Inaba Haneru

Inaba Haneru (因幡はねる) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber, associated with 774 inc. She was part of the company's branch group AniMare (あにまーれ) before the group was disbanded and merged into the agency. She debuted as part of the first wave of VTubers of the group alongside Souya Ichika, Hinokuma Ran, Umori Hinako and Inari Kuromu.

Appearance
She has medium length sandy blonde hair with golden eyes and floppy rabbit ears. She has an orange and white polka dot ascot with long sleeved white top and an ankle-length orange skirt and a large golden bunny head badge with her name written on it in hiragana.

Background
Her channel was created on 4 June 2018, while her Twitter account was created on 31 May with her first tweet also made this day, She debuted on YouTube on 9 June.

2018
On 20 October she teased a new costume on her Twitter account.

On 21 October, she debuted her second 2D costume, a maid outfit.

2019
On 12 March, she announced that she would get her 3D model.

On 14 March, she debuted her 3D model during a stream.

On 3 May, she announced on her Twitter account, that she would get her third 2D costume, which was later revealed that day during a stream. In this costume she wears an orange and white dress with a tie that looks like a carrot.

On 10 November, Haneru debuted her first single "Kiiroi Labyrinth."

On 2 December, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her fourth 2D costume. She debuted this costume on 8 December.

2020
On 10 July, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her 2D model updated to the 2.0 version.

On 11 July, she debuted her 2.0 model, showing her original design, she has more facial expresions, she can turn her head in different directions, her ears also have more movement and the little fluff balls present in her dress bounce with her movement.

On 17 October, Haneru announced on her Twitter account, that she would get her fifth 2D costume. She debuted her costume later the same day. This costume looks like a blue and yellow waitress Chinese inspired dress with a white apron.

2021
On 1 April, Haneru, debuted her sixth 2D costume, in this costume she wears, yellow and pink sleeping clothes, a yellow sleep mask with a sleeping bunny face and ears as well as matching slippers and she carries a pillow/plushie shaped like a carrot.

On 19 October, Haneru reached 300,000 subscriber on her YouTube channel during a stream.

On 29 December, Haneru debuted a new 3D outfit. In this outfit Haneru's ears are smaller no longer falling to her shoulders like in her main costume and are decorated with white small pieces of cloth and dark brown ribbons, to her left she has an orange hairpin shaped like a ribbon with a five petal yellow flower in it on the back of her head Haneru wears a dark brown beret, on her front locks she uses two small hairpins in the same color. Hanery wears a dark brown choker, a white blouse with neck, bottoms and seams in the same shade of brown, the blouse's neck is decorated with a white branches with leaves and yellow flowers pattern, in the center Haneru wears a light brown ribbon with a yellow flower ornament on top of it on her back the neck has a small bunny emblem with her name written under it. Haneru's skirt is yellow with a plaid pattern in dark brown, near the edge on the left there is a bunny face with a carrot as decorations, on the back side her skirt has a yellow and brown ribbon and a bunny tail. She wears light brown socks and dark brown and white shoes. She also has the option to wear glasses.

On 30 December, Haneru also debuted the same costume from the previous day as her seventh 2D costume, becoming one of her few outfits that are both 2D and 3D.

2023
On 3 March, during her birthday, Haneru debuted her eighth 2D costume. Haneru uses short braided twintails and a white beret with bunny ears. She wears a light brown dress with a plaid pattern with three decorative white bones across the chest. The upper section and sleeves are dark brown. On top of her shoulders Haneru carries her mascots, two small poodles named Mugi-chan and Kina-chan that blink at different times. Haneru uses white socks decorated with small ribbons and paw prints. She has dark brown shoes with white fluffy decorations.

On 4 July, Haneru announced in her Twitter account that would be hospitalized for laparoscopic surgery due to endometrical cancer, to remove her uterus and ovaries. Haneru stated that, since the cancer was detected early no further treatment was expected. The surgery was programmed for 5 July. Despite this, she published some videos on her YouTube channel and was quite active on Twitter.

On 9 July, she was discharged from the hospital and returned to streaming talking about her experience.

On 14 October, Haneru debuted her nineth 2D costume. Haneru has two hairstyles, long and medium long. She has a mob cap with her mascots Komugiko and Kinako on top of her head. Haneru wears a shoulderless Japanese style main dress in two colors blue and pink. In both versions the chest and the sleeves also have variants in white and black. Haneru uses a white short apron with a semicircular cut. Her skirt has a flower, bunny and cloud pattern.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Inaba Haneru/Discography

Events

 * On 14 May 2019, the official Pompompurin Twitter account acknowledged Haneru's liking for the mascot and released an official collaboration drawing of the mascot dressed up as Haneru.
 * On 11 July 2019, she made an appearance in AniMare's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongside Umori Hinako, Souya Ichika, Hinokuma Ran and their manager Nanashi.
 * On 5 October 2019, she appeared in merchandize with Pompompurin, the event was held from 5 October to 13 October.
 * On 26 February 2020, Sanrio's Twitter account, announced another collaboration with Haneru, this time a collaboration menu with Pompompurin Café stores at Harajuku, Yokohama and Umeda, the menu and collectables were available from 1 March to 31 March.
 * On 15 July 2021, 774inc C99's Twitter account announced that its talents would appear in the event Nanashiinku bake~shon! in which every member would appear in limited time merchandize including original artwork by studio A-1 Pictures depicting them in swinsuits. The merchandize included, posters, hand fans, cushions, keychains, pins, beach balls and special conmemorative drinks associated with each group. The event was held in the EJ Anime Theater in Shinjuku City from 22 July to 1 August.
 * On 22 July 2021, she's participated in "VTuber Fall Guys Sports Festival" alongside Suou Patra, Kazami Kuku & Ryugasaki Rene with the team named 優勝を招きねこ (A Lucky cat that invited Victory) claimed 7th place & 3 points in their final ranking.
 * Also, she's one of 3 VTuber Players/Game Commentator that never qualified in 1st round on every game. The other one is Elu and Sister Claire.

Mascots

 * She has two dogs named "Komugiko" and "Kinako" but she also calls them "Mugi-chan" and "Kina-chan."

Trivia

 * Haneru has a collection of Pompompurin items, which is her favorite mascot from the Sanrio franchise. She also claims that participating in collaboration with the mascot is a dream come true.
 * The hashtag #因幡はねる3D (#InabaHaneru3D) became trending topic in Japan on Twitter when she debuted her 3D model on YouTube.
 * In her Grand Theft Auto V let's plays, she begins with no video game experience or understanding of keyboard controls, and gradually progresses to handling the game well, then going on murderous rampages including joyfully attempting to kill all beach-goers.
 * She often does cooking/food preparation streams. She would wear gloves to hide her hands.
 * Much like Inuyama Tamaki, Haneru's frequent collab streams has resulted in introducing a wide variety of VTubers to her viewers, from both inside and outside of 774 inc.
 * Rarely, she does streams featuring her mother "Mama Neru" Mama Neru uses a variant of Haneru's maid costume with hers being orange instead of yellow and a sighly different hairstyle.
 * Color: #F3C640

Media

 * Haneru Channel / 因幡はねる 【あにまーれ】 - YouTube channel
 * 774inc. - AniMare's members page
 * @Haneru_Inaba - Twitter account
 * @haneru_inaba - Marshmallow account

Further readings

 * 因幡はねる - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 因幡はねる - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 因幡はねる - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 이나바 하네루 - Namu Wiki