Himemori Luna

Himemori Luna (姫森ルーナ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its fourth generation of VTubers alongside Tsunomaki Watame, Tokoyami Towa, Kiryu Coco and Amane Kanata.

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Personality
Luna has a sweet and innocent personality, although due of her status as the Princess of Candy Kingdom and as the youngest hololive member, she is a bit pampered and always asks for the older hololive members' attention, especially Natsuiro Matsuri's. Luna also showed hints of sadism and yandere personalities traits although it's not that prominent.

Being a 0 year old, Luna speaks in a childlike manner that almost resembles a toddler who just learned how to speak. She also often adds verbal tics like Nnnaaaaa~ (んなあああああ~) and Nanora (なのら) in her words. She also refers to herself in third person.

Background
Luna was introduced along with the rest of the fourth gen on 25 December 2019. Her Twitter account was created on November 2019, she made her first tweet on 31 December, her YouTube channel was created on 4 December and her debut stream was on 4 January 2020.

2020
On 15 July, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her 3D model (this was already teased during Tsunomaki Watame's 3D debut).

On 19 July, she debuted her 3D model during a stream being the fourth of her generation to do so.

On 16 November, she shared that due to the worsening of her right wrist's tendonitis (later diagnosed as De Quervain's tenosynovitis), she has to postpone planned streams in order to treat it.

On 18 December, she reached 400,000 YouTube subscribers during a singing stream, where she also showcased her updated 2D model to the 2.0 version. The new features include being able to remove her crown, more facial expressions, better mouth tracking and the ability to move just her neck without the rest of the body more freely.

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

2021
On 1 January, she debuted her second 2D costume, a new year kimono, during a stream. Like with most costumes, Luna got a new hairstyle, but can also choose to use her regular hairstyle.

On 1 February, she underwent another surgery for tendonitis, putting her streaming activities on hiatus once again.

On 14 February, Luna announced on her Twitter account that the members of the 4th generation would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 15 February, she debuted her 3D idol costume.

On 18 March, Luna reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, making her the 35th hololive member to reach this milestone and the last of her generation.

On 27 May, hololive's official Twitter account announced that Luna would get her third 2D model.

On 29 May, Luna debuted her third 2D costume during a stream. With this costume Luna got a new hairstyle, with loose hair that goes just below the shoulder, using a silver crown instead of the regular gold one, and a small candy shapped hairpin, maintaining the same moon shaped earrings as her standard outfit. Luna wears a blue dress with a space pattern filled with stars, the dress is decorated with golden moons and stars. Luna has also the option to use a dark blue beret and a light pink coat or to keep her original hairstyle.

On 25 June, she reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 4 October, Luna reached 700,000 subscribers during a singing endurance stream.

On 10 October during her birthday, Luna received cat ears and tail as new accessories to use with her third 2D costume.

On 24 November, Luna's Twitter account became verified.

2022
On 4 January, during her 2nd anniversary debut live, Luna debuted her first original song "Zettai Chūsei♡Nano Nanora!"

On 29 January, Luna revealed the official launch of her first original song "Zettai Chuusei♡Nanonanora!" and also debuted new accessories for her third 2D costume, a new hairstyle consisting of twintails that fall to the front with candy shaped hair ornaments, and a coat with a hood that she can pull down. The coat and the new hairstyle are compatible with her cat ears accessory.

On 14 May, she reached 800,000 subscribers on Youtube channel during an endurance karaoke stream.

On 20 July, hololive's Japanese Twitter account announced that Luna would get fourth 2D costume.

On 23 July, Luna debuted her fourth 2D costume. In this costume Luna got two new hairstyles using long twintails decorated with black bows, blue and white striped candy shaped hairpins and silver crecent moon and star shaped decorations. The other hairstyle she uses her hair loose with buns at the sides, she also has a pink octopus on top of her head that apparently represents her illustrator Kanzaki Hiro, that mimics her eyes and mouth movements. Luna wears a white dress, decorated with various black bows, the bow on her chest has a crecent moon decoration, underneat the fabric is also decorated with silver crecent moon and star accessories. Luna uses long white socks and black shoes.

Discography

 * ''Main page: Himemori Luna/Discography

Events

 * On 10 March 2022, Luna was interviewed about her history with the Electone as part of a collaboration with Yamaha that included clear-file sheet music for the Electone in certain Yamaha stores in Japan.
 * On 9 June 2022, hololive's Twitter account announced that she and Oozora Subaru would appear in merchandize that could be won in the crane game MOLLY ONLINE with original designs. The merchandize include cushions, tapestries, acrylic stands and keychains The items would be available from 10 June to 30 June 2022.

Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Lu-knight" 「ルーナイト」 (ruunaito).

Relationships

 * Notable units and groups Luna is a part of are:
 * "FestivaLuna," along with Natsuiro Matsuri.
 * "SubaChocoLuna," along with Oozora Subaru and Yuzuki Choco.
 * "Anpontan Sisters," along with Aki Rosenthal and Roboco-san.
 * "HoloBabies" along with Sakura Miko and occasionally, Houshou Marine.

Quotes

 * "Baby no baby."
 * "No! Hotdog is enemy of the enemy."

Trivia

 * Luna's surname Himemori「姫森」can be divided such as,
 * The first kanji「姫」can be read as "Hime" which means "Princess."
 * The second kanji「森」can be read as "Mori/Shin" which means "forest."
 * So her surname can be translated as "Princess of the Forest."
 * Her name "Luna" means "Moon" in Spanish and Italian.
 * She has an Elderly Butler 「執事ちゃん」(Shitsuji-chan, lit : Little Butler) who is with her in the streams.
 * On her first 3D stream, she debuted a somewhat perverted chibi anthropomorphic cow butler who came out from her skirt when summoned. (the butler was played by Natsuiro Matsuri at the time of its debut.)
 * Her favorite games are Dark Souls & Retro Games.
 * She is considered as one of the best Dark Souls player in hololive, proved in her series of Dark Souls: Remastered streams, where she finished the game with no armor sets and minimum enchantments. This caused some fans to call her "War Princess" or "Battle Princess."
 * She doesn't like horror games.
 * Luna is known to be a very patient gamer, able to maintain her composure when things don't go her way. She is able to repeat a failed part for hours without showing extreme frustration.
 * However, when she does get frustrated, she often sucks her lips and teeth, producing a squeaky sound.
 * Luna used to have a regular segment in Kiryu Coco's AsaCoco Live News called Princess Luna's Sickly Sweet English Class「げぼかわ！！！ルーナ姫の英語教室」(Gebokawa! Rūna Hime no Eigo Kyōshitsu'') where she teaches viewers English phrases, almost all of which are extremely crude insults or swear words.
 * Although her main biography says that she is 0 years old, she has said that she is 3 years old, since a baby of 0 cannot speak.
 * Luna does piano streams where she often plays songs such as "Dies Irae" "A Town with an Ocean's View," "Country Road" or Godzilla's theme.
 * She has heterochromatic eyes, evident from her right pink eye and left green eye.
 * Luna is the second shortest member in hololive at 140 cm after La+ Darknesss's 139 cm.

Media

 * Luna Ch. 姫森ルーナ - YouTube channel
 * Himemori Luna's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @himemoriluna - Twitter account
 * 姬森璐娜Official - bilibili channel

Twitter hashtags

 * #姫森ルーナ - General
 * #なのらいぶ - Stream talk
 * #ルーナイト - Fans
 * #ルーナート - Fan art
 * #セクシールーナート - Fan art (NSFW)
 * #ルーナ聴いたよ - Commentary on released voice dramas
 * #ルーナわからないのら - Miscellaneous

Further readings

 * 姫森ルーナ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * 姫森ルーナ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * 姫森ルーナ - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 姫森ルーナ - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
 * 姬森璐娜 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 히메모리 루나 - Namu Wiki
 * Himemori Luna - Hololive Fan Wiki