Yuria of Ailurus

Yuria of Ailurus is an English VTuber who debuted on March 3, 2021. She was a member of the Virtuality Project alongside Stratogeist, Yuma Yamano, Nitori Harukawa, and Seru Kisen. Yuria is a variety streamer on Twitch, well known for playing video games such as Splatoon, Resident Evil, Pokemon, Genshin Impact, and Fire Emblem. On September 7, 2021, Yuria became an indie Vtuber.

Default attire
Yuria is a red panda turned human who measures at 153 cm (5'0") with emerald eyes and coral hair with white accents. Her hair is stylized to have a crowned braid. Yuria's ears are triangular in shape with the outer rim being white in coloration and the ear flap being dark brown. Each ear contains small amounts of white fur. Her tail is the same coloration as her hair, having three white bands and the color fading to a dark brown near the tip.

Yuria scores a vertical, banded, sleeveless white tank top with a band on top and a red insignia above the chest. A mole is present on her skin towards the right of the tank top. Yuria wears a royal blue sleeveless coat with periwinkle accents, strapped by a delft blue band, holding a portable green bamboo stick. All added periwinkle accents in the front contains a triangle design at the corner of each cloth and is faced inwards.

The collar presents a connective tie to secure the coat in place with a rose with white petals and blush pink pistil located on Yuria's left, and a neatly tied knot with a silver button in the center on her right. The interior of Yuria's coat has designs of bamboo leaves, colored and outlined with light blue.

Yuria's sleeves are separate from her coat and is royal blue in coloration and contains periwinkle bands at both ends. Yuria wears white vertical banded high knee socks and white high knee boots. Each boot has a vertical line design, splitting it in half and sapphire soles. Much like her coat and sleeves, Yuria's outer boot flaps is royal blue in coloration with periwinkle accents, tied together by black laces.

Alternate costume
Yuria's second costume is comprised of an elegant short dress with a multitude of purple and periwinkle hues and golden accents. Below her right ear, Yuria holds a wears a rose hairpiece with white petals, blush pink pistils, banded together with an exterior mauve ribbon with twin golden lines running near the ends, two interior golden ribbons and two distinct purple ornaments. Her left ears is pinned with two plus-like golden ear rings.

Yuria's hairstyle is now twin tailed and her braid goes up vertically instead of horizontally. From the torso, Yuria scores a purple dress that is high knee length, with mauve sleeves that reveal her bare shoulders. Yuria's dress contains a black transparent window that extends from the middle of her neck to the tip of her chest and contains her red insignia above her chest. Both her dress collars and dress are royal purple in coloration and is spotted with golden accents.

Her outer coat is mauve in coloration, with golden accents, which surrounds tropical indigo frilly sleeves with bamboo patterns. Yuria's dress is strapped together by a dark violet band, with two blackberry straps, pinned by golden diamonds. A tropical indigo cloth with a floral design is present beneath her band. Yuria has her signature black belt that surrounds her waist and is present beneath her band. Her green bamboo is displayed on her right.

From her legs down, Yuria's right sock shows no skin, while her left leg is compressed midway through her thighs with a floral design, banded with an eggplant purple tip and strapped together by two mauve ribbons. Yuria sports a periwinkle cape, which is reminiscent to her original design and contains bamboo patterns. Her cape is floral in design, fades from periwinkle to cloudy blue and contains golden accents. Her ankles are circled by straps of heather and pinned together by golden diamonds. Her ballerina flats are eggplant in coloration with grape soles.

Personality
Selfless almost to fault, her altruistic disposition occasionally comes back to haunt her, leaving her at times overwhelmed with her new body, emotions, and surroundings, but her determination makes her a tough contender and valuable ally, while she can be a bit harsh and rough around the edges, her intentions are pure and her potential unwavering. She is driven by an innate desire to become stronger and succeed, and will fight for her cause with her allies by her side.

Background
Yuria's YouTube channel was created on 22 February 2021, while her Twitch channel was created on 8 March 2021.

Yuria debuted on Youtube on 13 March 2021. The first version of her model was rigged by @umujacha.

2021
On 22 Feburary, Yuria's posted her first YouTube video.

On 1 April, as an April Fools joke, Yuria revealed her red panda form.

On 14 May, she took part in a Virtuality Project collaboration with Honeyfeed. During the collaboration, Yuria read through Yuri Next Door, a novel created by Honeyfeed author, Lillyanna.

On 3 July, Yuria's model was upgraded to add several facial expressions such as blushing, angry and star-lit eyes. In addition, Yuria was adopted by rigger, Izumi.

On 19 July, Yuria and Seru's made their first cover and duet, KING by Kanaria.

On 1 August, Yuria and Geist posted their duet of Secret Base~君がくれたもの～ by ZONE.

On 7 September, Yuria made her first stream as an indie VTuber.

On 28 October, Yuria reached 1,000 followers on Twitch.

2022
On 4 January, Yuria announced she has a second costume in development and teased a shadowed image.

On 8 February, Yuria revealed her second alternate costume.

On 13 March, Yuria celebrated her 1 year anniversary.

On 20 April, Yuria joined Angel's Sword Studios.

On 6 June, Yuria held her first Twitch subathon and reached 806 subscribers during the event.

On 17 July, Yuria became a Twitch partner.

On 7 September, Yuria released her first cover, "Starlit Journey."

Fans

 * Yuria's fans are known as the Bamboozlers, a combination and pun comprised from "bamboo", a long, green, woody plant, primarily consumed by red pandas, and "bamboozle", an action that is used to trick and fool others
 * It is a recurring joke by the Bamboozlers that Yuria has the eyes reminiscent to Starsnatch Cliff at night, a location in Genshin Impact that is described to be a lush green cliff, surrounded by blue skies.

Lore

 * Once only a familiar, the life of witch's subordinate was changed forever when she was mysteriously transformed into human-animal hybrid as a result of magic gone awry. Now alone with little to her name and no answer in sight, she opted to adjust herself to her new life the only way she knew how: by helping out those around her, both in exchange for a roof over her head and in hopes that her kindness would be one day be repaid and she would discover more about her true identity, but for now, that, too, remains a mystery, much like the mystical crest on her chest...

Likes and dislikes

 * Yuria is very fond of playing video games, climbing, eating bamboo, cats and drinking tea.
 * She does not enjoy coffee, ketchup, bugs and has a love-hate relationship with drawing, with digital art being her preferred style.
 * Her favorite video games are FromSoftware titles (especially Bloodborne), Horror games (including the Resident Evil series), and Beat 'em up games (including River City Girls and Street of Rage). She also enjoys Splatoon, the Pokémon series, Baten Kaitos Origins, the Nier series, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Medarot, and Genshin Impact.
 * Her favorite anime are Nichijou, K-On!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kill la Kill, and Little Witch Academia.
 * Yuria's favorite Pokémon is Umbreon.
 * Yuria's favorite character from the Fire Emblem series is Mia.
 * On one of her livestreams, Yuria received a monumental amount of Genesis Crystals to roll for the Raiden Shogun, a rare and limited time 5 Star character in Genshin Impact. She rolled Raiden after a single pull. Prior to rolling, Yuria rolled 26 times, making Raiden the 27th pull.
 * Yuria does not put pineapple in pizza, but enjoys a small cube of a pineapple to a cheesecake.

Miscellaneous

 * Yuria's 6-month anniversary and birthday took place on International Red Panda Day 2021 (a day taking place every third Saturday of September).
 * She also achieved Twitch affiliate status around the same day and was reflected on the stream.

Twitch notifications

 * "Welcome! Hee-hee~"
 * (April 2022): "PWEH! Welcome! Hee-hee~"
 * "Aww! Thank you!"
 * (April 2022): [Higher Pitch] "Aww! Thank you!"
 * "Yuria SLASH!!"

Miscellaneous

 * "I'll see you guys.. A NEXT TIME!"

Media

 * @YuriaVT - Twitter
 * YuriaVT - Twitch
 * YuriaofAilurus - YouTube
 * Yuria's Bamboo Forest - Discord server

Hashtags

 * Yurialive - Livestream/chat tag
 * YuriaOfArt - Fanart tag