Sakura Miko

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Official Bio
"Nya-hello! I'm the elite shrine maiden of hololive, Sakura Miko!"

Used to work hard in the Virtual Sakura Shrine accomplishing duties as a shrine maiden until, following the gods' orders, she was led to Japan where she found out about Tokino Sora. After developing huge admiration for her, she decided to become a virtual shrine maiden idol and continue to keep working hard for that dream!

Overview
Miko is a self-proclaimed "Elite" shrine maiden. More often than not this backfires and "Elite" becomes a common term used by her viewers to tease her whenever she makes mistakes or unlucky decisions due to her clumsy nature. Despite that, she has the determination to finish the challenges she face, having done numerous endurance streams which usually lasted for up to 12 hours.

In contrast to her occupation as a shrine maiden, Miko is an otaku at heart and has a deep passion for all things Eroge. She has defended her love for Eroges from her viewers in various occasions, explaining everything she likes about them from illustrations to sounds and visuals. She will also drop anything she's doing to rant at her viewers if she ever gets called out for liking Eroge only for its NSFW aspects. She is particularly fond of Eroges with a story that can make her cry, and favors blonde twin-tailed loli type characters, claiming at several occasions that Akai Haato is her #1 choice to romance if Hololive were to become a gal-game.

She was in the main cast of "Miko no Tsutome! (みこのつとめっ！)", which was the first series of short animations under the Holo Anime (ホロアニメ) brand, which was a precursor to Holo no Graffiti. In the series, she is accompanied by her pet pink cat shikigami named "Kintoki" (金時).

Her representative emote is a cherry blossom (Sakura).

Personality
A lover of all things chaotic and fun, she has a preference for games with a whole lot of freedom given to a player, and the ability to shoot various guns, unloading them against her enemies. All the reason why she has spent huge amounts of hours on Sandbox genre games like Grand Theft Auto V (so much that she has started to claim to be raised in Los Santos), Minecraft, and ARK. She is very open to the suggestions of her 35P, which has lead her to play similar Shooter games like Serious Sam 3: BFE, Just Cause 3, Saints Row IV, Yakuza, Doom, and recently, Far Cry 5. When presented with the opportunity to be stealthy in games, she will almost always pick the "Elite" option of busting through the front door guns blazing, often leading to her own demise.

She considers herself to be one of the most introverted people in Hololive, but does her best in hiding that side of her once she's in front of the camera. Although not as confident as the rest when it comes to singing, she has a beautiful singing voice and has done multiple karaoke streams, oftentimes as an early morning guerrilla stream. As much as she can (to her limited Elite English), she wants to entertain even her Worldwide 35P by surprising them with songs they will least likely expect her to know.

To add to that is her slight interest in western culture. Asides from expressing a desire of going to America and shooting a gun in real life, she has adopted multiple memes of western origins. Through the influence of her Worldwide 35P, she has adopted the "Press F to Pay Respects" meme, using it regularly on streams, and has added it as one of her Membership emojis. She has played through Call of Duty games on stream to learn more about the origins of the meme.

Whenever possible through the game's settings, she prefers to play games with an English voice with Japanese subtitles rather than both of them in Japanese, leading her to pick up a lot of English swears by imitating whatever she hears from the games. Through this she may have adopted the phrase "FAQ" (ファッキュー, fakkyū), often to express her anger in-game or when YouTube AI decides to preemptively take down her streams before they even begin.

2018

 * Mar. 31 Twitter account creation date.
 * Apr. 24 YouTube channel creation date.
 * Aug. 01 YouTube debut date, and first uploaded video.
 * Aug. 27 Achieved a 1,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Dec. 19 Achieved a 3,500 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Dec. 25 Originally an independent VTuber for Cover corp.. She joined Hololive as the main cast in "Miko no Tsutome! (みこのつとめっ！)".
 * Dec. 26 Achieved a 5,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.

2019

 * Jan. 24 Achieved a 10,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Feb. 26 Released first original song "My name is elite☆ (マイネームイズエリート☆)".
 * Apr. 25 Membership feature opened.
 * May. 07 Bilibili channel creation date.
 * May. 12 Achieved a 25,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * July. 09 Achieved a 50,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Aug. 01 1st Anniversary celebration stream and her 3D swimsuit outfit announcement.
 * Aug. 03 Revealed her 3D swimsuit outfit.
 * Sep. 21 Achieved a 74,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Dec. 05 New 3D model designed by ordan.
 * Dec. 06 Achieved a 100,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Dec. 08 Revealed her 3D model update, replacing her original model.

2020

 * Jan. 09 Achieved a 100,000 bilibili subscriber milestone.
 * Jan. 24 Appeared alongside all of the Hololive members up to the 3rd Generation in hololive 1st fes. Nonstop Story. She debuted her 3D Idol outfit.
 * Mar. 01 Aired first episode of "AsaMiko NEWS (あさみこNEWS)", a series parodying Kiryu Coco's "AsaCoco LIVE News".
 * Mar. 16 Achieved a 200,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Mar. 24 Achieved a 200,000 bilibili subscriber milestone.
 * Mar. 27 Released second original song "Sakura Kaze".
 * June. 07 Achieved a 300,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * July. 19 Participated in VILLS "Virtual UNIT Fes." with Hoshimachi Suisei as Hololive Special Unit "miComet".
 * July. 22 Twitch channel creation date.
 * Aug. 03 Achieved a 400,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Oct. 01 Achieved a 500,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Oct. 18 Reddit account creation date.
 * Nov. 07 Achieved a 600,000 YouTube subscriber milestone during her GTA V stream.
 * Dec. 02 Twitch debut date and first Watch Party.
 * Dec. 08 Achieved a 700,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.
 * Dec. 23 Revealed her 3D model update which includes her main and original outfits.

2021

 * Jan. 15 Achieved an 800,000 YouTube subscriber milestone during a karaoke stream.
 * Feb. 28 Achieved a 900,000 YouTube subscriber milestone during a karaoke stream.
 * Mar. 06 Revealed her 3D plain clothes outfit.
 * Apr. 30 Achieved a 1,000,000 YouTube subscriber milestone during a karaoke stream.

Stream Rules
For the main page, see Stream Rules.

Miko has the following streaming rules in her streams' descriptions:

Fans
She officially calls her fans "35P" (みこぴー Mikopi) who also serve as her channel mascots. They are depicted as white cats with eyes usually drawn as solid black circles, each with varying expressions. She calls her fans outside Japan as "Worldwide 35P".

The fan name originates from her nickname "Miko" (みこ), which can be harmonized into the numbers "3" and "5" in Japanese. These numbers also correspond to her birthday (March 5). In reference to this, Miko's fans often Super Chat her streams in amounts of "3" and "5" (e.g. ¥3,535). The "P" in the fan name is said by Miko to stand for "Producer".

35P appear as some of her Membership badges and emojis in her stream. They have also made an appearance in Hololive's collaboration with Dawn of the Breakers.

Other Media

 * She co-hosted a monthly variety show in the REALITY app called "Kamigami Samitto" (神々さみっと) with Kazamiya Matsuri of Balus, Sister Claire of Nijisanji, and Tenjin Kotone from April 12 to September 25, 2019.
 * She made an appearance in Hololive's collaboration with "Dawn of the Breakers" (暁のブレイカーズ) on September 12, 2019. She is one of the playable characters alongside Roboco, Akai Haato, Shirakami Fubuki, Natsuiro Matsuri, Aki Rosenthal, Minato Aqua, Nakiri Ayame, Oozora Subaru, and Ookami Mio, with Yuzuki Choco making a story appearance only.
 * Kintoki and 35P also appear as usable Items in the game.
 * She voices Kiriko, a playable character in "100% Orange Juice" on December 20, 2019. Kiriko also gains Miko's original and current costumes as her new cosmetics.
 * Announced in Dengekionline on January 28, 2020, she will make an appearance in the game "VVVtune" (ブイブイブイテューヌ) as one of the VTuber guest characters alongside Tokino Sora, Roboco, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco, Inugami Korone, Shirogane Noel and Houshou Marine.
 * She was a part of the "VirtuaREAL MIX.01" Album, which is a mix of VTuber original songs coming from 37 Artists. Her original song "My name is elite☆" is 18th on the Track List of the album.
 * She performed alongside Yuujin - A live in USAGI Production's Twitch stream on May 24, 2020, where she sang her original songs "My name is elite☆" and "Sakura Kaze".
 * She made an appearance in Hololive's collaboration with "maimai DX Splash" (maimai でらっくす Splash) along with Tokino Sora through their original song "マイオドレ！舞舞タイム" on September 17, 2020.
 * She made an appearance in Hololive's collaboration with "Cardfight!! Vanguard ZERO" (ヴァンガード ZERO) on November 17, 2020 in the Japanese version, and on February 18, 2021 in the English version of the game. She is one of the playable characters alongside Hoshimachi Suisei.
 * She made an appearance in Hololive's second collaboration with "WACCA" along with Usada Pekora through their original song "PekoMiko Daisenso!!" on November 19, 2020.

Trivia

 * Her original design's Illustrator is Tanaka Yuuichi, who is known for his works as the Character Designer for A Certain Magical Index and OreGairu.
 * Miko sang a cover of the song Yukitoki, which was the opening song in the first season of Oregairu.
 * During her collaboration stream with Suou Patra of HoneyStrap, Miko confirms to Patra that her "NyaHello" greeting is a reference to Yui Yuigahama from Oregairu. In the series, Yui greets with "Yahallo".
 * Her YouTube channel name was formerly "3.5 Channel - さくらみこ".
 * Through her current model, shares the same Illustrator with the following VTubers:
 * Tokino Sora (current) and Yuujin - A.
 * Along with Kiryu Coco, she is followed by the official ARK: Survival Evolved account on Twitter.
 * Kurose Kousuke, known as the Illustrator for Goblin Slayer manga, drew Miko for her birthday.
 * At the Super Chat-reading segment of her streams, her viewers often respond with "ちゃり～ん (Charin~)" on her live chat. It is in reference to the sound coins make when falling inside an offering box at shrines.
 * She has received a large popularity boost due to her Grand Theft Auto V streams.
 * Her Rockstar Games Social Club crew is NyahelloWorld.
 * As part of the 35P Birthday Project in 2021, the Sakura Miko 35P EN Server commissioned voice actor Ned Luke who portrayed the voice and physical role of Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto V to say a very special birthday message to Miko in honor of the game that helped boost her confidence and led to her meteoric rise in popularity amongst international viewers.
 * Is one of the Hololive Production VTubers with a verified YouTube channel. Other verified members can be found here.
 * Is one of the moderators in the official Hololive Subreddit. Other members can be seen here.
 * Miko once watched SUPERNATURAL while very sick and took a very strong medicine that put her to sleep right after watching it. Whilst in bed half sleep, she began having hallucinations with monsters from the series causing her to scream and cry in fear, and her mother who sat next to her worried was unsure of what to do despite wanting to help. Though Miko mentioned that she recalls it as a fond memory.

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Original Songs
The following are original songs by Miko.

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Discography
The following are a list of albums Miko has made or participated in.

Cover Songs
The following are a list of songs covered by Miko.

BGM
The following are a list of background music Miko has used in her streams and videos.