Kurumi Noah

Kurumi Noah (胡桃のあ) is a female Japanese Virtual Youtuber. She is the first member of Iris Black Games under the Virtual eSports Project, debuting before Tachibana Hinano and Kisaragi Ren.

Personality
Noah is a tomboyish VTuber who laughs a lot and cries a lot, and her innocent voice and personality make everyone around her smile. She has a high level of ambition and is always trying to improve her game. She refers to herself with the pronoun "boku" which is typically only used by young boys.

Appearance
Noah's original design has appearance of a gothic-style vampire. Similar to the characteristics of vampires she has two fangs. She doesn't have pale skin like a vampire but has soft white skin like a normal human with light green eyes. She also has short blonde hair with a space bun hairstyle. She wears a polka dot hair tie with a pink ribbon and with two different hair clips added to her bangs. On each ear there are earrings, on the right ear she wears one earring while in the left ear she wears one earring with two piercings above her ear. She wears a necklace with a crown decoration.

Noah wears a white shirt with different sleeve lengths. She also wears short jeans/hot pants of different lengths. Like a typical vampire, she has a cloak. All over her clothes there are golden love-themed decorations. On her fingers she has black nail polish. On the feet she wears black boots with heels, with bats on the back and thorns on the front. She also has a love tattoo on her right thigh. In every appearance Noah is seen carrying her favorite teddy bear.

Background
Noah's Twitter account was created on January 2020, while her first tweet was sent on 7 February. Her YouTube channel was created on 1 February and her debut stream was on 14 March.

2020
On 24 April, almost one month after debut, Noah's YouTube channel got monetized.

On 24 May, Noah got her new 2D outfit after her channel reached 5000 subscribers.

On 8 August, Noah did a celebration stream after her channel reached 8000 subscribers.

On 28 August, Noah released her first cover song "Front memory".

On 11 September, Noah's channel reached 30,000 subscribers.

On 30 October, Noah released her second cover song "Happy Halloween" a duet with Sumire.

2021
On 12 February, one day before her birthday Noah released her third cover song "Hide-and-Seek".

On 13 February, Noah did her first birthday stream.

On 18 February, Noah's channel reached 100,000 subscribers.

On 18 June, while doing an Apex Legends stream collab with Sumire, Noah's channel reached 165,000 subscribers.

Events

 * On 25 April 2020, Noah participated in the Shooting Festival Splatoon 2 as a member of "Splatoon Kindergarten"(team consisting of Noah, Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto and Kamiya Neco). The team won 1st place.


 * On 2 August 2020, Noah participated in the Vtuber Apex Legends Tournament as a member of Team GG (team consisting of Noah, Kaga Sumire and Ichinose Uruha). The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 30 May 2020, Noah participated in the 2nd VTuber Splatoon 2 Tournament as a member of "Gorilla God Happy along" with Kaga Nazuna, Miria Sakuragi and Kuon Ran). The team took 5th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 29 August 2020, Noah participated in the 1st Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of ちーぽっくる "Chiipokkuru" (team consisting of Noah, Yuki Chihiro and Kinako). The team took 5th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 19 September 2020, Noah participated in the 3rd Vtuber Splatoon 2 Tournament as a member of team "Aim is power" (team consisting of Noah, Kogara Toto, Kaga Nazuna and Hanabusa Lisa). The team won 3rd place.


 * On 24 October 2020, Noah participated in Intel PC Fes 2020 in a collaboration between VSPO! and Galleria. VSPO! members were joined by Shibuya Hal and Virtual Gorilla to form four Apex Legends teams that held simultaneous 12-hours endurance streams, with the challenge to get 10 Champions within that time frame. Noah's team consisting of BobSappAim and Kinako.


 * On 1 November 2020, Noah participated in the 2nd Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of "Bonobo" (team consisting of Noah, BobSappAim and Bosna). The team took 5th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 27 Desember 2020, Noah participated in the 3rd Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of "Sheer Scope" (team consisting of Noah, Virtual Gorilla and DustelBox with Yuno as Coach). The team took 14th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 24 January 2021, Noah participated in the 2nd Season of the Vtuber Apex Legends Tournament as a member of "bamboozle" (team consisting of Noah, Shirakami Fubuki and Roboco). The team took 13th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 14 March 2021, Noah participated in the 4th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of "OKM Strategy" (team consisting of Noah, Amatsuki and Takuya Hyon with Shura Moji and AlphaAzur as coach). The team took 14th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 10 April 2021, Noah participated in the Apex Legends Festival as a member of "Shinken Seminar" (team consisting of Noah, Amatsuki and Limone-sensei). The team took 16th place in the overall rangking.


 * On 15 May 2021, Noah participated in the 5th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of "Alsok" (team consisting of Noah, AlphaAzur and Sou). The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 16 May 2021, Noah participated in the Apex Legends Savage Club Cup as a member of "I can't think of anything" (team consisting of Noah, BobSappAim and Shiromanta). The team took 6th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 28 May 2021, Noah participated in the PUBG VCC Custom 1 as a member of team 4 (team consisting of Noah, Yakumo Beni, Shirayuki Reid and Hendy).


 * On 5 June 2021, Noah participated in the Valorant Crazy Racoon Cup 1 as member of a team "Hironto" (team consisting of Noah, Rion, Shaka, Kyouichiro, mittiii and Jasper). The team won 2nd place.


 * On 13 June 2021, Noah participated in the first Apex Legends Restart Games Festival as a member of team "Geisha Association" (team consisting of Noah, Shirayuki Reid and Nun Bora. The team took 5th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 15 June 2021, Noah participated in the PUBG VCC Custom 2 as a member of team 8 (team consisting of Noah, Tosaki Mimi, Masanori and Fisker).


 * On 26 June 2021, Noah participated in the Apex Legends Kagayaki Cup 1 as a member of team "I want to save Shirayuki Reid" (team consisting of Noah, Shirayuki Reid and Astel Leda). The team won 1st place.


 * On 27 June 2021, Noah participated in the Apex Legends Festival Gaiden as part of Group B where the group consist of Noah, Kaga Sumire, Tachibana Hinano, Shirayuki Reid, Kyouichiro, TIE Ru, Gatilmo, Kurokishi, Kurimaru and Onzōshi. Her team members drafted from Group C and E are Utai Meika and shu3321. The team took 17th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 3 July 2021, Noah participated in the Apex Legends Reignite Cup, as a member of Iris Black Games (team consisting of Noah, Tachibana Hinano and Kisaragi Ren). The team took 18th place in the overall ranking.


 * On 23 July 2021, Noah will participate in the 6th Apex Legends Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of くるみぜだぁちーず​ "KurumiZederChizu" (team consisting of Noah, Nishizono Chigusa and Zeder).

Quotes

 * "わき汗が凄い"(Waki ase ga sugoi, Armpit sweat is too much)


 * "私ね、(会話の)キャッチボールできないんよね. ドッチボール. 相手が落としたら勝ち"(Watashi ne,(kaiwa no) kyatchibōru dekinai n yo ne. Dotchibōru. Aite ga otoshitara kachi, I can't play catch (in conversation). Dodgeball. Win if the opponent drops)


 * "まぁね、こんなに大きかったらね、女の子だよね. ………ね、すーちゃん"(Ma~a ne, kon'nani ōkikattara ne, on'nanokoda yo ne.……… Ne, su ̄-chan, Well, if it were this big, it would be a girl. ……… Hey, Su-chan)


 * "くしゃみ助かる"(Kushami tasukaru, Helps sneeze)


 * "Vtuber好きな人ってやっぱみんな鼓膜のストックあるんだね. のあもあるんだよね"(Vtuber sukinahito tte yappa min'na komaku no sutokku aru nda ne. No a mo aru nda yo ne, Everyone who likes Vtuber has a stock of eardrums. There is also that)


 * "わかったか. これが取れ高って言うんだ"(Wakatta ka. Kore ga tore taka tte iu nda, Did you understand? This is said to be high)


 * "あさるのやめらんねぇ"(Asaru no yame ran nē, I can't stop tomorrow)


 * "浮気してみろ、(家族総出で)家行くぞ"(Uwaki shite miro,(kazoku sōde de)-ka ikuzo, Cheating, I'm going home (with the whole family))


 * "僕は、パッションでなんとかする"(Boku wa, passhon de nantoka suru, I manage with passion)

Mascot & Fans

 * Noah's Mascot name was "ロロ"(Roro)
 * Roro's food was Gonzales(Toto's mascot name).
 * Roro's ribbon has the same color as Noah's nails.
 * Roro has the freedom to do whatever it likes while Noah sleeps.
 * Roro produced the BGM that was used for Noah's debut stream.


 * Noah's fans are called "963fam".
 * More passionate fans and Tier 2 channel members are called "963xoxo".

Trivia

 * She is the type of person who hates losing and cries in front of the screen because it's embarrassing.


 * She has habit of being an impatient eater and will cancel her order right away if it takes a long time.


 * She said her family plays Apex Legends too.


 * She easily believed a lie that her friend told her during April Fools because it felt real.


 * She once went to get a souvenir at her destination, but she didn't pay attention to the display case and missed it.


 * Favorite things
 * Games : PUBG, Apex Legends, Dead by Daylight, Splatoon and more.
 * Manga : Demon Slayer, Chaisaw Man, The Promised Neverland, Liverleaf, and more gore manga.
 * Foods : Japanese food, Imakenpi, Dumplings, Sushi, shellfish (especially redfish, mussels, scallops), salmon, Hamachi, Bonito, Kazunoko, Sujiko
 * Vocalist : LiSA, Ringo Shiina, Tokyo Change, Sayu, Mami, Zutomayo, BIN, Aimer, Kujira, Official Hige Dandism.
 * Singer  : DAZBEE, Yama, Cans (KANKAN), Rei Shirase, Majiko.
 * Future Bass songs, thick-bottomed heels and sneakers, singing, cosplay.
 * Video of handling fish because she can't handle fish.
 * Watching movies, because she can forget the content immediately.
 * Fragrance from FrancFranc's furniture.


 * Something she's not good at
 * Lightning, ASMR, Horror, entering the water (like at a beach or pool).
 * Refraining from buying new products.
 * Kikurage (Wood Ear Mushrooms), because when she was a child, she ate a lot of it.

Equipment & Game Setting
 Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.* 


 * Gaming PC
 * CPU         : I9-7940X
 * Graphic card : GTX 1080 Ti
 * Memory      : 32GB RAM


 * Peripherals
 * Monitor         : BenQ 24inch 144hz
 * Keyboard        : Razer BlackWidow Lite JP
 * Mouse           : Logitech G pro wireless
 * Mouse pad       : Logitech G 240T
 * Capture board   : AVerMedia C878
 * Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
 * Headphones      : Iphone genuine earphone
 * Microphone      : Shure SM58-LCE
 * Microphone Stand : Roycel
 * WebCamera       : Logicool C920r


 * Gaming Console
 * PlayStation 4


 * Apex Setting
 * DPI               : 800
 * InGame sensitivity : 1.7
 * Turn distance     : about 15cm

Media

 * 胡桃のあ - YouTube Channel
 * 胡桃のあ - Mildom Channel
 * 胡桃のあ - Twitcasting Channel
 * @n0ah_kurumi - Twitter Account
 * Noah Kurumi - Marshmallow Account
 * Lupinusvg - Official Booth

Twitter Hashtags

 * #胡桃のあ - Main hashtag
 * #963art - Fanart hashtag
 * #963fam - Fans hashtag
 * #なまのくるみ - Stream hashtag
 * #963memo - Memo hashtag

Further readings

 * Official Japan Website
 * Official English Website