Kisaragi Ren

         

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Kisaragi Ren
Basic Details
Original Name	如月れん
Nickname(s)	Ren Ren-kun
Debut Date	YouTube: 2020/10/18
Character Designer	Illustration: Touzai Live2D: Shirasawa Kazane (Base) Nachiku (2nd Outfit Renewal)
Affiliation	VSPO! Iris Black Games
Media
Channel	YouTube Twitch
Social Media	Twitter
Official Website	vspo.jp
Personal Details
Gender	Female
Birthday	5 May
Height	165 cm (5'4")
Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Fan Name	Rentai Sekinin (れん帯責任)
Emoji	⏰

Kisaragi Ren (如月れん) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber. She is the third member of Iris Black Games, an eSport team under the Virtual eSports Project, debuting after Tachibana Hinano and Kurumi Noah.

Introduction video

【初配信】如月れんです、どうぞよろしく【ぶいすぽっ！-IBG】

Ren's introduction.

Profile

She is a valuable cool character in "VSPO!". She is not very good at games, but she is determined to improve with her friends.

Appearance

Ren has a tomboyish appearance. she has reddish black hair. On her head she wears a hat that ends back. She wears glasses that cover her red eyes. She wears an earring on her right ear. On the neck she wears two necklaces, first necklace is a cross necklace and second necklace is just regular.

On the chest, there is a cleavage which indicates Ren is a girl even though she looks like a boy. Ren wears an outfit with a dominant black and red color. he also wears a sling bag in front. On her feet, she wears sneakers

History

Background

Ren's Twitter account was created on June 2020, while her first tweet was made on 15 October. Her YouTube channel was created on 7 August.

2020

On 18 October, she held her debut on YouTube.

On 14 November, Ren's YouTube channel got monetized.

2021

On 6 February, Ren revealed a new 2D costume.

On 10 February, Ren started her YouTube membership.

2023

On 2 June, Ren debuted her 3D model, streaming second in a relay after Yakumo Beni and before Tosaki Mimi.

Events

2020

• On 3 December, Ren participated in the Rainbow Six Friendly Match Nijisanji Team vs Siege Vtuber Allied Forces as a member of team (team consisting of Ren, Kaga Nazuna, Nenemaru, Tsugumi Suzuma, Kikyou Chiharu and Kenki). This match was hosted by Okayama who served as the R6 esports JP commentator & tournament director.

2021

• On 27 June, Ren participated in the Apex Festival Gaiden as a member of team Youhei (team consisting of Ren, Youhei and kurokishiY). The team took 19th place in the overall ranking.
• On 3 July, Ren participated in the Apex Legends Reignite Cup, as a member of Iris Black Games (team consisting of Ren, Tachibana Hinano and Kurumi Noah). The team took 18th place in the overall ranking.
• On 22 August, Ren participated in the Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 3 (VSaikyou 3) as team "Getsumen Chakuriku" (月面着陸, Moon Landing) along with Asumi Sena and Tachibana Hinano; with Kamito and Dexyuku (Fennel) as their coaches. The team took 6th place in the overall ranking.
• On 30 August, Ren participated in the Battlefield V BFJ Streamer Cup as Team A's Squad Dog along with Kurumi Noah, Tosaki Mimi, and Ichinose Uruha.
• On 23 September, Ren, along with Ichinose Uruha and the special guest Shirayuki Reid were the hosts for the VSPO! Gekilow (ぶいすぽ激ロー) game show: 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～).
• On 27 November, Ren and Shirayuki Reid co-hosted the VSPO! Gekilow (ぶいすぽ激ロー) game show: "Final Battle to Decide the Remote Bistro Queen" (リモートビストロクイーン決定戦), with Tonakaito Hendy as the remote chef.

2022

• On 21 April, Ren hosted the VSPO! Gekilow (ぶいすぽ激ロー) game show: "Tachibana Hinano Ou Ketteisen" edition (橘ひなの王決定戦, Tachibana Hinano King Championship) where the four contestants — VSPO! members Kurumi Noah, Shinomiya Runa and guest contestants Komori Met (from 774 inc./VApArt) and Kamito (Independent) — competed to be crowned as the one who knew Tachibana Hinano the best. The winner was Kamito, with 17 points.

2024

• On 31 December 2024, the anime MV for her collaboration with Kaminari Qpi, Yakumo Beni and Nekota Tsuna for their original song "QUEENS" was shown during VSPO!'s 2024 year-end live countdown event stream.

2025

• On 12 January, Ren participated in the "Topanga Charity Cup 14" (第14回TOPANGAチャリティーカップ) Street Fighter 6 tournament as a member of team "Attouteki Watashi-tachi" (圧倒的わたしたち) alongside Amayui Moka, Choya Hanabi, ACQUA and Akira. The team placed 7th.
• On 22 March, she 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). Ren (team leader) competed in the SF6 portion of the event on Day 1, together with Amayui Moka, Choya Hanabi and Kurumi Noah, along with their coaches Bonchan, Fenritti, Shuto and Kazunoko. They faced two rival teams, the first consisting of Tachikawa (team leader), Yoshinama, Fanta and Jasper. The second consists of Gachikun (team leader), takera, Francisco and YufuNa. The VSPO! team won against Tachikawa's team and lost against Gachikun's team.
• On 22 November to 24 November, she participated in the 3-day VSPO! Festival (VSPO! FES) 2025 paid event held on site in LaLa arena TOKYO BAY, which includes the FUNtastic Girls Party team gaming session featuring all branches, and the DIAMOND in the ROUGH live concert for the JP branch. It is VSPO!'s biggest and longest event to date, and included members from all 3 branches with JP, EN and former CN members participating. Ren performed on Day 1 of the DIAMOND in the ROUGH concert.

Quotes

• "Baka ga yo"(バカがよぉ, Stupid!)
• "Sono hoka, eii sakusei-chuu to no koto."(その他、鋭意作成中とのこと。, What's more, they're making it in earnest.)

Fans

• Ren's fans are called "Rentai Sekinin" (れん帯責任, Ren's responsibilities), while her channel members are called "Rentai Hoshounin" (れん帯保証人, Ren's guarantors).

Relationships

• Iris Black Games (IBG) - Ren, Tachibana Hinano and Kurumi Noah.
• "Kaiwa Bronze-bu" (会話ブロンズ部, Conversation Bronze Club) - Ren, Tachibana Hinano and Uruca.
  • This club launched on 17 January 2021 and usually includes Uruca (whose oshi is Ren), especially if the game in the collab is Apex.
  • There were various topics they talked about, such as weather topics, food topics, and hayashi rice curry stew ranking topics, but the conversation that continued the most was on the topic of Splatoon.
  • This was a collab group where Hinano attempted to bridge the conversation gap between Ren and Uruca, who are both interested in getting along better, but are also noted to be not-so-good at making conversation, which explains the group name (Bronze was the lowest rank in Apex at the time this group was active.)
• "RenAra" - Ren and Chae Ara.
  • An informal collab duo with Chae Ara from Nijisanji KR, who used to flirt with Ren fairly often on Twitter, YT collab streams and YT live chat. They have a number of "teetee" fanart together, but their duo didn't have an official name.
• "Getsumen Chakuriku" (月面着陸, Moon Landing) (MLG) - Ren, Tachibana Hinano and Asumi Sena.
  • Vsaikyou 3 team.
• ELREN RIRING - Ren, Yuhi Riri and Pakael.
  • Vsaikyou 4 team.
• "RenRuna" (れんるな) - Ren and Shinomiya Runa.
  • A collab duo and pair of senpai-kouhai colleagues who get along well. They mainly play Splatoon together.
• NECHO~HQ - Ren, Shinomiya Runa and Syusetu Kohaku.
  • Vsaikyou 6 team. They got 16th place and won a special prize of Soumen noodles (Shibuya HAL gives prizes to 16th place teams because it's his favorite number.)
• "Attouteki Watashi-tachi" (圧倒的わたしたち, Overwhelmingly Us) - Ren, Choya Hanabi, Amayui Moka, ACQUA and Akira.

Trivia

Identity

• Color: #BE2152
• Ren has hosted several VSPO! events, in particular she is a regular MC of the VSPO! Gekilow (ぶいすぽ激ロー) game show series and the "VSPO! Academic Test" series.

Likes and dislikes

• Favorite Artist: Sakanaction.
• Favorite Mahjong League: Akasaka Drivens.
• Hobbies: Diagnosis and watching esport streams.

Games

• Ren's main eSport/competitive game is Street Fighter 6.
• Despite what her profile says, she's actually good at fighting games, and for a long time was VSPO!'s best FGC player before the 2024 debuts of Choya Hanabi and Amayui Moka. She is still considered as one of VSPO!'s best FGC players.

Street Fighter 6

• Her highest rank is MASTER with MR2001.
  • She is a JP main.

Mahjong Soul

• Her rank is a Jyanshi 2 (4-player) and a Jyanshi 3 (3-player).

Other games

• In Apex Legends, her highest rank is Platinum 2.
• In VALORANT, her highest rank is Gold 1.

Miscellaneous

• Ren admitted that she is not good at small ball-type games like baseball and golf.
• Ren joined Iris Black Games because she was invited by Kurumi Noah.
• Ren is still thinking about doing a cover song. For now she likes to upload mysterious videos with snoring sound.
• Ren has a Munchkin cat with gray fur.
• Ren shares illustrators with many VTubers. Some of them are Aiba Uiha, Chae Ara, Tamachi Kanna, Tobi Shigoku and Kamishiro Rita.

External links

Media

• 如月れん -Ren Kisaragi- - YouTube channel
• 如月れん - Twitcasting channel
• ren_kisaragi__ - Twitter account
• sleeping_ren - 2nd Twitter Account
• Ren Kisaragi - Marshmallow account
• Lupinusvg - Official Booth
• ren_kisaragi__ - Twitch channel

Hashtags

• #如月れん - Main hashtag
• #放れん送 - Stream hashtag
• #れん絡帳 - Fan Art hashtag
• #れん帯責任 - Fans hashtag

Further reading

• Official Japan Website
• Official English Website
• 如月　れん (KISARAGI REN) - Unofficial VSPO! Wiki
• 如月れん - Pixiv Encyclopedia

Statistics

• Kisaragi Ren - Social Blade YouTube stats
• Kisaragi Ren - Playboard YouTube stats
• ren_kisaragi__ - TwitchTracker stats
• ren_kisaragi__ - SullyGnome Twitch stats
• ren_kisaragi__ - Social Blade Twitch stats