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Erika Byakko was a female English VTuber part of VReverie's generation 2 "Odyssey" alongside Cheri Lupina, Rana Ianna, and Akiko Sushi. She debuted on 30 April 2023 and is the Guild Leader of the Toraknights.
Introduction Video[]
【DEBUT】The Strongest Warrior Appears?!【VTUBER】
Erika's introduction.
Background[]
Erika is a white tiger warrior and master of the Byakko guild. She searches far and wide for strong opponents to battle. When not adventuring, she hangs out at the guild, avoiding paperwork and randomly pulling guild members aside for combat training.
Personality[]
Erika is humble and kind, soft-spoken yet energetic, and takes pride in being a "seiso" streamer. She has a deep passion for gaming and is easily excitable while playing or discussing them. When she gets excited, she is prone to making cute noises and using a particular verbal tic: "yeyeyeyeye".
Appearance[]
She has short silvery hair with black and blonde streaks and tiger ears. Her eyes are heterochromatic with blue and yellow. She has a black collar with gold pawprint in the center with a blue triangular charm attached. She has markings on her skin similar to tiger stripes, including on her left cheek, and also has a tail.
History[]
2023[]
Erika debuted on 30 April.
On 15 May, she opened memberships on her channel.
On 25 June, her YouTube channel reached 10,000 subscribers.
On 20 September, as a prelude to her birthday stream, Erika debuted a model brushup with art improvements and updated expressions.
2024[]
Retirement[]
On 17 December 2023, Erika and VReverie announced that she will be graduating on 7 January 2024.[1] Almost all of her streams remain on her channel, the exceptions being her membership streams, handcam streams, and a single ASMR stream.
Quotes[]
- "Are you ready for a duel? Then let's fight!" - debut teaser
- "Tora Tora! Erika!"
- "Don't worry about it!"
Trivia[]
Weekend Gaming[]
Erika hosted a weekly segment, Weekend Gaming, where she discussed video games with guests. These guests were typically other VTubers, but Erika expressed a desire to include video game developers and beyond in these segments. Her first, and only, non-VTuber guest was the combat director of Hololive fan game Idol Showdown, WizardlyShoe4. Following the 12 August 2023 episode of Weekend Gaming, she announced that the series would go on hiatus, which would prove to be permanent.
Weekend Gaming guests include:
- Ophelia Midnight (6 May 2023)
- Nova Aokami (13 May 2023)
- Lilrya Prisvielle (20 May 2023)
- Kamizuki Naki (27 May 2023)
- Laphi (3 June 2023)
- Yurikago Kokone (10 June 2023)
- Alfhilde (17 June 2023)
- Amanogawa Shiina (24 June 2023)
- Kilia Kurayami (1 July 2023)
- Pochi Wanmaru (8 July 2023)
- WizardlyShoe4 (15 July 2023)
- Reiny (29 July 2023)
- Chiaki Katsumi (5 August 2023)
- Rikudou Yura (12 August 2023)
Likes and dislikes[]
- Likes: Cats, caramel fudge, reading, gaming, a good challenge, music & singing, cacti.
- Dislikes: Driving, hot weather, folding laundry, coffee and tea, bugs.
- Erika is a fan of card games, including Yu-Gi-Oh and Cardfight!! Vanguard. She is also a fan of Mahjong Soul.
- Erika's favorite Pokémon generations are Generation 2 (via their remakes, HeartGold and SoulSilver) and Generation 5.
- Erika is afraid of moose. Ironically, she drew a moose for her first drawing stream.
- Erika heavily dislikes Jump King.
Miscellaneous[]
- In addition to speaking English, Erika speaks Norwegian (her native language) and some Japanese.
- Erika has watched over 250 different anime and read over 500 manga and webtoons.
- Erika's first video games include Ratchet & Clank, Tekken 3, and Pokémon Yellow.
- Based on Erika's given age, she was born in the year 1134.
- Erika's sword is named "Toranagi". Her mascots, the Toraknights, wield swords named "Toranuggie".
- Erika is known for her refusal to use parry mechanics in most video games. According to her, the only game that she would considering using parries in is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, since parrying is a core component of that game.
- Erika owns two pairs of sibling Norwegian Forest cats, all of which are male.
- Erika infrequently showed off palette-swapped versions of her original model, including a dark mode (with black hair) and orange mode (with orange hair similar to a normal tiger's fur). Neither were recreated for her updated model.
- Erika once ate chicken and rice for more than 365 days in a row.
- Erika owns a wall calendar and likes crossing off days as they pass.
- Erika states that she very rarely curses.
- Erika is extremely prone to jumpscares, including from her own donation notifications.
External Links[]
Media[]
- Erika Byakko Ch. [VReverie] - YouTube channel
- @ErikaVReverie - Twitter account
- GEN 2 "Odyssey" Official Fan Server - Discord server
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| Generation 0 | Retired | Hotaru Iora (🧀) |
| Generation 1 (Catalyst) | Nova Aokami (❄🐉) | |
| Retired | Ophelia Midnight (💋☕)Lilrya Prisvielle (👑💘) | |
| Generation 2 (Odyssey) | Retired | Cheri Lupina (🗡️💰)Rana Ianna (😈🌸)Akiko Sushi (🍣🔮)Erika Byakko (⚔️) |
| Generation 2.5 (Odyssey+) | Retired | Salmon Lordette (✨🌊) |
| Generation 3 (Guardians) | Arial Yuriko (👼💎)Estella Starfall (🧙♂️🚿)Furi Ferntail (🍃🩹)Kamiko Rinona (☀️⛩️)Scarlett Flameheart (🏰) | |