Kazama Iroha

Kazama Iroha (風真いろは) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its sixth generation under the name of "Secret Society holoX" alongside La+ Darknesss, Takane Lui, Hakui Koyori and Sakamata Chloe.

Profile
Secret Society holoX's insurance policy.

Hailing from a remote mountainous area, she left her home behind and, along with her companion, set off on a journey to achieve her dream of seeing and learning more about the outside world.

Nowadays, she handles security detail and bodyguard missions for holoX, making enough money to get by.

Personality
Iroha is a soft-spoken and playful, but somewhat clumsy person. Many fans describe her as the most "seiso" member of her generation and one of the most "seiso" in hololive overall besides members like Tokino Sora, though Iroha doesn't think of herself as such. She is also sometimes described as a muscle brain person; in the first holoX meeting collab, she was the only one who didn't describe herself as the smartest member among her genmates.

Appearance
She has short blonde hair with light blue eyes and a leafy-themed hair ribbon. She wears a traditional looking Japanese robe with a sword attached to her back.

Background
Kazama Iroha's YouTube channel was created on 12 September 2021. Her Twitter account was also created in September 2021. She was first revealed as part of holoX, the sixth generation of the Japanese branch of hololive, in an introductory video posted on 26 November 2021 at noon JST. She made her first tweet at the same time, saying "gozaru," a Japanese language copula associated with samurai.

She made her debut stream on 30 November 2021 at 9pm JST, the fifth and final -holoX- member to debut.

2021
On 5 December, Iroha reached 300,000 subscribers on YouTube.

On 8 December, Iroha's channel got approved for monetization.

On 19 December, Iroha reached 400,000 subscribers on YouTube.

on 26 December, Iroha opened her channel membership feature.

On 28 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that Nene and the sixth gen members would get "new year" costumes.

2022
On 1 January Iroha debuted her second 2D costume, a kimono to celebrate the new year. In this costume Iroha got a new hairstyle using small twintails with various decorations. The upper section of her kimono is goes from light orange to white, the long sleeves are tied up to her elbows. The skirt is a darker shade of orange decorated with a sakura flower pattern, her furisode is decorated with a small obi tied together in the front. Iroha uses black boots. Adittionally Iroha has the option to wear tanuki ears, and a bow with arrows on her back.

On 15 February, Iroha reached 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, making her the 49th hololive member to reach this milestone, as well as the 4th member of holoX to do so.

On 3 June, Iroha announced on her Twitter account that she would get her 3D model.

On 9 June, Iroha debuted her 3D model during a stream with more than 100,000 live viewers.

On 17 June, Iroha revealed an updated for her main 2D costume as she can now remove her coat.

On 18 June, during her birthday stream, Iroha revealed some updates for her 2D model, a new effect for her eyes, microphone accessory, and some movements for her mascot "Pokobee" also added.

On 5 July, she released her first solo cover song "Color of Drops" by 40mP.

On 29 July, she reached 600,000 subscribers on YouTube during a karaoke endurance stream.

On 18 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Iroha debuted her 3D swimsuit in a stream held on hololive's official fanclub page in a segment featuring Nekomata Okayu, Tokoyami Towa and Yozora Mel. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On 30 August, continuing the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Iroha debuted her 3D yukata. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.

On 7 October, Iroha announced during a stream that she would taking a two-week break from streaming activities due to a sore throat.

On 22 October, the break was extended to 2 November.

On 16 November, during a stream on Koyori's channel, holoX announced that they would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 30 November, Iroha celebrated her first year anniversary. During the stream, she debuted her 3D idol costume and released her first original song "Iroha Step!." A special first year anniversary stream for membership took place after the stream.

On 4 December, during holoX first year anniversary, they released their first original song "Jouya Repaint."

On 21 December, during a holoX meeting stream, Iroha, Takane Lui, Hakui Koyori, and Sakamata Chloe debuted their 3D christmas costumes.

2023
On 17 February, Iroha reached 700,000 subscribers on YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream.

On 18 March, Iroha debuted her second 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, Iroha debuted her second 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt. Iroha uses the shorts. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

On 28 August, Iroha released a 3.0 update for her main model, improving the movements of her hair, costume, body, and adding some new expressions such as sparky and heart shaped eyes. The update also includes new accessories such as mouse, keyboard, gamepad, and drawing board. During the stream, she also announced that she would get her third 2D costume.

On 2 September, Iroha debuted her third 2D costume.

Discography

 * Main page: Kazama Iroha/Discography

Events

 * On 28 April 2023, hololive's Twitter account announced a collaboration with the Japanese professional baseball team "Yomiuri Giants" in a match on 1 August 2023 at Tokyo Dome, featuring Iroha and another eight members participating in various promotionals: announcements, posters, signage in the halls, as well as tickets and merch.

Mascot and Fans

 * Iroha's fans are known as the Kazama-tai, 「かざま隊」, meaning "Kazama Squad."
 * Her mascot is a tanuki named Pokobee, 「ぽこべぇ」.

Relationships

 * "KoMeHa," along with Kobo Kanaeru, and Watson Amelia.

Quotes

 * "Not nin nin! Yes jakin jakin!"
 * "Kaigai-niki, okay? I'm samurai. Not ninja! Do you understand?"

Name

 * Her surname "Kazama" is written using the kanji "wind" and "truth." In her debut, she described that the "ma" in "Kazama" is as in "makoto," meaning "truth."
 * The kanji for her surname could also be read as "Fuuma," the name of a famous clan of ninja. This is likely why she often writes her surname in hiragana.
 * Her given name "Iroha" is written in hiragana, and consists of the first three letters in the Japanese syllabary in traditional order.

Likes and dislikes

 * Her favorite things include singing, cats, and udon.
 * Her favorite anime and manga are Cardcaptor Sakura, Sword Art Online, Shaman King, Naruto, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Gakuen Alice, and Fruits Basket.
 * Her favorite games include Final Fantasy XIV, Phantasy Star Online 2, Minecraft, Splatoon, Ring Fit Adventure, and D4DJ.
 * She dislikes horror games, bugs, and unagi.

Miscellaneous

 * According to genmate La+ Darknesss, Iroha is a samurai.
 * Iroha uses the sentence ending "de gozaru," often associated with samurai.
 * Her fans often refer to her as Iroha-dono. Dono is a somewhat archaic honorific which was common in the feudal times and when attached to a name, roughly translates as "lord" or "master" and was typically used between samurai.
 * Her katana's name is Chakimaru.
 * Iroha shares her designer with Yumesaki Mia from Propro Production.
 * holoX appears on the cover of the 8th volume of "VTuber Style" (VTuberスタイル) magazine which would be released on 28 July 2022.
 * The official manga about the Secret Society holoX would be serialized on Shonen Jump+ magazine starting 1 November 2022.

Media

 * Iroha ch. 風真いろは - holoX - - YouTube channel
 * kazamairoha_holo - Twitch channel
 * Kazama Iroha's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @kazamairohach - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #かざま修行中 - Live tag
 * #かざまが斬る - Clip tag
 * #いろはにも絵を - Fan art

Further readings

 * 風真いろは - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 風真いろは - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 风真伊吕波 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 카자마 이로하 - Namu Wiki