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Tokoyami Towa (常闇トワ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its fourth generation of VTubers alongside Tsunomaki Watame, Kiryu Coco, Amane Kanata and Himemori Luna.
Introduction Video
【 常闇トワ初配信】こんやっぴー！トワ様だよ(OwO)★【ホロライブ４期生 新人Vtuber】
Towa's introduction.
Profile
| hololive.hololivepro.com |
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"Sup, groupies!" A young devil who is visiting human society to gain experience and develop her skills. But instead of studying, she became addicted to video games! After learning about a tool for communicating with humans called "streaming," she's trying it out to help with her studies.[6] |
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| In order to become an archdemon, she joined the human society for further studies.
She should be studying but is now addicted to gaming. She realized that the method commonly known as “streaming” is also a way to communicate with humans. She is now in the “trial and error” process.[7] |
Personality
Despite being a Devil, Towa is a sweet, kind-hearted, down to earth girl, which has caused many of her fans to insist that she is an Angel instead. Towa usually gets annoyed by this and insists she is a Devil and does not like Angels. She doesn't truly mean it as she likes Kanata. Her streams are usually wholesome and relaxing, though when subjected to the playful lusts of other VTubers, she becomes one of the few holoIdols to strongly become a straight man and be genuinely repulsed by their actions. She really enjoys herself while streaming and often get hyped when playing FPSs, but she might rage if she dies in said games. She also doesn't like horror games as she gets scared fairly easy.
Towa also likes singing and she is well known for her powerful vocal range.
She greets her viewers with "Ohayappi" (おはやっぴー) or "Konyappi" (こんやっぴー) and she says goodbye with "Otsuyappi" (おつやっぴー).
History
Background
Towa was introduced along with the rest of the fourth gen on 25 December 2019.[8] Her Twitter account was created on November 2019, she made her first tweet on 31 December,[9] her YouTube channel was created on 4 December and her debut stream was on 3 January 2020.
2020
On 22 July, she announced on a stream on YouTube and later on her Twitter account that she would get her 3D model, this was previously teased during Himemori Luna's 3D debut.[10][11]
On 26 July, she debuted her 3D model, being the last of her generation to do so.[12]
On 18 December, Towa reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream. Also on this date at the end of the stream she announced that her model would be updated to the 2.0 version.[13][14][15]
On 20 December, she debuted the 2.0 version of her 2D model during a stream, the most prominent change is that Towa can now remove her white jacket and Bibi her hat, among her other updates her face can turn better in different angles, while also gaining some new expressions like a surprised face.[16]
On 29 December, hololive's Twitter accounts announced that eight of their members would get "New year" costumes, Towa being one of them.[17]
2021
On 1 January, she debuted her second 2D costume, a new year furisode during a stream, this costume has two different hairstyles one with a side ponytail and another with short hair, the flowers ornament can be used with either hairstyle.[18]
On 8 February, Towa reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a singing endurance stream, making her the 32nd hololive member to reach this milestone.[19][20]
On 15 February, hololive's Twitter account announced that the members of the 4th generation would get their 3D idol costumes.[21] Later the same day Towa debuted her 3D idol costume.[22]
On 25 February, Towa released her first original song "Palette" during a stream.[23][24]
On 18 March, Towa debuted the official MV of her original song "Palette."[25]
On 30 April, Towa reached 600,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an endurance singing stream.[26] On the same day, hololive's Twitter account announced that Towa, Kanata and Watame would get their third 2D costumes.[27]
On 4 May, Towa debuted her third 2D model, a new set of casual clothes, with this costume Towa got two new hairstyles one with loose hair with a small bun on the side and the other with twintails but this time they are way more curly, she now wear a beret but unlike her Bibi hat this one doesn't have a face, the beret still retains the horns and the two badges however one is gray instead of yellow, Towa uses a white blouse decorated with a black ribbon along with black suspenders and skirt bellow the chest, her outfit also includes a removable gray sweater decorated with black and purple ribbons and a small Bibi face, her socks are white and her shoes are black, on her right thigh Towa has the tatoo of a heart with wings. The costume also include optional glasses.[28]
On 30 June, she reached 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an endurance singing stream.[29][30]
On 9 August, Towa debuted a new short hairstyle using her third costume to showcase it.[31]
On 5 September, Towa reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during an endurance singing stream.[32]
On 28 December, Towa reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.[33]
2022
On 3 January, during her second year anniversary debut concert "Scream," Towa announced that she would release her first EP with the same name, also on this date Towa debuted the MV of her original song "FACT."[34]
On 4 January, Towa debuted new hats to go with her third 2D costume, a gray knitted hat decorated with Bibi's face, a black transparent diadem with cat ears and a black ribbon tied sighly to the left side, these accessories can be combined with the short or long hairstyles.[35][36]
On 3 April, Towa eached 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers during a karaoke subathon stream. This makes her the 26th hololive member, as well as the 19th member of hololive JP, to reach this milestone. She is the fourth of her generation to reach it.[37]
On 19 July, she announced on her Twitter account that she would get her fourth 2D costume.[38]
On 21 July, Towa debuted her fourth 2D costume. The most prominent feature of this costume is that Towa has more demonic features such as horns and small wings that she lacked despite being a demon, previously the horns in Towa's costumes were just part of her hats. In this costume Towa got two new hairstyles, in one she has small braided pigtails, the other one she uses a side ponytail to her left side. Towa wears a black school uniform with her blouse being complemented with a short purple tie. Underneat her blouse she uses a black corset with three buttons. Her skirt as a plaid pattern to the sides while being plain black in the center. To the left side of her belt Towa has a chain with two accessories one is a demon's head silhouette and the other one a four point star similar to Kanata's halo. She wears black socks and shoes. Towa can optionally wear a short black blazer.[39][40]
On 11 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Towa debuted her 3D swimsuit. 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 varios 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.[41]
Discography
- Main page: Tokoyami Towa/Discography
| Scream | 1st EP | 4 January 2022 |
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| Palette | 1st single | 25 February 2021 |
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Events
- On 13 August 2021, hololive's Twitter account announced that 12 members including Towa (representing the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) would participate in a collaboration with the six professional Japanese baseball teams from the Pacific League, each team represented by two hololive members. The collaboration include promotional merchandise that could be brought, including hats, posters, keychains, among others, also a promotional match between ORIX Buffaloes vs Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS scheduled for 3 October 2021 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka stadium called "hololive day."[42]
- On 9 September 2021, hololive's Twitter account announced a sponsored stream for Square Enix's game Deep Insanity: Asylum, presented by Towa and Kanata, during said stream both sang the games song "Madoromi" the official music video of the song was later released on hololive's Japanese channel on 14 October 2021.[43][44][45]
Mascot and Fans
- She claims her hat is a pet guardian named Bibi which watches over her in the human world.[46][47][48]
- Her fanbase is officially called "Kin of Tokoyami" while in Japanese they are called "Tokoyami Kenzoku"「常闇眷属」but Towa calls her fans just Kenzoku or Kin.
Quotes
- "Repeat after me! Say! Yo! TMD! TMD! Towa-sama Maji Daitenshi! ...Ah, wrong... *panicking*"[49]
Trivia
- Towa's surname Tokoyami「常闇」can be divided as such.
- The first kanji「常」can be read as "Tsune/Toko/Jou" which means "Always/Everlasting /Endless."
- The second kanji「闇」can be read as "Yami/Kura/An" which means "Darkness."
- So her surname can be translated as "Everlasting Darkness."
- She pronounces "Thank you" as "TenQ" in English, the final portion of her streams where she reads Super Chat donations is known as "TenQ TIME" (てんQ TIME).[50]
- She likes to say the phrase "Oh my god!" when surprised.
- Her voice seems to get even deeper when she just wakes up, to the point can be mistaken for a male voice.[51]
- Coco tends to call Towa "mentally challenged" due to her not appearing in Asacoco commercials and, ironically, acting much less deranged than the rest of 4th generation. According to Towa herself, she has a tight schedule, has to attend the university and to sleep well; this is why she rarely comes in contact with Coco.
- Towa is a big Nintendo fan, her favorite Nintendo franchises are Yoshi and Pokémon.
- Towa's name has been used to create some puns by overseas fans, the most notable being "Towaiting" used by her fans instead of "waiting" previous to the start of her streams, on a minor note fans also used "Towater" during her 3D model debut whenever she drank water.
External Links
Media
- Towa Ch. 常闇トワ - YouTube channel
- Tokoyami Towa's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
- @tokoyamitowa - Twitter account
- 常暗永远Official - bilibili channel
Twitter hashtags
Further readings
- 常闇トワ - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
- 常闇トワ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
- 常闇トワ - Japanese Wikipedia
- 常闇トワ - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
- 常暗永远 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
- 토코야미 토와 - Namu Wiki
- Tokoyami Towa - Unofficial Hololive Wiki
References
- ↑ Rurudo [@rurudo_]. (2020, January 3). バーチャルYouTuber常闇トワちゃんのヘアメイクを担当させていただきました！今日21時から初配信 のでなにとぞ…！！🙏🙏 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Jujube [@MegaJujube]. (2020, December 20). ホロライブ4期生、常闇トワさんの新Live2Dを担当させていただきました！トワ様も４０万人おめでとうございます！歌っている様子が一層良くわかるアップデートだったと思います👏 TMT and TMD! [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Date [@date_list]. (2020, January 3). ホロライブ4期生の常闇トワ( @tokoyamitowa )ちゃんのLive2Dモデルを製作させていただきました！ 配信は本日21時より(OwO)★！ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ @paint002. (2020, July 26). ホロライブ所属、常闇トワ(@tokoyamitowa）ちゃんの3Dモデリングを担当しました！トワちゃんをよろしく願いします！ チャンネル━ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2020, January 3). 【#常闇トワ初配信】こんやっぴー！トワ様だよ(OwO)★【ホロライブ４期生/新人Vtuber】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Profile on hololive.hololivepro.com. (n.d.). hololive.hololivepro.com.
- ↑ Profile on hololive.tv. (n.d.). hololive.tv.
- ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, December 25). ホロライブ4期生「天音かなた」「角巻わため」「桐生ココ」「常闇トワ」「姫森ルーナ」デビュー決定のお知らせ [Press Release]. PR TIMES.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2019, December 31). (｀・ω・´) [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2020, July 22). 【重大告知】トワ様、悪魔になる一歩の報告です【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2020, July 22). ✨👾常闇トワ3Dお披露目決定👾✨ ■7/26（日） 20：00～ トワ様一人前の悪魔になるための一歩を踏み出しました💜 4期生リレー受け取りまして！！楽しい記念日になるように一生懸命頑張るぞ💪 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2020, July 26). 【#常闇トワ3D】常闇トワ様3Dお披露目！悪魔になるための一歩♥【#JointhefutureJP】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2020, December 18). 【40万人耐久歌枠】40万人行ったら…！告知させてください！！【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2020, December 19). 本当、感謝でごじゃます、、、😭 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2020, December 19). ⏱配信予定12/20 20：00～⏱ トワ様なんとアップデート来ました～～！✨ ぜひ楽しみにしていてね～😆🙌 どんな感じになるでしょうか💕 ※サムネはまだ1.0です。#常闇トワ新2D 👾配信場所 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2020, December 20). 【#常闇トワ新2D】悪魔としての一歩をまた踏み出す＆告知！【ホロライブ/常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive Official [@hololive_En]. (2020, December 29). [🎍News🎍] Eight hololive members will showcase their New Year's outfits‼️ The unveiling relay streams begin Jan. 1, 2021, 1 PM JST!✨ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, January 1). 【#ホロライブ正月衣装】ついに…！ついに来た…！宴だーい！🌟【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, February 8). 【50万人耐久歌枠】5000000000000000うたう。【ホロライブ / 常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2021, June 8). みんなーー！！！！！！ 嬉しいよーーー！！！ だいすきだよーー！！！！ ありがとーーー！！！♡ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2021, February 15). 【🎉お知らせ🎉】 4期生のアイドル衣装のお披露目リレー配信が本日2月15日（月）21時40分 より実施決定!! [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, February 15). 【 #ホロふぉーすアイドル衣装 】towasama's Idol costume キターーーーーー！！！【常闇トワ/ホロライブ４期生】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, February 25). 【50万人記念歌枠】感謝の歌枠！最後にお知らせあり。【ホロライブ / 常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2021, February 25). 歌枠とお知らせ聞いてくれててんきゅ～✨「Palette」配信もみんな喜んでくれてうれしいな！ 眷属のおかげだよ～～～👾 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, March 18). 【オリジナル曲】 Palette/常闇トワ 【フルMV】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, April 30). 【60.5万人耐久歌枠】達成出来たら告知！！Sing till I reach 605K【ホロライブ / 常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2021, April 30). 【🎉お知らせ🎉】 4期生のメンバーである「#天音かなた」「#角巻わため」「#常闇トワ」の新衣装のお披露目配信を、5月3日(月)より順番に本人のYouTubeチャンネルにて実施することが決定いたしました🙌✨ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, May 4). 【#常闇トワ新衣装】New costume🎀オシャレなトワ様をみんな見て～！！【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, June 30). 【70万人耐久歌枠】うたうぞ～～～！reach to 700,000【ホロライブ / 常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2021, June 30). ありがとう！！！！！！ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, August 9). 【雑談】昨日はありがとうございました！裏話と新髪型実装お披露目！【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2021, September 5). 【80万人耐久歌枠】KARAOKE🎤reach to 800,000【ホロライブ / 常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2021, December 28). 90万人ありがとおおおおー てんきゅーーーーっ😄😄✨✨ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2022, January 3). 【3DLIVE】この叫びを届けるためにｰScreamｰ【#常闇トワ2周年記念】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2022, January 4). 【雑談/FREETALK】2周年の裏話とかアルバム秘話とか！あとお披露目も！【常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Jujube [@MegaJujube]. (2022, January 4). ホロライブ4期生、常闇トワさんの追加アクセサリ3種のLive2Dモデリングを担当しました！ トワ様2周年おめでとうございます！ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2022, April 3). 【ホロライブ曲縛り歌枠】👑100万人達成まで歌う！Reach a million people！【常闇トワ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [@tokoyamitowa]. (2022, July 19). ✨常闇トワ新衣装お披露目決定！✨ デビューして2年半！お待たせしました～！rurudoマミーにお仕立てしてもらったよ🍒 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2022, July 21). 【 #常闇トワ新衣装 】あ～なんだろうな～楽しみだな～どんな衣装なんだろうな～【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Jujube [@MegaJujube]. (2022, July 21). ホロライブ4期生、常闇トワ(@ tokoyamitowa)さんの新衣装Live2Dを担当させていただきました！トワ様魔界モード！👾😈 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2022, August 11). 【モンスターハンターライズ：サンブレイク】一足遅いサンブレイクに水着で乗り込む！【常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2021, August 13). 【⚾お知らせ⚾】「#ホロライブ」× パ・リーグ6球団 コラボが決定‼ 8月15日（日）10時より、コラボロゴグッズや「hololive day」観戦チケットの販売を開始✨ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2021, September 9). 【🎉お知らせ🎉】スクウェア・エニックス様の提供による「#マドロミライブ Presented by SQUARE ENIX」が9月11日（土）20時から放送決定‼✨ #ホロライブ 所属の #常闇トワ と #天音かなた が歌うゲーム主題歌「マドロミ」をライブでお届けします！ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ hololive [hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group]. (2021, September 11). #マドロミライブ Presented by SQUARE ENIX [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ hololive [hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group]. (2021, October 14). 【MV】マドロミ / 天音かなた・常闇トワ【ディープインサニティ アサイラム ゲーム主題歌】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ hololive Official [@hololive_En]. (2020, April 15). Fukkireta☀⑩ Konyappi! How are my favorite Tokoyami Kenzoku doing? I'll unleash Bibi onto you if you don't watch this! [Ochame Kinou] hololive Fukkireta Chorus [24 VTubers] [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Yuzuki, C. [Choco Ch. 癒月ちょこ]. (2020, February 19). 【ホロライブ身体測定】噂の美少女小悪魔診察いたします！【ホロライブ/常闇トワ/癒月ちょこ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Virtuals Translated. (2020, February 28). Stop staring at me! - Tokoyami Towa & Yuzuki Choco [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Sushi [Hololive and Vtubers]. (2020, September 9). 【Hololive/Eng sub】Towa gets brainwashed, and go insane! Her anger goes to Desk-kun【Tokoyami Towa】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tokoyami, T. [Towa Ch. 常闇トワ]. (2020, July 12). 【Minecraft】まったり朝の制作 #14【#常闇トワ/ホロライブ】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ MonoScyron. (2020, April 16). [Hololive] Tokoyami Towa's husky morning voice ft. Roboco [ENG SUBS] [Video]. YouTube.
