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Weatheroid Type A Airi (ウェザーロイド Wezaaroido) is a female Japanese virtual YouTuber and a forecaster of Weathernews, a Japanese weather forecasting company.
Introduction Video[]
Weatheroid Type A Airiです。YouTubeはじめました。 2018年5月17日
Airi's introduction.
Personality[]
Airi is an android developed based on Airi Yamagishi (山岸愛梨), a weather newscaster of Weathernews. She aims to make everyone interested in weather,[1] but in her videos, she usually does hosting discussions, introducing fan arts, chatting and challenges like other VTubers except a few minute weather forecast.
Airi Yamagishi, often called Airin (あいりん) by her fan, claims that she is Airi's manager, even though her acting was revealed by an accident.[2]
Airi is cheerful and serious, but she is often embarrassed by problems with motion capture and camera switching. This is why she is called Ponko (ポン子), a combination of ponkotsu (ポンコツ, junk, useless or unreliable) and ko (子, a common suffix of Japanese names given to female).
History[]
Airi debuted as a weather anchor on 13 April 2012 at SOLiVE24,[3] a 24 hour weather live stream broadcasted by Weathernews. She appeared with a 2D artwork designed by Shunsuke Taue, and used pre-recorded voices which were voiced by Airi Yamagishi. The date of Airi's birth is 22 January 2012 that Taue submitted her design to competition at Niconico Seiga.[4] Her 3D form was revealed at the fan event on 7 December 2012.[5]
On 10 April 2014, she got her solo program on every Thursday,[6] and started a live broadcast with motion and voices performed by Yamagishi.[7]
Although SOLiVE24 had already been streamed to multiple sites include Youtube, niconico and AbemaTV, she created her Youtube channel on 17 May 2018.[8]
In March 2019, she wrote a weather book, Weather Forecaster Onee-san VTuber Weatheroid Airi's Recommendation for Sky-viewing (お天気お姉さんVTuber ウェザーロイドAiriのソラヨミのススメ。) published by Kadokawa Corp. In this book, she talked with Tokino Sora and Tsukino Mito.[9]
Trivia[]
- Due to the motion capture software not functioning properly, the joints of Airi's avatar will sometimes twist in odd directions. Fans endearingly refers to this phenomenon as "bone fracture"(骨折).
- Every Thursday, Airi is voiced by the weather forecaster, Yamagishi Airi (Airin), while the rest of her live streams use text-to-speech software.
- When Airi debut as a YouTuber in 2018, she was called "a new star who has seven-year career" (7年目の新人, literally: new star of seventh-year). She was first debut at SOLiVE24 in 2012, and her actress, Yamagishi Airi, joined Weathernews in 2008. Yamagishi is also the longest-tenured SOLiVE24 anchor as of 2018.[10]
External Links[]
- ウェザーロイド Airi（ポン子) - YouTube channel
- @TypeA_Airi - Twitter account
- Official Page
References[]
- ↑ Nico Nico Pedia WEATHEROID TypeA Airiとは (ウェザーロイドタイプエーアイリとは) [単語記事 - ニコニコ大百科] [Wikipedia]. (2019, July 2). nicopedia.
- ↑ Weather News [Weather News]. (2017, Sep 28). SOLiVE24 (SOLiVE ムーン) 2017-09-28 22:17:01〜 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Weather News [Weather News]. (2017, Sep 28). SOLiVE24 (SOLiVE ムーン) 2017-09-28 22:17:01〜 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Nico Nico Seiga ウェザーロイド / しゅく さんのイラスト - ニコニコ静画 (イラスト) [Website]. (n.d.). NicoNicoSeiga.
- ↑ Nico Nico Pedia WEATHEROID TypeA Airiとは (ウェザーロイドタイプエーアイリとは) [単語記事 - ニコニコ大百科] [Wikipedia]. (2019, July 2). nicopedia.
- ↑ Weather News [Weather News]. (2014, April 11). SOLiVE24 (SOLiVEナイト ) 2014-04-10 23:32:32〜 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ vtique2018 [vtique2018]. (n.d.). "ウェザーロイド Airi". Comptique Extra issue of December: Vtique Vol.02 (コンプティーク 12月号増刊 Vティーク Vol.2). Kadokawa. 2018. pp.76-79. [Website]. nicopedia.
- ↑ vtique2018 [vtique2018]. (n.d.). https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/weatheroid%20typea%20airi [Website]. nicopedia.
- ↑ Weather News [Weather News]. (2019, March 25). お天気お姉さんVTuber「ウェザーロイドAiri」のお天気入門本、30日より発売開始！ [Website]. jp.weathernews.com.
- ↑ vtique2018 [vtique2018]. (n.d.). https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/weatheroid%20typea%20airi [Website]. nicopedia.