Ponto Nei

Ponto Nei (先斗寧) is a Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI, debuting as part of the unit "Ranunculus" (ラナンキュラス) alongside Umise Yotsuha and Amagase Muyu. Previously, she was enrolled as a student in VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY (VTA).

Profile
A student from the Kansai region who works part-time in a general store that connects the other world with the present day. She can now see fairies that live in the general store. It could be due to eating too many blueberries.

Background
On 5 November 2021, Ponto Nei made her first appearance on the VIRTUAL TALENT ACADEMY channel as part of its first batch of students.

On 16 March 2022, ANYCOLOR announced that Ponto Nei would debut directly into NIJISANJI as part of the unit "Ranunculus", the first wave of Livers formed from VTA graduates. In preparation for her debut, Nei received a full redesign, and all videos previously created during her time in VTA were hidden.

Nei's YouTube channel was created on 2 March 2022, and her Twitter account also created in the same month. Her first tweet was made on 16 March 2021.

Debut
Ranunculus made their debut on 20 March 2022. Ponto Nei was the third of the group to debut. Afterwards, all three of them featured in a special debut program on the NIJISANJI Official channel.

Ranunculus' first original song, "DONBURA KONBURA SPEAKERS", was released shortly after the program. This song was written and produced by Hirokawa Keiichi (MONACA).

2022
On 12 April, Nei reached 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 8 June, Nei reached 120,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 22 August, Nei reached 150,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

Events

 * On 24 June 2022, a Sweets Paradise collaboration involving Noctyx and Ranunculus was announced, running from 1 July to 7 August.

Relationships

 * "Ranunculus" (ラナンキュラス) - Nei, Umise Yotsuha, and Amagase Muyu. They are debut-mates and fellow VTA graduates.

Trivia

 * Color: #5A7DFF

Media

 * Ponto Nei's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 先斗寧 / Ponto Nei 【にじさんじ】 - YouTube Account
 * @ponto_nei - Twitter Account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #先斗寧 - General tag
 * #ぽんとらいぶ - Stream talk
 * #ぽんとれーと - Fan art
 * #見ないで寧 - Fan art (sensitive, NSFW)
 * #さむ寧る - Thumbnails
 * #くり寧てぃぶ - Derivative works (assets, handmade works, cosplay, fanfiction, etc.)
 * #ぽんとりみんぐ - Video clips
 * #ねいねい聞いて - Egosearching
 * #ぽんとに聞いたよ - Commentary on released voice works