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Mashiro (ましろ) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. He debuted alongside Naraka and Kurusu Natsume, forming the trio known as "Mananatsu" (まななつ).

Profile
A university student whose light on his feet and gets involved in everything.

Personality
Mashiro is adventurous and does not hesitate to try anything that piques his interest. He is into the horror genre, as well as the occult and supernatural, sometimes conducting "one-man hide and seek" occult rituals on livestreams. In spite of this, he is generally unfazed by horror and supernatural elements, often seen to be extraordinarily calm while playing horror games. He also enjoys playing games with dark and depressing stories. In his first Lever Gacha Daipan appearance, he admitted the reason why he has fascination and feels no fear towards the horror or supernatural is because he doesn't believe in their existences and thus actively seeks or challenge them to satisfy his curiosity.

He sometimes shows a childish side, and can be mischievous and playful.

Mashiro has described himself to be introverted and bad at approaching others, resulting in a relatively low number of collaboration streams with other vTubers.

Background
On 26 December 2019, NIJISANJI 2019 Q4 final group debut was announced as Mananatsu. Their YouTube channel was created in October 23 2019 and Twitter account was created in December 2019.

Debut
Mashiro made his YouTube debut on 29 December along with the rest of Mananatsu. His stream was partly memorable as his voice was quite androgynous, and true to his lore he ended the stream with a jumpscare he teased throughout the stream.

2020
On 8 January, his channel was eligible for monetization.

On 17 February, Mananatsu announce their first ever merchandise.

On 3 March, he reached 100,000 subscriber.

On 27 April, Mashiro's birthday voice pack went up for sale to celebrate his birthday.

On 1 May, Mashiro's Golden Week 2020 voice pack went up for sale.

On 23 June, Mashiro's Rainy Day 2020 voice pack went up for sale

On 26 June, Mashiro did his first sponsored stream, a mobile game named Lords Mobile.

On 22 July, Mashiro's Midsummer 2020 voicepack went up for sale. . He also join his first ever competition in VTuber Fall Guys 運動会, as team ベリーデストロイヤー (belly destroyer) alongside Hayama Marin, Sasaki Saku, and Yashiro Kizuku. They took 5th place in overall ranking.

On 27 July, Mananatsu announce their second merchandise.

On 2 August, Mashiro was announced to take part in NIJI Literature vol.3 where they'll do a folklore/short story reading. He was in-charge of reading 文字禍 (Character) by Atsushi Nakajima.

On 11 August, Mashiro was annouced to take part in NIJISANJI horror goods 2020.

On 4 September, he was given a new outfit. At the end of the stream, he officially announce his membership will be soon open. He followed up 2 days after on his twitter annoucing it has started.

On 27 September, Mashiro's moon-viewing festival 2020 voice pack went up for sale. .

On 6 October, Mashiro's cooking 2020 voice pack went up for sale. .

On 23 October, Mashiro's Halloween 2020 voice pack went up for sale. .

On 6 November, he decided to took an unannounced break from streaming and social media which he further explained on his next stream, he mention it was due to him taking part in Japan GoTo Campaign in travelling to Kyoto.

On 17 December, he was given Live2D Model Ver.2.0. alongside Gilzaren III, Fuwa Minato, Amemori Sayo, Luis Cammy, and Fumino Tamaki. He celebrate this major model update with a karaoke stream.

On 21 December, Mashiro was annouced to take part in NIJISANJI petite Volume 3.

2021
On 9 February, Mashiro was announced to take part in NIJI Liver mask merchandise.

On 12 February, Mashiro's valentine and setsubun 2021 voice pack went up for sale. On 2 July, it was announced though NIJISANJI official Twitter account that Mashiro would get his 3D model.

On 18 February, he reached 200,000 subscriber.

On 12 March, Mashiro's springbreak 2021 and whiteday 2021 voice pack went up for sale.

On 19 March, Mashiro's occupation parody 2021 voice pack went up for sale. He was chosen to be part of the key visual in this voice pack, which was his first.

On 1 April, Mashiro's cherryblossom viewing 2021 voice pack went up for sale.

On 20 April, Mashiro annouced his first solo merchandise for his upcoming birthday.

On 2 May, Mananatsu announce their third merchandise, a folding umbrella.

Trivia

 * Color: #1E2232
 * Before he made his self-introduction, most people thought that he was a female.
 * He said that he was not allowed to meet his mom (character designer) before reaching 100,000 subs. But although he has already reached the goal, his designer has still not been revealed.
 * Mashiro likes scary/horror-related themes. As such, the backgrounds in his chatting streams tend to be either a dark forest or a dark, empty building.
 * As of recent, some of Mashiro's streams have had blank titles and thumbnails that do hint towards what game he is streaming. Although this may seem slightly creepy, this does not mean he is streaming a horror game, he could be playing anything.
 * Mashiro was the last NIJISANJI Liver to debut in 2019.
 * Mashiro likes horror games, specifically Dark Souls, retro games, and Nintendo games.
 * Mashiro admitted that he used to work part-time as a forensic, specifically on unidentified drowned victims.
 * Mashiro character lore is base on the song 'That Summer Saturates (あの夏が飽和する. )'
 * Personally saw two people jump off a building, although he never saw the body he did confirm that he saw an ambulance and police cars coming.
 * Hates Spongebob with a passion.
 * When he was in grade school, he once wore a Spongebob brief to school. While playing in the mud, his brief tuned into matcha green, then his friends mocked him saying "You pooped!". Since then, he has always hated Spongebob, blaming him for his humiliation.
 * Mashiro has two pet cats, Pawako (a bengal cat) and Nier.
 * Mashiro can play the guitar.

Media

 * Mashiro's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * ましろ / Mashiro - YouTube channel
 * @mashiro2434 - Official Twitter account

Further Readings

 * ましろ - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki