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Virtual Robot Roboco-san (ロボ子さん, Roboko-san, lit. Miss Robogirl) is a female Japanese virtual YouTuber and the second member ever of hololive. While she debuted alone way before generations were established, she is currently part of "hololive 0th gen" alongside fellow solo debutants: Tokino Sora, Sakura Miko, Hoshimachi Suisei and AZKi.
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Introduction Video
【自己紹介動画】ロボ子、はじめての自己紹介【-1】
Roboco's introduction.
Profile
| hololive.hololivepro.com |
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| "Hellobo! Roboco here!"
Hellobo! It's me, the high-spec hololive VTuber Roboco! I showed up from a faraway wasteland having lost all my memories. I believe I'm pretty high-spec, but some rumors say that it'd be more accurate to call me "broken"... lol. I'm a gamer gal whose defining trait is a very human, emotional singing voice! Am I really a robot? Whoops, looks like my arm came off...[1] |
| hololive.hololivepro.com |
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| "Hellobo! Roboco here!"
A lonely, clunky robot from a faraway wasteland. Now that she's a Virtual YouTuber, she wants to interact with lots of people and live each day to the fullest.[1] |
| hololive.tv |
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| "Hello-robo! Roboco here!"
A lonely, wimpy robot from a random wasteland. She is now hoping to contact and live with lots of people as a Virtual Liver.[3] |
Personality
Roboco is a robot girl who loves to pose. She has a killer instinct inside her. She is great at shooting except in video games, but likes to run over people in them. She hates when games try to surprise her. Her voice is spoken very calmly, almost a whisper.
Appearance
Roboco wears a biker jacket with red stripes. She also wears black rimmed glasses. Her lower body consists of a pair of inverted chaps that only cover her crotch. She also has a pink hoodie which sleeves have a camouflage pattern and small white paw prints.
Her hairstyle is often "modified" between short brown-hair or long-hair ending in a tinge of pink highlights, sometimes with cat ears or wearing glasses. It is revealed that, in the Holo no Graffiti shorts, she ties her hair in a ponytail.
History
Background
Roboco was originally a character created and modeled by kuromaru9 with some artwork dating back to 2014, years before the VTuber trend started.[4]
Roboco's first 3D model was finished on 23 May 2016.[5]
Her channel was created on 7 February 2018, her Twitter account was also created on February, her first video was uploaded on 4 March 2018.[6]
2018
On 30 March, she debuted her pink hoodie during a stream.[7]
2019
On 9 March, Roboco debuted a white T-shirt with Kouseinou written in kanji on the front.[8]
On 7 May, she reached 100,000 YouTube subscribers.[9]
On 24 August, she debuted her 3D swimsuit.[10]
On 7 October, she debuted a lemon yellow sweater, decorated with white and yellow flowers.[11]
2020
On 1 January, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get a new 3D costume, a kimono in celebration of the new year.[12] This costume was later debuted on the same day.[13]
On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted her 3D idol outfit at hololive's 1st fes. Nonstop Story.[14]
On 16 April, she reached 200,000 YouTube subscribers.[15]
On 4 August, she reached 300,000 YouTube subscribers.[16]
On 7 November, she reached 400,000 YouTube subscribers during a karaoke stream.[17]
2021
On 16 January, she reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers during an endurance singing stream, making her the 28th hololive member to reach this milestone.[18]
On 24 April, Roboco reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an endurance singing stream.[19]
On 28 May, Roboco announced on her Twitter account that she would get a new costume.[20]
On 4 June, she debuted her new 3D costume. In this costume Roboco wears a black bride dress, with a lot of red motifs to match with her arms and legs, the dress also have a lot of big roses with various tones of purple, these roses are also present in the tiara that she can optionally wear, unlike other outfits in this one Roboco wears shoes. She also has a black object coming out the right side of her forehead that is not present in other costumes.[21]
On 16 July, she reached 700,000 YouTube subscribers during a Dead by Daylight stream.[22]
On 24 September, Roboco debuted her third original song "kotonoha."
2022
On 9 January, she reached 800,000 YouTube subscribers during an endurance karaoke stream.[23]
On 10 March, Roboco debuted a new accessory, a black and purple camouflage "PON" baseball cap with cat ears.[24]
On 9 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Roboco debuted her second 3D swimsuit in a stream held on hololive's official fanclub page in a segment alongside Akai Haato, La+ Darknesss and Omaru Polka. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.[25]
On 26 August, continuing the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Roboco debuted her 3D yukata.[26] Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.[27]
On 13 October, Roboco announced on her Twitter account that she would go on hiatus until November after the dead of her cat Nyu「にゅ」.[28]
On 23 November, Roboco returned to her activities.[29]
On 5 December, Roboco announced that her main model would be updated.[30]
On 9 December, Roboco debuted her new main model. According to Roboco this is her "V3" update. One of the notorious updates is that she has the option to use triangular headgear, and they are featured as part of her new visuals. She also received updates to her expressions.[31]
2023
On 31 January, Roboco reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream.[32]
On 12 February, various of Roboco's previous accessories from her "V2" model were updated and made compatible with her "V3" model.[33]
On 4 March, as part of the fifth anniversary since her debut, Roboco debuted two new hairstyle using long braided twintails or small twintails both decorated with pink ribbons and hairpins.[34]
On 18 March, Roboco debuted her new 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.[35]
On 23 May, during her birthday stream, Roboco debuted a new costume. Roboco uses the previously released long braided twintails and small twintails. One of the most notorious differences is that Roboco has human-like arms instead of her usual robotic ones. Roboco wears a black camisole crop top with a pink edge. On top of of it she wears a pink waist bag. Roboco uses black shorts. She can also use a pink hoodie similar to her standard one but this one can be unzipped.[36]
She also released her fifth single "glory days."
On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, Roboco debuted her third 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt. Roboco uses the shorts. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.[37]
On 8 September, hololive's Twitter account announced that Roboco would get a new costume.[38]
On 9 September, Roboco debuted a new costume. She wears a gray sweater dress with a cleavage and a black ribbon belt. Roboco has black boots with red and white heels. The boots have zippers to the sides that are open and the left one has a litmus ribbon. Roboco can also wear a pink coat. This outfit also has an alternate color scheme with a red sweater and coat.[39]
2024
On 9 February, Roboco debuted a new costume. She has long loose curly hair decorated with a pink headband with a ribbon. Roboco wears a black and wine, loungewear strap dress, with a transparent shirt on top of it. She has purple slippers.[40]
On 12 April, Roboco reached 1,000,000 subscribers on YouTube. This makes her the 42nd hololive member, and the 4th from Generation 0 to achieve the milestone.[41]
On 5 October, she debuted a new hairstyle for her February 2024 costume. She also announced that she would get new costume.[42]
On 19 October, Roboco debuted a new costume. She has short hair with wavy tips complemented with a lighting hairpin. She can use a black beret decorated with a brown and pink ribbon. Roboco wears a schoolgirl uniform. She uses a black shirt with some lighting pins, with a beige vest on top of it, the collar is decorated with brown, plaid pattern ribbon. Roboco has a plaid skirt with the same pattern as the ribbon. She uses loose, white socks and white and black sneakers. Roboco can complement her outfit with a pink jacket with brown lining with the collar and hat, and camouflage pattern in the sleeves. Roboco can also wear maid accessories including a pink mob cap and apron decorated with pins including a Robosa, one that reads "PON" and more lightings. Roboco also released her seventh original song "with∅."[43]
Discography
- Main page: Roboco-san/Discography
| kotonoha | 1st single | 25 September 2021 |
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| with∅s | 4th single | 20 October 2024 |
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Events
- She debuted as a DJ at Re:Animation 13 on 12 January 2019.
- On 4 April 2019, she made an appearance in hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers,she was the central character, and the first ever hololive VTuber to appear in the game. Despite appearing alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Oozora Subaru, Minato Aqua and Yuzuki Choco the first two events were called "The Roboco san x Dawn of the Breakers Crossover."[44]
- On 28 January 2020, it was announced on Dengekionline that she would make an appearance in the game Neptunia Virtual Stars as one of the VTuber guest characters alongside Tokino Sora, Shirakami Fubuki, Sakura Miko, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco, Inugami Korone, Shirogane Noel and Houshou Marine.[45]
Fans
- Her fanbase is officially called "Robosa" 「ろぼさー」. They are represented by gray and black batteries with yellow eyes and a lightning on top of their heads.
Relationships
- Units and groups she is part of:
- "Anpontan Sisters," alongside Aki Rosenthal and Himemori Luna.
- "Robotal," alongside Aki Rosenthal.
- "RoKobo," alongside Kobo Kanaeru.
- "Happy Set," alongside Natsuiro Matsuri and Nakiri Ayame. They were a team in the inaugural VTuber Most Cooperative Tournament/VSaikyo.
- "bamboozle," alongside Shirakami Fubuki and Kurumi Noah. They were a team in the second season of the VTuber Most Cooperative Tournament/VSaikyo.
- "ARCStars," alongside Astel Leda and Yuzuki Choco . They were a team in the third season of the VTuber Most Cooperative Tournament/VSaikyo.
Trivia
- Roboco uses rather masculine personal pronoun "boku;" this trait is shared with Nekomata Okayu and Amane Kanata.
- Roboco has a Persian cat named Koromo and another cat called Hapi.
- She also used to own a pet rabbit called Mikan, but it died in summer 2020.
- She's good at FPS games and greatly enjoys playing them. She contacted Tokoyami Towa soon after her debut due to their shared interest and became quick friends after playing together. She then repeated the process with Nakiri Ayame.
- She loves cute things and even lines them up on her desk.
- She is the fifth member of hololive after Artia, Kiryu Coco, Amane Kanata and Aki Rosenthal to join the official hololive Subreddit as a moderator.
External Links
Media
- Roboco Ch. - ロボ子 - YouTube channel
- Robocosan's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
- @robocosan - Twitter account
- @maybe_robochan - Twitter account (sub)
- @robocosan - TikTok account
- @robocosan_hololive - Instagram account
- 萝卜子Official - bilibili channel
- /u/robocosannnn - reddit account
Twitter hashtags
- #robo_co - General
- #ロボ子生放送 - Stream talk
- #ろぼさー - Fans
- #ロボ子Art - Fan art
- #ロボジュール - Schedule
- #聴いたよロボ子さん - Commentary on released voice dramas
- #ロボ子さんと一緒 - Hololy
- #ロボ子レクション - Video clips
Further readings
- ロボ子さん - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
- ロボ子さん - Pixiv Encyclopedia
- ロボ子さん - Japanese Wikipedia
- ロボ子 - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
- 萝卜子 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
- 로보코 씨 - Namu Wiki
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roboco-san's profile. (2021, August). hololive.pro.
- ↑ Sakura, M. [Miko Ch. さくらみこ]. (2024, September 1). 【 #ホロライブ0期生 】０期生集合！私達から告知があります！！💎 【ホロライブ/さくらみこ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san's profile. (n.d.). hololive.tv.
- ↑ kuromaru9 [kuromaru9]. (2014, December 31). あけおめデバイス [Illustration]. Pixiv.
- ↑ kuromaru9 [@kuromaru9]. (2016, May 23). 眼帯装備！あと胸の骨入れた [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2018, March 4). 【Roboco-san】Roboco ch. 04 03 2018 Teaser【#0】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2018, March 30). Binaural：Chit Chat#1 ～Chat With Me～ [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2019, March 9). 【一周年記念】動画で振り返る！ロボ子さんの一年間【全身生放送】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2019, May 7). 10万人突破ありがとう😭🙏ASMRめっちゃ声出さないようにしてたけどぅぅぅありがとう😭銀盾だ……😭😭🙏これからも頑張るから、よろしくね[っ`-´c✨] [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2019, August 24). \( ˙꒳˙ \✨告知✨/ ˙꒳˙)/ 本日21時〜 #ホロライブサマー ついに水着解禁します👙💕✨ 色んな組み合わせでお披露目するので 写真の用意もよろしくだよ📸 サムネも差し替え！ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2019, October 7). 全身３D】月曜日のロボ子さんが復刻！？な、なんだって～！！【 ホロライブ /ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2020, January 1). My hololive New Year's costume reveal stream is scheduled at 15:00!!!! I hope everyone will wake up and see it [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2020, January 1). Unveiled！Take a Look✨I Got a Kimono Made👘Try to Fall for Me…？【hololive/Roboco-san】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2020, January 24). Everyooone😭😭 How was iiit??!?! I had a great tiiime🥰 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2020, April 16). みんな〜😭YouTube登録者20万人突破ありがとうおおおお🥳これからもどんどん高性能になるボクの応援よろしくお願いします！！嬉しい😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌#robo_co [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2020, August 3). 【ゲリラ】みんなと３０万人までみとどけたいっ！最近のお話を添えて～【ホロライブ/ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2020, November 7). 【歌】４０万人いくまで歌い続ける！！！！【ホロライブ/ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2021, January 16). 【Endurance】Singing Until 500k Subcribers, Go!!!!!!!【hololive/Roboco-san】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2021, April 24). 【Endurance Stream】I Want to See It Pass 600k While in a Cappella Hell! I'm Counting on Youuu【hololive/Roboco-san】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2021, May 28). 💜New Costume Reveal💜 ST June 4, 9:00 p.m. - Have you been waiting?? I'll unveil my new costume! [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch.]. (2021, June 4). Moving Around with a New Form💓Eh... Is This Really Me??💓【hololive/Roboco-san】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2021, July 26). Even though I couldn't save Korone at the end, I survived thanks to her😭😭😭 Next time we'll all survive✊ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2022, January 9). 【８０万人耐久】 ８０万人見届けたいっ✨耐久歌枠だよ～～❤【ホロライブ/ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2022, March 10). 【お披露目】初配信から４周年記念！お気に入りのアレがついに実装！！【ホロライブ/ #ロボ子生放送】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive production [hololive official fanclub]. (2022, August 9). 【ホロライブ・サマー2022】これが本当のホロライブサマー！？ #1 [Video]. hololive-fc.com.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2022, August 26). 【 お披露目】浴衣お披露目雑談✨最近あったことやSP読みも💖【ホロライブ/ ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Houshou, M. [Marine Ch. 宝鐘マリン]. (2022, August 18). 【浴衣３Dお披露目】老人会歌枠【ホロライブ/宝鐘マリン】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2022, October 13). 今朝方体調悪かった子猫が、回復せず亡くなってしまいました。にゅーちゃんは、幼少期に希に見られる難病にかかってしまいました。薬も吐きださず頑張って飲んでくれて最後まで本当に偉い子でした。昨日まで動き回れてて回復してくれたのかなと思った矢先でした。 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2022, November 23). 【ただいま】引っ越し完了！ただいまああああああああああああ【ホロライブ/#ロボ子生放送 】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [@robocosan]. (2022, December 5). 💖重大発表💖 JST１２月９日(金)２０時～ ボクの新ビジュアルがお披露目されます🎉✨ 頭の上についてるのは…何？？ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2022, December 9). 【＃ロボ子さん新ビジュアル】更に高性能にアップデートされた姿で君に会いにきたよボクをみてて？【ロボ子さんホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Robocosan [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2023, January 31). 【９０万人耐久】９０万人をみんなと見たい！行くまで歌うドーーー！いけいけGOGO！！【 ＃ロボ子さん９０万人 /ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2023, February 12). 【お披露目】ロボ子さんV2別装備達がパワーアップして帰ってきたよ！！【 #ロボ子生放送 /ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2023, March 4). 【５周年記念】新髪型お披露目＆凸まち✨【ロボ子さん /ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive production [hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group]. (2023, March 18). 【#ひろがるホロライブDAY1】hololive 4th fes. Our Bright Parade hololive stage DAY1【チラ見せ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2023, May 23). 【全身３D/ #ロボ子爆誕2023】Glory Days 💎今年で７才になったよ！大人可愛い新衣装でアイドルIKZ✨【ロボ子さん /ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2023, July 30). 【#ホロサマ歌枠リレー】水着お披露目ゥ…うわああああああああ！！！！！【ロボ子さん /ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2023, September 8). 🤖 新衣装お披露目配信のお知らせ🤖 「#ロボ子さん(@robocosan)」の新⾐装お披露⽬配信を、9月9日(土)19時より、本人のYouTubeチャンネルにて実施することが決定🥳🙌 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2023, September 9). 【 新衣装】新衣装お披露目✨秋だし一緒に外にいこ？【ロボ子さん /ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2024, February 9). 【お披露目】新衣装2024はどんなボクぅぅぅぅ！？？【ロボ子さん / ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2024, February 9). 【１００万人耐久歌枠】ろぼさーと一緒に迎えたい、ボクの新しい一歩✨【ホロライブ #ロボ子１００万人 】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2024, October 5). 【 重大告知アリ！】突然の新髪型！？重大告知！？とは！！？【ホロライブ / ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Roboco-san [Roboco Ch. - ロボ子]. (2024, October 19). 【 ＋で重大告知アリ！】ultra cuteなボクの新衣装お披露目だああああああ【ホロライブ / ロボ子さん】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive x Dawn of the Breakers [Website]. (n.d.). cyberstep.
- ↑ ゲスト出演されるVTuberの皆さん [Website]. (2020, January 28). compileheart.