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Yakumo Beni (八雲べに) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with the VSPO!, debuting as its second solo member after Kaminari Qpi.
Introduction Video[]
【ぶいすぽ-八雲べに】はじめまして！八雲べにです♡【新人vtuber】
Beni's introduction.
Profile[]
Beni is sweets, stylish and cool. But she is not naive in her approach to games. Her style is all about winning and losing, and the amount of practice she takes is what sets her apart from others. She is secretly trying to get a sexy slot in VSPO!.[1]
Appearance[]
Beni has the look of a fashionable gal. She has long light green hair and her eyes have purple irises. On her ears she wears purple gem earrings. On her neck she wears two necklaces, the first necklace has a blue gem, the second necklace has a purple gem.
On her original design, Beni wears a fashionable black dress that shows off her shoulders and stomach. On her left hand she wears two different bracelets, blue and black bracelet. On her right hand she wears a black ring. In addition, her fingernails are painted black. She wears black shorts with all the legs to the waist wearing net stockings. On the feet she wears black heeled boots with purple and blue shoelaces.
History[]
Background[]
Beni's Twitter account was created on April 2021, while her first tweet was made on 14 April. Her YouTube channel was created on 14 April and her debut stream was on 16 April.
2021[]
On 25 April, Beni did a celebration stream for the monetization of her channel.
On 18 June, Beni did a VALORANT 300-kill endurance stream, playing VALORANT matches until she reached 300 kills total to celebrate her channel reaching 50,000 subscribers.
On 23 August, Beni did a celebration stream for her channel reaching 100,000 subscribers.
On 29 September, VSPO's Twitter account announced that Beni was suspended for a month due to a controversy related to the use of alt accounts in VALORANT.[2]
2022[]
On 6 April, Beni revealed a new outfit and hairstyle, her 2nd costume.[3]
On 16 April, she celebrated her first anniversary.[4]
On 10 September, she reached 300,000 subscribers on her YouTube account.[5]
On 25 September, she celebrated her birthday and premiered her cover of Yoshiwara Lament (吉原ラメント) by Asa feat. Kasane Teto.
2023[]
On 9 March, Beni revealed her 3rd costume.[6]
On 16 April, she celebrated her second anniversary.[7]
On 2 June, she debuted her 3D model, streaming first in a relay before Kisaragi Ren and Tosaki Mimi.[8]
On 5 July, she celebrated reaching 400,000 subscribers on YouTube with a "Snack Bar Beni" drinking stream, which she hadn't done in two years.[9]
On 25 September, she had her second birthday stream.[10] On the same day, she premiered her cover of Nh-Uh-Uh. (んっあっあっ。) by SLAVE.V-V-R.
2024[]
On 17 February, Beni revealed her 4th costume.[11] On the next day, she premiered her cover of Otona Blue (オトナブルー) by Atarashii Gakkou no Leaders.
On 16 April, she celebrated her third anniversary.[12]
On 23 April, she celebrated reaching 500,000 subscribers on YouTube by doing her first ASMR stream, using a Neumann KU100 dummy head binaural microphone.[13] The stream archive has reached 1.4M views by January 2025, becoming her single most popular archived stream so far.
On 25 September, she had her third birthday stream.[14]
Events[]
2021[]
- On 19 May, Beni participated in the VALORANT Light Tournament Vol 3 Group 6 as team "Valorant Excitement Corps" along with Naraka, Wokka, Arisakaaa and Uruca. The team got 1st place, winning the tournament.
- On 28 May, she participated in the PUBG VCC Custom 1 as "Team 4" along with Kurumi Noah, Shirayuki Reid and Tonakaito (Hendy).
- From 5 - 6 June, she participated in the first Crazy Raccoon (CR) Cup VALORANT tournament as team "High Calories" (ハイカロリー) along with Daruma is God, Nethydra, Sutanmi and hNt. The team placed 6th in the overall ranking.[15]
- On 15 June, she participated in the PUBG VCC Custom 2 as "Team 8" along with hNt, Nethydra and Dizzy.
- On 24 July, she participated in the Cypher Cup Festival Apex tournament along with Dizzy and hNt as team "Dibent" (でぃべんと). The team placed 12th in the overall ranking.[16]
- On 1 August, she participated in Twitch Rivals: VALORANT Japan Showdown as "Team D" along with SPYGEA, Daruma is God, HiNas3, and aroe. The team took 2nd place in overall ranking.[17]
- On 22 August, she participated in Shibuya HAL's Apex Legends Vtuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 3 (VSaikyou 3) as team "Obekka" (おべっか) along with Utai Makea and Odanobu. The team placed 16th in the overall ranking and won a PC as Shibuya Hal's special prize for placing his favorite number.[18][19]
- Their team also won first place in the "Epe (Apex) Musume Legend Derby" relay racing event held on the night before the VSaikyou 3 main tournament.[20]
- On 28 August, she participated in Apex Festival Summer Campaign (えぺまつり夏の陣 Apex Matsuri Natsu no Jin) as team "Pachimon Gosan-ka" (パチモン誤算家) along with Rader and Arisaka (Crazy Raccoon).[21]
- On 30 August, she participated in Battle Field V BFJ Streamer Cup as Team B's Squad George along with Cpt (Crazy Raccoon), Nun Bora, and SoVault.[22]
- On 4 September, she participated in ABEMA presents VALORANT VICTORY CHALLENGE as Team D along with Kaga Nazuna, RobiN (DeToNator), k4sen, and Suzuki Noriaki.[23] The team tied on 3rd place in overall ranking.[24]
- On 14 September, she participated in the 2nd VCC Apex organised by VAULTROOM as Team 17 along with Masanori and Mabodofu. The team took 2nd place in overall ranking.[25]
- On 23 September, Beni, along with the other VSPO! members, participated in the VSPO! Gekilow (ぶいすぽ激ロー) game show: "VSPO! Autumn Surprise Test ~Get out from the academic ability Bronze lobby~" edition (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～) hosted by Kisaragi Ren, Ichinose Uruha, and Shirayuki Reid as the special guest. Beni ended up in 10th place.
- On 3 October, Beni was slated to participate in the ABEMA VICTORY CHALLENGE vol.2 VALORANT tournament along with Clutch_Fi, Stanmi, Zerost and zennakukinn as "Team E". However, she received a 1 month suspension from VSPO! management and couldn't participate, so she was replaced by Kogara Toto instead. The team placed 7th in the overall ranking.[26]
- On 26 November, Beni participated in Valorant Girls' Party as Team B along with Ichinose Uruha, Komori Met, Kaminari Qpi, and Tachibana Hinano. The team placed 1st in the overall ranking.
- On 27 November, Beni, along with the other VSPO! members, participated in 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) hosted by Kisaragi Ren and Shirayuki Reid, with Tonakaito (Hendy) as the remote chef.
- On 25 December, she participated in the CR Apex Festival. Differing from the usual Apex tournament format, all teams except for team HIKAKIN are shuffled each round, and any player who defeats HIKAKIN will receive a 1 million JPY prize. She placed 36th in the overall ranking out of 57 (team HIKAKIN's 3 players are not counted in the lobby of 60 players).[27]
2022[]
- On 16 February, Beni participated in the Apex Legends 3rd Anniversary Duo Custom tournament along with Kaga Nazuna as Team 7. The team placed 17th in the overall ranking.[28]
- On 23 February, she participated in the Apex Festival 3 tournament along with Hanabusa Lisa and Shibuya HAL as team "VSPO!?" (ぶいすぽっ！？). The team placed 14th in the overall ranking.[29]
2023[]
- On 21 January, Beni participated in the CR Cup 10 Apex tournament along with Tachibana Hinano and Francisco as team "Sakura Frabeni-no" (桜ふらべにーの). The team placed 19th in the overall ranking.[30]
- On 4 March, she participated in the SBI Neo festival NEXUM Apex tournament along with shomaru and yunocy as team "Sekai Saikyou no Densetsu" (世界最強伝説). The team placed 12th in the overall ranking.[31]
- On 15 April, she participated in the Apex Legends VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament Season 5 (VSaikyou 5) along with Nekota Tsuna and Tokoyami Towa as team "Jewel Box". The team placed 20th in the overall ranking.[32]
- From 15 - 16 July, she participated in the CR Cup 5 VALORANT tournament as part of the team Yaniiro Spaghetti (やにいろスパゲッティ) along with MOTHER3, obo, Rader, and SHAKA. Her team got 3rd place.[33]
- In July, she participated in the first Vaultroom x Crazy Raccoon (VCR) GTA event server. Beni joined as a gangster and became the boss of her own gang, "HAHAnoONAKA".
- On 26 August, she participated in the Apex Festival Summer Campaign Again (Apex Fest 5) tournament along with Ru and Civ:A as team "Koutei Penguin" (肯定ペンギン). The team placed 10th in the overall ranking.[34]
- In October, she joined the VCR ARK event server. She became a member of the group "Chikumaro" (ちくまろ), along with Yuzuki Choco, Aki Rosenthal and Honma Himawari who all continued collaborating as a group even after the event. They would eventually release a cover of "Youkoso! Japari Park" on 7 May, 2024.
- On 19 November, she participated in the VSaikyou VALORANT Act1 tournament as part of the team Chou Juu Giga (超銃戯画) along with Kaga Sumire, Hizuki Yui, Astel Leda, and Kanae. The team got 5th place overall.[35]
- From 10 - 15 December and 17 - 22 December, she participated in the VCR GTA Season 2 event server, joining the police force.[36]
2024[]
- On 29 April, Beni participated in the RAGE VALORANT 2024 feat.VSPO! tournament as part of Team VSPO! along with Yumeno Akari, Shiranami Ramune, Tsumugi Kokage, Nekota Tsuna and Kurumi Noah. The team got 1st place, winning the tournament.[37]
- On 4 July, she participated in the CR Cup 8 VALORANT tournament as part of the team Poyototsu (ぽよ凸) along with Ichinose Uruha, Kamito, MOTHER3, and Gocchan Mikey. The team got 1st place, winning the tournament.[38]
- On 17 August, Beni participated in the TIE RECON CUP Apex tournament along with Kurumi Noah and Lemon as Team "Yakult Lemon" (やくるとれもん). The team placed 5th in the overall ranking.[39]
- From 2 December - 12 December, she participated in the VCR GTA Season 3 event server, initially joining as a small-time gangster along with Tosaki Mimi, Shirayuki Reid and Hiodoshi Ao in the criminal group "Geki☆DAN" (激☆DAN). The group soon split up, with Beni joining the police force and also part-timing in "Girls' Bar NOCTURNAL" as one of its entertainers.[40] Beni became one of the singers for NOCTURNAL's original song "Nocturnal Night Fever" which served as the ending theme for VCR GTA 3. They performed this song in-game for the server's players on the last day of the event, and the MV premiered on YouTube on 12 December.
- On 31 December, the anime MV for her collaboration with Kaminari Qpi, Nekota Tsuna and Kisaragi Ren for their original song "QUEENS" was shown during VSPO!'s 2024 year-end live countdown event stream.[41]
2025[]
- On 10 January, Beni participated in the TIE RECON CUP2 Apex tournament along with Depp and SudetakiN as "Team SudetakiN". The team placed 3rd in the overall ranking.[42]
- 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). Beni competed in the AVA portion of the event on Day 1, together with Tachibana Hinano (team leader), Tosaki Mimi, Komori Met and Tsumugi Kokage, along with Kamito (coach). They faced a rival team composed of SHAKA (team leader), Kyouichirou, Fanta, Dasoku and Zerost. The VSPO! team won.[43]
Fans[]
- Beni's fans are called "Benny's".
Relationships[]
- "MotherBeni" (まざべに), along with streamer MOTHER3. Co-hosts of the weekly radio talk show "MotherBeni no Midnight Double Peek" (まざべにのミッドナイトダブルピーク, MotherBeni's Midnight Double Peek).
- "AkaBeni" (あかべに), along with Yumeno Akari. They also have a radio talk show on YouTube named AkaBeni no Midnight Double Peek (あかべにのミッドナイトダブルピーク, AkaBeni's Midnight Double Peek).
- "Obekka" (おべっか), along with Utai Meika and Odanobu. VSaikyou 3 team.
- "Sekai Saikyou no Densetsu" (世界最強伝説), along with shomaru and yunocy.
- "Jewel Box," along with Nekota Tsuna and Tokoyami Towa. VSaikyou 5 team.
- "Yakult Lemon" along with Kurumi Noah and Lemon.
- OTBN, along with Ichinose Uruha and Tachibana Hinano. The name is a reference to the colloquial term "Otsubone" (お局), meaning "a senior office lady who supervises her juniors in a domineering fashion" - all three are veteran VTubers with at least 11 juniors that were hired after them (which is the case for Beni, the most recently hired among the three).
- "Seiso Sanshimai" (清楚三姉妹, The Three Prim-and-proper Sisters), along with Hanabusa Lisa and Aizawa Ema. They have a YouTube radio show called "Seiso Sanshimai to Himitsu no Chandelier" (清楚三姉妹と秘密のシャンデリア, The Three Prim-and-proper Sisters and The Secret Chandelier) or "Himishan" (ひみシャン) for short. Hashtag: #ひみシャン
- "HAHAnoONAKA", along with Tosaki Mimi, Yumeno Akari, MOTHER3, Mabodofu, Mondo, Cpt, Shiromanta, Wokka and Rainbrain. This was a gang from VCR GTA 1, with Beni as the gang leader.
- "Chikumaro" (ちくまろ), along with Yuzuki Choco, Aki Rosenthal and Honma Himawari. Formed from VCR ARK.
- "Team VSPO!" along with Yumeno Akari, Shiranami Ramune, Tsumugi Kokage, Nekota Tsuna and Kurumi Noah. From RAGE VALORANT 2024 feat.VSPO!, they won the tournament.
- "Poyototsu" (ぽよ凸), along with Ichinose Uruha, Kamito, MOTHER3, and Gocchan Mikey. From CR Cup VALO 8, they won the tournament.
- "VCR GTA3 Keisatsu" (VCR GTA3警察, VCR GTA 3 Police force), along with sasatikk, SHAKA, Komori Met, Koyanagi Rou, yy, Aki Rosenthal, Konkon Aria, Anya Melfissa, Yozuna Niu, Shishido Akari, Aogiri Eito, NIRU, MOTHER3, Totomix, Shinji, Banda Chosuke, Uruca, Kinako, Dasoku, Zerost, Rainbrain, Alpha Azur, Shuto, Hiraiwa Kou, JapaneseKoreanUG, Suzuki Noriaki, Kohaku Teto, Asakura Shino, Takagi and Gocchan Mikey.
- NOCTURNAL (NOCTURNAL ガールズバー, NOCTURNAL Girls' Bar), along with LIGHT, Amatsuki, Meloco Kyoran, Ishigami Nozomi, Hinata Maru and Hesiko. From VCR GTA 3.
Quotes[]
- "Aho" (アホ, stupid)
- "Yakumo Beni~♡" (saying her name in a sexy manner)
- "Otoko♡" (男♡, Men♡) (when asked by Virtual Gorilla the question: "What does sexy eat?")
- "Nugimashou ka?" (脱ぎましょうか, Shall I undress?) (when imitating Aizawa Ema's voice)
- "Shinji-kun~" (シンジくん～) (when making a Katsuragi Misato impression)
Trivia[]
Preferences[]
- Favorite Game: VALORANT, Apex Legends, PUBG, Splatoon, and more.
- Favorite Food: Chocolate, All sweet things, Sea urchin, Katsudon, Grilled meat.
- Fashion, Shopping, Cosmetics beauty products collection.
- Eat, Sleep, Eat.
Miscellaneous[]
- Beni is the self-proclaimed sexy representative in VSPO!.
- Beni has a recurring drinking stream series called "Snack BENI" (スナックべに, Snack Bar Beni), themed after the concept of a Japanese snack bar (drinking establishment).
- Beni claims that her room is fairly clean and always cleaned with a quickle wiper every day.
- Beni admits that she is not good at arithmetic, though she is good at her national language.
- Beni's voice has been noted to resemble that of the voice actress Sawashiro Miyuki; Beni occasionally does impressions of her roles on her streams.
- Beni can also do a convincing impression of Katsuragi Misato from Evangelion.
- Beni can imitate the voice of her kouhai Aizawa Ema, who is noted by other members as difficult to imitate. This has led to some funny moments with Ema.
- Beni is the third child of four sisters.[44]
- 1st daughter called Yakumo Bani (八雲ばに) - the most pretty, looks like Hasegawa Jun.
- 2nd daughter called Yakumo Bini (八雲びに) - the best in cooking, really good in impersonation (esp. Echizen Ryoma from Prince of Tennis).
- 4th daughter called Yakumo Buni (八雲ぶに) - the smartest among Yakumo sisters, still a student, and a hardcore otaku (she found out about Beni's activities as VTuber).
- Beni shares the same character designer with many vtubers such as Koinoya Mai, Mirea Sheltzs, Shinosaki Honoa and Oumiya Emma.
Equipment & Game Settings[]
Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.(Updated 4 August 2021)*
- Gaming PC
- CPU : I9-10850K
- Graphic Card : RTX 3070
- Memory : 32GB RAM
- Peripherals
- Monitor : ASUS ROG SWIFT PG258Q 24.5 240Hz
- Keyboard : Topre REALFORCE SA R2 Tenkeyless
- Mouse : Logitech GPROX superlight white
- Mouse pad : ZOWIE G-SR-SE (red)
- Capture board : AVerMedia C878
- Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
- Headphones : Iphone genuine earphone
- Microphone : Shure SM58-LCE
- Microphone Stand : Roycel
- WebCamera : Logicool C920r
- Apex Legends Setting
- DPI : 800
- In-game sensitivity : 1.5
- Valorant Setting
- DPI : 800
- In-game sensitivity : 0.25
Live Chat Etiquette[]
- Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarised here: "VTuber Chat Etiquette"
- Please do not mention the names of other streamers not involved in the stream (exception if Beni talks about them first).
- Please do not mention her or her collab partners' names in unrelated streams of other people.
- Please do not spam comments.
- Please avoid inappropriate remarks, expressions or words that are offensive to public order and morals.
- Do not be "carrier pigeons" (viewers who bring messages and comments from other streams).
- Do not "stream snipe" (deliberately joining her games while watching her stream to gain an unfair advantage).
External Links[]
Media[]
- Yakumo Beni's corporate profile on VSPO! website
- 八雲べに - YouTube Channel
- yakumobeni - Twitch Channel
- 八雲べに - TwitCasting Channel
- @beni_yakumo - Twitter Account
- @896_beni - 2nd Twitter Account
- Beni Yakumo - Marshmallow Account
- Lupinusvg - Official Booth
Hashtags[]
- #八雲べに - General tag
- #やくもーしょん - Live Stream tag
- #べにっき - Fan Art tag
- #しもべに - Fans tag
- #八雲べに#べに様 - Egosurfing tag
Further Readings[]
- Official Japan Website
- Official English Website
- 八雲べに - Unofficial VSPO! Wiki
- 八雲べに - Pixiv Encyclopedia
- 八云贝妮 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
Statistics[]
- Yakumo Beni - Social Blade YouTube stats
- Yakumo Beni - Playboard YouTube stats
- yakumobeni - TwitchTracker stats
- yakumobeni - SullyGnome Twitch stats
- yakumobeni - Social Blade Twitch stats
 (V T E)
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| Lupinus Virtual Games | Kaga Nazuna (🍣)Kaga Sumire (👾)Kogara Toto (🔫🐥)Ichinose Uruha (🌠) |
| Iris Black Games | Kurumi Noah (🧸👑)Tachibana Hinano (🍫💘)Kisaragi Ren (⏰) |
| Cattleya Regina Games | Tosaki Mimi (🐰🍭)Asumi Sena (🗝♠︎)Hanabusa Lisa (💐) |
| Solo Debutants | Kaminari Qpi (🌩)Yakumo Beni (💄💚)Aizawa Ema (🥞💫)Shinomiya Runa (☪️🐾)Nekota Tsuna (🍒✨)Shiranami Ramune (🐻❄️🏖)Komori Met (🪐)Yumeno Akari (🍼)Yano Kuromu (🦴)Tsumugi Kokage (📘💧)Sendo Yuuhi (🫠)Choya Hanabi (🦋🎆)Amayui Moka (🕹🔖) |
| VSPO! English | Remia Aotsuki (🔋🔭)Arya Kuroha (♦️🔪)Jira Jisaki (⛰️)Narin Mikure (🌃🌷)Riko Solari (👩🚀💜) |
| VSPO! China | Kohari AyaShirasaki TsuyuriPafiSen Ikuiku |
References[]
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