| “ | Sana... is... BEEG! | ” |
―Sana's most famous quote | ||
Sana Tsukomo (九十九 佐命) (birthday: June 10)[1] is a Australian former VTuber who is associated with Hololive EN's second generation, HoloCouncil.[2] She debuted with four other VTubers, Fauna Ceres, Kronii Ouro, Mumei Nanashi and Baelz Hakos.
Content[]
On the August 23, 2021, Sana released her debut video, where she talked about herself and her interests. Prior to this, she had uploaded a short. She revealed that she liked pasta, macarons, and round things like baby seals and planet Earth, and when asked for her dislikes, she stated that she disliked sneezing, as her sneezes could potentially destroy the Earth, and that she thought that mosquitos were a mistake.[3] She also discussed her hobbies, astronomy, astrology, graphic design, drawing, traveling, hiking, snorkling, camping, and eating.[4]
Sana also stated that her favorite games were "cute, bad, and psychological" games and that she also enjoyed Pokémon. She was also an anime fan, with her favorites being Kyousouguga, Uchouten Kazoku, and Katanagatari.[5] She also talked about music she liked, which included electronic dance music (including Moe Shop and Ujico*/Snail's House), Go Shina, YOASOBI, and Eve.[6] She also stated that her dreams were to get a telescope, try astrophotography, see her mascot Yatagarasu in 3D, collect the laughter and smiles from everyone, and last a year (i.e. until 23 August 2022) without destroying the Earth.[7]
Sana has stated that regarding her schedule and content, she plans to make astrology streams (performing astrology with the hashtag #Holoscope) and "Kuso Monday", a series where she plays rubbish games.
The next day, she uploaded the first episode of her weekly series Holoscope, titled "【#Holoscopes】01. What bread are you?". The series was about astronomy, star signs and what they indicated about the viewer. She also streamed the games Celeste and Rhythym Heaven Fever, and on the August 27, she hosted her first watchalong, of Insterstellar (2014) along with Kronii. On September 9, she uploaded her first drawing stream.[8] She also hosts karaoke and chatting streams.
Other games she has streamed include Fight Crab, SOMA, I am Bread, Blue Archive, Beat the Beat, Warioware:Get It Together, The Artful Escape, Deltarune, Yomawari: Night Alone, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Metroid Dread, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Splatoon 2, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Shining Pearl, Universe Sandbox and Minecraft. While gaming she tends to act really excitedly and competetive, once knocking over several "urns" (actually ceramic pots) in I am Bread. In her Pokemon streams she is considered to be one of the luckiest players as she effortlessly caught several Pokemen and emerged victorious from numerous battles. Ina'nis recalled that as kids, Sana would defeat her contiunously in the game.
Collaborations[]
Sana and Ina'nis were childhood friends and Ina'nis recalled an incident where Sana defeated her easily in Pokemon (alrhough Sana had no recollection of the incident since she defeated so many people). Ina'nis and Sana have covered the song フタリボシ - 40mP together[9].
In a vein similar to Ollie, a running gag is Sana flirting with others, but being rejected, with her flirting targets being her genmates. When she's with Fauna she often reminds her of the unreciprocated crush she has on her, only for Fauna to insult her back, not realizing that her insults turn Sana. Baelz finds Sana's flirting hilarious, though Kronii rejects it outright[10]. All of her attempts at flirting with Mumei go over her head[11][12].
Sana and Fauna were part of a chatting stream with Calliope, and the two also played Mario Party Superstars with her and Ina'nis[13][14]. Sana also was the winner of the EN x ID Pokemon Holo Throw Down, beating out Reine, Ollie, Calliope, IRyS and Mumei[15]. Mumei, Sana and Calli have reviewed anatomy together[16].
Being from Hololive's second EN generation, her first participation in a competition was the HoloEN Among Us tournament.
On April 22, 2022, Sana was interviewed by Crunchyroll[17]. In a later interview, she would reveal her top 10 anime (in no order) to be Katanagatari, Showa Genroku, Daily Lives of Highschool Boys, Demon Slayer, Rakugo Shinju, Great Pretender, The Eccentric Family, Sayonara Zeboutsu-sensei, The Fate movies, March Comes in Like a Lion and Kyousogiga[18].
She has reviewed bread with Amelia, ranked Aussie snacks with Baelz, and played Mario Party Superstars with Kiara, Baelz and Haachama.
She has also held drawing collabs with Zeta, streamed Minecraft with IRyS, Moona and Kronii, played games on the Super Famicom with Reine, played various retro games with Anya, streamed Powerwash Simulator with Kobo and played Clubhouse 51 games with Kaela.
Despite being retired Sana is still referenced in hololive EN. For example, when Baelz and Kronii covered Holy Night - 逢坂大河・川嶋亜美(釘宮理恵、喜多村英梨) for Christmas 2022, one still in the music video featured Ina'nis receving a postcard from Sana, which is a deliberate nod to the fact that they keep in touch despite her graduation.[19]
Group collaborations[]
| Talents | Stream topic |
|---|---|
| HoloCouncil | #HoloENKimonoRelay[20] |
| HoloMyth, HoloCouncil and IRyS | Among Us[21] |
| Mumei, Reine, Ollie, Sana, Calliope and IRyS | HoloEN x ID Pokemon Holo Throw Down (winner: Sana)[22] |
| Kiara, Akai Haato, Sana, Baelz | Mario Party Superstars[23] |
| Sana, Gura, Kiara, Amelia, Ina'nis, Fauna | Draw and guess[24] |
| Fauna, Sana, Calliope, Ina'nis | Mario Party Superstars[25] |
Design[]
Her character designer is pako and her modeler is tou_ilie.[26]
Sana illustrated her BEEG SMOL model, which was rigged by SeafoamBoi[27].
Her hair decorations in her original character design are reminiscent of Japanese rice flour confections known as sanshoku dango. They consist of three spheres, usually are pink, white and green and are often eaten during cherry blossom viewing. Her hair colour is cosmic latte.
Retirement[]
On July 12, 2022, Sana uploaded a video titled I have something to say![28]. In the video she revealed that she could no longer be a part of hololive and on July 31, 2022, she would graduate from the agency. Sana went into detail about her back injury, explaining that she was so disabled that she was bedridden, couldn't sit upright for long periods of time and was often in extreme debilitating pain. She also cited her long hiatuses and other personal issues as reasons for leaving[29]. For a long time, she avoided telling everyone publicly because she didn't know if she would get better.
Lore[]
A member of the Council and the Speaker of "Space," the very first concept created by the Gods.
After being materialized in the mortal realm, she began researching astrology in earnest for one particular reason. However, she soon stumbled unknowingly upon the Forbidden Truth, and was turned into an apostle for the Ancient Ones.
"Space" refers not only to this universe we live in, but all dimensions and matter to exist. It is a concept unbridled by definition, and one that continues to grow in scope limitlessly. As it is yet to be fully explored by man, her seemingly strange behavior and speech can be explained away with a simple, "Humanity simply isn't yet ready to understand."
As a side note, despite how she may look, she is quite chi... young.[30]
Other[]
- She shares her ties to the ancient ones with Ina'nis Ninomae.
- Sana is also 138 billion years old, and is larger than earth's sun (specifically, she is 1,697,840,000,000 cm), but shrinks herself when she visits earth. The antenna on her head is a limiter which prevents her height from increasing. If removed, her gravitational field would fling Earth out of orbit and wipe out the entire human race. She actually did destroy the earth once by removing it but luckily Fauna was able to restore it with her apple.[31]
- However, her official hololive profile lists her age as 13.8 billion years old.
- Sana's mascot is Yatagarasu. Its true form causes human minds to melt upon viewing it, so it takes the appearance of a cute, three-legged crow tit. It occasionally vomits out wishes, and speaks bird language, though Sana is able to understand it.
- She removed her limiter in her debut but somehow the viewers survived.
- The meteors that impacted Earth 65 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs were actually Sana's tears.
- Her breasts are the size of Jupiter.
- She uses her limiter to make toast.
Discography[]
Albums[]
Astrogirl[]
Release date: June 11, 2022
| Songs |
|---|
| Astrogirl |
| Astrogirl (instrumental) |
Rise[]
Release date: August 24, 2022
| Songs |
|---|
| "Rise" |
| "Rise" (instrumental) |
Quotes[]
- "Where does the difference lie between 0 and 1? The only way to save the void is to validate the existence of "Space".
- "Sananara~"
- "Did you know you can fit 63 Earths into Uranus? 64 if you relax!"
- "After all, mosquitoes are a mistake of the universe!"
- "To people who said I shouldn't have been on break, fuck you!"
Twitter hashtags[]
- #SanaLanding - Stream tag
- #galaxillust - Fan art
- #Sanallite - Fan tag
Partnerships[]
On October 25, the official Anime NYC Twitter account tweeted that every HoloCouncil member were scheduled appear in "Anime NYC".[32] On November 2, Omocat tweeted that they scheduled a collaboration with all of HoloEN[33].
Fandom[]
Her fans are called "Sanallites". Channel members gain perks such as exclusive watchalongs. So far, Sana has streamed A Silent Voice and Violet Evergarden: The Movie, chatting streams and illustration streams. Sana's own mother is a Sanallite[34].
In-jokes/memes[]
- Calliope was formerly the tallest of HoloEN, but after the second generation introduced two members (Sana and Kronii) who were taller than her, Dead Beats, Kronies and Sanallites began joking that Calli was "compensating for something".
- Yatagarusu is a Space Cheeto/Forbidden Gummy Worm.
- In her Holoscopes streams, fans divide themselves based on "Zodiac Gangs"
- "Sana is...eternal"
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 50,000 subscribers: August 17, 2021
Decline[]
- Below 50,000 subscribers: August 19, 2021
Regrowth[]
- 50,000 subscribers: August 22, 2021
- 100,000 subscribers: August 22, 2021
- 150,000 subscribers: August 23, 2021
Decline[]
- Below 150,000 subscribers: August 24, 2021
Regrowth[]
- 150,000 subscribers: September 6, 2021
Video view milestones[]
- 1 million views: August 24, 2021
- 2 million views: August 27, 2021
- 3 million views: September 11, 2021
- 4 million views: September 23, 2021
Trivia[]
- She streams the least out of HoloEN.
- She speaks English and is in the process of learning Japanese. She cannot read kanji.
- She once cried after receiving many superchats.[35]
- Baelz described Sana as the ultimate "ドM" (masochist), having insane art skills and a heart as big as space.
- Sana's birthday, June 10, was the date of a solar eclipse in 2021.
- She tends to speak in Australian slang - for example, she refers to McDonald's as "Macca's".
- Sana had a dog named Taco, who passed away in October 2021.
- She has a thing for feet, especially Fauna's.
- She used to be a singer for a rock metal band.[36]
- She knows a lot about physics and space time theory, as shown in her Interstellar watchalong.
- Sana has lower back problems. She is physically disabled and needs a cane to walk, hence her hiatuses during streaming[37].
- She is the first member of HoloEN to graduate.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 【Sana's Birthday】HERE'S A TOAST! #toastsanaday by Tsukumo Sana Ch. hololive-EN. YouTube. June 10, 2022.
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=987
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=1538
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=1539
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=1540
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=1541
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=2311
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOw07wkXV3w
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84uvWfZqqeg
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ourokronii/status/1428064740706721795
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tsukumosana/status/1427667541913063428
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tsukumosana/status/1428053286372855810
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m26LjTMlbwE
- ↑ https://twitter.com/moricalliope/status/1484363150371979264/photo/1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/moricalliope/status/1486387679583678464/photo/1
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60r1O06S4jo
- ↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2022/04/22-1/interview-sana-tsukumo-and-the-value-of-taking-it-easy
- ↑ https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2022/04/22-1/recs-vtuber-tsukumo-sanas-top-10-anime
- ↑ https://youtu.be/xvvjwhLG4Dw?t=77
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhPtuL_VQ4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuXDcwUflJU
- ↑ https://twitter.com/moricalliope/status/1486387679583678464/photo/1
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k4mmi8YjmA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrbQhFqtFAM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/moricalliope/status/1484363150371979264/photo/1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tou_ilie/status/1429504348694872070
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SeafoamBoi/status/1549924860566069252
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbqJ7JObVBM&t=29s
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/t9oko2/sanas_absence_from_streaming_has_been_due_to_a/
- ↑ https://hololive.hololivepro.com/en/talents/tsukumo-sana/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3Tv5GyebhQo?t=988
- ↑ https://twitter.com/animenyc/status/1453029666122608641
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_omocat/status/1455323771523510282/photo/1
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYbiw_rIBCY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyDjWulg0uU
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGkHER3aL4A
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnvIz4Kr5Zg&feature=youtu.be