relay was announced, with Haru's stream being held second on 6 May.

2021

 * On 24 January, he participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 2 as team "Clear Weather Flower Garden" (花園快晴 Hanazono Kaisei) along with Morinaka Kazaki and Nishizono Chigusa; with Kawase (Crazy Raccoon) as their coach. They placed 20th in overall ranking.
 * On 22 August, he participated in Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 3 as team "Three Good-looking Crows" (イケメン三羽烏 Ikemen San-ba Garasu) along with Kanae and Kuzuha; with Ras (Crazy Raccoon) and Vodka (Riddle) as their coaches. They placed 5th in overall ranking.
 * On 3 October, the otome game Obey Me had announced their collaboration with Kaida to promote the game. The collaboration consisted of an in-game log-in bonus that initiated on the same day, as well as a PR stream held on 4 October.

2022

 * On 18 March, it is announced that she will be teaming up with Yuki Chihiro and Ratna Petit in Season 4 of (VTuber最協決定戦 Vtuber Saikyou Ketteisen) Apex Legend Tournament hosted by Shibuya HAL.

Fans

 * Haru's fans are called "Hare Otoko / Hare Onna" (晴れ男 / 晴れ女), taking inspiration from the movie Weathering with You's "Hare Onna".
 * His chat's waiting room greeting is "hareru kana?" (晴れるかな？- Will it be sunny?). When the stream starts, the chat will respond with "hareta!" (晴れた！- It's sunny!).
 * He greets his viewers with "haroharu~" (はろはる～) and ends his streams with  "mataji kaida~" (またじ甲斐田～）

Relationships

 * "ROF-MAO" 「ろふまお」 - Haru, Kagami Hayato, Kenmochi Touya, and Fuwa Minato. 2434 ROF-MAO logo.jpeg
 * Officially debuted as a unit on 21 October 2021. They are the third NIJISANJI unit that has its own YouTube channel after ChroNoiR and JuvveL. The name was derived from internet slang ROFL-LMAO.
 * The unit aim to deliver contents that can make them grow to be "Good Guys" and "Cool Adults" by overcoming trials.
 * They have regular program called "ROF-MAO Juku" (ろふまお塾, ROF-MAO Cram School) on their YouTube channel every Thursday at 10 PM (JST).
 * Media: Website | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
 * Hashtags: #ろふまお - General tag #ろふあーと - Fan Art tag #ろふまお塾 - ROF-MAO Juku


 * "VΔLZ" (pronounced ヴァルツ, like "waltz") - Haru, Nagao Kei, and Genzuki Tojiro (These three are debut-mates).
 * "Mabuten" 「魔武天」 (short for Mabudachi Tempest) - Haru, Amamiya Kokoro, Ars Almal, Kagami Hayato, Shellin Burgundy, Honma Himawari, and Fuwa Minato.
 * "Genkai Crossick" 「限界くろしっく」 - Haru, Genzuki Tojiro, Shirayuki Tomoe, and Sukoya Kana.
 * "Sudachi"「素DT」- Haru and Saegusa Akina.
 * "Aniki and Kobun" 「アニキとコブン」- Haru and Fuwa Minato.
 * "Hareboshi" 「晴レ星」 - Haru and Hoshikawa Sara.

Trivia

 * Color: #4DD7E3
 * Haru in the early days used to be nicknamed 'mama' by fans due to his tendency to look after the members of VΔLZ, who at times will act somewhat childishly during collabs, but he later turn out to be as equally childish as the two that they're sometimes described as school kids by their peers.
 * He has also been given the nickname "Idaharu" by Ibrahim and his fans, and "Da" (from KaiDA) by Sukoya.
 * Haru is a skilled guitarist and sometimes has livestreams dedicated to singing and playing the guitar. Besides the acoustic guitar, he knows how to play the electric and bass guitar, the violin, and used to play the piano a long time ago.
 * He also lent his musical talents to the NIJISANJI Don't Laugh Competition stream hosted by Ryushen on 30 April 2020.
 * He would hold off-collab singing streams with VΔLZ and occasionally with others, performing with his guitar.
 * He is a big fan of anime and watches many genres. When discussing this topic with his fans on Twitter and Marshmallow, Haru mentioned some anime series he particularly likes: PSYCHO-PASS, Gurren Lagann, the Higurashi series, Violet Evergarden, etc.
 * Haru is very good at the game Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. In his second live stream, it was shown that he had the golden cauldron and that he could clear the game twice within fifty minutes.
 * He also revealed that his best clear time is 6 minutes and 48 seconds and that he had cleared the game almost 100 times (he cleared the game 100 times by the end of the stream).
 * Haru is capable of creating song covers completely on his own. He has created instrumentals, sang, and mixed his own covers. He has also mixed and made instrumentals for other Livers.
 * He is left-handed but uses a computer mouse with his right hand. His main electric acoustic guitar model is a Taylor 114ce-Walnut Lefty Model.
 * Haru's own family knows he is a VTuber and sometimes watches his and other Livers' content. His mother is a fan of Ibrahim, his aunt is a fan of Ars Almal, and his younger brother thinks Saegusa Akina is interesting.
 * Haru has a license to teach but has never used it.
 * Haru placed fourth in the NIJISANJI Mahjong Tournament 2021 despite being a beginner at mahjong.

Media

 * 甲斐田 晴 / Kaida Haru【にじさんじ】 - YouTube Channel
 * Haru's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * @Kaida_Haru - Official Twitter Account
 * @kaida_haru - Official TwitCasting Account
 * kaida_haru_2434 - TikTok Account
 * Haru_Kaida - Reddit Account

Twitter hashtags

 * #生き甲斐田 - Stream talk
 * #描いた晴 - Fan art
 * #セクハル - Fan art (questionable)
 * #サムネ甲斐田 - Thumbnails
 * #切り晴り - Video clips
 * #何甲斐田って聴く - Commentary on released voice dramas

Further readings

 * 甲斐田晴 - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 甲斐田晴 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 甲斐田晴 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 甲斐田晴 - Moegirl Encyclopedia