Aki Rosenthal

Aki Rosenthal (アキ・ローゼンタール) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its first generation of VTubers alongside Yozora Mel, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, and Akai Haato.

Personality
She greets her viewers with "Alooona!".

Background
Her Twitter account was opened on 16 May 2018 while her YouTube channel was created on 25 May although she did not start her activity on YouTube until 8 June when her Mirrativ stream that was live on 1 June was re-uploaded on YouTube. Her first stream on YouTube went live on 21 June.

2019
On 17 February, during her birthday stream, she revealed her second 2D costume, a loose coat, with a tank top with ribbons.

Right after midnight on 17 May, she reached 30,000 subscribers, thus making it official that she would be getting a 3D model.

On 25 June, she announced that she would receive her 3D model. She debuted her 3D model on 29 June.

On 4 August, she made a stream showing her 3D model swimsuit.

On 9 December, she published on her Twitter account the demonetization of her channel, while she didn't state this was caused by her ASMR videos, most of these videos were made private.

Sub Channel
As result of the demonetization of her channel, on 10 December she announced on Twitter the creation of a sub channel, with her first stream taking place on 11 December.

2020
On 1 January, she announced on Twitter her third 2D costume to celebrate the new year, this costume was revealed to be a kimono on a stream later that day. She also published on her Twitter, that her sub channel was rejected for monetization.

On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted her 3D idol outfit at hololive's 1st fest Nonstop Story.

On 31 January, she announced on her Twitter account the remonetization of her main channel.

On 29 July, she announced on her Twitter account that her original 2D model would get an updated to the 2.0 version, she debuted her updated model during a stream. Her updated model has more facial expressions, her hair accesories now can be moved up and down, and as demostrated by herself she can turn freely in more directions, her pigtails also received ajustments to reflect these directions changes, in line with the model capabilities of hololive members from the third generation onwards.

Events

 * On 23 May 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongisde Roboco, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco, Oozora Subaru, and Ookami Mio.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Squad Rose" in English while it is called "Rose-tai" (ロゼ隊) in Japanese.

Trivia

 * Aki is unique among the Japanese branch of hololive as being the only polynymous member whose full name is not formatted in the typical Japanese style (i.e. Last Name followed by First Name) but instead the typical Western style. Likewise her last name "Rosenthal" is also unique within hololive due to being the only last name of Western origin (specifically German).
 * As demonstrated in several episodes of holo no graffiti, Aki's floating pigtails are detachable, capable of being "worn" by other hololive members, and are apparently even sentient and capable of talking, moving and flying on their own.
 * Aki is specified to be "an elf from another world", though the details of what exactly that means are currently unclear.
 * In one of the most bizarre elements of hololive lore, Aki is apparently capable of spontaneously producing a wide variety of different objects and materials from between her thighs. In an episode of holo no graffiti Aki involuntarily produced a vast amount of poisonous liquid from between her thighs causing the flooding of the entire office. In another episode Aki was able to will herself into "giving birth" to Oozora Subaru from between her thighs after Subaru had been magically eliminated from the universe. The exact nature of this strange ability and why Aki has it are unclear. Other hololive members have alluded to the fact that it is somehow related to Aki's identity as "an elf from another world", but they have never specified as to what this means and why Aki has this ability.