"A diva who became reborn into the virtual world in order to fabricate a new world. No matter the time, place, or position, she warps through all the barricades with her dazzling talent."
Overview
AZKi is a virtual singer and the only member of INoNaKa Music. She debuted on Youtube with her song cover of Just be Friends on November 15th, 2018.[10] As a singer, AZKi has held several live concerts, and was a participating member of Nonstop Story. She has more than a dozen singles, has released her own album titled 『without U』 and appears on a number of collaboration albums such as Tokino Sora's mini-album 『My Loving』.
AZKi regularly holds karaoke streams on her channel. She also hosts a radio series titled 「AZKi's World Pioneering Radio」, or AzuRadio for short, where she invites a guest on and speaks to them. Notable guests include fellow hololive members Tokino Sora[11] and Hoshimachi Suisei[12] as well as independent VTuber Tenjin Kotone.[13]
Personality
AZKi is a stubborn yet kindhearted girl. Though she can be silly and tease, she's generally well-mannered and well-liked. Her hobbies include cooking (which she uses the dedicated #今日のあずきごはん tag for), watching movies, music, and singing. She uses the ⚒️ emoji for herself, and fans reference it in live concerts by forming a two-handed X above their heads.
History
2018
Nov. 14 Twitter account creation date.
Nov. 15 YouTube channel was creation date. She debuted with a cover of Just be Friends.[14]
Dec. 24 Achieved a 10,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[15]
2019
Jan. 01 Achieved a 20,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[16]
Feb. 14 Announced she would be represented by upd8.[17]
Apr. 29 Achieved a 50,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[18]
May 19 Held first live concert at Akihabara ENTAS, titled "The Shitest Start"[19]. She announced that she was joining Innonaka Music alongside Hoshimachi Suisei.[20]
July 27 Took part in the live event "INNK EXHiBiTiOn"[22]. Held second live concert at Akihabara ENTAS, titled "A GOODDAY TO DiE".[23]
Sep. 21 Took part in the concert "LAST V STANDiNG vol.1"[24] alongside Shishigami Leona. Began a two-day release event for her album, "without U" on the same day.[25]
Sep. 22 Held third live concert at Akihabara ENTAS, titled "レペゼンエンタス" (Repezan ENTAS).[26]
Dec. 05 Achieved a 70,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[27]
Dec. 29 Held fourth live concert at Ikebukuro Harevutai. [29]
2020
Jan. 24 Took part in Hololive's first festival: Non-stop Story.[30] AZKi sang without U as a solo, and performed Dream☆Story and Kirameki Rider with groups.[31]
Mar. 18 Achieved a 100,000 YouTube subscriber milestone[32]
May 16 Was to hold her fifth live concert, "three for the hood". However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the concert was canceled.[34]
July 04 Held a live concert on Youtube culminating in the announcement of her 5th live's rescheduling: "R.I.P AZHOOD" would now be held on NicoNicoDouga on July 25th.[35]
July 17 Achieved a 150,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[36]
Sep. 23 Achieved a 200,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[37]
⚒ Members-only live stream ⚒ Live streams released irregularly
⚒ Members-only images ⚒ Images released once a month
⚒ AZKi Pioneer Diary ⚒ Diary released twice a month
3 Code Miracle
Shotgun Rose's logo.
AZKi co-hosts a weekly radio program on JOQR A&G+ titled Subaru, AZKi, and Mizushi's 3 Code Miracle [すばるあずきみずしーの3コードミラクル] (3Comi for short)[42]. AZKi's co-hosts are Suzuna Subaru and Mizushina Aoi, and together the three of them form the unit "Shotgun Rose" with the plan to release 3 new songs as a unit[43].
During episode 12 of the broadcast, Suzuna Subaru tweeted out a logo for Shotgun Rose[44], highlighting each member's main color. 3Comi airs at 13:30 JST on Sundays, and can be listened to either through YouTube with episodes being uploaded 1 week after airing, or can be listened to live through the guides here.
She has released music under two aliases, namely AZKi WHiTE and AZKi BLaCK. The former which she has used to release more pop style songs such as いのち (Inochi) and the latter which she has used to release more agressive and faster faster paced titles such as Shit days.