Inui Toko (戌亥とこ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. She is a Cerberus who works at a Japanese-style tea shop. She debuted along with Lize Helesta and Ange Katrina, forming the trio known as "Sanbaka" (さんばか).
Toko talks in a mashed up Kansai dialect and calls other livers with -han honorific. She has a laid back and free personality. Her witty comeback is especially prominent when replying to Marshmallows from her viewers, both on her Twitter and streams.
She is well known for having beautiful singing voice. Her cover of AIMER's RE:I AM is one of the most viewed NIJISANJI videos. She has a signature laughter "Aha~". Lize Helesta describes her as someone adaptive with good communication skill who responds to people sincerely and Ange Katrina describes her as someone kindhearted who looks at people straight in the eyes and responds honestly.[1]
Appearance[]
She has long dark brown hair in low pigtails and animal ears with a maid cap. Her eyes are yellow and red with a ref flower in her hair. She wears a dark maid like dress and a Japanese obi/traditional style belt around her waist.
History[]
Background[]
Inui Toko debuted together with Lize Helesta and Ange Katrina as part of the Sanbaka group on 23 March 2019.
2019[]
On 18 October, she and the rest of Sanbaka received updated models.
On 5 September, Toko received her summer costume.
On 1 November, Toko debuted her autumn costume.
On 8 December, Toko participated in "NIJISANJI Virtual to Live in Ryogoku Kokugikan 2019" concert with her 3D model.
2020[]
On 14 February, Toko debuted her winter kimono costume.
On 2 March, Toko officially held her 3D model debut stream.[2]
On 5 March, Toko along with Lize Helesta, Ange Katrina, Sasaki Saku, and Belmond Banderas were scheduled for a live in Zepp Diver City Tokyo as part of "NIJISANJI Japan Tour Shout in the Rainbow!" but was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021[]
On 8 July, Toko announced on her Twitter account that she would get a new costume based on her appearance in the game Valkyrie Connect.[3]
On 11 July, Toko debuted her new costume, based on her appearance in the game Valkyrie Connect. The outfit is very loosely based on a shrine maiden's clothes with white and red as the primary colors and golden decorations.[4]
2022[]
On 14 April, Toko reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.[5]
On 13 December, Toko reached 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube.[7]
On 27 December, Nornis held a 3D Live at Cross Shinjuku Vision (a landmark in Shinjuku with 3D screen, 1-minute walk from Shinjuku Station's East Exit) to celebrate the release of Nornis' 1st EP "Transparent Blue" with hashtag #Nornis新宿3Dライブ.[8][9][10] On the event, the three of them revealed their new 3D outfits with matching design.
Events[]
On 10 December 2020, it was announced on Valkyrie Connect's Japanese Twitter account that Toko and Ange Katrina would be appear in the game with original outfits, as part of their second collaboration with NIJISANJI. The event was held from 24 December to 15 January 2021.[11][12]
Her stream greeting is "Maido~" (Welcome~) (まいど～) upon starting and "Otsutoko" (おつとこ) upon finishing. During Lize's first stream, Lize said both she and Ange are very fond of Toko that everytime Toko said anything they said "Inui dondon suki ni naru" (戌亥どんどんすきになる) which roughly translates to "liking Inui more and more." The phrase turns into a hashtag and is a popular phrase for Toko, often used on her stream's waiting chat.
Toko has no fanname for her fans and refer to her fan as "Minna" （みんな）which basically means "everyone."
She wears her Japanese waitress outfit because it is the hobby of the owner of the shop she works at. In an interview with Cho-animedia, Toko said she likes it and is not pressured to wear it at all.
The two dog-like hair accessories she has are named Ban and Ken. Both can talk.[15]
She is paired with Lize Helesta and Ange Katrina who formed Sanbaka. The name Sanbaka is written in hiragana さんばか. Although it translates to "3 idiots" or "3 stooges," it does not refer to 3 Idiots and is an abbreviation of "Sanba Carnival."[16] This name originates from a relay project for their debut streams which was making a song by only their voices. The same song was then reused during the three's 2.0 update relay stream to make a parody of Exile's Choochoo Train movement. The resulting video was titled gomi_douga.mp4 (which means trash_video.mp4).[17] The three also attempted to reenact the Choochoo Train dance along with the gomi song in their 3D form during Sanbaka Debut 1st Anniversary. The title of Sanbaka song for Smash the Paint!! Album is 3倍! Sun Shine! カーニバル! (3 fold! Sun Shine! Carnival!), a reference to their group name Sanba Carnival.
Toko has several unit with other Vlivers. She forms AnDeToko with Ange Katrina and Debidebi Debiru and AHO with Otogibara Era and Saegusa Akina. She also forms Oniberos with Nakiri Ayame of hololive.
Toko is an avid Ensemble Stars fan and is a part of VEnStars Club, a cross-agency Ensemble Stars fanclub, together with Hoshimachi Suisei of hololive and Minamori Hero of Entum. Toko's oshi from Ensemble Stars is Isara Mao.
Her voice, especially after waking up, can get very low that it is hard to discern her voice and Ange's, especially during their waking up stream. Their voices can get very similar that Lize gets confused (and strangely grateful) when all three Sanbaka talked on the phone.
Her streams are usually laid back and relaxing, centering mostly on free talk and Marshmallow Q&A. She often stream Minecraft fishing late at night while leisurely answering marshmallows and comments.
She has an older sister she called "Aneberos." She said they have similar voice and used to share the same bedroom in the past.
(2) Indonesia and Korea branches merged with main NIJISANJI branch.
(3) Program terminated; members are active but are no longer affiliated with NIJISANJI.
