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Hatoba Tsugu (鳩羽つぐ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber who debuted on 28 February 2018. She is managed by Edanoue, Inc.
Introduction Video[]
鳩羽つぐです
Tsugu's introduction.
Personality[]
Hatoba Tsugu has a soft and calm voice, she loves to express in her videos the things she does and how she feels, she is good, innocent but lonely even then inside she is really happy.
History[]
Background[]
On 28 February 2018, she posted her introduction video.
2018[]
After posting her introduction video, she would go ahead and post more videos following it over the course of the next few months, showing her doing different mundane tasks like her morning routine, shopping, cooking, and even trying out virtual models. Initially being numbered videos, she has since dropped it in later uploads, opting to put words, titles, or dates instead.
Her #01 and #02 videos were deleted for unknown reasons.
On 29 June, she was announced to be featured on MdN Interactive's upcoming August 2018 Issue of DESIGN&GRAPHIC entitled "SNSバズ百景 ;「RT」＆「いいね」時代のクリエイション100" (lit. 100 Views of SNS Buzz; 100 Creations in the Age of "RT" & "Like).[1]
On 26 July, she was mentioned on コンプティーク9月号増刊 Ｖティーク (lit. COMPTIQ SEPTEMBER ISSUE EXTRA EDITION V TEAK), a magazine by Kadokawa Shoten that features computer games and related media, along with fellow Virtual YouTubers from ENTUM and Nijisanji, as well as other independent YouTubers.[2]
On 29 July, a nendoroid and a scale figure of Tsugu was announced.
2019[]
On 31 August, Tsugu's first merch release was announced on Edanoue's twitter account featuring downloadable images from her series.
On September, the nendoroid and the scale figure were both released on Goodsmile, Inc.'s website. As of now, there are only 3 videos available from 2019. Several videos were deleted in between.
On this year, she would also stop posting videos for a long time.
2022[]
On 9 March, she would suddenly come back to posting YouTube videos with her first video back being "room". She also released another video the next day on 10 March 2022 called, "courtyard".
On 11 March, she announced a collaboration with the book and hobby store, Village Vanguard, with various goods and merchandise available for a limited time.[3]
2023[]
Trivia[]
- The concepts behind her as a VY seem to be of minimalism and mystery. Videos would feature her doing mundane tasks with minimal to no commentary in a sort of "personal video diary"-esque way.
- She sometimes combines multiple video clips into one, accounting for multiple entries in her series. As seen in 鳩羽つぐ 夏休み which accounts for #6 to #15, as said in the description.
- Notably, she currently follows only one account on twitter, the official EN account of Louis Vuitton.[4]
- She has an alternate account on Twitter under the alias "雉尾つぐ" (Kijio Tsugu). It's unknown what this account is for.
External Links[]
- 鳩羽つぐ - YouTube channel
- hatobatsugu - Twitter account
- tsugu.org - Official website
Statistics[]
- Hatoba Tsugu - Social Blade YouTube stats
- Hatoba Tsugu - Playboard YouTube stats
References[]
- ↑ #お知らせ. (29 June 2018). Hatoba Tsugu Official Website.
- ↑ #お知らせ. (26 July 2018). Hatoba Tsugu Official Website.
- ↑ 鳩羽つぐ [@HatobaTsugu]. (2022, March 11). [CM] 鳩羽つぐ x ヴィレッジヴァンガード [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ 鳩羽つぐ (@HatobaTsugu). (n.d) / People followed by 鳩羽つぐ. Twitter