Shu Yamino

Shu Yamino (闇ノシュウ) is a male English Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's fourth wave "Luxiem," alongside Luca Kaneshiro, Ike Eveland, Mysta Rias, and Vox Akuma.

Introduction Video

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Profile
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Personality
A ligma enjoyer.

This aside, true to his profile, Shu Yamino is a kind-hearted sorcerer - undoubtedly NIJISANJI EN's pillar of tech "shupport". However, though he possesses great knowledge in technology, he also holds an unhealthy amount of knowledge regarding Twitch lingo, exhibits an obsession with "deez nuts" and "ligma balls" jokes and seldom allows his body to make contact with grass.

Despite this, not only is the sorcerer endlessly supportive of his friends, often visiting the other livers' chats and proactively arranging collabs - even from outside of NIJISANJI - he has proven to also be a reliable senpai (despite his visible cringe from being unprepared to be a senpai) Noticeably, when his kouhai from Noctyx, Yugo Asuma and Sonny Brisko, were having trouble in their streams, they looked to Shu for help.

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.

Shu'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. Shu was the second 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 26 December, Shu reached 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 30 December, Shu reached 80,000 followers on his Twitter account.

2022
On 4 January, Shu reached 100,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 8 January, Shu reached 100,000 subscribers on his Youtube channel.

On 3 February, Shu reached 200,000 followers on Twitter during a Super Auto Pets stream. This stream also coincided with two other milestones: reaching 180,000 suscribers on Youtube and Luxiem's "Hope in the Dark" MV reaching 3,000,000 views.

On 9 February, Shu reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

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

On 28 February, Shu reached 250,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and 280,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 10 May, PASH! announced that they would be featuring Shu in the June issue of their magazine.

On 14 March, Shu reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 15 March, Shu's White Day 2022 voice pack and goods went up for sale.

On 22 April, Shu's Sakura Bloom 2022 voice pack and goods went up for sale.

On 24 April, Shu reached 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 2 May, Shu's birthday goods and voice went up for sale.

On 1 May, each Luxiem member received an official bilibili account.

On 28 May, Shu congratulated VirtuaReal on their third anniversary during their special program.

On 31 May, Shu reached 500,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. He also reached 600,000 followers on Twitter the same day.

On 9 June, Luxiem's YouTube channel was created.

On 30 June, Shu reached 700,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 7 July, Shu reached 600,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. He also appeared on Ironmouse's talk show, Speak of the Devil, the same day (EDT).

On 23 July, Shu reached 800,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 11 August, Shu reached 700,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 23 August, Shu reached 900,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 5 November, Shu reached 1,000,000 followers on his Twitter account.

On 14 November, Shu reached 800,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

2022

 * On 15 April, Sweets Paradise announced a collaboration with Luxiem, running from 24 April to May 31. Participating locations offered food and drinks themed off of individual Luxiem members. Customers were also able to buy limited-edition goods which included acrylic stands, a file folder, badges, print icon cookies, stickers, a canvas pouch, a mug, and t-shirts. Additionally, as this collaboration occurred during Shu's and Vox's birthdays, birthday bromide profiles featuring Vox and Shu were available at locations.
 * On 25 April, AnimeFest announced that Luxiem will hold a Q&A panel on July 30.
 * On 22 May, Shu was part of the merchandise collaboration with Otaku Culture Lab alongside Elira Pendora, Selen Tatsuki, Petra Gurin, Luca Kaneshiro, and Vox Akuma. Limited-time goods included fans, wooden sake boxes, senjafuda stickers, wooden name tags, noren curtains, tenugui towels, and temperature-sensitive cups.
 * On 18 June, Shu, along with Rosemi Lovelock, Millie Parfait, and Ike Eveland; participated in a Shadowverse Buddy System tournament celebrating the game's 6th anniversary. He was coached by Frosted Flame and ended in 3rd place with 55 points.
 * On 3 July, he, alongside Hana Macchia and Elira Pendora, will be participating in the NIJISANJI Mahjong Cup team competition, "Kachou Fugetsu Sen", on the official NIJISANJI channel as team BFP of Block B.
 * On 13 July, Shu was announced at part of a collaboration with Animate Cafe running from 3 August to 30 August alongside Pomu Rainpuff, Selen Tatsuki, Reimu Endou, Ike Eveland, and Luca Kaneshiro. Limited quantity food, drink, and dessert options based off of the livers were offered at participating locations as well as file folders, badges, acrylic stands, and various types of stickers were available for purchase. Limited time merchandise featured new graffiti inspired designs for the livers.
 * On 15 July, ANIME Impulse announced Luxiem as guests for a meet and greet on 4 September. Later on 11 August, ANIME Impulse announced that Luxiem would hold a panel on the main stage. Also available at the event were drinks themed off of the individual members of Luxiem.
 * On 1 September, Curtain Damashii announced limited-time original goods. These limited goods included canvas art, a jigsaw puzzle, wireless phone chargers, acrylic memo stands, and hashtag keychains. An original art piece was drawn by Takebayashi, while mini character art was drawn by Uchikoshi. Pre-order is available from 1 September to 21 September with items shipped between 16 November and 15 December.
 * On 28 September, KIRABASE announced a café collaboration with Luxiem running from 10 October to 30 November. This collaboration featured new artwork of Luxiem members in Halloween costumes drawn by Ajijifeizhai and chibi variants drawn by Chahuanxiong. Participating locations offered food and drink themed off of each member, as well as limited acrylic stands and badges. Customers that bought certain food items and/or posted on social media received random coasters, photo cards, and transparent photo frames.

Fans

 * His fans are called "Yaminions".

Quotes

 * "Sorcerer? I hardly even know 'er!" - Debut teaser
 * "Eeeeyyyyy"
 * "Gravity? Graviteez nuts."
 * "Accept the weirdchamp in you, and then you become pogchamp."
 * "Cdeez nuts."

Relationships

 * "Luxiem' - Shu, Mysta Rias, Vox Akuma, Ike Eveland, and Luca Kaneshiro. These five debuted together.
 * Media: YouTube
 * Twitter hashtags: #Luxiem
 * "SSR" - Shu, Selen Tatsuki, and Reimu Endou.
 * "PNGs" - Shu, Millie Parfait, Luca Kaneshiro, Elira Pendora, and Pomu Rainpuff.
 * "BFP" (Banana Flower Plus) - Shu, Elira Pendora, and Hana Macchia.
 * "NIJIPURPLE/NIJICROWS" - Shu, Uki Violeta, and Aster Arcadia.
 * "HoeL Brothers" - Shu and Mysta Rias.
 * "PenguinSiblings" - Shu and Petra Gurin.

Identity

 * Color: #A660A7
 * Occupation: Sorcerer
 * In addition to English, he is fluent in Japanese, and is able to do Japanese-only streams.
 * Shu shares his character designer, HoeL, with Mysta Rias of NIJISANJI EN, Aragami Oga of HOLOSTARS, Xander Fangsworth of RealCorpTV, Heine Ulmaria of I-STREAM, and independent Vtubers Whale Taylor, Kano Seiga and Shinkai Mai.
 * Shu's self-dubbed "Marshal Maximizer" nickname refers to his skillful use of VALORANT's Marshal sniper rifle. It is also a wordplay on "Marshall Maximizer", a VOCALOID song.

Lore

 * According to his lore video, when Shu was a child, a man tried to trick him into stepping on poop, but failed. This poop turned out to be a magical poop that flew at Shu and knocked him into the hearth. While on fire, Shu blurted out a "your mom" joke, which caused the gods to transport Shu and his house forward in time to the present day.
 * He inherited his parents' abilities as a sorcerer. He uses jujutsu, a type of sorcery related to curses, which relies on natural or other mythical powers to augment and cast spells.

Preferences

 * Likes:
 * Computers (mechanical keyboards, gaming mice, audio gear), VTubers (especially NIJISANJI), singing, sparkling water, coffee, orange juice with pulp.
 * Sweets: Wonka chocolate, Krabby Patty gummies
 * Anime: Steins;Gate, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Haikyuu!!, SK8, K-On!!, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Nichijou, Great Pretender, Ping Pong.
 * Japanese Music :
 * VOCALOID: Tsumiki (ツミキ), nulut (ぬゆり), MikitoP (みきとP), buzzG, surii (すりぃ).
 * Utaite: Meychan, nqrse, mafumafu, and so on...
 * J-pop: Official Hige Dandism (Official髭男dism), King Gnu, Frederic (フレデリック), ZUTOMAYO (ずっと真夜中でいいのに. ), back number, YOASOBI, and so on...
 * JAM Project
 * Games: Osu!, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Auto Pets, Super Smash Bros. Malee, VALORANT, fighting games, Tetris, party games, AmongUs, Project Winter, Crab Game, Eternal Return, kusoges (shitty games), netages, Getting Over It, Pogostuck (which he didn't enjoy but beat it so he uses it for flexing)

Miscellaneous

 * Shu has been following NIJISANJI since mid-2019.
 * Shu pours his milk before adding his cereals
 * Shu is okay with pineapple on pizza.
 * He is capable of holding an "EYYYYY" for 30 seconds.
 * Likes sushi and love seafood, his favorite sushi is unagi.
 * Used to play the violin, can play the recorder
 * Once made a kid cry trying to hum them "Love is an Open Door" from "Frozen".
 * Sees Luxiem as brothers. Vox being the oldest with a bigger gap, Ike, Shu, Mysta, Luca
 * Shu is a middle child, with a younger and older sister
 * Drinks his coffee black, but sometimes he adds a little bit of sugar
 * Washes his hands after going to the bathroom!
 * Bilingual, people in his family speaks Japanese at different degrees
 * Knows a little bit of programming/coding.
 * Can recite 70 digits of pi.
 * He has a Black Belt in Taekwondo from middle school.
 * His rice purity score is 96.
 * His rice purity score is actually 95, he accidentally answered a question wrong last time he took the test. Getting called to the principals' office for swearing in middle school is the reason Shu's rice purity score is 1 lower.
 * He likes to eat seaweed-wrapped mochi dipped in soy sauce.
 * His rejected one-liners were "Uh oh! Sorcery! Spooky! Uh oh! Sorcery!" and "Curse you! Literally."
 * For his 300k subscribers celebration, he played Jump King and completed the game in 13 hours 28 minutes 10 seconds.
 * He originally intended to apply to the main NIJISANJI branch but realized he could not when the application asked which prefecture he lived in.
 * Shu debuted as Fan-kun on April Fools' Day.
 * His is INTP.
 * Shu likes floral and sweet scents - "If it smell good, it smell good."
 * Shu likes a lot of flowers - including tulips, hydrangea, etc.
 * When speaking in Japanese, he calls himself boku.
 * He actively avoids swearing on-stream.

Media

 * Shu Yamino's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * Shu Yamino【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
 * Shu_Official - bilibili channel
 * @shu_yamino - Twitter account
 * u/Shu_Yamino - Reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #ShuYamino - General tag
 * #YaminoArt - Fan art tag
 * #ShuClip - Clips tag
 * #ShuClipEN - Clips with English subtitle
 * #ShuClipJP - Clips with Japanese subtitle
 * #Shussy - NSFW tag
 * #ShuggestionBox - Stream Ideas
 * #Thumbneyyl - Thumbnails
 * #eyymotes - Emotes
 * #cospleyy - Cosplay

Further readings

 * Shu Yamino (闇ノシュウ) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
 * ShuYamino - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 暗之Shu - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * Shu Yamino【NIJISANJI EN】 - Wikitubia