Ichimaru Ichi

Ichimaru Ichi (市丸イチ) is an female independent Japanese Virtual YouTuber, who debuted on 22 January 2019. She speaks Japanese and some English, using both during her streams.

Personality
Ichi is a friendly and energetic streamer. She interacts frequently with her viewers and often streams in the morning just to chat. When someone joins her membership, she is known to sing a celebratory jingle and do a happy dance. She sometimes eats her super chats, particularly if they contain hamburgers (🍔).

She greets her viewers with "Ohamaru" (おはまる) and "Konmaru" (こんまる). She says goodbye with "Otsumaru" (おつまる).

Background
Ichi debuted on YouTube on 22 January 2019 as a 3D Virtual YouTuber, but her first stream is no longer available. She normally streams with her 3D model, but has has occasionally used a 2D model. She created her Twitter account on 20 January 2019.

2020
She celebrated her first anniversary with a live performance on 1 February 2020. During this performance she showcased a new 3D model with substantially increased detail, which she has used ever since.

Her subscriber count more than tripled in October 2020. During this time she had an influx of overseas viewers. This has led her to speak English more frequently in order to interact with her overseas fans, who often represent half or more of her chat.

Fans

 * Her official fan name is "Ichimaru-gumi" (市丸組) or "Ichimaru gang".
 * Ichi also calls her fans "Ichibros".

Trivia

 * Officially, Ichi is a "mystery cute monster" (MCM). Though she is a youkai, she firmly denies being either a cat or a fox.
 * She can use youkai magic, which allows her to disappear into thin air. Presumably she has other magic powers as well.
 * Ichi especially loves hamburger steak. She also likes chocolate.
 * Some of her favorite anime include Bakaramon, Bakemonogatari, Promare, and Card Captor Sakura.
 * New viewers often mistake her for a boy due to her tomboyish hair style.
 * Ichi is best friends with Mearu Naito.
 * She does not like pineapple pizza.
 * Her name is representative of the number 101 (1→ichi, 0→circle/maru, 1→ichi).
 * Though she claims to only speak "a little bit of" English, she frequently does for entire streams and can converse in it for prolonged periods with her audience. She expressed reluctance to stream in Japanese for games like Among Us with other Japanese VTubers, worrying that it would put off her heavily English-speaking audience. She was surprised, and moved, when her chat encouraged her to stream in Japanese when she wants.
 * When her streams end, she plays scrolling credits thanking that stream's donors, super chats, and new members.

Media

 * Ichimaru Ichi - YouTube channel
 * @1maru_1 - Twitter account
 * @ichimaru_1 - Instagram account
 * ichimaru_1 - Twitch channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #ichibros - General
 * #いちまるらいぶ - General
 * #drawmaru - Fan art
 * ＃市丸絵巻 - Fan art