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Ren Zotto (レン ゾット ) is a male English Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's sixth wave "ILUNA", alongside Maria Marionette, Aia Amare, Kyo Kaneko, Aster Arcadia, and Scarle Yonaguni.

Introduction Video[]

【DEBUT_STREAM】ARRIVED_AT_LAST【NIJISANJI_EN_-_Ren_Zotto】

【DEBUT STREAM】ARRIVED AT LAST【NIJISANJI EN - Ren Zotto】

Ren Zotto's introduction

Profile[]

ILUNA Institute of the Mystics 3rd Year. A deadly alien prince from another world. He has resolved to conquer Earth, using his unique sound.[3]

Personality[]

Ren is generally playful and easygoing. He tries to be a positive force in others' lives, often encouraging his fans to go outside and get some fresh air. He can be very competitive in Nintendo multiplayer games, though it's all in good fun, and has a bit of a flirtatious streak.

Appearance[]

He has short scruffy black hair and black asymmetrical horns that has blue tips with blue eyes and pointed ears with black piercings.

History[]

Background[]

On 4 March 2022, ANYCOLOR launched their 4th audition for NIJISANJI EN open to both male and female talents lasting until 31 March.[4]

On 20 July 2022, the NIJISANJI EN twitter account announced the upcoming debut of its sixth wave "ILUNA", accompanied by a teaser of the Livers' designs and voices as well as an announcement for a debut song "Let's Get It Started" produced by MATZ, who also produced the debut song for Noctyx, "Stuck in the Abyss".[5]

Ren's YouTube channel was created on 6 July 2022, and his Twitter account was created in the same month. His first tweet was made on 20 July 2022, he posted first video on YouTube channel on the next day.[6] On 24 July, within the 24 hours before the debut stream, Ren reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. Ren debuted on 25 July 2022 (JST), on the same day, he released his first solo original song "Blue Sugar."

2022[]

On 25 July, Ren reached 200,000 followers on his Twitter account.[7]

On 26 July, Ren reached 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 8 August, Ren reached 300,000 followers on his Twitter account.[8]

On 13 August, Ren reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.[9]

On 21 August, Ren opened memberships on his YouTube channel.[10]

On 17 September, Ren reached 400,000 followers on his Twitter account.[11]

On 7 November, Ren announced the release of a new original song titled "Amplify."[12]

On 12 November, Ren released his second original song "Amplify."

On 20 December, Ren reached 400,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.[13]

2023[]

On 25 March, Ren released his third original song "Wanderer."

On 28 June, Ren reached 600,000 followers on his Twitter account.[14]

On 19 August, he released his fourth original song "Casket."

On 19 December, he reached 500,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.[15]

2024[]

On 8 June, Ren debuted his second outfit.[16]

On 12 June, Ren and Doppio Dropscythe released their original song, "Play Back", as part of the NIJISANJI EN project: ENcounter.

On 15 November, Ren released his fifth original song "Atmosphere."

On 29 November, Ren debuted his 3D model during Kaede Higuchi's live tour "BREAKING" in Taipei, Taiwan.[17]

Discography[]

Main page: Ren Zotto/Discography
Blue Sugar 1st single 25 July 2022    
  1. "Blue Sugar"
Ren Zotto - Blue Sugar
External links
Digital Release • Music Video • YouTube
Atmosphere 5th single 17 November 2024    
  1. "Atmosphere"
Ren Zotto - Atmosphere
External links
Digital Release • Music Video • YouTube

Fans[]

  • His fans are called "Renvaderz".
    • Initially, the fans chose "Renvaders" for the fan name through a poll on Ren’s Twitter.[18] However, Ren later changed it to “Renvaderz", simply because “the z is sick".[19]
  • Ren's YouTube membership is called "ALIENATION."

Relationships[]

Quotes[]

  • "Looks like I've finally arrived." - Debut teaser

Trivia[]

Identity[]

  • Color: #429B76[20]
  • Languages: English, he is learning Japanese and Animal Crossing.[20]
  • His pronouns are "he/him, or they, I don't really mind".

Likes and Dislikes[]

  • Likes: Music, water, dinosaurs, paranormal things, trains, road trips, cats, Halloween & hamsters, touching grass[20], Disney Channel stuff [21], dogs, lemon meringue pie
  • Hobbies: Singing & song writing, playing instruments (guitar, piano, some drums, bass, kazoo), meditation (jokingly listed as "breathing" in his debut slides).[20]
    • Video games: Mario Party, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Kingdom Hearts, Yoshi games, Monster Hunter, Apex Legends, Legend of Zelda, Luigi's Mansion, Tomodachi Life[20], Splatoon, Genshin Impact.[21]
  • Music: Owl City, Waterparks, Neil Cicierega, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Shawn Wasabi, The Ready Set, Metro Station, Hello Goodbye, 100 Gecs, Video game OSTs.[20]
    • His favorite Owl City song is Vanilla Twilight.
  • Anime: Toradora, Lucky Star, My Hero Academia, Pokemon, K-On!, TWEWY anime, Teasing Master Takagi-san.[20]
  • Dislikes: Banana strings, sleeping, waking up, summer, superheroes, sports, bullies.[20]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Standing at 180 cm, he is the second tallest in ILUNA after Kyo, and is tied with Sonny.
  • He is cold-blooded.
  • His horns are sensitive to touch, glow slightly ("glowstick-level"), and will regrow if broken or removed.
  • Kyo cuts off his horns while he is asleep, and sells them.
  • He used to think that dogs were cats and vice versa, which led to him naming his dog Cat.
  • He's befriended the birds around where he lives, to the point that they'll eat out of his hand.
  • While he's not familiar enough with Earth timekeeping to know his exact age, he estimates that he's in his 20s.
  • He is a pescatarian (i.e. he eats fish but no other meat).
  • He learned to meditate to improve his mental health during a difficult time in his life.
  • When speaking Japanese, he calls himself "ore".
  • His Rice purity score is 59, which he's somewhat disappointed about as he thinks having a score of 69 would be funny.
  • He shares his character designer with Aogiri Eito of Neo-Porte.

External Links[]

Media[]

Twitter Hashtags[]

Further Reading[]

Nijisanji EN logo (V T E)
LazuLight Elira Pendora (🌤️)Finana Ryugu (🐠)
Retired Pomu Rainpuff (🧚🍂)
OBSYDIA Rosemi Lovelock (🌹)Petra Gurin (🐧❄️)
Retired Selen Tatsuki (🏆)
Ethyria Millie Parfait (🪄)Enna Alouette (🕊🎐)Reimu Endou (👻🎼)
Retired Nina Kosaka (🎰)
Luxiem Luca Kaneshiro (🦁💰)Shu Yamino (👟☯️)Ike Eveland (🖋)Vox Akuma (👹🧧)
Retired Mysta Rias (🕵🦊)
Noctyx Sonny Brisko (🔗🤲)Uki Violeta (🔮🌌)Alban Knox (🎭🕒)Fulgur Ovid (⚡️🐑)
Retired Yugo Asuma (🎧)
ILUNA Maria Marionette (❤️‍🩹🐰)Aia Amare (👼🏻⭐)Aster Arcadia (💫💜)Scarle Yonaguni (💋💅)Ren Zotto (😈🛸)
Retired Kyo Kaneko (🤟)
XSOLEIL Doppio Dropscythe (🐣🎡)Meloco Kyoran (🌂🕸)Ver Vermillion (♦️🐯)Kotoka Torahime (⚡️💖)
Retired Zaion LanZa (🙃♾️)Hex Haywire (🖤❗)
Krisis Vezalius Bandage (🧻)Vantacrow Bringer (🃏🔪)Yu Q. Wilson (🥽)
TTT Claude Clawmark (🧤 ❔)
Retired Kunai Nakasato (🍡😼)Victoria Brightshield (🧋)
Denauth Ryoma Barrenwort (💳💨)Twisty Amanozako (🌪️🪡)Klara Charmwood (💐🫖)
3 idiots
(from NIJISANJI IN)
Aadya (🌸) RNoor (💎♦️) RVihaan (🥒) R

References[]

  1. Arisaka [@stem04]. (2022, July 26). I was in charge of designing Ren Zotto from NIJISANJI EN 😈🛸 Would appreciate your support for him! [Tweet]. Twitter.
  2. Ren Zotto [@Ren Zotto【NIJISANJI EN]]. (2022, July 24). Ren Zotto Debut stream [Youtube Video]. Youtube.
  3. From Official Nijisanji website profile [Official Profile]. (2022, July 20). Nijisanji.jp.
  4. ANYCOLOR. (2022, March 4). NIJISANJI EN launches 4th VTuber auditions! [Article]. anycolor.co.jp.
  5. NIJISANJI EN Official [@NIJISANJI_World]. (2022, July 20). 【#ILUNA VTuber Debut Announcement】 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  6. Zotto, R. [Ren Zotto 【NIJISANJI EN】]. (2022, July 21). oops.. hello :) [Tweet]. Twitter.
  7. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, July 25). 200k followers already I’m pogging rn thank you so effing much 💀 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  8. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, August 8). 300k twitter followers what the actual fuck thank you all 🖤 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  9. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, August 14). hit 300k subs on Youtube. looks like you're all serious about taking over this planet w me. hell yeah 😈🛸 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  10. Zotto, R. [Ren Zotto 【NIJISANJI EN】]. (2022, August 21). CHANNEL MEMBERSHIPS OPEN 👽 Welcome to ALIENATION [Video]. YouTube.
  11. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, September 17). Thank you for 400k followers [Tweet]. Twitter.
  12. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, November 7). ⚠️ATTENTION⚠️ My next original song is called "Amplify" Releasing this Saturday, November 12th. [Tweet]. Twitter.
  13. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, December 20). hit 400k on YouTube! If you’re one of them, thank you! 🛸 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  14. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2023, June 28). 600,000 renvaderz 💕 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  15. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2023, December 20). Hit 500k subscribers! Thank you all Your support means the world to me 😈💚 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  16. Zotto, R. [Ren Zotto 【NIJISANJI EN】]. (2024, June 8). REN ZOTTO 2ND OUTFIT REVEAL!! 【NIJISANJI EN | Ren Zotto】 [Video]. YouTube.
  17. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2024, November 29). Thank you so much for having me, ありがとうございます樋口先輩!!💚🎉 That was seriously so much fun, I was so happy to perform for you all in 3D for the first time!! 今日本当に嬉しかった!!😈🙏 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  18. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, July 27). Alright what do you like most for our fan name? 😈🛸 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  19. Zotto, R. [@RenZott0]. (2022, July 31). Fan name update: Renvaderz #Renvaderz the z is sick, lets keep it 😈🛸 [Tweet]. Twitter.
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 Ren Zotto【NIJISANJI EN】. (2022, July 25). 【DEBUT STREAM】ARRIVED AT LAST【NIJISANJI EN | Ren Zotto】 [Video]. YouTube.
  21. 21.0 21.1 Ren Zotto【NIJISANJI EN】. (2022, July 25). 【DEBUT 2.0 STREAM】Hey, again【NIJISANJI EN | Ren Zotto】 [Video]. YouTube.
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