Momosuzu Nene

Momosuzu Nene (桃鈴ねね) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its fifth generation of VTubers alongside Yukihana Lamy, Shishiro Botan, Mano Aloe and Omaru Polka.

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Personality
Nene is a cheerful girl who loves to talk and sing. She dreams of becoming an idol and having her own anime opening song. She's overconfident in games calling herself "Supernenechi," displaying good aiming skills in Apex despite being a beginner or having a 100% win rate in the first Among Us collaboration stream, however she can also be clumsy such as falling 16 times in her first Minecraft stream and failing Roboco-san's magma test.

Polka and Lamy think that Nene is the toughest fifth gen member as she can easily bounce back to being optimistic, this can be seen in Nene's own recruitment to hololive as she applied to the agency four times, not losing hope until she was accepted in her fourth attempt.

Unlike Shirakami Fubuki, Nene is famously known for "husband-zoning" the audience, particularly non-Japanese viewers (dubbed by her fans as "Nene's husband collection,") as such, she refuses to "divorce" from her viewers or be called "friend."

Nene also flirts with other members of hololive using her "handsome" voice, calling members such as Lamy as "my Lamy" or sending kisses to girls. She admitted that she has many wives which include Lamy, Suisei, Ina and Kiara.

Nene used to add -aru at the end of her sentences. However, she stopped using it because she is not confident about it.

She greets he viewers with "Konnene"「こんねね」and says good bye with "Otsunene bye bye"「おつねね ばいばい」.

Background
Momosuzu Nene failed the audition four times before being accepted as a member of hololive 5th generation. Her initial video submission received no reply after the two week response window, so Nene applied again every 2 weeks. She was finally accepted on the fifth try.

Nene's YouTube channel was created on 15 April 2020, and her Twitter account was created on 28 April 2020.

Nene was introduced on hololive's YouTube channel in a small introductory video along with the rest of the fifth generation on 6 August 2020. She made her first tweet on 6 August.

Nene's debut stream took place on 13 August 2020. She reached 100,000 subscribers that same day. Nene was the second member of hololive 5th generation to audition.

2020
On 11 September, her channel was opened for membership, she also reached 200,000 subscribers during the stream.

On 15 November, she reached 300,000 subscribers during the Among Us stream.

On 27 December, hololive's official Twitter account announced that Nene would get a new main costume. Because of this new design, Nene didn't get a New Year costume or a 3D model announcement alongside the other 5th gen members.

2021
On 18 January, Nene reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 31 January, Nene revealed her new main costume. Her new main costume is bear themed as she can wear bear ears on her buns and paws on her hands, bear heads silhouettes on her corset and a bear themed bag, her new dress has a peach shaped cleavage, the primary colors of this dress are white, yellow and brown, on top of her dress she can wear a white jacket with a badge that reads "HAAAN" above a peach. Unlike other members that get new looks and costumes this is the first time that a 2D primary appearance is completely replaced by a new one, with the change being made even on her official profile on hololive's page. During the reveal section of her stream, she reached an attendance of over 100,000 viewers.

On 2 March, she reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during her birthday celebration stream, making her the 34th hololive member to reach this milestone and the last of her generation.

On 13 April, she announced on her Twitter account that she would receive her 3D model.

On 18 April, Nene debuted her 3D model, Nene also debuted her second original song "Lunch with me."

On 10 May, she reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 21 July, she reached 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 13 August, during her 1st anniversary 3D concert, Nene debuted her third original song "Momonone."

On 8 September, Nene announced on her Twitter account that she would receive her second 2D costume.

On 11 September, Nene debuted her second 2D costume (not counting her original outfit as that outfit has been discontinued), in this costume Nene got two new hairstyles, one a side ponytail and the other twintails that retain some of the small flower decorations present in her main costume. In this costume Nene wears, an oversized green jacket with a big white neck decorated with an orange ribbon, the jacket also has star shaped buttons and what look like oversized heart shaped green pockets. Under it Nene can also use a brown, sailor fuku inspired sweater with a red-plaid ribbon around the sweater's neck and two small white ribbons as decorations. Finally under these two cloth pieces Nene wear a white blouse, with a red-plaid skirt that includes a brown opening to the side, white loose socks and red shoes. This costume can be combined in multiple ways by adding or removing the green jacket and the brown sweater.

On 25 September in celebration of the fifth generation first anniversary, Nene got a new hairstyle Nene uses loose hair with a braid on the right site with light blue and fuchsia lights, on top of it a layered pink and brown ribbon, the center has a smaller crossed yellow ribbon decorated with a pink flower.

On 27 October, Nene debuted new accessories during a stream playing Dark Deception, the accessories consist of an angel's halo and floating wings, the halo sparkles and the wings slowly move up and down.

On 29 October, she reached 800,000 subscribers during a Rhythm Heaven endurance stream.

On 9 November, the MV for Nene's original song "NENENENENENENENE! DAIBAKUSOU" was released.

On 11 November, Nene debuted new accessories to go with her second costume, consisting of a brown beret with a small heart on the left side and glasses.

On 16 November, she entered an indefinite hiatus due to mental health issues.

On 5 December, she resumed activities with a 3D chatting stream.

On 10 December, her 2D model was updated with some new expressions including stars in her eyes, tears, among others.

On 12 December, Nene debuted her 3D Christmas costume. This costume is shared among all members. A red short sleeve and off the shoulder Christmas dress along with some new accessories are a small bell on her neck, a small Christmas hat, reindeer ears and horns.

On 22 December, Nene debuted new accessories for her second 2D costume, a Santa hat and beard.

On 28 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that Nene and sixth gen members would get "new year" costumes.

2022
On 1 January, Nene debuted her third 2D costume, a furisode to celebrate the new year. In this costume Nene got two new hairstyles, straight short and straight long, both share the same accessories, a big blue ribbon on the back of the head and a big white flower ornament on the left side with small fucshia and white flowers to its right, from the center of her head to the right she wears small hais accessories in various colors, the long hairstyle version adittionally has red ribbons in her locks to the sides. Her outfit includes a sleeveless white blouse decorated in the neck with a long black ribbon, the top part of her furisode is white with a pattern of flowers in red and blue, the furisode has a long blue plank skirt, tied to her left with a blue ribbon. Nene wears short white ribbons and black shoes with black see-through socks with a star pattern. The outfit is complemented by a white, shiny shawl.

On 7 February, she debuted a new accessory for her second 2D costume. A white seal themed mini hoodie, with somewhat pink shades, to the left side the seal has two flower ornaments present in most of Nene's outfits another flower is present on her right arm, the hoodie is adjusted by a dark brown lace with big white pom poms in the tips, the edge of the hoodie is orange.

On 16 February, she reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 7 March, hololive's Twitter account announced that the members of the fifth gen would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 13 March, Nene debuted her 3D idol costume.

On 21 March, Nene debuted a new accessory for her main 3D model, being able to wear the same white jacket as her main 2D model.

On 12 August, during her 2nd anniversary countdown, Nene debuted two new 3D hololive ERROR-themed costumes. The first is the 19XX dark blue sailor uniform. The second is the winter 20XX uniform albeit without the black blazer jacket.

On 18 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Nene debuted her 3D swimsuit in a stream held on hololive's official fanclub page in a segment featuring Amane Kanata, Shiranui Flare and Sakamata Chloe. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On 2 September, Nene debuted her 3D yukata. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.

On 22 October, Nene released the fourth single "Ring-A-Linger", which would be the ending theme song of Yomiuri TV's "Kawashima Yamauchi no Manga Numa" show from November to December 2022. She also released her first physical EP "nenene no ne".

Discography

 * ''Main page: Momosuzu Nene/Discography

Events

 * On 5 June 2021, CHARON Inc. announced that Nene, along with Sukoya Kana and Fukuya Master, would take part in a horror/romance visual novel game titled, MenheRafflesia Flowering Abyss as the voice actress for the character Nenene Anemone. The game was released on 25 June 2021.
 * On 13 June 2021, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that Nene, Minato Aqua and Oozora Subaru would sing the The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! ending theme, forming the unit name "NEGI☆U." The unit name is an abbreviation for "never give up," which is associated with "Kujikenai" in a part of the anime title, and the reading is "Negiyu."
 * On 26 June 2021, Village Vanguard Twitter account announced that the members of hololive 5th Gen, would appear in limited edition goods with "Kemonomimi Cafe" as the theme.
 * On 10 November 2021, Nene was credited in the 6th episode of the anime The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated Into Another World as an Aristocrat, playing the character of Kelly. During a stream the following day, she confirmed that she provided voice acting work for the episode. Nene was also credited in the seventh and eighth episodes, but her name and her character were cut out of the mainland China version of those episodes on bilibili.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Nekko" 「ねっ子」. They are also called 「社員」 (employees) after creating NenePro.
 * The mascot representing Nekko is a sentient carrot with facial parts akin to a jack-o'-lantern and limbs other colors including white and beige.
 * Her membership base is called "MEMBERSHI."
 * Nene refers to many of her viewers as "husbands," regardless of age or gender. Viewers often proposed in marriage, so to avoid disappointing them, Nene accepted all their proposals. Many viewers now have a husband number in their username.

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Nene is a part of are:
 * "Magamaga's," alongside Yukihana Lamy.
 * "NEGI☆U," alongside Minato Aqua and Oozora Subaru.
 * "O'riends," alongside Takanashi Kiara.
 * "Dark Star Peach," alongside Hoshimachi Suisei (Hoshi/Star) and Tokoyami Towa (Yami/Dark).

Quotes

 * "Lamy-chan... It's Momosuzu, not Suzumomo, aru!" (Nene's response for Lamy accidentally spreading her second name as "Suzumomo")
 * "If there's something you want to achieve, you shouldn't give up so easily!"

Name

 * Nene's surname Momosuzu「桃鈴」can be divided as such:
 * The first kanji Momo「桃」means "peach."
 * The second kanji Suzu「鈴」means "bell."
 * Her surname「桃鈴」in Chinese is read as "Taoling," the nickname in her original lore.
 * Her name Nene, is often used in general Japanese to catch someone's attention or to say "hey, listen!"
 * A day before Nene's debut stream, Yukihana Lamy's stream took place, in which she was introducing her upcoming colleagues, including Nene. During the introduction, she accidentally typed Nene's second name in reverse 「鈴桃」, resulting in "Suzumomo." Even before Nene's first stream, fans already started calling her Suzumomo.
 * A similar instance occurred during Ookami Mio's haiku stream on 23 February 2021, in which Nene was a participant, where Mio accidentally typed Nene's second name as "Momotetsu" 「桃鉄」.
 * Since then, getting Nene's name wrong has become a running gag of sort; for example, some of her audiences intentionally typed Nene's wrong during a stream, and during Nene's introduction in a Holo no Graffiti episode, subtitles briefly showed her name as "Momotsuri Nene"「桃釣ねね」.

Likes and dislikes

 * Nene's favorite food is gyoza (Japanese pot stickers). On the other hand, Nene dislikes tomatoes.
 * Nene likes theme parks and she wants to open a hololive theme park and include Omaru Polka's circus in it.
 * Her favorite anime include: Gin Tama, Bleach, The IdolM@ster Cinderella Girls and Baka and Test.
 * She wants to become an idol and that one of her songs is used as an anime opening.

Miscellaneous

 * Much like Kiryu Coco, Nene's voice tone has changed drastically as she continued to stream; in her early streams, Nene had lower-pitched, somewhat boyish voice akin to Shiranui Flare. Nene's voice has gradually shifted to the current one from fall 2020 to January 2021, now having more feminine yet still energetic voice that can be described as a fusion between Amane Kanata's and Sakura Miko's.
 * She has a driver's license but currently does not drive.
 * She is ambidextrous. Originally left-handed, she had to learn to write with her right hand during a calligraphy class. She can use both hands for drawing or writing.
 * Nene is clumsy and does typos a lot. For example, she typed in #新人Vtuべｒ instead of #新人Vtuber in a tweet before her debut. The tag became #1 top trending in Japan in 7 August 2020. Debuting VTubers also use this tag since then.
 * She used glowstone blocks to build the text "IMNENE" in her house in the game Minecraft, but when trying to see it from the outside, it turns into "ENENMI". Botan said it reminds her of rapper Eminem.
 * When given the option to create a new username, she often types in extreme names like "SUPER NENECHI," "NENEMAX," or "Super Hyper Ultra Ultimate Deluxe Perfect Amazing Shining God 東方不敗 Master Ginga Victory Strong Cute Beautiful Galaxy Baby 無限 無敵 無双 Nenechi."
 * Nene has been trying many activities like piano (about 10 years), kyuudou (archery; about 7 years), baseball, tennis, swimming, skating, softball, baseball, tennis, Java programming, and drawing.
 * Nene is ambidextrous. Originally, she was left-handed, but it was difficult to write some words in calligraphy class, so she learned to use right hand.
 * She is the nineteenth hololive member to join the official hololive Subreddit as a moderator.
 * She often streams during lunch time (12:00 JST) chatting with fans while eating or drawing pictures. She displayed decent drawing skills and had collaborated with Houshou Marine and her designer, Nishizawa 5mm, for a drawing stream.
 * In mid 2021, Nene began to be compared to a baby seal because she makes a similar sound when she squeals. She quickly embraced this comparison.
 * Her ideal man is someone who is taller than her and wears big shoes.
 * Her habit of ending sentences with the word "-aru" was inspired by Kagura, the character from the anime Gintama, because she think it is cute.
 * Nene ranked 50th in the「次世代美少女55+1」(lit. Next Generation Beautiful Girl 55+1) column of Weekly Playboy magazine's 55th anniversary issue released on 10 October 2021.
 * Nene along with Yozora Mel, Takane Lui, and Yuzuki Choco appeared on the cover of S Cawaii!'s November issue special edition, which was released on 16 September 2022. The special edition includes an image of four of them in A4 size.
 * She shares her character designer with Shinomiya Runa of Virtual eSports Project.

Nene Productions (NenePro)
During the first gameplay stream of Good Job, she revealed that she wanted to create an idol (demolition) company with her being its CEO and sole talent. As a result, fans calls her CEO, or Pres. Nene 「ねね社著」. She treats her fans as employees and promised them a high (?) salary. The conditions of being an employee include:
 * 1) Four trillion yen daily wage (equivalent to 300 yen)
 * 2) No paid vacation
 * 3) Demolition business but employees are free to change nature of their job
 * 4) Resignation is prohibited (company building has no exit)
 * 5) Nene is the eternal CEO of the company
 * 6) They serve dog food to employees

Media

 * Nene Ch.桃鈴ねね - YouTube channel
 * momosuzunene_hololive - Twitch channel
 * Momosuzu Nene's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @momosuzunene - Twitter account
 * @_nenechidayo - Secondary Twitter account
 * 桃鈴ねね【本物】 - Pixiv account
 * u/momosuzunene - reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #桃鈴ねね生放送 - Stream talk (since 2022/04?)
 * #ねっ子 - Fans
 * #ねねアルバム - Fan art

Former

 * #ねねいろらいぶ - Stream talk

Further readings

 * 桃鈴ねね - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 桃鈴ねね - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 桃鈴ねね - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 桃鈴ねね - Unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 桃铃音音 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 모모스즈 네네 - Namu Wiki
 * Momosuzu Nene - Hololive Fan Wiki