Kanae

Kanae (叶) is a male Japanese Virtual Youtuber who is a member of Nijisanji and formerly a member of the now-dissolved group, Nijisanji Gamers. Kanae debuted on the 2nd of May, 2018.

A young man with a healing presence and a fluffy, sweet way of speaking. He suddenly descended like an angel and he holds a cat cushion in his arms.undefined

Introduction Video
Kanae's introduction.

Personality
Kanae is a self-assured, charming individual who is one of the most popular members of Nijisanji.

His popularity can be owed to his sociable personality. He is particularly good at improv and can create witty responses to conversations often. His easy-going and friendly nature allows him to hold conversations effortlessly with others, giving him a wide social circle where he often collabs with professional gamers, Utaites, and Nijisanji International members (despite the language barrier). He rarely loses his cool demeanor or raises his voice.

However, he is also a mischievous individual, often purposefully aggravating his fellow streamers with sarcastic jokes and actions. The saying "Kanae lies as he breathes" is a statement thrown out a lot in Kanae's fandom, for he's well known for lying very nonchalantly. He is often called a sadist because of how often he teases his collab partners. Despite this, Kanae is truthfully a very caring person who speaks highly of his friends at any chance. He famously comforted Yuki Chihiro when she cried on stream.

Appearance
Kanae has flowy ash-brown hair that has differing lengths on different avatars. He has very light tower-gray droopy eyes with a small mole under his right eye and has worn multiple differently styled clothes.

In his original outfit, Kanae has his hair styled in a fluffy bob cut with bangs and a white hairpin on his right side-bangs. He wears a black turtle-neck sweater under his mint-blue hoodie paired with brown and white striped sweatpants. He wears all of this with his orange and white slippers that have an animal paw design on the sole.

In his most recent outfit, Kanae has his hair styled in either a fluffy short bob cut with bangs and a black hairpin on his right side-bangs or a longer low-ponytail hairstyle with his right side-bangs tucked behind his ear. He wears an oversized dark-gray jersey jacket atop a light-gray knitted turtle-neck sweater. He accessorizes it with a silver necklace and puts two hairpins on his jacket. He wears wide-legged harem pants with ribbons on the side and leggings underneath. All of this is paired with black combat boots.

Kanae is usually seen carrying around a cushion cat that is named "Roto" (ロト). Roto is a cat youkai that has possessed the body of a stuffed cat. He speaks sparingly, in an extremely low voice. He has a cryptic personality, which his favorite food being peoples' happiness.

Background
Before joining Nijisanji, Kanae had auditioned for the second wave but didn't make it. Although Kanae has been called a natural at any game he plays, he particularly excels at FPS games such as Apex Legends and VALORANT. He had received an invitation to join a PUBG gaming team, but accepted an offer to join Nijisanji Gamers over this. Kanae made his YouTube debut on 1 May 2018.

Kanae's combined streaming time is the highest amongst Nijisanji members. Occasional off days aside, he will stream every single day - often multiple times a day - for extended periods of time.

Events

 * On 2 October 2019, Kanae made his first unofficial appearance in his 3d Model at the Nijisanji Music Festival
 * On 2 October 2019, Kanae participated in the concert event Nijisanji Music Festival - Powered by DMMM Music.
 * On 11 November 2019, Kanae held his official 3D model YouTube livestream.
 * On 13 February 2020, Kanae performed in the Zepp concert tour Nijisanji JAPAN TOUR 2020 Shout in the Rainbow! at the Zepp Fukuoka venue.
 * On 29 August 2020, Kanae participated on the Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of KanaMinTo (Team consisted of Kanae, Admin and Kamito). The team won and ranked 3rd.
 * On 18 September 2020, Kanae performed on the first day of the Kyo to Aki no Nijisanji live event at the annual Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair, alongside Kenmochi Toya and Kuzuha
 * On 31 October 2020, Kanae attended the final stage of SIE's (Sony Interactive Entertainment) PLAY ALIVE 2020: Apex Legends tournament as a guest host.
 * On 1 November 2020, Kanae participated on the 2nd Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of KanaChiiKuzu. They placed 13th and won the Oji-san(Uncle) Award with prize money that's worth around $3000.

Catch-phrases

 * "Meu~"
 * "I am baby"
 * "バブバブ" | "Goo goo gaa gaa" (baby noises)
 * "うっ…頭が…!" | "Ugh, my head hurts"

Trivia

 * Kanae fans are called "叶え隊" (Kanae-tai) or "彼氏" (Kareshi, Boyfriend) for more passionate fans.
 * Notable units within Nijisanji:
 * "ChroNoiR" - Kanae and Kuzuha
 * "かなちーくず" (KanaChiKuzu) - Kanae, Yuuki Chihiro, and Kuzuha. These three have competed together as a team in multiple APEX Legends tournaments.
 * "かなえぼし" (Kanaeboshi) - Kanae and Hoshikawa Sara


 * Kanae's official hashtags:
 * "#かなえーる" - Kanae's official hashtag
 * "#かな絵" - Official Kanae fanart hashtag


 * Kanae's cushion cat, Roto, celebrates his birthday on the 10th of June.
 * Kanae announced that he is officially sponsored by the world leading company Logitech(Logicool in Japan) on the 12th of October 2020.
 * Once featured on the mahjong-focused magazine Kindai Mahjong.


 * Kanae's female version, Kanako, was first seen in a stream from 2018. Kanako was a 24-year-old who performs in a musical as a living. Kanako looks the same as Kanae's original character, but unlike Kanae, Kanako has longer hair tied to a ponytail and wears shorts instead of pajamas. Kanako also has a smaller face with bigger eyes.
 * Other Nijisanji members (and Kanae's own viewers) have noted that Kanae has what they call a "madman side". This is because he has moments of breaking his normal gentle demeanor and turning into a completely different person, then calming down and pretending like it never happened. Tsukino Mito also recounted a tale from New Years' where Kanae convincingly lied about something "that had no benefit to him" whatsoever besides seeing the reaction when he revealed he was lying.
 * Honma Himawari has called him "Niiyan".
 * One of the Four Emperors from NijiArk.
 * Currently the second most viewed Nijisanji liver just below Nijisanji's official Youtube channel.
 * Once streamed for 22 hours straight while playing Jump King the day before his birthday.
 * As of October 2020, Kanae has the 2nd highest superchat earning of any male Vtuber second only to fellow streamer Kuzuha.
 * Widely considered by other Nijisanji livers as one of the best video game players of Nijisanji.
 * Kanae has mentioned before that either he or his mother is half Japanese, which in either case would make him part Japanese.

Character and Lore

 * Kanae has amnesia and doesn't remember his childhood very well.

Products/ Equipment

 * Gaming PC
 * CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K
 * Graphics Card: ASUS ROG RTX 2080Ti| Geforce GTX 1050 Ti
 * Memory: 32GB RAM
 * Livestreaming PC
 * CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K
 * Graphics Card: ASUS ROG RTX 2080Ti
 * Memory: 32GB RAM
 * Kanae has been described as quite feminine. He takes good care of his skin and hair and even mentions this in one collab with Hoshikawa. The item he uses are the following:
 * Shampoo: Nu Skin Moisturizing Shampoo - Moist
 * Facial Cleanser: Rosette Cleansing Paste Kaidei Smooth
 * Skin Care: SK-II Facial Treatment Essence
 * Lip balm: Nivea
 * Perfume: Salvatore Ferragamo F Free Time Eau De Toilette

Live Chat Etiquette

 * Vtuber chat etiquette is cleanly summarized here: "Vtuber Chat Etiquette"
 * Additional rules in Kanae's Live Chat:
 * Avoid giving Superchats during a collaboration.
 * Avoid using profanity or inappropriate expressions
 * Avoid referencing other Vtubers in the chat/ avoid mentioning that you came from a specific Vtuber channel.
 * Avoid starting/continuing a conversation with other people in the chat, especially when it's not related to the stream.
 * Do interact with Kanae about the current topic/stream. As much as possible, please use English or Japanese only.
 * Use Kanae's Free Chatroom for communicating with other fans on Youtube.