Aki Rosenthal

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

Profile
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Personality
Aki is a curious, fun-loving, friendly and determined high school, half elf girl from another universe with a very calm voice and attitude, she enjoys singing and belly dancing; hobbies that can be seen combined in her original song "Shallys". Aki's streams are considered chill and wholesome, this can be seen in her gaming streams as it is rare for her to lose her temper, usually remaining cheerful. She also enjoys drinking as she has done streams talking to the chat while drinking and eating.

Aki also has a mischievous and even lewd side, as she is not above playfully teasing other hololive members or her viewers, however she deeply cares for them.

She greets her viewers with "Alooona!" (アローナ) and she says good bye with "Otsuta-ru, bye bye" (おつたーる バイバイ).

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.

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.

On 29 June, Aki debuted her 3D model.

On 30 July she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her 3D swimsuit.

On 4 August, she debuted her 3D swimsuit during a stream.

On 9 December, Aki announced on her Twitter account the demonetization of her channel, while she didn't state the reason, 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 her Twitter account that she would get 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 announced 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 fes. Nonstop Story.

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

On 26 March, she reached 100,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 29 June, she debuted the full version of her original song "Shallys." The song is interpreted in Aki's original language, and the song's title is the name of Aki's home world.

On 29 July, she announced on her Twitter account that her original 2D model would get updated to the 2.0 version. She debuted her updated model during a stream later the same day, featuring more facial expressions, her hair accessories "pat pat sensors" now can be moved up and down, and as demonstrated by herself she can turn freely in more directions, her twintails also received adjustments to reflect these directions changes.

On 11 August, she reached 200,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 15 October, she reached 300,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 30 November, hololive's official Twitter account announced that Aki would get her fourth 2D costume.

On 4 December, Aki debuted her fourth 2D costume, a gothic maid themed dress, her "pat pat sensors" are now see-thought metallic like horns but they still move like their original variant, the accessories that keep her floating twintails in place are now themed the left one decorated with a bat/demon wing changed to black color while the right one has an angel wing design keeping its original white color, her twintails are now longer and curled decorated with a black and white ribbons, Aki can use a veil to cover her face and has an eye pattern to the left. She wears earrings that make her ears look pointy, with a wine colored jewel at the end. Her black dress is decorated with white, wine and golden motifs, one of them is a giant key that she wears as a belt below the chest, her dress has an opening to the left where her dress is wine colored, Aki wears white socks and ballerina like black shoes.

2021
On 9 January, Aki reached 400,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 17 February, Aki debuted her second original song "Heroine Audition."

On 5 May, Aki reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, making her the 38th hololive member to reach this milestone, the last of her generation.

On 28 July, Aki announced that she would be reducing the number of activities in an effort to recover her throat. She explained her previous lack of streams was the result of her persistent throat issue and other stressful life events. Aki ensured that she would bring her voice little by little during this period.

On 8 October, hololive's Twitter account announced that Aki would get her fifth 2D costume.

On 11 October, Aki debuted her fifth 2D costume. During its introduction Aki called it a gamer outfit. Two of the most notorious aspects of this costume is that Aki doesn't have her "pat pat sensors" or her signature floating twintails as she uses traditional longer twintails instead. In the other hairstyle Aki uses braided hair in the front and small buns. She wears white overalls and a black t-shirt, the bottom of her overall is painted in green, fuchsia and yellow, with some paint even present in her legs. Aki can optionally wear a slightly oversized light green jacket. She can also use glasses and cat ears. Aki's illustrator Azumiu Akitake provided some details regarding the costume, as this costume was designed as a gamer outfit Azumiu had to created some fictional sponsors to put on the clothes. Also that the belts in Aki's jacket can be lightly tightened to give a fluffy feeling and that different parts can be detached in different ways (in lore). The color scheme in general is heavily based on the colors present in the accessories that allow her twintails to float in her original outfit.

On 26 October, Aki reached 600,000 subscribers during a singing stream.

On 23 November as part of her "AkiRose Beer Fest" an event that lasted for two weeks, Aki got a new update to her main costume, as she can now move her arms up to hold various mugs of beer (from one up to three in each hand) and Aki can even drink the beer.

2022
On 6 January, Aki announced on her Twitter account that she would go on an 8 days to 2 weeks hiatus due to a surgery on her vocal chords.

On 29 January, she returned to her streaming activities.

On 12 February, Aki debuted new accessories for her gothic costume. A black diadem with bunny ears the right one is white and the left one is black, to the sides the diadem is decorated with to black bows and two big white dice on top of them and the two dots face being the most visible. This accessory is inspired by Di Gi Charat's character Rabi~en~Rose.

On 7 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that the members of the first generation would get their models updated to the 3.0 version.

On 9 July, the members of the first generation debuted their 3.0 models. The update includes various new facial expressions including the ability to have teary eyes or stick out the tongue. They also received new visual cues to emphasize other emotions. They can also wave their hand, hold a videogame controller and use a keyboard and mouse without external assets.

On 9 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Aki debuted her second 3D swimsuit in a stream held on hololive's official fanclub page in a segment alongside Houshou Marine, Shirogane Noel and Yuzuki Choco. 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 19 August, she reached 700,000 subscribers on YouTube channel during a stream.

On 23 August, Aki temporarily stopped her activities after testing positive for COVID-19.

On 9 September, she returned to her activities.

Aki also 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 23 December, Aki received a new hairstyle for her fifth 2D costume. In it, she has her hair down with straight bangs and curled locks. The hairstyle can be combined with some of her previous accessories.

2023
On 19 March, Aki debuted her new 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY2.

On 27 May, during her birthday stream, Aki released her fourth single "Kimi ni Matsuwaru Unmei Jijou."

On 13 July, she debuted a new 3D costume as a member of the "Blue Journey" musical project. She uses a blue beret with a plaid pattern. The costume has a white blouse with detached sleeves, a blue ribbon in the chest decorated with light blue jewel and a blue belt below the chest. The blouse lower edge is asymmetrical and divided in three, the front has planks and it is the longest, then the right side is longer that the left side. She uses a long blue skirt with a plaid pattern and the inner section is light blue. On the back the costume is decorated with a see through ribbon.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, Aki debuted her third 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt. Aki uses the shorts. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Aki Rosenthal/Discography

Events

 * On 23 May 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongside Roboco-san, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco, Oozora Subaru and Ookami Mio.
 * On 4 December 2020, as part of the celebration of her getting her fourth 2D costume Aki announced that a key bag charm replica of the key she wears on this costume would be available as merch for a limited time, available from 4 December to 4 January 2021.
 * On 13 August 2021, hololive's Twitter account announced that 12 members including Aki (representing the Rakuten Eagles) would participate in a collaboration with the six professional Japanese baseball teams from the Pacific League, each team represented by two hololive members. The collaboration include promotional merchandise that could be brought, including hats, posters, keychains, among others, also a promotional match between ORIX Buffaloes vs SoftBank HAWKS scheduled for 3 October 2021 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka stadium called "hololive day."
 * On 12 August 2022, Aki announced during a stream that she would appear in a collaboration craft beer inspired by her with "Reverberatory Furnace Beer" from the Izu Peninsula. The beer comes in 330 ml bottles with an alcoholic degree of 5%, from 4 up to 24 bottles per box. Preorders would start on 25 August, but the beer would be available at the "Akibayabai" event on 20 August 2022.
 * On 5 September 2022, the Japanese game magazine website Famitsu announced that they would collaborate with Aki, Tokoyami Towa, Shishiro Botan, and Takane Lui to write reviews about games. Each member would write a column every month. On 9 September 2022, Aki wrote her first article with the ARK: Survival Evolved column.
 * On 12 July 2023, MOLLY ONLINE's Twitter account that she, Yukihana Lamy and Shirogane Noel would appear in merchandize that could be won in the crane game with original designs. The merchandize includes tapestries, acrylic stands, acrylic blocks, and die cut cushions. The items would be available from 13 July 2023

Mascot and Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Squad Rose" in English, while it is called "Rose-tai" 「ロゼ隊」 in Japanese. They are represented by red apples with a gray visor, floating white hands, black legs and use a blue tie.

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Aki is part of:
 * "Anpontan Sisters," alongside Roboco-san and Himemori Luna.
 * "Robotal," alongside Roboco-san.
 * "Angel Heaven" alongside Oozora Subaru.

Name

 * Her name was personally given to her by Motoaki Tanigo, COVER Corp's CEO.
 * Her surname "Rosenthal," means "rose valley."
 * 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/Yiddish).

Lore

 * Aki's headwear in her multiple costumes are called "pat pat sensors."
 * Her pat pat sensors and her floating twintails are collectively called "aiks."
 * As demonstrated in several episodes of holo no graffiti, Aki's floating twintails 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 a half 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 "a half elf from another world," but they have never specified as to what this means and why Aki has this ability.
 * Aki inherited her siren mother's habit of stripping down naked for seemingly no reason.

Likes and dislikes

 * She likes belly dancing and does it really well and even taught other members on stream, like Coco, Marine, Fubuki and Watame.
 * Aki can play guitar, piano, drums, and other instruments.
 * Her favorite fetish is tentacles.
 * Aki dislikes pineapple on pizza.

Miscellaneous

 * Her avatar in ARK: Survival Evolved is an extremely muscular, bearded male nicknamed "MukiRose."
 * She is the fourth member of hololive after Artia, Kiryu Coco, and Amane Kanata to join the official hololive Subreddit as a moderator.
 * On Coco's Reddit Meme Review, Aki said that she is not a fan of the TakaMori ship, stating that she prefers MoriTaka.
 * While TakaMori indicates that Kiara is the top and Calliope is the bottom, MoriTaka has it vise versa, in which Calliope is the top and Kiara is the bottom.
 * She's an Onigiriya (Okayu's fan). She said that she always put up a straight face, but can't keep calm inside whenever she directly talks to Okayu.

Media

 * アキロゼCh. Vtuber/ホロライブ所属 - YouTube channel
 * Aki Rosenthal's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @akirosenthal - Twitter account
 * AkiRose Ch.アキ・ローゼンタールSub - Secondary YouTube channel
 * 亚绮-罗森Official - bilibili channel
 * @akirosenthal - OPENREC.tv channel
 * アキ・ローゼンタール - Mirrativ channel
 * @akirosenthal - TwitCasting channel
 * /u/akirosenthal - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #アキ・ローゼンタール - General
 * #アキびゅーわーるど - Stream talk
 * #ロゼ隊 - Fans
 * #アロ絵 - Fan art
 * #Akimage - Fan art (worldwide)
 * #スケベなアロ絵 - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #切り抜きロゼ - Video clips
 * #アキロゼMMD - MMD

Further readings

 * アキ・ローゼンタール - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * アキ・ローゼンタール - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * アキ・ローゼンタール - Japanese Wikipedia
 * アキ・ローゼンタール - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 亚绮·罗森塔尔 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 아키 로젠탈 - Namu Wiki
 * Aki Rosenthal - Hololive Fan Wiki