Nekomata Okayu

Nekomata Okayu (猫又おかゆ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber. She is a part of a unit inside hololive called hololive Gamers (ホロライブゲーマーズ) alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Ookami Mio, and Inugami Korone.

Introduction Video
Okayu's introduction.

Personality
Okayu is typically very relaxed and free-spirited, and also somewhat of a playboy. She sometimes flirts openly with other Hololive members just to see their reactions and is also known for impulsively swiping food. She never denies her wrongdoings and was handed a guilty verdict in several "Okayu Court" cases, after which she obediently served her sentence.

Despite her laid-back personality, Okayu can get very emotional when playing games to the point that she can break down into tears during emotional moments in the story. This has happened most notably when she finished Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, where she cried on stream after beating the game for a few minutes and needed a moment to compose herself.

She often greets her audience with the phrase "Mogu! Mogu!" at the start of her streams.

Background
Her surname "Nekomata" is the name given to a type of cat spirit/monster that appears in both Chinese and Japanese folklore. There appear to be two prominent types of Nekomata: those who live in the mountains, and domestic cats who have grown old and evolved into supernatural beasts.

Okayu's first name translates almost literally into "rice porridge", and is a common dish in Japan and other parts of the world where it is often served to infants, the elderly, or the sick who may have trouble digesting solid foods. It is also known in Japan as "kayu".

2019
She was first announced on 22 March 2019 in Shirakami Fubuki's stream during which Fubuki debuted her new 3D model. Fubuki announced that she alongside Inugami Korone will join Hololive Gamers in April. This was followed up by an announcement on Hololive's Twitter account on 25 March. She was officially introduced on 1 April.

Her Twitter account was opened on 24 March 2019 while her YouTube channel was created on 25 March although she first started her activity there with an introductory stream on 6 April.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Onigiryaa" (おにぎりゃー).

Trivia

 * Viewers have noted an interesting similarity between her voice and mannerisms to Mina of AyaMina Games who ceased to be a VTuber a few months before.
 * Okayu was apparently good friends with Korone before joining Hololive.
 * She is a big fan of Dragon Ball and of Broly. During a stream, she mentioned that she watched the new Broly movie from Dragon Ball Super numerous times and really loved his character.
 * Her three most favorite characters are Broly, Bardock, and Raditz.
 * Sometimes her grandmother can be heard snoring in the background during her streams.
 * When her grandmother's health deteriorated she spent some time living with Korone and her family.
 * One of her fondest memories with Korone is when she treated Okayu like a little sister.