Hoshikawa Sara

Hoshikawa Sara (星川サラ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. She debuted in 2019 as part of the trio "Orihimeboshi" (織姫星) alongside Fumi and Yamagami Karuta.

Profile
A half-Japanese, half-British girl, Sara lived in Virtual England when she was a child, but has been living in Virtual Japan for much longer, so she is fluent in Japanese. The type of person to get carried away as soon as she is flattered.

Background
Sara made her YouTube debut on 19 October.

2019
On 22 December, Sara released her first singing video, a cover of "Booo!"

2020
On 28 March, she debuted her second outfit: British-themed casual clothes.

On 28 June, it was announced during the ASOBINOTES ONLINE FES, Sara will take part in Bandai Namco Entertainment's new dance music project, DEN-ON-BU, as the voice actress for the character Taiga Lucia (大賀ルキア).

In early October, Sara had a minor controversy in which she had claimed in a stream that she cheated in a bubble tea shop's stamp card, which was met with a backlash. She later clarified that it was just a joke. ANYCOLOR Inc. (then known as Ichikara Inc.), parent the company of NIJISANJI, had issued a warning against her for this incident.

On 12 December, Sara announced that she would have her 3D Model debut on 19 December.

2021
On 16 May, Sara was credited for NIJISANJI EN first wave "LazuLight" debut song "Diamond City Lights" as the lyric story writer.

On 7 September, it was announced that Sara, Fuwa Minato, and Yashiro Kizuku were releasing time-limited perfumes on U.Health&Beauty ONLINE.

2022
On 2 January, Sara announced on her Twitter that she was going to receive a new outfit and asked her fan to send in fan art of what people might believe her new outfit to appear like using the hashtag #星川新衣装 before she revealed it officially on the following day.

On 16 May, in celebration of the 1st anniversary of LazuLight, she covered their debut song, "Diamond City Lights", which she credited for in the original MV.

On 23 July, Sara reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

2020

 * On 28 June, Sara participated in a free online music event "ASOBINOTES ONLINE FES" along with Sukoya Kana and Sister Cleaire as a special act.

2021

 * On 24 January, Sara participated on the 2nd edition of the Apex Legends tournament Vtuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament #2 series along with Kaminari Qpi and Gundo Mirei as the team "Otaku Killers". In the final rangkings, they ranked 7th place.
 * On 12 June, Sara participated on the Apex Legends tournament NIJISANJI Apex Party with DeToNator along with Kamito and Maitake as the team "Chin Shiri". In the final rankings, they ranked 9th place.
 * On 19 June, Sara participated on the Apex Legends tournament VISC Apex Tournament -2021 Summer- along with Odanobu and Uruca as the team "Urusei Hage". In the final rankings, they ranked 8th place.
 * On 23 July, Sara participated on the 6th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Crazy Raccoon #6 series along with NIRU and SHAKA as the team "Sarakin Kawakami-kun i7". In the final rankings, they ranked 9th place.
 * On 21 August, Sara participated on the Apex Legends tournament Ape Musume Legend Derby series along with Inui Shinichiro and Virtual Gorilla as the team "Gorilla Planet Episode 1". In the final rankings, they ranked 13th place.
 * On 22 August, Sara participated on the 3rd edition of the Apex Legends tournament Vtuber Most Coorperatitive Tournament #3 series along with Inui Shinichiro and Virtual Gorilla as the team "Gorilla Planet Episode 1". In the final rankings, they ranked 1st place.
 * On 9 September, Sara participated as a guest on the 36th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Shibuya Hal Custom #36 series along with Shibuya HAL and Uruca as the team "Team ShibuyaHAL". They ranked 3rd place in the first and second matches.
 * On 9 October, Sara participated on the 7th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Crazy Raccoon #7 series along with Mondo and Admin as the team "Hoshikawa no Noroi". In the final rankings, they ranked 19th place.

2022

 * On 16 January, Sara participated on the 8th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Crazy Raccoon #8 series along with Shibuya HAL and BobSappAim as the team "Hoshi Harutai". In the final rankings, they ranked 9th place.
 * On 16 April, Sara participated on the 2nd edition of the Apex Legends tournament Ape Musume Legend Derby #2 series along with Asumi Sena and Natsuiro Matsuri as the team "Pikapika ☆ Hoshizora Fesu". It's unknown what rank they're in as Shibuya HAL didn't show the clear results on his stream.
 * On 17 April, Sara participated on the 4th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Vtuber Most Coorperatitive Tournament #4 series along with Asumi Sena and Natsuiro Matsuri as the team "Pikapika ☆ Hoshizora Fesu". In the final rankings, they ranked 17th place.
 * On 15 May, Sara participated in NIJI Melody Time, a NIJISANJI singing relay collaboration.
 * On 4 June, Sara participated on the Apex Legends tournament Nijisanji Custom along with Gaon and Honma Himawari as the team "Piyopiyotai". In the final rankings, they ranked 2nd place.
 * On 7 July, Sara participated as a guest on the 71st edition of the Apex Legends tournament Shibuya Hal Custom #71 series along with Shibuya HAL and BobSappAim as the team "Team ShibuyaHAL". They ranked 2nd place in the first and second matches and 3rd place in the third match.
 * On 11 August, Sara participated as a guest on the 74th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Shibuya Hal Custom #74 series along with Shibuya HAL and Utai Meika as the team "Team ShibuyaHAL". They ranked 3rd place in the second match.

2023

 * On 21 January, Sara participated on the 10th edition of the Apex Legends tournament Crazy Raccoon #10 series along with kawase and Asumi Sena as the team "Hoshikawasena". In the final rankings, they ranked 13th place.

Fans

 * Sara's fans are called "Hoshikuzu" (星くず, Stardust).

Relationships

 * "Orihimeboshi" (織姫星, Vega star) - Sara, Fumi, and Yamagami Karuta. They are debut-mates.
 * "Kanaeboshi" (かなえぼし) - Sara and Kanae
 * "Yumehoshi-ie" (夢星家, Dream Star Family) - Sara and Yumeoi Kakeru

Trivia

 * Color: #FAB80D
 * She refers to herself in the third-person (also known as Illeism), most often with her family name instead of her given name.
 * Her father is British and her mother is Japanese. This makes Sara the third member in NIJISANJI to be of mixed Japanese and British descent after Mononobe Alice and Uzuki Kou.
 * Outside of NIJISANJI, she has a good relationship with hololive VTuber Natsuiro Matsuri who absolutely adores her and even went as far as sending a ¥12,000 superchat (~$110 USD) in Sara's March 2020 new outfit stream, but unfortunately not all of her love has been reciprocated, but she likes to tease Matsuri in response as she finds her very cute too.
 * She is very close with hololive's Akai Haato with whom she shares many similar interests. Both girls revealed that they had watched each other's debut streams in real time. Sara also revealed that she had considered auditioning for the role of Akai Haato when she saw the recruitment ad (she never actually applied) and that she watched Haato's debut stream to see who ended up getting the role. Both are also partially British, with Haato being 1/4. She even appeared in Haato's 3D birthday live on 18th November 2021 in which they sang "Turing Love" together. They also both revealed that they cried backstage as they dreamed to do a 3D stream together and be on the same stage and that outside of her genmates, Haachama is her closest friend.
 * Sara shares the same character illustrator with Himemiya Rie of Phase-Connect.

Media

 * Hoshikawa Sara's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 星川のふぁんくらぶ！ - Official NIJISANJI Fan Club Page
 * 星川サラ / Sara Hoshikawa - YouTube channel
 * @Sara_Hoshikawa - Twitter account (main)
 * @Hoshikawa_sub - Twitter account (secondary)
 * @Sara_Hoshikawa - TwitCasting channel
 * @Sara_Hoshikawa - Marshmallow account
 * @sara_hoshikawa - TikTok account
 * u/Sara_Hoshikawa - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #星川観測 - Stream talk
 * #サラ星図 - Fan art
 * #サラし絵 - Fan art (NSFW)

Further readings

 * 星川サラ - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * 星川サラ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 星川サラ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 星川サラ - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 호시카와 사라 - Namu Wiki