Harusaki Air

Harusaki Air (春崎エアル) is a male Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. Previously, he was a member of VOIZ alongside Naruse Naru, Kaminari Poaro, and Kurohane Kuroto, and later affiliated with NIJISANJI SEEDs as part of its second generation's first batch alongside Kanda Shoichi, Asuka Hina, Amemori Sayo, Takamiya Rion, Naruto Kogane, and Maimoto Keisuke.

Profile
A 25 year old foreign prince. He has a calm personality and gets along well with others. When talking about his favorite things, he's able to end up speaking for a very long time. Although he seems mature, both himself and others admit that he is a big sweet tooth.

Personality
Air has a calm and mature personality and enjoys interacting with people. He's often noted for his cool and refreshing voice.

Background
Air's channel was created on 8 June 2018 and his first YouTube video was uploaded on 23 June 2018.

2018
On 9 August, VOIZ was disbanded, and Air was transferred to NIJISANJI SEEDs, redebuting as part of its second generation's first wave.

On 13 December, Ichikara Inc. announced that NIJISANJI Gamers and NIJISANJI SEEDs would merge with NIJISANJI by the end of the month. As a result, Air is now officially affiliated with NIJISANJI.

2019
On March 2019, it was revealed that he had collapsed from overwork and was sent to the hospital. He recovered soon after. Air originally streamed very infrequently due to his demanding work duties (often referred to as 'public affairs'). He once even stated that his overtime hours had reached about 128 hours per month. He is commonly referred to by peers and listeners alike as a 'company/corporate slave'.

2022
On 12 March 2022, he celebrated reaching 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel live.

On September 2022, he announced that he was officially stepping away from his work duties, and has since been free to upload streams more frequently.

2021

 * On 18 September, Air participated in Apex Legends Reignite Cup #2 Arena Tournament as team "Ebifurya Tabetai" ('I want to eat shrimp-fry'/えびふりゃー食べたい) along with Utuki Uyu (NORTHEPTION) and Shakabo (Fennel). The team lost in Block C qualifier match.

2023

 * On 11 February, Air participated in the 2nd Nijisanji Virtual Pachinko Tournament qualifiers. He was unable to move past the qualifying match as he only began to land lucky hits just 10 minutes before the end of the allotted 1 hour time-frame. He continued to play for another high-energy 30 minutes after the match ended, where he was indeed able to land many more lucky hits . Viewers joked about the prince's habit of clocking overtime for work.
 * As one of the only participants streaming his point of view of the match, the video was quite popular and attracted many new viewers from the tournament.

Mascots and Fans
Air's fans are called "Haru no Min" ('Spring people'/春の民).
 * "Airken" ("Airdog"/エアル犬) is a creature Air drew during a drawing stream in 2018. Airken has made many reappearances throughout the years in inside-jokes and fan interactions, and even appears as one of Air's very first YouTube membership icons in 2023.

Relationships

 * "Re:iZ" - Air and Naruse Naru.
 * "Harubushi" (はるぶし) - Air and Fushimi Gaku.
 * "AirKei" (えあけい) - Air and Nagao Kei.
 * "NZMN" - Air, Naruse Naru, Uzuki Kou, and Yumeoi Kakeru.

Trivia

 * Color: #4B5F9E
 * He shares the same illustrator as Ryushen.
 * From his name, "Haru" (from 春) and "Air" (from Greek word έαρ) both have the meaning of 'spring'.
 * In 2021 in a response to a question, he revealed that he's had his tongue pierced which led to him trending on Twitter with the search term '王子舌ピ' (Prince TonguePi).
 * He claims that his only special talents are 'landing hits with Splatoon's Inkbrush (Pablo/パブロ) and reverse parking'.
 * In 2019, he was noted to hold one of the highest male-female ratio of channel subscribers in NIJISANJI, with 82% female listeners . The latest account (as of Oct 2022), is around 78% female listeners.
 * On January 2021, he joked that despite having streamed a relatively serious guide on playing and building card decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist!, for some reason, the male listener ratio seemed to decrease afterwards.
 * Air is very passionate about Yu-Gi-Oh. He has been playing since he was young and often makes references and character impressions during his streams. He frequently uploads Yu-Gi-Oh!-related streams, such as beginner guides, deck building and/or card pack opening streams, as well as ranked games on Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duels, where he's achieved Platinum Tier 1, the highest rank.
 * Air has even participated as a guest commentator for an official Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links online world tournament.
 * Listeners tend to joke that despite his calm and princely air, that he is actually a (former) salaryman obsessed with sweets, Yu-Gi-Oh, and lewd games.
 * He was named "Erogamer Prince" by Uzuki Kou, who is also a fan of erotic games (and alledged deputy head of the erotic game branch).
 * Kenmochi Touya also jokes about Air's inclination for lewd games during the 4th Mario Kart Nijisanji Cup tournament, when Air is compared to him as 'the cleaner Kenmochi', ('きれい', versus dirty) — a running joke originating from the first Mario Kart tournaments.

Media

 * Harusaki Air's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 春崎エアル - YouTube Channel
 * @harusakiair2434 - Twitter Account (main)
 * @harusaki__sub - Twitter Account (sub)
 * @harusakiair2434 - TwitCasting Channel

Twitter Hashtags

 * #ハルライブ - Stream talk
 * #聞いたぞエアル - Voice pack commentary
 * #絵アル - Fan Art
 * #絵ロイヤル - Fan Art (questionable)
 * #使えある - Thumbnail Art
 * #絵ア子 - 'Airko' tag