Hana Macchia

Hana Macchia is a female Indonesian virtual YouTuber and a first wave member of Nijisanji ID, Nijisanji's Indonesian Virtual Liver branch with Taka Radjiman and ZEA Cornelia.

A university student majoring in design, Hana debuted to create a safe space for people to feel comfortable, entertained, and not alone. She will always accompany and encourage you from afternoon to evening.undefined

Personality
Hana is a good person. She has a considerable sense of curiosity. Hana is also a person who smiles easily. In addition to having a great sense of curiosity, she also wanted to try something she only knew, for example on minecraft streams when he collaborated with Taka and ZEA, she wanted to do Debus in front of them even though in the end, Taka prevented her from doing that.

Background
Hana created her YouTube account on 23 August and made her debut on 13 September 2019, alongside Taka Radjiman and ZEA Cornelia as the first wave of Nijisanji ID. The three are collectively known as "3SetBBQ" (San-SetBBQ, 3セットBBQ).

2021
On 5 March, Hana, along with the rest of 3SetBBQ, had their 2D models updated to version 2.0.

Events

 * She participated in an exhibition event Creator Super Fest (CSF) Jakarta, back in 26-27 October 2019 with Taka and ZEA under the name "Nijisanji ID."

Fans

 * Her fans are called "Nijisenja". It comes from the words "Nijisanji" and "Senja". Senja means "dusk" in Indonesian.

Trivia

 * Color: #FFEFD6
 * Hana is a half Japanese-half American descent and currently lives in Indonesia so she is trilingual (Indonesian, English, and Japanese). She mentioned she has a trouble understanding Kanji and some of the nuances of the English language, but overall, she still speaks all three languages pretty well.
 * She has invited her real life father to some of her livestreams, with Hana herself illustrating his appearance. Harry, or "Papa Macchia", has developed a following all his own, and his often referred to as the father of Hana's chat.
 * During her first Getting Over It stream, she was making various noises when jumping and trying to concentrate. After a string or noises like "uh", "pu" and "ue", she ended up saying "apue". The chat picked the nonsensical word, and later, "apue" became Hana's most famous trademark.
 * She is good at drawing.
 * She is bad at horror games and avoids them.
 * She loves coffee and it often keeps her up late.
 * Thanks to her father, Hana is a fan of the DOOM series. Because of his obsessive focus on gaming when she was younger, she initially hated gaming, believing that her father liked video games more than herself.
 * At around the 59-minute mark of Hana’s 20 March 2020 livestream of DOOM Eternal, the main composer for both DOOM 2016 and DOOM Eternal, Mick Gordon came to the livestream and watched her play the game. Not having known of Hana before, he wrote in the chat “wtf am I watching?” Hana noticed and responded to his comment, to which she was shocked by Mick’s sudden appearance.
 * Even though her surname is Macchia and is sometimes misinterpreted, she hates anything related to matcha.
 * She maintains a good relationship with Nijisanji JP members such as Sukoya Kana and Machita Chima.
 * She has a deep-manly voice that act like her alter ego, called "Handoko" and sometimes uses it in some of her livestreams or when Hana is "away".
 * She has admitted to taking inspiration from Twitch streamers in her streaming style, particularly Vinny from Vinesauce.
 * She is good friend with Amano Pikamee, a fellow half-Japanese-half American Vtuber from VOMS.
 * She has mentioned on a stream that her mother passed away when she was very young.
 * Hana finds the word "plow" hilarious and will giggle uncontrollably whenever it is said out loud.

Media

 * Hana Macchia【NIJISANJI ID】 - Youtube channel
 * Hana's corporate profile on the official Nijisanji website
 * @Hana_Macchia - Twitter account
 * HanaMacchia2434id - Facebook page
 * u/Hana_Macchia - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #Hana_Macchia - General
 * #hana_live - Stream talk
 * hanamaki_art - Fan art
 * #hanakal - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #CoretanHana - Hana's art

Further readings

 * Hana Macchia - Unofficial Nijisanji Wiki
 * ハナ・マキア - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * Hana Macchia - Moegirl Encyclopedia