Omaru Polka

Omaru Polka (尾丸ポルカ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its fifth generation of VTubers alongside Yukihana Lamy, Momosuzu Nene, Shishiro Botan and Mano Aloe.

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Personality
Polka is known for her silliness and spunk. True to her nature as a circus performer, she is highly energetic and outgoing, and often speaks faster than even native Japanese viewers are capable of understanding. Her emotions fluctuate wildly: one moment she is extremely loud and energetic, and the next she is quiet and subdued.

Polka's streams are chaotic: she talks fast and loose, jumping quickly to and from a variety of topics. Even if she has a list of talking points, she quickly veers into related tangents, only returning to the original topic after a long time. Her unpredictability extends to how she plays games; this is more noticeable in open world games, like Minecraft and ARK, where she plays with a plan in mind which eventually gets abandoned in favor of doing something else entirely that catches her attention on the spot. Her in-game projects are often stalled by these distractions despite her intention to work hard on them, though when she does complete one it is after numerous adventurous detours.

As a natural-born joker, the only thing to be expected during her streams is unpredictability. In short, rather than simply being referred to as a clown, like she truly is, she’s more often called the entire circus by her fans. As seen on various of her streams and 3D performances, she has a distinctive laugh that can be compared to Pekora's. She also has an array of various instruments at her disposal (which include but are not limited to: bells, rotary phone, glockenspiel, vibraslap, and rubber chickens).

Despite these traits, she is often at the receiving end of pranks and teasing from fellow hololive members and her chat.

By her own account, Polka is easily affected by the weather, in particular atmospheric pressure. If she decides to stream on a day with low pressure, she almost always starts with less energy than usual; eventually she perks back up as she has fun doing whatever activity she is streaming. On more than one occasion she has streamed 2+ hours of karaoke early in the morning simply because she had a headache and thought to get rid of it by singing.

She prefers her audience to shout "Poruka Oruka?" (Where's Polka) on her loading screens so she may greet her audience with "Poruka oru yo!" (Polka's here!).

Appearance
She has medium-length blonde hair with a single braid and purple eyes, and a couple streaks of pink and black attached with a blue bow. She has a jester hat with hairpins based on card suits and markings under her eyes.

Background
She was introduced on hololive's YouTube channel in a small introductory video along with the rest of the fifth gen on 6 August 2020. Her Twitter account was created in June 2020, she made her first tweet on 6 August. Her YouTube channel was created on 5 June, but she didn’t debut until 16 August 2020. On the day of her debut stream, she already reached 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. Also on this day, she debuted her original song HOLOGRAM CIRCUS (short ver.).

2020
On 22 August, Polka reached 200,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 22 September, she opened membership feature on YouTube channel.

On 11 October, she reached 300,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 28 November, she reached 400,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 25 December, Polka debuted the full version of HOLOGRAM CIRCUS on an end of the year VTuber Stream.

On 26 December, Polka uploaded the full version of her song "HOLOGRAM CIRCUS."

On 29 December, hololive's Twitter accounts announced that eight of their members would get "New year" costumes, Polka being one of them.

2021
On 1 January, she debuted her second 2D costume, a new year kimono during a stream, to compensate for the lack of her hat, Polka uses red and blue lights in her hair in addition to the classic black and pink.

On 4 January, hololive's official Twitter account teased a future announcement regarding three of the four members of hololive fifth generation.

On 6 January, Polka announced that she would get her 3D model during a stream.

On 9 January, she reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers during a Minecraft stream, making her the 27th hololive member to reach this milestone and the second member of her generation.

On 10 January, she debuted her 3D model during a stream, being the first of her generation to do so.

On 6 March, Polka reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream.

On 22 April, Polka became the host of her own variety show called "Legend of Polka"「ポルカの伝説」, aired on her YouTube channel every Thursday.

On 30 May, Polka reached 700,000 subscribers one her YouTube channel.

On 13 June, Polka's original 2D model was updated to the 2.0 version, Polka's general movement were vastly improved as she can turn to the sides and up and down a lot, her hair, fennec fox ears, hat, the various ribbons of her outfit her skirt and her tail have much more movement.

On 16 August, she released her second original song "Po."

On 24 August, Polka announced on her Twitter account that she would receive her third 2D costume, Polka also announced that she would debut a new original song.

On 26 August, Polka debuted her third 2D costume, unlike her previous costumes which show the fact that she is a circus performer this costume can be considered her casual clothes, a lot of her make up and accesories are missing however she retains her characteristic hair shines. On her right fennec ear Polka has two ribbons tied in white and light blue color, she wear a loose white shirt with transparencies around the neck and sleeves and a long skirt of matching colors. Polka also has the option to wear a light brown hat and a jacket. On this date Polka also debuted her new original song "EverBlue."

On 28 August, Polka reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream.

On 25 September, in celebration of the fifth generation first anniversary, Polka got a new hairstyle similar to her original althought with much less accesories and a longer braid, on her right ear she has a big, loose green and white ribbon, her braid is also decorated with various ribbons with the colors, light blue, blue, fuchsia, white and yellow, the ribbons are additionally decorated with flower shaped decorations.

On 26 October, Polka debuted her fourth original song "Pastel Tea Time." Polka also got some new accessories for her main and casual costumes. For her main costume Polka can wear a red clown nose with a small mustache, her model can cross her arms to hold Zain her mascot, for her third costume she can use a masquerade mask similar to those used in carnivals.

On 22 December, Polka debuted new accessories for her third 2D costume, a Santa hat and beard.

2022
On 2 January, Polka reached 900,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 7 February, she debuted a new accessory for her third 2D costume. A white hedgehog themed mini hoodie with pink shades, the hat serves as the hedgehog's head and has light brown buttons as eyes, the hoodie has light brown straps with big pink pom poms at the tips and the edge is also of this color.

On 7 March, hololive's Twitter account announced that the members of the fifth gen would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 13 March, Polka debuted her 3D idol costume.

On 14 March, she debuted a new 2D accessory apparently inspired by a Fall Guys character. This is considered an accessory as it is used over her standard model, this is evident when Polka removes the head of this costume and she is seen inside of it rather than switching models.

On 31 July, Polka reached 1,000,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an subscriber endurance stream, making her the 32nd hololive member to reach this milestone, and the third member of 5th Gen to reach it.

On 9 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Polka debuted her 3D swimsuit in a stream held on hololive's official fanclub page in a segment alongside Akai Haato, La+ Darknesss and Roboco-san. 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 16 August, she released her fifth original song "Saikyoutic Polka."

On 23 August, she released her sixth original song "Epilogue in the Attic."

On 24 August, continuing the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Polka debuted her 3D yukata in a stream on Shirakami Fubuki's channel. 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 21 October, hololive's Twitter account announced that Polka would get her fourth 2D costume.

On 26 October, Polka debuted her fourth 2D costume. Polka got a new hairstyle using a long side ponytail with blue and pink lights, her front locks have a lot of accessories including hairpins of hers and the other fifth gen mascots, suits, bows among others. Polka wears a schoolgirl uniform using a white blouse with long sleeves decorated with a blue striped bow that can also be removed. She uses a red skirt with crossed lines in blue and yellow. Polka has suits tattoos on her thighs, white baggy socks and black shoes. Polka can also wear a light brown sweater or tie it around her waist and can also use a dark blue cardigan. Similar to other outfits her nails are painted with different colors but this time they also have small decorations pasted on them.

On 8 November, Polka received a new accessory for her main 2D costume. A red cape adorned with golden decorations. The cape's decorations include gold versions of the spade and diamond suits on the outside and inside, respectively. It also includes golden frilled pauldrons under a red collar outlined with gold. The cape's collar is adorned with golden fennec decorations. In addition to the cape, Polka also has the option to wear red under-frame glasses.

On 11 November, she alongside the other Shiranui Kensetsu members debuted new accessories. Polka debuted these accessories on her third 2D costume using a brown flat cap decorated with a big top badge and a Shiranui Kensetsu nametag decorated with a sticker of her mascot Zain among others.

2023
On 18 March, Polka debuted her new 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.

On 9 May, Polka debuted a new accessory for her main 2D model. She can equip a red headset with golden fennec ears and a silver plate on her right ear. She debuted a new shorter unkempt hairstyle and can also use her default hairstyle for her fourth costume.

On 7 July, hololive 5th generation held their concert "Twinkle 4 You," during their performance they debuted new personalized 3D yukatas. The yukatas have a striped pattern matching their main costumes color scheme. Their yukatas have a pinwheel as decoration in their obi. Polka wears a red, blue, yellow and white yukata. Her yukata has a red and white flower pattern. Polka's yukata has four red suits going down her leg.

On 25 July, she debuted a new 3D costume as a member of the "Blue Journey" musical project. She uses a blue beret with a plaid pattern. The costume has a white blouse with detached sleeves, a blue ribbon in the chest decorated with light blue jewel and a blue belt below the chest. The blouse lower edge is asymmetrical and divided in three, the front has planks and it is the longest, then the right side is longer that the left side. She uses a long blue skirt with a plaid pattern and the inner section is light blue. On the back the costume is decorated with a see through ribbon.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, Polka debuted second her 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. Polka uses the mini skirt. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

On 16 August, Polka's main 2D model was updated to the 3.0 version. Her eyes can be sparky and teary. Her pupils can become heart shaped and she can stick out her tongue ana make puffy cheeks and wave her hand.

Polka no Densetsu

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Polka no Densetsu 「ポルカの伝説」(Legend of Polka) is a series of videos that aired every Thursday from 29 April 2021. According to the hololive English official Twitter feed, the show starred Polka and rookie staff member Izutsu-san as they "descend into studio recording hell."

The show starts with Polka in an empty room, when Izutsu-san brings something for Polka to do or react and respond to, such as manga Polka made in her childhood, or kids asking Polka for advice in various topics. Throughout the show, Polka interacts mostly with Izutsu-san or any guest she might have brought.

All videos have English subtitles.

Polka Radio Ka

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Polka Radio Ka「ポルカラジオカ」(Polka radioca) is a radio series with audio only, each approximately 10-12 minutes long, focusing on one to three topics, the first episode was released on 17 September 2021.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Omaru Polka/Discography

Events

 * On 25 Febuary 2021, Polka was made playable in Disgaea 6 in Japan as a Circus Mage named Pol-Pol along with Rushia, Flare, Watame, and Fubuki.
 * On 26 June 2021, Village Vanguard Twitter account announced that the members of hololive 5th gen, would appear in limited edition goods with "Kemonomimi Cafe" as the theme.
 * On 1 October 2021, Pupuya Games announced that Polka would be voicing the boss character Tania in their upcoming game Little Witch Nobeta, cast alongside Fubuki and Noel. Polka appears in an unique illustration included a special edition of the game for Nintendo Switch alongside her character Tania.
 * On 4 November 2022, publishing company Hero Bunko's Twitter account announced that Polka would be the official ambassador for their 10th anniversary, she also voiced the promotional video for the light novel "Juu Sai no Saikyou Madoushi" volume 9.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her mascot is named "Zain"「座員」.
 * Her fanbase is officially called "Omaruza"「おまる座 」.

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Polka is part of:
 * "Shiranui Kensetsu"「不知火建設」"Shiraken" for short and "Shiranui Contructions" in English, alongside Shiranui Flare (president), Sakura Miko (education director), Hoshimachi Suisei (PR/sales director), and Shirogane Noel (intern). Polka is the vicepresident. This unit is named after their Minecraft company founded by Flare. Shiraken has its own Twitter account opened on 7 September 2022, this seems to mark Shiraken as an official unit within hololive as their Twitter account promoted a collaboration with Kyoto International Anime Fair shortly after release on 12 September 2022. By the time of "hololive Summer 2023" Shiraken was one of the featured units in the event's website, and even received an original song on 27 August 2023 called "NAKAMAKA."

Name

 * Polka's surname Omaru「尾丸」can be divided as such,
 * The first kanji「尾」can be read as "O/Po/Bi" which means "tail."
 * The second kanji「丸」can be read as "Maru" which means "round/circle."
 * So her surname can be translated as "Rounded Tail."

Lore

 * Polka is a fennec girl, and according to her, her grandfather was a fennec fox too.
 * She has multiple shapes inside her pupils, hearts and stars appear when she is happy, clovers when she is sad and spades when angry. All these shapes are suits in playing cards, with the exception of having stars instead of diamonds.

Likes and dislikes

 * She likes garlic, and hates gravity and humidity.
 * Her favorite anime and manga include: Aikatsu, Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Revue Starlight, Re:Zero, Blue Period and HUNTERxHUNTER.
 * She is not very good at video games, but likes free-short games, TRPGs, and horror games. She also wants to try playing retro games.

Miscellaneous

 * She is noted for her stamina, hosting 3-hour long karaoke streams with hardly any breaks.
 * She often complained about her outdated desktop, which leads to western fans calling her desktop a “Poltato PC” (portmanteau for Polka & Potato). She later bought a more powerful PC, which she referred to as her "Beef PC."
 * Despite being a circus performer, she is not good at juggling or walking on thin beam/wire as shown in her 3D debut and one episode of holo no graffiti. Instead, she is known for demonstrating various voices in her videos, streams and singing, even using seven voices in one video.
 * If anything, Polka's "performances" resemble something out of Rakugo, a minimalist traditional style of comical storytelling, granted in a more internet style. This is further expressed by how she makes the most out of the smallest things, such as changing her voice to echo when she enters a cave in a game, having small props (such as rotor phones) at arms reach to sell her jokes or having a convincing conversation with herself on stream.
 * She occasionally displays poor sense of direction when playing games, such as getting lost in Phasmophobia despite being guided by other players, or frequently strayed in Minecraft collaborations whenever she lost sight of her companion.
 * Despite calling the Cover CEO Tanigo as Yagoo and making fun of him just like others, she is the only one to consider him as friend, and vice versa.
 * As revealed in the first episode of the "Polka no Densetsu" series, she drew her own manga "Magical☆Toki" when attending 5th Grade in primary school, which was revisited by herself in the episode. Polka has even created a theme song for it and used the song as the ending theme of that episode.
 * She shares the same character illustrator with Hinokami Hikone.

Media

 * Polka Ch. 尾丸ポルカ - YouTube channel
 * Omaru Polka's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @omarupolka - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

 * #尾丸ポルカ - General
 * #ポルカ公演中 - Stream
 * #おまる座 - Fans
 * #絵まる - Fan art
 * #ポルカット - Video clips
 * #ポルカおるか - Other

Further readings

 * 尾丸ポルカ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 尾丸ポルカ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 尾丸ポルカ - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 尾丸ポルカ - Unofficial hololive seesaawiki
 * 尾丸波尔卡 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 오마루 폴카 - Namu Wiki
 * Omaru Polka - Hololive Fan Wiki