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Kaga Nazuna (花芽なずな) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber. She is a member of Lupinus Virtual Games, an eSports team under Virtual eSports Project, debuting alongside her older twin sister Kaga Sumire, followed by Ichinose Uruha and Kogara Toto.
Introduction video[]
【自己紹介】演技力PUBG面接！？ -2【VTuber】
Nazuna & Sumire's introduction.
Profile[]
She is the younger sister of the Kaga twins. She loves games, especially FPS, and her playing time of FPS games is one of the highest among all VTubers. She is a very serious person, but she is always seen as being playful. She calls herself the princess of "VSPO!".[1]
Personality[]
She has an energetic, playful and mischievous "gremlin" personality on the surface. A "kusogaki" (cheeky brat) who likes to tease and prank her juniors despite also being the big senior in VSPO, in contrast with the calm Sumire. She likes to joke around and isn't one to shy away from toilet humor. Nevertheless, she has a serious side that also makes her very supportive of her various kouhai.
Appearance[]
Nazuna has long dark brown hair with a pink side underneath, her original default design (shared with her key visual) has her hair done in a "two-side up" hairstyle, which leaves most of her long hair down in combination with pigtails on the sides. She has aqua blue eyes just like her sister. Her second costume has two cherry blossom hairpins with a white dress.
History[]
Background[]
Nazuna's Twitter account was created on September 2018, her YouTube channel was created on 20 September and her debut stream was on 11 October.
2018[]
On 26 December, Nazuna and Sumire announced their 3D outfit during a PUBG stream .
2019[]
On 1 January, Nazuna and her sister Sumire did a New Year stream with a full 3D body.
On 1 February, Nazuna reached her first milestone with 5000 subscribers and celebrated it by doing a PUBG custom 40 vs 40 stream with her viewers.
On 11 August, Nazuna did a room tour stream, where she showed all the equipment she uses for streaming.
2020[]
On 1 February, Nazuna uploaded a short anime titled "Point Two Seconds Story". It features all four Lupinus Virtual Games members as the main characters, who also voiced themselves.
On 8 February, Nazuna reached 15,000 subsribers. To celebrate, she did a horror game stream of Home Sweet Home, which she had never done before. She didn't manage to finish the game, however.
On 2 May, Nazuna reached 20,000 subscribers. To celebrate, she did a CSGO competition with her viewers.
On 14 June, Nazuna reached 25,000 subscribers. To celebrate, she continued playing Home Sweet Home until the end.
On 8 August, Nazuna reached 30,000 subscribers. To celebrate, she did a drinking stream where she drank beer and ate yakiniku while chatting with her viewers.
On 28 October, Nazuna held a 3D Live Concert to celebrate her 2nd anniversary.
2021[]
On 21 February, Nazuna reached 50,000 subscribers. To celebrate, she did a sake drinking stream while chatting with her viewers.
On 22 May, Nazuna reached 60,000 subscribers. In celebration, she did a 9-hour endurance stream playing various FPS games: starting from Rainbow Six Siege, to CS:GO, to Apex Legends, to PUBG and finally ending it with VALORANT. While she was playing Valo, Yakumo Beni joined her stream and they played together until the end.
2023[]
On 9 June, she debuted her 3D model, going first in a relay before Hinano and Toto.
Events[]
2018[]
- On 20 October, Nazuna participated in VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen wa, a PUBG tournament hosted by Shibuya Hal. She was member of Kagachyamu along with Kaga Sumire, BobSappAim and Hatano Charo. The team won 1st place.
2019[]
- On 2 June, Nazuna participated in another edition of VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen wa, this time an individual tournament in collaboration with Nagoya VTuber Fes. Nazuna placed 21th in the overall ranking.
- On 21 July, Nazuna participated in the PUBG Donkatsu Cup as a team with her fellow Lupinus Virtual Games members.
- On 18 August, Nazuna participated in a PUBG Japan-China-Korea competition as a duo with Kogara Toto.
2020[]
- On 29 March, Nazuna participated in the PUBG Legion Doujou Cup 05 as a duo with Amahane Yotsuha. They took 4th place in the overall rankings.
- On 25 April, Nazuna participated in the Shooting Festival Splatoon 2 tournament as a member of "Splatoon Kindergarten" (team consisting of Nazuna, Kogara Toto, Kurumi Noah and Kamiya Neco). The team won 1st place.
- On 30 May, Nazuna participated in the 2nd VTuber Splatoon 2 Tournament as a member of "Gorilla God Happy" along with Kurumi Noah, Miria Sakuragi and Kuon Ran.
- On 19 September, Nazuna participated in the 3rd Vtuber Splatoon 2 Tournament as a member of "Aim Is Power" with Kurumi Noah, Kogara Toto and Hanabusa Lisa.
- On 24 October, Nazuna participated in Intel PC Fes 2020 in a collaboration between VSPO! and Galleria. VSPO! members were joined by Shibuya Hal and Virtual Gorilla to form four Apex Legends teams that held simultaneous 12-hour endurance streams, with the challenge to get 10 Champions within that time frame.[2] Nazuna's team consisted of Kogara Toto and Hanabusa Lisa.
2021[]
- On 23 February, Nazuna participated in the R6 Streamer Cup 1 as a member of "VSPO! Siege Club" along with her fellow VSPO! members Kogara Toto, Tachibana Hinano, Asumi Sena and Kaminari Qpi.
- On 26 March, Nazuna participated in the R6 Streamer Cup 2 as a member of "Pretty Girls" with Asumi Sena, Nenemaru, Nonomiya Mika and Hazuki Miyu. Her team placed 1st.
- On 5 June, Nazuna participated in the Valorant Crazy Raccoon Cup 1 as a member of team "mtmtHs" with Shibuya Hal, Yoru Yoichi, Francisco, mittiii and takej. The team took 9th place in the overall rankings.
- On 4 September, Nazuna participated in ABEMA presents VALORANT VICTORY CHALLENGE as Team D along with Yakumo Beni, RobiN (DeToNator), k4sen, and Suzuki Noriaki.[3] The team tied on 3rd place in the overall ranking.[4]
- On 10 September, Nazuna participated in Rainbow Six Siege R6 Royal Flush as team "VSPO! Siege Club" ( ぶいすぽっ！シージ部 VSPO! Siege-bu) along with Kurumi Noah (leader), Ichinose Uruha, Tachibana Hinano, and Kaminari Qpi; with Wokka (Crazy Raccoon) as their coach.[5] The team took 3rd place in overall ranking.[6]
- On 18 September, she participated in Apex Legends Reignite Cup #2 Arena Tournament as team "FPSAngels&rpr" along with rpr (Scarz) and Kaminari Qpi. The team lost in the Block B qualifiers match.[7]
- On 19 September, she participated in Autumn Minecraft Premium Stage ~Big Gathering of Game Streamers~ (秋のマイクラ プレミアム ステージ 〜ゲームストリーマー大集合！〜) as Team A along with Kaga Sumire, Tachibana Hinano, Kaminari Qpi, Hanabusa Lisa, and Tosaki Mimi. The team won 1st place in the overall ranking.[8]
- On 23 September, Nazuna, along with the other VSpo members, participated in VSpo! Autumn Surprise Test ~Get out from the academic ability Bronze lobby~ (ぶいすぽっ！秋の抜き打ちテスト～抜け出せ学力ブロンズ帯～) hosted by Kisaragi Ren, Ichinose Uruha, and Shirayuki Reid as the special guest. Nazuna ended up in 7th place.
- On 11 November, Nazuna participated in ShibuHal Custom 1st Year Anniversary Apex Event as team "OreApo Ikka" (おれあぽ一家, OreApo Family) along with Kamito and Tachibana Hinano. They got 2nd place in Match 2.[9]
- On 27 November, Nazuna, along with the other VSpo members, participated in VSpo! Final Battle to Decide the Remote Bistro Queen (リモートビストロクイーン決定戦) hosted by Kisaragi Ren and Shirayuki Reid, with Tonakaito "Hendy" as the remote chef.
2023[]
- On 15 April, Nazuna participated in the Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 5 (VSaikyou 5) along with Yozuna Niu and Virtual Gorilla as team "(Kabu) Gorilla Unyu" ((株)ゴリラ運輸, (Company) Gorilla Transport). The team got 15th place in the overall ranking.[10]
2024[]
- On 31 December, the anime MV for her collaboration with Kaga Sumire, Kogara Toto, Kurumi Noah and Tachibana Hinano for their original song "Shining Phrase!" was shown during VSPO!'s 2024 year-end live countdown event stream.[11]
2025[]
- On 22 March, Nazuna participated in the 2025 "VSPO! SHOWDOWN powered by RAGE" event, a 2-day multi-game e-sports event featuring all of VSPO!'s talents arranged into teams to compete against rival teams composed of various e-sports streamers and professionals, in games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Alliance of Valiant Arms, Street Fighter 6, VALORANT and League of Legends. The event was held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena and streamed live on Abema (paid) and YouTube (free portion). Nazuna (team leader) competed in the CoD portion of the event on Day 1, together with Kogara Toto, Kaminari Qpi and Aizawa Ema, along with Haseshin (coach). They faced a rival team composed of Suzuki Noriaki (team leader), Totomix, Gocchan Mikey and Ariken. The VSPO! team won.[12]
Fans[]
- Nazuna's fans are called "NazuP" (なずP).
- Her channel members are called "Nazuna no Geboku" (なずなの下僕, Nazuna's Servants), while higher tier channel members are called "Nazuna no Aijin Kouho" (なずなのあいじん候補, Nazuna's Lover Candidates).
Relationships[]
- "Kaga Shimai" (花芽姉妹, Kaga Sisters) - Nazuna and Kaga Sumire.
- Twin sisters with Nazuna as the younger sister and Sumire as the older sister. They used to live together in Tokyo until Sumire moved out to a new place.
- The first two members of Lupinus Virtual Games (LVG), and later also the dai senpai of all VSPO after LVG was reorganized as a team under the new Virtual eSports Project agency.
- Also called Hanagumi (はなぐみ) by fans.[13]
- Lupinus Virtual Games (LVG) - Nazuna, Kaga Sumire, Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha.
- "OreApo Ikka" (おれあぽ一家, OreApo Family) - Nazuna, Tachibana Hinano, and Kamito.
- A family offshoot of OreApo (duo of Kamito and Hinano) with Nazuna (daughter), Hinano (mother) and Kamito (father).
- Initially formed for the Shibuya HAL weekly Apex customs, this is mainly an Apex trios squad.
- This is the origin of Nazuna calling Kamito "Papa" as a nickname.
- "HaseNazu" (ハセなず) - Nazuna and HASESHIN.
- A collab duo and pair of good friends who frequently play various shooter games together, most notably CoD.
- "Splatoon Kindergarten" - Nazuna, Kogara Toto, Kurumi Noah and Kamiya Neco.
- "Kagaisha" (花芽い社) - Nazuna, Kaga Sumire and Yashiro Kizuku.
- "Hana no Miyako" (花の都) - Nazuna, Tachibana Hinano and Seto Miyako.
- "(Kabu) Gorilla Unyu" ((株)ゴリラ運輸, (Company) Gorilla Transport) - Nazuna, Yozuna Niu and Virtual Gorilla.
- "Bukatsu" (部活, Club Activities) - Nazuna, Shiranami Ramune, Kaminari Qpi, Ajak0n, Ariken, and YuFuna.
- A group of friends who got closer after playing Valorant together many times. It is called Bukatsu/Club Activities because the team's atmosphere feels like an after-school club activities.
- "Bulleyes" - Nazuna, Tosaki Mimi, Shiranami Ramune, Kanade Izuru, Tsukishima Gou, Deppu, Hinan, cheeky, clutch_Fi and Yukio.
- This group was a gang formed in December 2024 during Vaultroom x Crazy Raccoon (VCR) GTA Season 3.
Quotes[]
- "I'm Nainai-kun!, I can dish out a lot of damage, y'know!" (僕、ナイナイくん！すっごぉく火力が出るんダッ！, Boku Nainai-kun! Suggooku karyoku ga derun da!?)
- "Kyaho ☆ Kirarin V! I'm Kaga Nazuna, the youngest member and the cute representative of VSPO!" (きゃっほー☆きらりんV！ぶいすぽ最年少、かわいい担当花芽なずなです！, 'Kyahho☆ Kirarin V! Buisupo sainenshou, kawaii tantou Kaga Nazuna desu!?)
Trivia[]
- Color: #FABEDC
- She shares the same character designer with her sister Kaga Sumire, Yumekawa Kanau of Re:AcT, Kugumi Rui of VVorks, Amae Ten of FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION, Toono Oto of Varium, and Tokiwagi Hata of Parallel Artist Project.
Preferences[]
- She loves playing CS:GO (Counter-Strike:Global Offensive) and her favorite weapon is AK-47.
- She was the only one in VSPO! who liked to play CS:GO until the 2024 debut of Remia Aotsuki in VSPO! EN.
- Beside CS:GO she likes to play games with bomb defusal modes like Rainbow 6 Siege, VALORANT and more.
Miscellaneous[]
- She is the self-proclaimed cute "tantou" (person-in-charge/representative) of VSPO!.
- She has a pet parakeet that sometimes chirps when she streams.
- She has a recurring show called Nazu News that reports various events and moments in VSPO! and it also has prank and cooking segments.
- After the debut of VSPO! EN, the program got updated with a new "Nazu English" segment.
- She once pranked her junior Asumi Sena for a Nazu News prank segment, making her believe that she (Nazuna) was pregnant and thinking of retiring from VSPO.
- She created the character Nainai-kun (ナイナイくん) who is an anthropomorphic reference to the R99 submachine gun from Apex Legends.
- She collabs with OreApo (Kamito and Tachibana Hinano) as their "daughter," in contrast with her sister Sumire who is a self-proclaimed OreApo "anti" (hater).
- She got so used to calling Kamito "Papa" even outside of their family collabs that they both didn't notice anything strange until other collab partners asked about it.
- Nazuna is an active player on StoGra (STGR, Streamer Grand Theft Auto), a JP streamer GTA roleplaying (RP) server. There she RPs a police officer named "KirarinV☆ Nazupi" and a gang member named "Ayase Hina".
Equipment[]
Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.*
- Gaming PC
- CPU : I7-8700k
- Graphic Card : GTX 1080Ti
- Memory : 32GB RAM
- Live Streaming PC
- CPU : I7-8700k
- Graphic Card : GTX 1060 6GB
- Memory : 32GB RAM
- Peripherals
- Monitor : BenQ 24inch 144hz | Acer 24inch 60hz
- Keyboard : Logicool G-PKB-001
- Mouse : Logicool G300s
- Mouse pad : Logicool
- Capture board : AVerMedia C878
- Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
- Headphones : SteelSeries Arctis 5 White
- Microphone : Shure SM58-LCE
- Microphone Stand : Roycel
- WebCamera : Logicool C920r
- Gaming Console
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 3
- WiiU Shiro
- Gaming Chair
- Noble Chair Epic Pure White 002
External links[]
Media[]
- なずちゃんねる - YouTube channel
- 花芽なずな - Twitch channel
- なずちゃんねる - Mildom channel (defunct)
- なずちゃんねる - Twitcasting channel
- 花芽姐妹Official - bilibili Channel (shared with Sumire)
- @nazuna_kaga - Twitter account
- Nazuna Kaga - Marshmallow account
- Lupinusvg - Official Booth
Hashtags[]
Further readings[]
- Official Japan Website
- Official English Website
- 花芽 なずな (KAGA NAZUNA) - Unofficial VSPO! Wiki
- 花芽なずな - Pixiv Encyclopedia
- 花芽薺 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
- KirarinV☆ Nazupi (きらりんぶい☆ なずぴ) - STGR Wiki
- Ayase Hina (綾瀬ひな) - STGR Wiki
Statistics[]
- Kaga Nazuna - Social Blade YouTube stats
- Kaga Nazuna - Playboard YouTube stats
- nazunakaga - TwitchTracker stats
- nazunakaga - SullyGnome Twitch stats
- nazunakaga - Social Blade Twitch stats
 (V T E)
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupinus Virtual Games | Kaga Nazuna (🍣)Kaga Sumire (👾💤)Kogara Toto (🔫🐥)Ichinose Uruha (🌠) | ||
| Iris Black Games | Kurumi Noah (🧸👑)Tachibana Hinano (🍫💘)Kisaragi Ren (⏰) | ||
| Cattleya Regina Games | Tosaki Mimi (🐰🍭)Asumi Sena (🗝♠︎)Hanabusa Lisa (💐) | ||
| Solo Debutants | Kaminari Qpi (🌩)Yakumo Beni (💄💚)Aizawa Ema (🥞💫)Shinomiya Runa (☪️🐾)Nekota Tsuna (🍒✨)Shiranami Ramune (🐻❄️🏖)Komori Met (🪐)Yumeno Akari (🍼)Yano Kuromu (💀⛓️)Tsumugi Kokage (📘💧)Sendo Yuuhi (🫠)Choya Hanabi (🦋🎆)Amayui Moka (🕹🔖) | ||
| VSPO! English | Remia Aotsuki (🔋🔭)Arya Kuroha (♦️🔪)Jira Jisaki (⛰️)Narin Mikure (🌃🌷)Riko Solari (👩🚀💜) | ||
| VSPO! China (Defunct Branch) |
Former | Kohari AyaShirasaki Tsuyuri (🐼☔️)PafiSen IkuikuHinata Haru | |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [Profile on vspo.jp] Retrieved from https://vspo.jp/en/member/nazuna-kaga/
- ↑ GALLERIA. (2020, October 16). 【インテル PC FES 2020】GALLERIA提供！人気VTuberグループ「ぶいすぽっ！」総動員で挑む『Apex Legends』12時間耐久配信が開催 [Press release]. Game*Spark.
- ↑ VALORANT//JAPAN (2021, September 2) チーム構成紹介④ ※敬称略 「ABEMA presents VALORANT VICTORY CHALLENGE」 9月4日（土）15:00~ START チームD ※敬称略・順不同 花芽なずな 八雲べに RobiN k4sen 鈴木ノリアキ [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/VALORANTjp/status/1433337271453843458?s=20
- ↑ Liquipedia - VALORANT (n.d.) ABEMA presents VALORANT VICTORY CHALLENGE [Web Page] Retrieved from https://liquipedia.net/valorant/ABEMA_presents_VALORANT_VICTORY_CHALLENGE
- ↑ @Rainbow6JP (2021, August 24) チーム発表】チーム胡桃のあ！ リーダー 胡桃のあ 花芽なずな 一ノ瀬うるは 橘ひなの 神成きゅぴ コーチ Wokka 戦場に咲く花たち [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/Rainbow6JP/status/1430470009814491137
- ↑ Liquipedia - Rainbow Six (n.d.) R6 Royal Flush [Web Page] Retrieved from https://liquipedia.net/rainbowsix/R6_Royal_Flush
- ↑ Liquipedia - Apex Legends. (n.d.). Reignite Cup #2 [Web Page].
- ↑ マインクラフト 日本公式 / Minecraft Japan [@minecraftjapan]. (2021, September 19). https://twitter.com/minecraftjapan/status/1439541913372160002 [Tweet].
- ↑ ShibuHAL Custom SP #4 [Web Page]. (n.d.). Liquipedia - Apex Legends.
- ↑ Vtuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament #5 [Web Page]. (n.d.). Liquipedia - Apex Legends.
- ↑ VSPO! [ぶいすぽっ!【公式】]. (2024, December 31). 【#ぶいすぽ年末カウントダウン2024】カウントダウン生配信 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ VSPO! [ぶいすぽっ!【公式】]. (2025, March 22). 【Day1】VSPO! SHOWDOWN powered by RAGE [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ 花芽姉妹 [Webpage]. (n.d.).