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* [[NEGI☆U]]. Group consisting of Minato Aqua, [[Oozora Subaru]] and [[Momosuzu Nene]]. |
* [[NEGI☆U]]. Group consisting of Minato Aqua, [[Oozora Subaru]] and [[Momosuzu Nene]]. |
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* StartEnd. A group originally formed for the [https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Shibuya_HAL ShibuyaHAL]'s [https://liquipedia.net/apexlegends/Vtuber_Most_Cooperatitive_Tournament/4 VSaikyou Tournament #4]. Consisting of [[Tokoyami Towa]] as team leader with Aqua and [[Hoshimachi Suisei]] as member. The three have continued to collab as group after the tournament conclusion. |
* StartEnd. A group originally formed for the [https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Shibuya_HAL ShibuyaHAL]'s [https://liquipedia.net/apexlegends/Vtuber_Most_Cooperatitive_Tournament/4 VSaikyou Tournament #4]. Consisting of [[Tokoyami Towa]] as team leader with Aqua and [[Hoshimachi Suisei]] as member. The three have continued to collab as group after the tournament conclusion. |
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* NASS. A cross-company group consisting of [[Nekomata Okayu]], Minato Aqua and Nijisanji's [https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Shiina_Yuika Shiina Yuika] and [https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Sasaki_Saku Sasaki Saku] |
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**[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZUaScptUZ7vBeV-4Vf4nw Himari Mochizuki] of UniCreate and [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw-jEa3_788VkvM2zHzrDnw Hourei Tenten]. |
**[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZUaScptUZ7vBeV-4Vf4nw Himari Mochizuki] of UniCreate and [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw-jEa3_788VkvM2zHzrDnw Hourei Tenten]. |
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*Is one of the Hololive Production VTubers with a verified YouTube channel. Other verified members can be found [[:Category:YouTube Verified Members|here]]. |
*Is one of the Hololive Production VTubers with a verified YouTube channel. Other verified members can be found [[:Category:YouTube Verified Members|here]]. |
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*She is a big fan of Sword Art Online and its main character Kirito. |
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** She owns a black (Kirito's signature color) water dispenser that she named Kirito. |
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** Her idolization of Kirito has resulted in a friendly rivalry with her Nijisanji counterpart [https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Takamiya_Rion Takamiya Rion] who had called each other "delusional" over the specific way they idolize Kirito (Aqua is a fan of Kirito the character and wants to become Kirito while Rion is a fan of Kirito's voice actor and wants to become Kirito's girlfriend).<ref>Onion Dealer (2023/11/28). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSBsOM-7BRU Even the Author knew about Aqua and Rion competing for Kirito 【Hololive/ENG Sub】].</ref> |
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*During the VSaikyou Tournament, Aqua's earned the nickname Mad Dog due to her reckless and aggressive play style that force her team leader Towa to rein in several time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj39ZHVJ7Fs</ref> |
*During the VSaikyou Tournament, Aqua's earned the nickname Mad Dog due to her reckless and aggressive play style that force her team leader Towa to rein in several time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj39ZHVJ7Fs</ref> |
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**According to Watame, Aqua's Mad Dog play style extends outside of Apex Legend to even board game.<ref>https://youtu.be/2SYUUQqnvWg</ref> |
**According to Watame, Aqua's Mad Dog play style extends outside of Apex Legend to even board game.<ref>https://youtu.be/2SYUUQqnvWg</ref> |
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Minato Aqua | |
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"KonAqua! Minato Aqua desu!" 「こんあくあ!湊あくあです!」 | |
Details | |
Japanese Name | 湊あくあ |
English Name | Minato Aqua |
Chinese Name | 湊-阿库娅 |
Debut Date | August 8, 2018 (YouTube) |
Member of | hololive 2nd Gen |
Fan Name | Aqua Crew (あくあクルー) |
Emoji / Oshi Mark | ⚓ |
Official Media | |
YouTube | Aqua Ch. 湊あくあ |
Twitch | minatoaquach_hololive |
Website | hololivepro.com (EN) hololivepro.com (JP) hololive.tv (EN) hololive.tv (JP) |
@minatoaqua | |
Marshmallow | @minatoaqua |
Spotify | 湊あくあ |
TikTok | @minatoaqua_hololive |
TwitCasting | @minatoaqua |
bilibili | 湊-阿库娅Official |
Other | @minatoaqua - OPENREC.tv |
Personal | |
Birthday | December 01st |
Height | 148cm |
Weight | 44.5 kg |
Hashtags | |
General | #湊あくあ |
Stream Talk | #湊あくあ生放送 |
Fans | #あくあクルー |
Fanart | #あくあーと |
Video Clips | #切り抜きあくたん |
MMD | #湊あくあMMD |
Aqua Talk | #あくトーク |
Minecraft | #AKUKIN建設 |
Nicknames | |
Japanese | あくあ、あくたん、あてぃし |
English | Onion, Baqua |
Chinese | 阿夸、洋葱 |
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"A-quality day to one and all! I'm Minato Aqua!"
A marine maid-styled virtual maid. She is trying her very best, yet is still sometimes awkward and clumsy.
Minato Aqua (湊あくあ) is a marine maid Virtual YouTuber for Hololive 2nd Generation unit. Her YouTube channel was created on July 31st and her twitter account was created few days later. On August 08th 2018 she posted her video debut to YouTube[11]. On April 8th 2019 she debuted her first 3D model[12] and debuted her 3D swimsuit model[13] a few months later in August 17th 2019. She also got a New Year Live2D costume in January 2nd 2020[14].
Aqua is most known to be a cute airhead maid who likes to prank her friends, but somehow it almost always backfires due to the combinations of her less than desirable luck and lack of preparations. Because of that, she tends to be the target of jokes and pranks from other members.
She loves to play competitive PVP games like Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, League of Legends, and Apex Legends (where she managed to finish Season 4 at Diamond 4[15]). She also likes to complete challenge runs of games, some examples being beating Dark Souls in under 3 hours[16], a Sekiro speedrun in under 2 hours[17], or endurance Apex Legend stream until Diamond[18][19].
According to Aqua she joined Hololive as she was very introverted and wanted to be more social with other people. She auditioned for Hololive without knowing really what it was, only realizing at the audition that it is the agency with Tokino Sora and Shirakami Fubuki in it, that she knew of already.[20]
She admits she is a hikkikomori, but doesn't mind it and only wishes she could be better at socializing.
Her representative emote is an anchor due to her marine theme and anchors on her dress.
A term, or a pun, based on a combination the word "cap", as in the hat, and the Japanese term "Inkya", similar to the English term "Introvert".
Coined by her chat as Aqua has said she always wears a cap when going outside to help her avoid eye contact with other people and to hide her face. Other Hololive members would often remark on it with phrases like "Oh Aqua is wearing a cap again". Eventually she started to get worried people notice she only wears the same cap every time and bought more different ones, but then others started to comment on that "Oh its a different cap then usual".
When she didn't wear one her Manager became worried and asked her "You're not wearing a cap today are you ok?" [21]
From her first debut video, Aqua looks like a pure and innocent maid who likes to play video games. As time went on, she evolved from a pure and innocent maid to a giant airhead who somehow always ended up in an embarrassing situations (sometimes deliberately). Despite that, she makes no attempt to avoid any actions that may ending up humiliating her because of her masochistic tendencies. She even dedicated one stream for other Hololive members to bully her[22]. She is also childish and likes to throw tantrums by smacking her table and screaming when things don't go as she initially planned. One of her catchphrases (which she shares with another 2nd generation member, Murasaki Shion) is "NEEEEEE".
Although her initial image may paint her as childish and a crybaby, Aqua is extremely resilient and will stop at nothing to reach her goal, especially in gaming. She often does very long endurance streams to complete the challenges she places on herself. She is also shown to be very mechanically skilled in a competitive games[23] being one of the best Smash and Apex player in Hololive. As evidence of this she was able to clear Jump King[24] which is widely considered to be an obnoxiously challenging platformer[25]. Her reason for becoming so good at gaming was because she thought that there was nothing that made her stand out from the rest and as such she wanted to keep practicing to get better at it so that people watching her streams would be able to enjoy them.[26]
According to other VTubers and Hololive members, Aqua is kind but very shy and introverted while off-camera. One events that exhibits this is the time she and her Vtuber friends Takamiya Rion & Lize Helestia were going to USJ(Universal Studio Japan). The three of them were on the same train heading towards USJ when her friends contacted Aqua asking where she was, she replied stating "I'm sitting across from you in the same train car" which surprised them. [27] In a stream Takamiya Rion was talking about having nobody to watch the Sword Art Online movie with and her chat suggested inviting Aqua, as they are both big fans of the franchise, and Rion said that Aqua becomes very nervous and wont talk at all when meeting with her in real life. [28]
During her debut stream in 2018 she had 1500 viewers, but afterwards she would only get around 300 when she streamed. She was worried about what she did to lose so many people and thought "What can I do to get lot of people to watch". When thinking back on the old Aqua, she felt as though she didn't think things through, and focused on herself, not noticing what else was going on around her. She has since changed and says she now pays attention to what other members are doing etc. When asked what she would say to her old self, she said that people around her are a lot kinder then she thinks. Back then she thought everyone was scary, other members, management, and she did everything alone since she didn't want to deal with them, but she has become comfortable with them now. [29]
Aqua is close friends with Murasaki Shion and they often tease or play pranks on each other on stream or in games. The entire hololive 2nd Generation had a Discord call together before her debut and she thought Shion didn't like her, but after working together a while they started to become friends.
When Shion was feeling down, Aqua wanted to help her and even though Shion said she was fine and would turn her down, Aqua would persist and stay by her, which may have been a big turning point in their friendship.
Once when shopping together, Aqua went to buy a new purse and Shion decided to get one as well, buying a matching one with Aqua, after which they have both bought many matching items and clothing. [30]
For the main page, see Stream Rules.
Aqua has the following streaming rules in her streams' descriptions:
⚓あくたんとの約束⚓
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Greetings | こんあくあ~ | Konaqua! | Her greeting; a combination of "Konbanwa" and "-Aqua". |
Introduction | みんなさんども | minna-san domo | She usually opened up her stream by saying this then konaqua. |
Farewell | ばいばい | bye byee | Aqua doesn't use farewell lines often and sometimes she uses multiple different farewell lines depending on what she wants to say. |
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Scene | Lines | Romaji | Meaning / Notes |
Waiting | なるはや待機 | naruhaya Taiki | Aqua once misread a kanji (尚早) as "naruhaya"[60] |
Greetings | こんあくあ~ | Konaqua! | Viewer greetings is exactly the same as how Aqua greets |
Farewell | おつあくあ~ | otsuaqua! | A combination between "otsukare" and "-aqua" |
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According to Aqua, Aqutan is Aqua's little sister. She occasionally appears whenever Aqua feels like doing a loli voice. Her first appearance was at Fubuki's channel in April 13 2020[73]. Aqutan is an extremely innocent child but share a resemblance to her big sister when it comes to gaming skill as she's good enough to speedrun Sekiro in under 80 minutes[74]
Aqutan and Fubuki-chan(by Gaou)
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No speculations and rumors, just fun facts! |
Main full body
(by Gaou)
Main 3D Model
Main 3D Model
Swimsuit Model
New Year full body
(by とぴあ)
Nonstop Story Full Illustration
(by Narumi-Nanami)
Anniversary full body
(by Gaou)
Anniversary 3D Model
Sixth full body
(by Gaou)
Sixth full body (with cat ears)
(by Gaou)
Seventh full body
Major Artwork
(by Narumi-Nanami)
Summer 2019
(by Narumi-Nanami)
1st fes. Nonstop Story
hololive 2nd Live
(by Narumi-Nanami)
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
Azur Lane Collaboration Outfit
(by Gaou)
Azur Lane Collaboration Outfit
(by Gaou)
By Gaou
By Gaou
Christmas 2019
(by Gaou)
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
Animedia September 2020
Cover Illustration
(by Gaou)
By Gaou
By Gaou
By Gaou
From hololive VTuber Official Fanbook "SUMMER SCENES"
(by Gaou)
Birthday 2018
(by Gaou)
Birthday 2019
(by Gaou)
Birthday 2020
(by Gaou)
600k Subscribers &
2nd Anniversary
(by Gaou)
With Fubutan
(by Gaou)
With Manjigumi
(by Kagura Nana)
With Manjigumi
(by Kagura Nana)
With Mel and Rushia
(by Yasuyuki, Gaou, and Ayamy)
With Hololive
From "LIVER DIVER"
(by Shigure Ui)
With Houshou Marine & Gawr Gura
(by Shion Midorikawa)
Poster art for Aquarium maid Aqua by Hanekoto
Nonstop Story Concept Illustration
(by ordan)
Loading Screen Art
From Azur Lane
[Super Rare] Submarine
From Azur Lane
(by Gaou)
[Super Rare] Submarine (Transparent)
From Azur Lane
(by Gaou)
Marine Maid
From Azur Lane
(by Gaou)
Marine Maid (Transparent)
From Azur Lane
(by Gaou)
From Dawn of the Breakers
Swimsuit Skin
From Dawn of the Breakers
With Lucrecia
From LAST IDEA
(by Gaou)
Midari Ikishima in Minato Aqua's costume
From V-Ani 2019 x Kakegurui×× Collaboration
Minato Aqua in Midari Ikishima's costume
From V-Ani 2019 x Kakegurui×× Collaboration
From Ark Order
From Ark Order
From VVVtune
From LAWSON
With Shishiro Botan
From Red Bull
(by Tomari)
With Shishiro Botan
From Red Bull 5G Event
(by DELF)
With 2nd Gen and Gamers
From Weiß Schwarz
(by Narumi-Nanami)
From BanG Dream!
The following are original songs by Aqua.
The following are a list of albums Aqua has made or participated in.
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