AZKi

Virtual Diva AZKi, better known simply as AZKi, is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber and singer. Her concept was conceived by hololive's parent company: Cover Corporation and her design and videos are produced by Composition Inc. While debuting alone outside of a generation and working directly under Cover Corp. before the establishment of INoNaKa Music, she is currently unofficially part of hololive Generation 0 alongside fellow solo debutants: Tokino Sora, Roboco-san, Sakura Miko and Hoshimachi Suisei.

Profile
A diva who became reborn into the virtual world in order to fabricate a new world. No matter the time, place, or position, she warps through all the barricades with her dazzling talent.

Personality
Apart from singing, she likes to do ego-searching and browsing the internet. She also regards herself as a person with persistence that keeps putting effort on her abilities. She is very kind and is always there to comfort her fellow members when they're upset. She has very great singing abilities, and she has a very large vocal range, similar to the 4th generation member Amane Kanata.

Background
Her channel was created on 5 November 2018, also joining Twitter this month, she debuted on YouTube with a cover of song Just be Friends on 15 November.

2018
On 28 December, she debuted her first original song "Creating world."

2019
On 14 February, she started to be represented by the agency of Virtual Talents upd8 along with Yoruno Neon.

On 19 May, she held her first live concert named The Shitest Start. During the live event, she announced that she would be joining Inonaka Music a music label under hololive alongside Hoshimachi Suisei. At the end of the live, she announced her second concert named A GOODDAY TO DiE which was held on 27 July.

On 26 May, she debuted her second 3D model during a stream.

On 12 November, she released her first full album "without U."

2020
On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted an idol outfit that matches with the rest of the girls at hololive's 1st fes. Nonstop Story.

On 18 March, she reached 100,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 23 September, she reached 200,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 1 December, she released her second full album "Re:Creating world."

On 6 December, AZKi held her sixth live concert "Re: Creating world" named after her second full album.

On 21 December, AZKi participated on stage 1 of "hololive 2nd fes. Beyond the Stage."

2021
On 25 January, she reached 300,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 20 February, hololive's Twitter account announced that AZKi would get her third 3D model.

On 23 February, AZKi debuted her third 3D model during a concert on her YouTube channel.

During her 7th live concert "Stand at the crossroads" on 11 April, AZKi revealed that AZKi Project was meant to end on July 2022. However, there are still many dreams she'd like to pursue that she wants to move beyond that end goal, going "from Route Alpha to Route Beta." Exactly what this entails is yet to be explicated. She also reached 400,000 susbcribers in her YouTube channel during this concert.

On 14 August, she reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers, making her the 41st hololive member to reach this milestone. She is also the last one of the Gen 0 to achieve it.

On 29 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that AZKi would be transfered to the main hololive branch in April 2022. A few hours later, AZKi made a post on her Twitter account explaining her transfer and thanking everyone for the three years so far, confirming the dissolution of INoNaKa MUSIC. Various hololive members welcomed her into the main branch, hoping to work together with her in the future. On the same day, her manager Tsuranimizu announced their retirement for the same reason.

Discography

 * ''Main page: AZKi/Discography

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Pioneers" (Kaitakusha)「開拓者」.

Trivia

 * She shares her current artist with Love-chan and Aipii of Kizuna AI Inc.
 * She is a big fan of the Virtual Singer named KAF.
 * AZKi is close friends with Sora, they have sung on stage, MVs and in EPs multiple times as the unit SorAZ, while it is somewhat rare for AZKi to collab with other hololive members, Sora and her collab from time to time in each other's channels. Sora also helped her when AZKi finally decided to join the hololive JP Minecraft server.
 * She is currently the only member of INoNaKa Music.
 * Her favourite bird is the long-tailed tit.

Media

 * AZKi Channel - YouTube channel
 * AZKi Virtual Diva - AZKi's official page
 * AZKi's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com (EN)
 * AZKi's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com (JP)
 * AZKi's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
 * AZKi's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
 * @AZKi_VDiVA - Twitter account
 * AZKi_Official - bilibili channel
 * AZKi - Spotify page
 * AZKi - Apple Music page
 * AZKi Corporate profile on Composition Inc. website
 * AZKi corporate profile on upd8.jp
 * AZKi Official statements and press releases on Note.mu
 * Article about AZKi's debut on Panora VR (in Japanese)

Twitter hashtags

 * #AZKi生放送 - Stream talk
 * #あずきんち - Stream talk for home streams
 * #AZKiART - Fan art
 * #AZKiレビュー - Music
 * #AZ声 - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #どこAZ - hololy
 * #コラAZ - Memes

Further readings

 * AZKi - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * AZKi - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * AZKi - Hololive Fan Wiki