ヨメミ V-AR チューバー -萌実- (English: Moemi & Yomemi Channel) is a Japanese Virtual YouTube channel run by Eilene, one of the first Virtual YouTubers who had made debut in early-2014 on the bittranslate channel (now known as Mirai Akari; 2017–23). From 2017 until 2022, the channel's brand was once the namesake for the two twin VTubers: Moemi Yumeno (Japanese: 夢野もえみ / Yumeno Moemi) and Yomemi Moemo (Japanese: よめみもも / Moemo Yomemi), who were first created by Eilene in making gaming and entertainment videos on this channel. The channel was later expanded in 2019 to feature Étra.
On December 12, 2022, Eilene announced her retirement, citing her worsening mental health; at the same time, their channel was terminated, officially in "violation of YouTube's Community Guidelines", (this was suspected to be hacked). Less than a year later, on November 19, 2023, the Moemi & Yomemi Channel was reinstated and made accessible again, though half of the videos from this channel was either privatized, unlisted or were entirely removed.
This channel, now handled by Eilene without Moemi or Yomemi present, would become active once again, starting February 9, 2024.
History[]
Debut[]
The first video was created on August 21, 2017, the day after Moemi first stepped in & created Moemi & Yomemi Channel. Then, on January 7, 2018, Yomemi made an official appearance in the form of a visual novel video type.
On January 7, 2018, just before Yomemi was officially debuted into Moemi & Yomemi Channel, Eilene announced that she made "Moemi from 1 year ago" and converted into a "Virtual Girlfriend" App on Google Play Store, with a changed voice during the growth period, called "Yomemi-san". It was because Eilene and Moemi, the only two working on this channel until early 2018, are struggling to make two videos per week, which Eilene was so stressed that she only made one video per month, because of the number of videos she required to edit.
On September 2, 2019, a new VTuber Étra appeared as a new family member of the Moemi & Yomemi Channel, primarily in episodic anime videos and ASMR videos, and had made her guest appearance on one of EIlene's livestreams.
Channel[]
The channel was run by Eilene, Moemi and Yomemi starting January 2018. The twins, especially their YouTube Channel was managed by Eilene, who used to make videos on what's now called Mirai Akari Project on March 4, 2014, until October 25, 2017, when Mirai Akari debuted on her channel, and Eilene subsequently began working with Moemi & Yomemi Channel, and later with Natsumi Moe. Prior to her initial retirement in December 2022, Eilene manages some degree of business aspects to other VTubers named Moemi, Yomemi, and Beilene (which Eilene and Beilene) are part of Eilene's Anime Sisters). This channel also features Étra, a latest member of the channel since September 2, 2019. She later has her own YouTube channel since May 2020.
On December 12, 2022, Eilene temporarily ceased all of her activities due to her failing health. Concurrently, the Moemi & Yomemi channel was terminated for violating Community Guidelines; this was suspected to be caused by hackers. Eilene was able to restore the channel on November 19, 2023, though roughly half of the videos were either privatized or lost, and on February 9, 2024, she became active on this channel once more, publishing the video regarding the details of an entertainment group dispute with a Chinese businessman (who she had previously sold her group to since 2022).
Between Dec. 2022 and Feb. 2024, Eilene had been sporadically active on social media.
As of 2024, Moemi, and Etra (who is temporarily transferred to a vTuber group Aogiri High School since 2023), would continue their independent VTuber livestreaming careers, sometimes appearing side by side on some occasions. The status of Yomemi is not known.
About[]
Since 2017, and again in 2024, this channel has been handled by EIlene.
Moemi Yumeno is the first VTuber, to appear in Moemi & Yomemi YouTube Channel on August 20, 2017. From there, she made gaming videos, notably Minecraft, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (with Beno-chan in some occasions), and doing various stuff on Eilene's Photoshop Show, where Eilene and/or Yomemi are making funny pictures using Adobe Photoshop. Other than playing video games, she can also dance and sing as an idol, which it was evidenced by her new outfit that was since emerged in June 2019.
Yomemi Moemo, who secondly appeared in Moemi & Yomemi Channel on January 7, 2018, is a Virtual Girlfirend AI, and together, both did various things. She is, according to Eilene, an 'alter-ego' of "Moemi-san". She is an assistant and additional recruitment to the channel, and she too plays video games like Moemi.
The twins, along with Natsumi Moe, Beilene, Eilene, and Comdost, are part of Eilene's studio firm ICETEA, which she presumably founded after Eilene left DUO & ENTUM on June 2018.
Trivia[]
- Moemi first played Dragon Quest XI the day after the beginning of her channel and she would later play Minecraft and PUBG. For Yomemi after January 7, 2018, she first played Minecraft, as well as Grand Theft Auto V and Cuphead.
- From August 20th, 2017 to the early hours of January 7, 2018 (the day of Yomemi's debut into YouTube), Moemi, plus Eilene only made 29 videos. This increases their need for another Virtual YouTuber to help advance their production due to Eilene's struggles and stress. It will be named "Yomemi Moemi", a virtual girlfriend and alter-ego of Moemi Yomeno from 2017.
- Somewhere in 2019, a new Moemi 3D model was in the works. On May 17, 2019, Eilene told Moemi that her 3D model won't be released anymore, claiming that it was partly because of her budget issues, and partly because of Beilene (alternate personality of Eilene), leading into a gameplay battle of Azur Lane characters, Eilene and Moemi versus. Beilene on World of Warships Gameplay. It wasn't until, on June 7, Moemi finally had a 3D model outfit on.
- The video titled 【ASMR】Getting a massage from Moemi♡ (Warning: Age-restricted video) is (presumably) the only ASMR video to be posted in Moemi & Yomemi Channel on August 22, 2019. That video, as of 2024, is one of hundreds of videos which were unlisted, but remains accessible to the public.
- It was also the only video in Moemi & Yomemi Channel to be deemed as "Age-restricted video (based on Community Guidelines)", primarily because of the number of flagged reports from many YouTubers complaining about Moemi's groaning sounds, and possible sexual acts in that video, making this as erotic.
- This was believed to be the first video posted by a Virtual YouTuber to be flagged as age-inappropriate until Projekt Melody starting on December 28, 2019.
- This video also caused Natsumi Moe to respond to the video saying "I'm telling mom.", indicating that she is either shocked or angered by Moemi's actions.
- It was also the only video in Moemi & Yomemi Channel to be deemed as "Age-restricted video (based on Community Guidelines)", primarily because of the number of flagged reports from many YouTubers complaining about Moemi's groaning sounds, and possible sexual acts in that video, making this as erotic.
- She was adapted into "Yomemi Mod" in Grand Theft Auto V. It was infamously used as a prank by Eilene to make Yomemi (who was playing GTA V in a challenge to kill 100 LAPD officers) to kill 100 doppelgangers of herself.
- By late-2019 and early 2020, Eilene, Moemi & Yomemi all have 3D models, with the latter two were modeled by an American 3D Virtual YouTuber modeler DigitrevX.
- DigitrevX is also the one who modeled/created the original Projekt Melody.