Shiranui Flare

Shiranui Flare (不知火フレア) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its third generation of VTubers under the name of "hololive Fantasy" (ホロライブファンタジー) alongside Usada Pekora, Uruha Rushia, Shirogane Noel, and Houshou Marine.

Personality
Flare is a kind and extremely humble individual, almost to a fault. Her kindness is vouched for most often by the other hololive Fantasy members, which has resulted in her so-called 'harem,' with Pekora being an exception. However, out of the four members in hololive Fantasy, it remains to be Noel who is the most blatant in her affection.

Other hololive members, like Sora, have expressed their admiration for Flare because of her versatile voice and mature aura. However, although Flare is known to be cool and aloof at first glance, she is actually quite childish and girly, which comes out the most in her horror streams and when she is drunk.

She has also expressed her want to be more confident in herself in the hololive Fantasy 1st Anniversary stream.

Profile
"Noon-nui! This is Shiranui Flare!"

A half-elf who seems sloppy and undependable, however when it is time, she becomes an extremely reliable big sis.

She is basically kind of drained. Her weakness is her emotions and she cries or gets embarrassed quite easily (Just praise her!).

The fairy-like creature that looks like a panda is named “Kintsuba”.

Background
Her Twitter account was opened on 25 July 2019 while her YouTube channel was created on 26 July. She debuted with her introduction stream on 7 August.

2020
On 1 January she published on her Twitter account, that she would get her second 2D costume, a kimono in celebration of the new year, this costume was later revealed that day during a stream.

On 19 January hololive's Twitter account published a tweet mentioning that Houshou Marine, Hoshimachi Suisei and Shiranui Flare would participate in a stream previous to hololive's 1st fest Nonstop Story. The next day, in the same stream, it was revealed that the three of them would get their 3D model debut in said event, but that they would have a YouTube debut later. In Flare's case, her stream was scheduled for March.

On 24 January, she appeared in her 3D model for the first time at hololive's 1st fes. Nonstop Story with both her standard and idol outfits.

On 25 March, during a karaoke stream, she announced that her 3D model would debut on YouTube on 29 March. This was later reconfirmed in her Twitter account.

On 28 March, hololive's Twitter account informed that Flare's 3D debut on YouTube would be postponed until further notice due to goverment recommendations. (This was due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan urging people to stay in doors). Flare later stated that she was fine.

On 10 June, she teased an important announcement for her next stream, later that day she revealed the new date for her 3D model debut on YouTube, being programed for 13 June.

On 13 June, she debuted her 3D model during a stream.

On 10 November, hololive's official Twitter account announced that she and Hoshimachi Suisei would get new 2D costumes.

On 14 November, she debuted her third 2D costume during a stream and elegant gray and black dress with a black sweater, she also wears a choker with a golden ornament, Flare also has the option to wear glasses, her mascot Kintsuba also received a matching outfit now wearing a suit with a hat and a golden mask and a cane.

2021
On 7 February, Flare reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers during a singing endurance stream, making her the 31st hololive member to reach this milestone.

Mascot and Fans

 * She has a mascot, a fairy-like panda creature named "Kintsuba" (きんつば).
 * Her fanbase is officially called "Elfriend" (エルフレンド).

Trivia

 * Flare is a half-elf.
 * She shares the same character designer with Arurandeisu of Holostars, Makaino Ririmu of Nijisanji, and Ushio Tia of Re:AcT.
 * Flare also has a good architectural sense, as shown in her numerous builds in the hololive Minecraft Server and in her ARK house.
 * Flare bows down in gratitude every time she reads a superchat. She also mentions its color if it is purple or red superchat.
 * Her 3D Debut stream hashtag (#不知火フレア3D) trended Worldwide on Twitter during the stream.

Media

 * Flare Ch. 不知火フレア - YouTube channel
 * Shiranui Flare's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
 * Shiranui Flare's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
 * @shiranuiflare - Twitter account
 * 不知火芙蕾雅Official - bilibili channel
 * @shiranuiflare - Marshmallow account

Twitter hashtags

 * #不知火フレア - General
 * #フレアストリーム - Stream talk
 * #エルフレンド - Fans
 * #しらぬえ - Fan art
 * #きいたよフレア - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #聞いてよフレア - Flare's recommendations

Further readings

 * 不知火フレア - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 不知火フレア - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 不知火フレア - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 不知火芙蕾雅 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Shiranui Flare - Hololive Fan Wiki