Kagami Kira

Kagami Kira (鏡見キラ) was a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive's branch Holostars as part of its first generation, alongside Hanasaki Miyabi, Kanade Izuru, Yakushiji Suzaku, Arurandeisu and Rikka.

Profile
A competitive crossdresser that loves to draw attention and wishes to become an idol.

He has been good at gaming since childhood. PvP is his specialty.

Personality
A competitive crossdresser that loves to draw attention and wishes to become an idol. He has been good at gaming since childhood. PvP is his specialty.

Kira is also shown to be quite lewd at times. In his debut stream, he mentioned that he recieved many marshmallows from people asking about his "size", to which he replied that it was "the size of a horse's". In his second stream, he made an apology about his behaviour, but four minutes later he started making lewd jokes again. Sometimes, he'd get flustered or disgusted at other people's lewd behaviours, for example, when Tsukishita Kaoru came into his first debut anniversary stream and immediately called him disgusting.

Background
Kira's Twitter account was created in 27 May 2019; his YouTube channel was created on 3 June and he made his first tweet on the same day. He performed his debut stream was performed on 9 June 2019.

2020
On 15 March, he revealed his White Day outfit.

On Holostars' first anniversary, 3 June, 2020, Holostars' cover of Blessing by halyosy was released, making it Kira's first cover song.

On 4 August, he revealed his summer outfit.

Retirement
On 17 November, 2020, it was announced that Kira would be graduating on 30 November, 2020, citing physical and mental health problems, and that it was his own decision. He made his final tweet on that day, thanking his fans for supporting him for a year and a half, and to support all of Holostars. It is worth noting that unlike the most other retired members of the agency, he has keeping all of his archives and tweets up, and he was the only one to do this since Yakushiji Suzaku's archives were set to private, until Kiryu Coco's retirement in July 2021.

Events

 * On 26 October 2020, it was announced that Holostars goods would be sold at Animate Girls Festival Aozora Marche, held on November 7-8, 2020, and on 29 October, 2020, it was announced that Holostars would be participating in the event as guests. Kira is part of the "Virtual Clerk" (バーチャル店員) exhibition in the event.

Fans

 * His fanbase is officially called "Kirarian" (きらりあん).
 * When Kira ends the stream, fans say farewell by saying "otsukira" (おつキラ).

Relationships

 * Units and groups he is a part of are:
 * "Chibistars" (ちびすたーず) (officially translated as "Li'l Stars ) along with Kanade Izuru and Astel Leda.
 * "Senkou Gumi" (先行組) along with Hanasaki Miyabi and Kanade Izuru.

Trivia

 * Kira was the 2nd debuted member of Holostars and is part of it's early debut generation whom consists of Hanasaki Miyabi and Kanade Izuru.
 * He has an impressive voice range, and has demonstrated it in a few streams and Twitter videos. He can switch from his higher-pitched "girly" voice he normally uses, to a deep voice that resembles a Yakuza boss.
 * Kira entered Shibuya Hal's VTuber Apex Legends Tournament alongside Kanade Izuru and Astel Leda, under their group name, Chibistars, in which they ended up ranking 5th out of 20.
 * Kira has decided not to make a tag for commentary on his voice dramas because he thinks it's embarrassing.
 * His first debut anniversary stream got banned twice and resulted in three separate streams.  The first time was either due to Kira showing his exposed stomach or a false report, and the second was when Kaoru came in the stream and started saying lewd comments.
 * During the Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy race stream with Kanade Izuru, Astel Leda and Kageyama Shien, Kira was able to complete the game in 18 minutes.
 * He once held a cucumber ASMR stream in where he ate a cucumber while also making suggestive noises.
 * In his stream in where he played Among Us with viewers, a player commented to him "kira pat pat" after Kira got killed by an impostor. He asked what "pat pat" meant, and was told that it was the expression for patting someone (yosh(i) yosh(i), よしよし). "Pat pat" then became a meme throughout the stream and a between Kira's fans even after the stream.
 * It was revealed that before Kira graduated, his new year's costume was already finished, and his illustrator posted what it looked like on Twitter the day that the Holostars' new year's costumes were revealed.

Media

 * Kira Ch. 鏡見キラ - YouTube channel
 * Kagami Kira's corporate profile on hololive.tv (English) (archived)
 * Kagami Kira's corporate profile on hololive.tv (Japanese) (archived)
 * @kagamikirach - Twitter account
 * @kagamikirach - Marshmallow account

Twitter hashtags

 * 鏡見キラ - General
 * キラ生 - Stream talk
 * #キラ絵 - Fan art
 * #キラ見ろ - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #キラ抜いたぞ - Video clips

Further readings

 * 鏡見キラ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 鏡見キラ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 鏡見キラ - Unofficial Holostars seesaawiki
 * 镜见吉良 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Kagami Kira - Hololive Fan Wiki