Sonny Brisko

Sonny Brisko (サニー・ブリスコー) is a male English Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's fifth wave "Noctyx", alongside Uki Violeta, Alban Knox, Fulgur Ovid, and Yugo Asuma.

Profile
An Officer from the future with a straightforward attitude. He's reliable in a pinch despite being rough around the edges.

Personality
Sonny is generally a calm and quiet person. However, when he's given the opportunity to play a game violently, he can go on a rampage and display a much more animated, volatile side, which he attributes to the VSF's "shoot first, ask questions later" philosophy. This more emotional side also tends to show through when Sonny speaks Japanese.

Appearance
He has short, bright yellow hair and light blue eyes.

Background
On 18 June 2021, NIJISANJI EN opened two sets of auditions, one of which was specifically for male Livers. The male-specific auditions lasted until 1 August.

On 22 February 2022, NIJISANJI EN announced the upcoming debut of its fifth wave, "Noctyx", accompanied by a teaser featuring the new Livers' designs and voices.

Sonny's YouTube channel was created on 7 February 2022, and his Twitter account also created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 22 February 2022.

Debut
Noctyx made their debuts on 27 February 2022 (JST) as part of a special debut program hosted on the NIJISANJI EN channel, with commentary provided by Reimu Endou and Ike Eveland. Sonny was the first of the group to debut. Afterwards, all five members of Noctyx appeared on the main channel.

An original song sung by Noctyx, "Stuck in The Abyss", was released shortly after the debut program. The lyrics and music were by MATZ and BBY NABE, and the song was produced by the former.

2022
On 10 March, Sonny reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 4 April, Sonny opened memberships on his YouTube channel.

On 6 April, Sonny's birthday goods and voice went up for sale. This was the first occurrence of birthday-related products for NIJISANJI EN.

On 22 April, Sonny's Sakura Bloom 2022 voice pack and goods went up for sale.

On 28 April, Sonny reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 29 June, Sonny reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 8 July, PASH! announced that they would be featuring Sonny in the August issue of their magazine.

On 30 August, Sonny reached 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 13 October, Sonny's "Halloween 2022" goods and voice went up for sale. Sonny was one of six Livers featured in this series, with merchandise including snapshot cards, acrylic stands, postcards, metal keychains, and folding mirrors.

Events

 * On 24 June 2022, a Sweets Paradise collaboration involving Noctyx and Ranunculus was announced, running from 1 July to 7 August.
 * On 11 November, Family Mart announced a collaboration with Sonny, Alban, Elira Pendora, Selen Tatsuki, Reimu Endou, Ike Eveland, Mysta Rias, Vox Akuma. Beginning 15 November until 28 November, customers were eligible for a clear file featuring Sonny, Reimu, Ike, and Vox if they bought two jelly products. Files features handwritten messages by the members. A clear file featuring all four was also available if customers bought two snack products.

2023

 * On 14 January, Noctyx attended ANIME Impulse LA 2023 as guests, where they held meet & greet sessions and a Q&A panel designated #QandAbyss.

Fans

 * Sonny's fans are called "Briskadets", a portmanteau of "Brisko" and "cadet".
 * Sonny's YouTube membership is called "Brisquad".

Quotes

 * "Don't make me use lethal force" - Debut teaser

Relationships

 * "Noctyx" - Sonny, Uki Violeta, Alban Knox, Fulgur Ovid, and Yugo Asuma. They are debut-mates.
 * Twitter hashtags: #Noctyx
 * "SonnyBan" - Sonny and Alban Knox.
 * Twitter hashtags: #SonnyBan
 * "Violisko" - Sonny and Uki Violeta.
 * Twitter hashtags: #Violisko
 * "NIJIAU" - Sonny, Maria Marionette, Luca Kaneshiro, Ren Zotto, and Ban Hada.

Identity

 * Color: #FFF321 (the last three digits spell out Sonny's first name in Japanese)
 * Sonny is a native English speaker and is fluent in Japanese despite claiming to only speak "a little bit".

Lore

 * Sonny was the commanding officer of the Virtual Special Forces (VSF), dedicated to fighting virtual crimes. One day he finds himself hunting down a hacker organization called Blackout. When they eventually find Blackout's base, he enters and takes out all the enemies leaving only the boss left, who actually turns out to be his boss trying to go back in time to undo the virtual age. When his boss goes on a never-ending rant, Sonny punches him in the face, causing him to be sucked into the time machine instead and landing in front of Nijisanji HQ. He now investigates cybercrimes in this era as a member of NIJISANJI EN.

Likes and dislikes

 * Foods that Sonny likes include sushi, ramen, gyoza, gyuudon, negi (green onions), and marbled meats. Aburi engawa is his favorite type of sushi.
 * Animals that Sonny likes include capybara, cuttlefish, and dogs. He likes Shiba Inus in particular "for their ability to clip through walls".
 * Sonny likes YouTube Poops (aka YTPs, YTPMVs) and their Japanese counterpart, 音MAD.
 * Sonny is interested in voice acting, in particular, the seiyuu industry. His favorite seiyuu is Wakamoto Norio. He is also interested in voice impressions.
 * Sonny also likes practicing kicks, kicking doors down, and ASMR.
 * Sonny dislikes beetroot, hot weather, koalas, driving, and getting drunk.
 * Anime series that Sonny likes include Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Welcome to the NHK, K-ON!, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Dragon Ball, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Tatami Galaxy, One-Punch Man, Cowboy Bebop, Monogatari, Lucky Star, Neon Genesis Evangelion, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Azumanga Daioh, and the Haruhi Suzumiya series/films.
 * Manga series that Sonny likes include Oyasumi Punpun, Chainsaw Man, Yotsubato, Baki the Grappler, Sen to Man, and Hatarakanai Futari.
 * Movies that Sonny likes include American Psycho, the Nolan Batman trilogy, Drive, Blade Runner, and John Wick.
 * Musical artists that Sonny likes include Neutral Milk Hotel, Tatsuro Yamashita, and Death Grips. In terms of music, he also likes anime OSTs, video game OSTs, and Touhou arranges.
 * Video games that Sonny likes include the Metal Gear series, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guilty Gear Strive, Doom, Sekiro, Earthbound (aka Mother 2), the Half-Life series, Dark Souls, Dishonored, and classic Nintendo games.

Miscellaneous

 * Sonny's first tweet is a reference to a particular scene in Azumanga Daioh involving Wakamoto Norio's character.
 * He drew some of the frames in his animated lore video.
 * Sonny and Bonnivier Pranaja knew each other before either of them joined NIJISANJI.
 * He has a reputation for saying odd or even incoherent things when his mind is allowed to wander.
 * When speaking Japanese, he calls himself ore.
 * Sonny doesn't tweet as much, giving him the lowest number of tweets compared to the other livers in NIJISANJI EN (excluding the new members), with a good majority of his tweets being "gm" (good morning) and "gn" (good night) messages that he tries to consistently make every day.
 * During a The Forest collab, Sonny and Pomu sang a few bars from "Snake Eater" together, prompting Pomu to say, "Sonny, my man." Without thinking, Sonny replied, "Pomu, my woman?" Since then, it has become a running joke for both fans and other Livers (especially Pomu) to tease Sonny by calling him "my man".

Media

 * Sonny Brisko's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * Sonny Brisko 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * @sonny_brisko - Twitter account
 * u/Sonny_Brisko - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #SonnyBrisko - General tag
 * #SonnyLive - Live tag
 * #Briskart - Fan art tag
 * #FunnyBrisko - Meme tag
 * #FriskyBrisky - NSFW tag
 * #Thumbjail - Thumbnail tag
 * #Brisklips - Clip tag
 * #Sonnsets - Asset/prop tag

Further readings

 * Sonny Brisko (サニー・ブリスコー) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * SonnyBrisko - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * Sonny Brisko - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Sonny Brisko 【NIJISANJI EN】 - Wikitubia