Vox Akuma

Vox Akuma (ヴォックス・アクマ) is a male English Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's fourth wave "Luxiem," alongside Luca Kaneshiro, Shu Yamino, Ike Eveland, and Mysta Rias.

Profile
A Demon from the past who held great power. Though confident in his superhuman abilities, he looks after those who are loyal to him.

Personality
Though Vox can be as mysterious and suave as his profile describes, he also has sillier side that likes making crass jokes and doing impressions of characters/people, one of which notably being Gordon Ramsey. He is flirtatious, notably with Mysta and Ike, and is always willing to give his audience a bit of fan service.

Vox is prone to fanboy over things like FNAF, monkeys, and is known for his hatred for the 2012 film, The Lorax. He seems to be quite a good cook, enjoying fancier, gourmet dishes. Despite how silly he often is, however, Vox can be wise and uses the knowledge he's accumulated over the years to give good life advice and support.

Background
On 18 June 2021, NIJISANJI EN opened two sets of auditions, one of which was specifically for male Livers. The male-specific auditions lasted until 1 August.

On 17 December 2021, NIJISANJI EN announced the upcoming debut of its fourth wave "Luxiem," accompanied by a teaser featuring the new Livers' designs and voices.

Vox's YouTube channel was created on 1 December 2021, and his Twitter account also created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 17 December 2021.

Debut
Luxiem made their debuts on 20 December 2021 (JST) as part of a special debut program hosted on the NIJISANJI EN channel, with commentary provided by Elira Pendora and Oliver Evans. Vox was the last of the group to debut. Afterwards, all five members of Luxiem appeared on the main channel.

Luxiem's first original song, "Hope in the dark", was released shortly after the program. This song was written and produced by ChibaNyan, who previously wrote and produced Ethyria's debut song "God sees all".

2021
On 29 December, Vox reached 100,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 30 December, Vox reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

2022
On 17 January, Vox reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel

On 26 January, Vox appeared on Ironmouse's talk show, Speak of the Devil.

On 10 February, Vox reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 27 February, Luxiem's debut celebration voice packs went up for sale.

On 6 March, Vox reached 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 18 March, Vox reached 400,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 28 March, Vox reached 500,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 1 April, Vox reached 522,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel during a 5 h 22 min stream. This milestone is significant as one of Vox's goals for 2022 and since it pertains to the number 522, the size of Vox's original clan in Sengoku.

On 14 April, Vox reached 500,000 followers on his Twitter account. On the same day, he held his first (unarchived) karaoke stream in celebration of 522,000 subscribers. The stream peaked at around 59,000 concurrent viewers.

On 19 April, Vox reached 522,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 20 April, Vox reached 600,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Events

 * On 15 April 2022, a Sweets Paradise collaboration involving Luxiem was announced.

Mascot and Fans

 * The demon that hangs around near Vox is a yokai named Oni Giri. Oni Giri was also a moderator in Vox's chat.
 * Vox's fans are called "Kindred".
 * Vox's YouTube membership is called "Citizenship".

Quotes

 * "Well, speak of the devil." - Debut trailer
 * "That's my girl."
 * "I'm a fat boy."
 * "I love all the members of Luxiem equally... especially Ike."
 * "'Vox, would you drink Ike Juice?' Of co-- just don't... don't don't talk about that right now"
 * "Vox, you have no interest in video games, you have an interest in MEN."
 * "All of my future shits that I'll ever take leapt backward through time... it was like some kind of space-time singularity opened up in my ass."
 * "I wanna be [Ike's] Pokémon plushie, I wanna be his Pokémon plushie so very badly."
 * "He says 'lol'."
 * "Great googly moogly."
 * "Fiddling with my balls, my giant f*cking balls."
 * "My nuts, my fat f*cking nuts."
 * "You rat bastard."
 * "This is fine / it's fine / I'm fine." (variations of a commonly said phrase to mask game rage)

Relationships

 * "Luxiem" - Vox, Luca Kaneshiro, Shu Yamino, Ike Eveland, and Mysta Rias. These five debuted together.

Identity

 * Color: #960018
 * Species: Demon
 * His MBTI is ENFJ.
 * Vox shares his character designer, LAM, with Fulgur Ovid of NIJISANJI EN, Kureiji Ollie of hololive Indonesia, and independent VTubers Ganba Ruuko and BakenVT. LAM also illustrated RUUKO, Kujo Ringo, Kujo Natsume, Kujo Anzu, Kujo Lychee and VAV AI.

Lore

 * Vox Akuma is the Voice Demon, and has the power to influence or control others with his voice.
 * In 1614, at the close of the Sengoku period, Vox Akuma ruled over the small Akuma clan, which made its territory on Honshu's northernmost peninsula. This clan was formed of refugees that Vox had taken in during Japan's unification wars. When the Tokugawa shogunate tried to consolidate the Akuma clan under its control, Vox refused, causing Tokugawa to declare war. Tokugawa's army overwhelmed Vox's tiny militia and overran Akuma Castle, wiping out the Akuma clan. Secretly, Vox survived the battle thanks to his demonic blood, and lived on in secrecy until the present day.
 * After the fall of the Akuma clan, Vox lived in a self-imposed exile from Japan, living a quiet life of debauchery and avoiding the public eye.
 * In the 1920s, Vox met a Japanese-American bootlegger, a member of the Kaneshiro family. This man was able to identify Vox due to growing up with stories about the battle at Akuma Castle.
 * In 1984, Vox met a group of youkai working for the mob in Miami, some of whom were old acquaintances. The leader of these youkai turned out to be Oni Giri, who had been trying to track down Vox ever since the fall of the Akuma clan.
 * Vox has an attachment to the number 522, which was the size of the original Akuma clan.
 * He claims to not remember his own birthday. Therefore, he considers his birthday to be on 25 April, his clan's foundation.

Likes and dislikes

 * Likes: Cooking, Voiceovers, Arthouse Film, Peppermint Tea, Hibiscus Tea, Ike Eveland.
 * His favourite cake is Red Velvet cake and Victorian Sponge cake. He's not that much into overly sweet things.
 * He likes sour tastes (toxic waste candy).
 * He likes his kindred as thirsty as they are.
 * His favourite ice cream flavors are salted caramel, mint chocolate chips, and lemon sorbet..
 * He likes eating cereal without milk. However, he does clarify that he is not insane and if he were to eat cereals with milk, he will put in the cereals before the milk.
 * Dislikes: Fishy Food, The Lorax Movie
 * Anime: Hunter x Hunter, Fullmetal Alchemist, Darling In The Franxx
 * Games: From Software, Runescape, Five Nights at Freddy's, RPGMaker Games, Death Stranding, Omori, Super Smash Bros

Miscellaneous

 * His favorite type of ero-doujin are ones with a plot and a happy ending, although it doesn't have to be vanilla.
 * His favorite type of romantic relationship is the "enemies-turned-to-lovers" trope.
 * His nickname Voxic comes from being toxic during games (typically Smash) while Voxanne is used for when he uses a female voice.
 * He has stated that Rosaria from Genshin Impact is his type, and has called La Signora from the same game "his future wife".
 * He once stated his type is a confident, self-assured, powerful, brutal, hardworking woman and that it's similar with men but also in a himbo way.
 * His Rice Purity Test score is 28.
 * He has one of the most down bad chats.
 * His hand size is about 2 PS5 controllers tall (about 213 mm or 8.4 inches). He has yaoi hands.
 * His shoe size is UK 13 / EU 48/US 14.
 * Would love to be reborn as an Australian Cattle Dog (specifically Hugh Jackman's dog)
 * His superpower of choice would be super strength.
 * The safeword for his Kindred is 'Lorax'.
 * He loves dogs.
 * He took the Hogwarts House test and he is a Slytherin through and through, and a bit of Ravenclaw.
 * Fans tend to give Vox various one-off nicknames prefixed by Mi- in reference to his nickname Milord and to what happens on streams. For example, Miflat = Milord's ass is flat; see nicknames in Special:Permalink/136131.
 * He had 2 goldfish and a hamster.

Media

 * Vox Akuma【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * Vox Akuma's corporate profile on the offical NIJISANJI website
 * @Vox_Akuma - Twitter account
 * u/Vox_Akuma - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #VoxAkuma - General tag
 * #AkuHours #VoxPopuLive - Stream tag
 * #AkumArt #Akurylic - Fan art tag
 * #VoXxX #Akumasutra - NSFW art tag
 * #VoXD #AkumaMatata - Meme tag
 * #Akulinary - Cooking Tag
 * #AkthumbA - Thumbnail tag