Kinetsuki Noa

This name is officially written using the Japanese name format, the family name is Kinetsuki.

Kinetsuki Noa is an Japanese independent Virtual YouTuber.

Profile
A lively and cheerful fox girl.

Her goal is to bring smiles to everyone's faces. Her personal motto is "I want to connect the circle of smiles!"

She is a grandmotherly girl. She also loves sweets.

She's known to occasionally show a careless side...?

Personality
Noa is a friendly and outgoing fox girl VTuber who specializes in Mahjong Soul streams where viewers can participate.

She holds the Noatomo Cup tournament every spring and autumn with special prizes for those who win first to third place. She also holds Private League events outside the regular tournament period as a membership-only perk.

Background
Her YouTube account was made on 29 February 2020. Her Twitter was also made the same month. Noa's first video was uploaded on 2 March, 2020, featuring chibi art. She streamed twice and released two videos as a PNGTuber in March before debuting her model.

On 17 March, she revealed the full body image for her future model. This full body image was used in a video she did with Takanashi May Jun and Setsel.

2020
She officially debuted with her Live2D model on 2 April.

On 7 June, she celebrated 1,000 subscribers.

On 1 September, membership was opened.

On 6 September, she reached 1,900 subscrubers.

On 11 November (Fox Day in Japan), she revealed her second outfit.

On 11 December, she participated in her first official tournament for War of Zodiac, a tower defense game that heavily features VTubers.

On 24 December, she released a cover of Snowmarked Santa Claus by TRI-ReQ featuring Hatsune Miku and revealed a Christmas outfit.

2021
She had her 2nd anniversary/birthday on 2 April and revealed a new kemono outfit.

She had her first collaboration with Webpon, a service that specializes in limited time VTuber merch lotteries from 17-26 December. Her goods included a big decorative pillow, a large Christmas themed acrylic panel, stationary sets, acrylic design keychains, YouTube thumbnail themed square badges, and can badges.

2022
On 3 April, she celebrated her two year anniversary alongside Blownova, a Japanese local hero from Nakano celebrating his 5th anniversary. The event highlighted other Japanese local heroes and was covered in English speaking tokusatsu news.

Events

 * She participated in the Indie V-Soul and Local VProducts Exhibition (個人V魂＆ご当地V産展), her first real life event, at the Akihabara Hundred Square Club on 15 November 2020. She was an event representative alongside along with Mohuri Kohuku and was featured in promotional images.
 * She was part of the VTuber Valentine's Cafe event at Maidreamin Akihabara's LIVE RESTAURANT Heaven's Gate with fellow fox girl Kosakura Kohaku and the tanuki girl Mori Mashiro, both from PoKon Ch. The collaboration event featured one-on-one meet and greets, special live performances. Event merch included can badges and acrylic badges. Eventgoers also recieved a mini pamphlet and access to an exclusive evening performance on Twitcasting. The afternoon special performance was live in person and streamed on Twitcasting.

Mascots and Fans

 * Her fans are called Noatomo (のあとも), derived from Noa and "tomodachi", meaning friends, making them the "friends of Noa".
 * Her mascot is a small round chibi fox with a big pink ribbon and, matching Noa's, a "ahoge" curled hair that sticks up from the top of the head.

Relationships

 * Ataro - A salaryman that reincarnated into another world as a female military officer that became a "babiniku" (male streamer with female avatar) VTuber uncle. Has a reputation of being the "team dad" in collaborations. Noa frequently collaborates with Ataro on Mahjong Soul streams and other games and is his "self-proclaimed daughter". Noa and Ataro also have their own talk show, Jishou!? Kochira no Papa no Musume Desu ~Arigataki Shiawase~, ("Self-Proclaimed!? Daddy's Girl is Here ~Thank Goodness~", abbreviated as "Kochipapa"). The show, where they team up with other VTubers to answer Marshmellow questions.
 * Blownova - A local hero for the "City of Subculture: Nakano", Blownova is a salesman turned superhero who seeks to promote local businesses and defend nerdy subcultures in Nagato from the threat of Black Company Ltd. Noa's collaborations with Blownova, which started in 2020, are part of her love for tokusatsu and the desire to promote local heroes, villains, and "yuru chara" mascots.
 * Mirajin Nanaco - Also known as "No. 775", a Virtual Instagrammer turned VTuber. She has previously collaborated with Noa on Mahjong Soul and Among Us streams.
 * Mohuri Kohuku: A babiniku fox girl from virtual Fukoka that specializes in facilitating collab streams, especially for new VTubers. Noa frequently collaborats with Kohuku on Mahjong Soul and other multiplayer games. They were also promotional representatives for the Indie V-Soul and Local VProducts Exhibition.

Trivia

 * Her start of stream greeting is "Ban no Aaruu" (ばんのあーるー), combining the ban from "konbanwa" (good evening) with Noa and the verb aru (to be, to exist), stylized as a prolonged howling sound. Her end of stream greeting is "otsunoaaru" (おつのあーる), combining "otsukare" (well-done, good job) with Noa, and the aru howl.

Media

 * 杵月のあ - YouTube channel
 * @kinetsukinoa - Twitter account
 * VTuber杵月のあオフィシャルサイト Official website
 * 杵月のあ - Booth store
 * 杵月のあ@笑顔の輪を繋げたい🌸 - Marshmellow account

Twitter hashtags

 * #杵月のあ - General / Stream talk
 * #のあの宝物 - Fan art