Gawr Gura

Gawr Gura is an English Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its English (EN) branch first generation of VTubers alongside Ninomae Ina'nis, Takanashi Kiara, Watson Amelia, and Mori Calliope.

Personality
Gura is friendly and readily likeable, and often amuses with foolish antics. She has difficulty telling left from right; once sent the entire hololive EN digging for 20 minutes in the wrong direction because she misread a map; often misspells and mispronounces words; once mistook bread for a potato; has trouble remembering her own age; once calculated that 9+10 equals 11; and didn't recognize the term "simp", which she corrected to "shrimp".

Despite her poor math and spelling skills, Gura is shown to be quick-witted, clever, and has vast knowledge of Shark Facts. When questioned on why she was not "boing boing", she excused it by noting that she was more "hydrodynamic". Her skill with fast-paced rhythm games is exceptional, and she is highly ambitious.

Biography
Gura is a descendant of the Lost City of Atlantis, who swam to Earth while saying "It's so boring down there LOLOLOL!" She bought her clothes (and her shark hat) in the human world and she really loves them. In her spare time, she enjoys talking to marine life.

Gura is over 9,000 years old, though she forgot her exact age some time during her 5,000s, and when asked will give a random number in the 9,xxx range.

Background
She was introduced simultaneously on both hololive's and hololive's English Twitter accounts and also on hololive English's YouTube channel in a small video with the rest of the first generation on 8 September 2020. Her Twitter account was created in July, but she only made her first tweet on her official introduction on 8 September. Her YouTube channel was created on 16 July, but she debuted on 13 September.

2020
Gura quickly rose in popularity, becoming the fastest-growing VTuber ever. On 20 October, just 37 days after her debut, Gura overtook both Shirakami Fubuki and Inugami Korone to become the #1 most subscribed hololive VTuber on YouTube. On 22 October, Gura became the first hololive member to reach 1,000,000 subscribers, the third VTuber overall after Kizuna Ai and Kaguya Luna, and the first English-speaker ever to do so.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Chumbuds".
 * Her channel members are referred to as MemberShrimp. This is a reference to Gura hearing a fan use the word "simp", to which she replied "I just saw the word 'simp' go by. What is simp? Do you mean shrimp?"

Quotes

 * "See, sometimes, in life, you try and hit life with a 'whoo-cha!', but then life decides to hit you with a 'whoo-cha!'. You know what you do, in this predicament? When life 'whoo-cha!'s you? You go AGAIN!"
 * "Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. You know what? Not every adventure comes to a happy ending. Sometimes you just gotta retrace, go back, and start over."
 * "Don't be an asshole, just go about your day and don't bother anyone."

Trivia

 * In Japanese, her name is written 「がうる・ぐら」 ("gauru gura"). Gura's name is written entirely in hiragana, rather than kanji or katakana.
 * She gives her surname first, Japanese style, even when speaking in English. Takanashi Kiara and Ninomae Ina'nis also does this, while Calliope Mori and Amelia Watson use the English name order when speaking in English.
 * Gura comes from Atlantis. On her first solo stream on 13 September 2020, in which she played the shark simulator game Maneater, she said that Atlantis didn't have French fries, so she's not interested in returning.
 * She likes food. She also enjoys a hobby known in Atlantis as "PWWIE" (people watching without intent to eat), but she claims humans don't taste good so viewers don't have to worry.
 * When Moona Hoshinova joked during a Minecraft stream that she wanted to turn Gura into shark soup and Watson Amelia replied with "It's a good thing detectives aren't very tasty", referring to herself, Gura replied with "I beg to differ, I beg to differ". Although it's possible she was just saying it as a joke.
 * Her favorite food is salmon, which she has misspelled as "salman". She enjoys drinking a carton of "salmon milk".
 * Gura's favorite games are Muse Dash, Taiko no Tatsujin, Rhythm Heaven, Borderlands, and Resident Evil.
 * She also likes the anime Konosuba.
 * Her favorite color is blue.
 * Gura dislikes hot sand, and her biggest fear is having people hear her stomach noises.
 * Her birthday 20 June is the same date the 1975 film Jaws was released. Gura says that this is not her actual birthday, which she cannot remember, but rather the anniversary of her arrival on land after she left Atlantis.
 * Her goals are playing Twister with the other hololive EN 1st-gen members in a 3D collaboration, playing the scariest horror games with a heart rate monitor, and learning to play the banjo and then playing it on stream.
 * At first, Gura claimed to be 9,361 years old, then forgot that number and went with 9,927. She explained that, after 5,000 years old, the exact age had started to blur. She seems to produce a random number in the 9,000s each time the subject arises.
 * During her debut, Gura misspelled multiple words: salmon as "salman", stomach as "stomak", Twitter as "Tiwtter", and Twister as "tiwster". This trend would continue later with her mispronouncing "almond milk" as "Ame milk", "iron" as "arm", and "she will die" as "she while dee".
 * Gura amazed viewers in her debut by singing "Ride on Time" by Tatsuro Yamashita, impressing them both with her singing skill and choice of song. Some viewers subsequently nicknamed her City Pop Shark.
 * Her first tweet was a simple "a" as Gura tested Twitter. During her debut stream, the first thing she said was "a" with reverb. This has since become quite popular with her fanbase.
 * Gura claims that she is not "boing boing" (a synonym for "big-breasted" popularized by Uruha Rushia), because aquatic beings need to be hydrodynamic. She shares this fact as a "Shark fact".
 * Gura starts off some streams with a "Shark fact". The validity of these facts vary based on how hard Gura thinks about said facts.
 * Gura's favorite type of shark, other than herself, is the salmon shark. Gura gives her own species as "Gura shark".
 * On one of her Fall Guys streams, she made up that "Gura" stands for "Giant Underwater Rubber Animal".
 * Calling monetary supporters of VTubers "shrimps" has spread beyond Gura, becoming a normal part of the community lexicon.
 * She has a strong friendship with fellow hololive EN gen 1 member Amelia Watson. The two frequently collaborate together, watch each other's streams, and have developed a seemingly sisterly bond.

Media

 * Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
 * Gawr Gura's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
 * Gawr Gura's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
 * @gawrgura - Gawr Gura's official Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #gawrgura - General
 * #gawrt - Fan art
 * #chumbuds - Fans

Further readings

 * がうるぐら - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * がうるぐら - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 噶嗚·古拉 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Gawr Gura - Hololive Fan Wiki