Banzoin Hakka

Banzoin Hakka is a male English Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive's branch HOLOSTARS English. He is a member of "TEMPUS" joining the group in January 2023 alongside Gavis Bettel, Machina X Flayon and Josuiji Shinri.

Profile
Is that all you have got? You fail to entertain me! The exorcist of Adventurer's Guild TEMPUS. Dual wielding spears, he is the latest of a long line of exorcists who have defended Xenokuni from the evils of the world.

He fights not only out of a sense of duty, but also because he feels a special kind of excitement when on the frontlines. Unfortunately, his right hand is being eroded by the scourge of Records Corruption. Has inherited Karasutengu data, and thus possesses otherworldly leaping ability and endurance.

Joined TEMPUS after the battle in Xenokuni.

Background
On 2 January 2023, hololive production English Twitter account teased an announcement for TEMPUS along with a very short video.

On 4 January 2023, hololive production English Twitter account announced that four new members would be joining TEMPUS with an introductory video including their names, lore and social media accounts. Hakka made his first tweet on this date, including one written in Spanish and a small teaser video was uploaded on his YouTube channel. His Twitter account was created in October 2022 and his YouTube channel was created on 19 October 2022.

On 8 January 2023 (JTS), Hakka debuted on YouTube. He also released his first original song "Raven's Paradigm."

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Hakka is part of:
 * "TEMPUS Vanguard," alongside Gavis Bettel, Machina X Flayon, and Josuiji Shinri. They are debut-mates.
 * "TEMPURPLE," alongside Bettel and Magni Dezmond. They have purple as their color scheme.

Name

 * In Japanese, Banzoin Hakka writes his name 「万象院ハッカ」.
 * His surname, 「万象院」, banjyouin, means "universe temple" or "temple of all creation."
 * Hakka is written in katakana, often used to write foreign names. It has various meanings as a Japanese word, but given his status as an exorcist, it may refer to divination or fortune telling. It also refers to the herb mint, bleaching, or ignition.

Miscellaneous

 * Hakka shares the same character illustrator as Kaida Haru of NIJISANJI.
 * In debut he has shown to be able to speak English, Spanish and Japanese.
 * He's clarified in a zatsudan stream that he's still in the process of learning Japanese. He's noted to understand and read a little in hiragana and katakana. When listening to Japanese, he's able to process the context of what's happening.
 * He has also shown and stated to be an avid manga reader and anime watcher. Especially, when it comes to his knowledge of seiyuus and anime songs.

Media

 * Banzoin Hakka Ch. HOLOSTARS-EN - YouTube channel
 * Banzoin Hakka's corporate profile on holostars.hololivepro.com
 * @banzoinhakka - Twitter account