Hakuja

Hakuja (库伽/Kù jiā) is a Chinese male Virtual UP (bilibili content creator) affiliated with VirtuaReal under VirtuaReal Project as part of its fourteenth generation (aka 147) alongside Koxia, Yomiya, Rhea and Miyu.

Introduction

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Profile
"An assassin, but not at all ruthless. Every time a sharp blade is unsheathed, it's just to read a heart."

- Hakuja

There are big and small mistakes. Regarding the Snake Clan, the first small mistake was when choosing a test subject for a piece of not yet fully-developed enhancement technology, they selected the low-born Hakuja; while the second small mistake was making an outrageous miscalculation of strength with a boss’ wealthy second son as an assassin target. The big mistake after that was to directly judge Hakuja's assassination failure as an experiment failure; and the final fatal mistake was to prepare to dispose of the failed subject Hakuja, pushing this youth who just recently became the strongest assassin in the history of the Snake Clan towards the other side. After washing the Snake Clan's den with blood, the disoriented snake youth slowly walked onto the street for the first time, somewhat at a loss. However, he very soon got to know new friends- a cute yet arrogant cat girl who enjoys observing humanity; after that the former assassination target also brought him a new job.

Background
On 19 July 2021, the upcoming Livers were teased with an image of their silhouettes on VirtuaReal's bilibili and Twitter accounts.

On 20 July 2021, VirtuaReal officially announced their fourteenth generation of Virtual Livers, including Hakuja, accompanied by their designs and profiles. Hakuja made his first dynamic post and released his first video, a self-introduction, on the same day.

On 24 July 2021, VirtuaReal released a teaser trailer for the new VirtuaReal members.

Debut
The fourteenth wave made their debuts in a stream relay on bilibili split over two days, lasting from 20:00 to 22:00 CST on 29 July and from 19:00 to 22:00 CST on 30 July 2021, Hakuja being the first. During his debut, he shared facts about himself, played GOODRAGE on Phigros at level 15 without missing a single note and talked about his likes and dislikes.

Later on 9 August 2021, highlights of their debut streams were compiled into a video presented by Ciyana on bilibili's official virtual streamer channel.

2021
On 6 August, Hakuja collaborated with the other members of 147, marking their first ever official collaboration with other VUPs. They chatted, answered questions from fans then played some party games.

On 14 August, Hakuja's 2021 Qixi festival voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 27 August 2021.

On 29 August, Hakuja held a livestream revealing Kujia's Live2D visual.

On 30 October, Hakuja's 2021 Halloween voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 12 November 2021.

On 5 November, Hakuja's Weibo account was created and he made his first Weibo post.

On 24 December, Hakuja's 2021 X'mas voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 7 January 2022.

2022
On 13 March, Hakuja participated in the "谁是VR巧克力王" (Who is the VR Chocolate King) White Day collaboration.

On 14 March, Hakuja's 2022 White Day voice pack and goods went up for sale, lasting until 28 March.

On 2 April, Hakuja reached 30,000 fans (i.e. followers) on bilibili. He celebrated the occasion by drawing the profile images of his captains (i.e. members) on stream from 3 to 4 April.

On 24 April, Hakuja participated in the second issue of Sybil's "Liver家中最xxx物品大披露" (Livers' Most XXX Household Items) along with Kouichi, Chiharu and Mayumi.

On 30 April, Hakuja unveiled Weizi's Live2D model at the start of his birthday livestream.

On 14 May, Hakuja participated in Waku's "Waku塾" (Wakujuku) along with Noi and Sybil.

On 2 July, Hakuja's "不思议校园异闻录" (Unimaginable Schoolyard Anecdotes) voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 23 July 2022.

On 19 July 2022, animate公式 announced first-step goods for ten male VirtuaReal Livers, including Hakuja.

On 29 July, Hakuja held a livestream revealing his swimsuit Live2D visual in celebration of his one year anniversary since debut.

On 4 August, Hakuja earned the achievement "乐园探索者" (Paradise Seeker) on bilibili.

On 17 August, Hakuja exceeded 180,000 fans on his Weibo account. However, as he later pointed out, a lot of them were bots.

On 3 September, Hakuja participated in the first issue of Sybil's "猜谜大会" (Riddle-guessing Conference) along with Joi, Chiharu, Hunger, Hoshimi, Sirius and Waku.

On 8 September, Hakuja's 2022 Mid-Autumn voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 25 September 2022.

Events

 * On 8 August 2021, Hakuja participated in VirtuaReal's "APEX夏日娱乐赛" (APEX Summertime Entertainment Match) along with Rhea and Yomiya as the team "寄".
 * On 12 November 2021, Hakuja participated in VirtuaReal's 2021 Autumn Singing Relay.
 * On 28 May 2022, Hakuja participated in VirtuaReal's 3rd Anniversary celebration with two pre-recorded skits, the first along with Kouichi and the second along with Chiharu, Tocci and Rhea.

Mascot, Fans and Greetings

 * Hakuja's snake is called "尾子" (Weizi/Tail).
 * He can speak in snake form, but only Hakuja can hear him.
 * He also has a human form called "尾总" (Weizong/Tail Total).
 * Hakuja's fans and fan medal are called "蛇信子" (Snake Letter).
 * Hakuja ends every stream with "See you next illusion" (SYNI).

Playlists

 * 直播回放 (Livestream playback) - Stream archive
 * 【MC】生存挑战系列 (【MC】Survival Challenge Series) - Minecraft streams
 * MMD合辑 (MMD Playlist) - MMD music videos
 * 王者荣耀 (Honor of Kings) - Honor of Kings clips
 * 单人企划合辑 (Solo Plan Playlist) - Solo special streams
 * 联动企划合辑 (Collaborative Plan Playlist) - Collaboration special streams
 * 直播切片 (Livestream Clips) - Humorous clips from livestreams
 * 翻唱合辑 (Song Cover Playlist) - Song covers
 * VRG·王者战队 (VRG·Army of Kings) - Honor of kings collaboration streams with VRG

Livestream content

 * Hakuja usually streams in the evening, typically starting at around 20:00 CST and lasting for around 2-4 hours.
 * Games that Hakuja has played on stream include: Arknights, Apex Legends , Phigros, Muse Dash, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! , Minecraft , Honor of Kings , FF14, Genshin Impact, Gris.
 * Apart from games, Hakuja's streams also feature free talks, singing and video watchalongs.

Relationships

 * "147" - Hakuja, Koxia, Yomiya, Rhea and Miyu.
 * These five debuted together.
 * 「寄」("Send") - Hakuja, Rhea and Yomiya.
 * These three were a team for the VirtuaReal-organised Apex Legends Summertime Entertainment Match.
 * "VRG" - Hakuja, Hunger, Isabella, Reve and Jinxy.
 * These five play Honor of Kings together.

Basic details

 * Color: #55A8CB
 * Species: Snake (Trimeresurus stejnegeri).
 * He is an albino.
 * Occupation: Assassin, Vice-president of VirtuaMiyal
 * Place of origin: Forest
 * Special skills (as on vrp.live): Songwriting, MMD, fan creation, commentary
 * Hakuja makes MMD videos, including one that he released two days after 147 was announced.
 * Hakuja's nickname "烧0" came from the unofficial Apex collaboration with Yomiya, Miyu and Rhea on 31 July to 1 August 2021 (no archive). Since then, jokes about him being "0" have persisted.
 * Shares a character designer with Susam's black and yellow outerwear outfit and Uka's original outfit.
 * Because of this, he referred to Uka as his younger brother.
 * His age is not clear because time flows differently for snakekind.
 * At 191 cm, he is the tallest VirtuaReal member and second tallest NIJISANJI Liver after Gilzaren III (human/default/original heights only).
 * Hakuja's emoji (💠) represents his mechanical core located next to his heart. It enhances his speed and can also self-destruct. He adds it to the beginning and end of every post and comment he makes on bilibili.
 * His MBTI is ENFJ-T.

Preferences

 * Likes:
 * Fruit (especially clementines and oranges), black tea, friends , gaming, fan creations
 * Animations: Aotu World (favourite character is Grey), 小绿和小蓝 (Small Green and Small Blue)
 * Songs: MMD greatest hits, pure tone piano, music games greatest hits, traditional Chinese, electronic, Yin que shi ting
 * Games: FF14, Honor of Kings, Genshin Impact, Punishing: Gray Raven, Minecraft, Arknights, music games
 * Dislikes: Bitter melon
 * Hakuja is known for his infatuation with Xiao from Genshin Impact.
 * He calls Xiao "魈宝" (Xiao-bao).
 * Every time he plays the game he spends a great deal of time looking at Xiao.
 * He owns a Xiao body pillow.

Lore

 * Hakuja can control his venom. His waist pouch contains his and Weizi's freshly extracted venom.
 * As a snake, Hakuja can swallow things far bigger than him. But now that he has a human form, he's decided it won't be polite.

Storyline

 * Hakuja was ordered by an unnamed man to kill Yomiya. He did not, claiming he had no interest, though the truth may have been that Kamiya was stronger than him. At this point, he had also realised that Yomiya’s death would cause panic which the man can take advantage of and take control. Since he knew too much now, the man pressed a button on a remote controller, causing acid to corrode Hakuja's mechanical system; there was a bomb bound to his core. However, Hakuja was not defeated.
 * Around 23:08 on an unspecified day, the bomb fragments were removed from his sea of consciousness through a card reader and computer accessing his consciousness, with the help of an unnamed person (POV of his self-introduction video) on the order of Black double twintails and his emotional state returned to normal.
 * During his debut stream, Hakuja received an anonymous message telling him that there was a bomb planted inside each of his gen-mates, and that all five of their bombs will explode in 30 minutes. He managed to disarm them in time.

Miscellaneous

 * Hakuja used to have long hair, but cut it after it got too inconvenient.
 * Hakuja can do a very convincing girl voice, known as his younger sister 库佳 (Kujia).
 * Her name uses the same first character as Hakuja's Chinese name while the second character means good/beautiful (common in female names).
 * Her emoji is the comet (☄️).
 * The underwear and earphones Hakuja ordered after moving to his new home were stolen from the locker. While relating the story on stream, he accidentally revealed the colour of the stolen underwear (dark purple). Since then, "purple underwear" has become a running joke.
 * After he clipped this incident from his livestream, somebody stole the video and put it in bilibili's news section.
 * The first VTuber Hakuja ever saw was Eine, which was how he got to know VirtuaReal.
 * Four months before Hakuja debuted, he knew of Keke’s existence from a member of staff. He had asked them if Yomiya was the Deer Clan's prince, to which they replied, "No, not a prince. The prince is in the next wave."
 * From the fifteenth wave onwards, Hakuja has a tradition where he edits the silhouette teasers of upcoming waves.
 * While discussing 157, Hakuja guessed all four Livers with nearly complete accuracy - Yog as a cool, Apex-playing youth, Keke as a desert prince with red hair, Uka as a strong adventurer, and Hunger as a black-haired demon who dwells in a castle.
 * For 167, after taking inspiration from Kouichi's comment, he replaced Karisa with Mahiru, Kiyuu with Nyatsuki, Girimi with Hoshimi and Sybil with Rhea, as well as replacing the VirtuaReal logo with VirtuaRhea's logo instead. It managed to briefly fool Yomiya into thinking it was the real one. Hakuja got questioned by staff after posting it into VirtuaReal's group chat. Three members of the yet to be revealed sixteenth wave ended up catching him after all of this.
 * The iconic slap effect in Hakuja's self-introduction was performed twenty-something times and chosen from the best one.
 * He was only given three hours to make his self-introduction. He had wanted to add better effects but didn't have the time.
 * Hakuja mentioned during his birthday stream that he had planned to graduate in March due to health issues, but remembered the things he had not yet shown his viewers and wanted to give himself another chance. He has elaborated on his health issues multiple times on stream, which include intestinal and breathing problems.
 * The main reason for his health issues is due to the fact he was in breech position at birth, causing him to choke on amniotic fluid and be strangled by the umbilical cord. His mother had to get a caesarean without any anaesthetics.
 * Though Hakuja thinks he’s unfortunate, he is glad he’s at least alive, which is why he especially enjoys life.
 * Hakuja's character designer had to add a black undershirt to his design after staff said it was too immodest.
 * Hakuja is particularly close with his mother, phoning her many times every day.
 * He refers to her as 蛇妈 (Snake Mom).
 * Hakuja has a friend referred to as 兄弟A (Brother A), who he sometimes plays games with on stream.
 * Hakuja makes his own PVs using Adobe After Effects.
 * Hakuja can use Live2D.

Media

 * Hakuja's corporate profile on the official VirtuaReal website
 * Hakuja's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * 库伽Hakuja - bilibili channel
 * 库伽Hakuja的直播间 - bilibili live room
 * 库伽Hakuja - Weibo account
 * 库伽Hakuja - Tape account

Unofficial

 * 尾子的蛇爬架批发市场 (Weizi's snake climbing frame wholesale market) - bilibili channel for 二次创作 (derivative works)

Bilibili hashtags

 * #蛇爬伽# (Snake climbing)- Fan art tag
 * #蛇语者# (Snake speaker) - Anecdote tag
 * #云早饭# (Cloud breakfast) - Food pictures sharing tag

Weibo topics

 * 库伽Hakuja - Fan discussion

Further readings

 * 库伽 - Moegirl Encyclopedia (CN)
 * 库伽（ハクジャ/Hakuja）- Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki (JP)
 * 하쿠쟈 - Namu Wiki (KR)
 * Hakuja - vTubie
 * Hakuja - Hololist