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Her actions and choice of words stand out for being childish, but what also stands out is how she sometimes really behaves like a grownup and shows her philosophical thinking.
This first began when Haato felt that her initial nickname of Haato-sama was too distant so in one of her streams, she made up a story about her sister calling her "'''Haachama'''".▼
Haato had admitted at the end of the stream that the story was made up and apologized for it.<ref>(May 30, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_ijJJhQ_Y </ref><ref>(Mar. 5, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pPeGyYIKHQ?t=7123</ref>▼
During the 2020 Hololive New Year's stream, the Haachama nickname came up again thanks to [[Nekomata Okayu|Okayu]]<ref>(Dec. 31, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wMWjEct8Hw?t=1693</ref> screaming it out loud whenever Haato did something clumsy. The name was then popularized by [[Houshou Marine|Marine]] later on.<ref>(Feb. 12, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_t4e-QTGw?t=2444</ref>▼
It was during the time when she was in Australia that she began to put out more boundary pushing and crazier content that Haachama is known for. The first emergence of '''Haachama''' can be traced back to a [https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/ Getting Over It] playthrough stream in which she played with her feet (giving up mid-way), paused for a moment to take a whiff of their scent<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVq6RrTAuk&t=444s</ref> and even later stated that she enjoys sniffing them.<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVq6RrTAuk&t=489s</ref> That same day she had a drawing stream where she also used her feet to try to draw some hololive members.<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retreived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uue_C0v9Dpk</ref> Interestingly enough, the first time she used "Haachama chama" as her greeting phrase instead of "Oharuuju" was also a Getting Over It playthrough stream<ref>(Apr 19, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM99ebLuqUY</ref> which featured the well known Haachama Opening theme song<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3KvMgoA1C4</ref> composed by REDALICE.▼
She then had another stream where she hosted a press conference to announce that she sniffed her own feet and exclaimed that they were smelly,<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRgVvRS-xY&t=0s</ref> then afterwards went on to review feet videos sent by haatons. The content that she produced since then became wilder and more unrestricted. These included R18+ Lewd Illustration review streams<ref>(Jul 3, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJAyreyppVA&t=3s</ref><ref>(Feb 8, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqr9AuKi0I&t=0s</ref> as well as short clips that are seemingly senseless and incomprehensible even to her Japanese viewers<ref>(July. 13, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdNsz8y3Bwg</ref><ref>(July. 22, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQoA24ikdy_mqFTElyU2Tozs_gw9u9HPU</ref>. Her unarchived ASMR streams were also nothing short of extraordinary and somewhat absurd. As time progressed she went on to change her YouTube channel name to "Haachama Ch. 赤井はあと" thus fully cementing the existence of Haachama.▼
==== Haato vs Haachama Arc ====▼
The Haato vs Haachama story arc is a storyline consisting of a series videos exhibiting the battle between the two personalities, Haachama and Akai Haato, to retain control and remain the as the sole existence<ref>Retrieved from https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQoA24ikdy_lqxvb6f70g1xTmj2u-G3NT</ref>. The story was heavily horror themed and featured numerous pieces of fan made content that further added to the lore and story progression. Fans showed their support for each side by using the hashtags #ONLYHAACHAMA, #FREEHAATO or #ONLYHAATO while others used #COEXIST to express their desire for both personalities to exist peacefully together.▼
However, on the 3<sup>rd</sup> of March 2021 she privated all the Haato vs Haachama lore videos and stated she would be unable to finish the story due to new rules from hololive management<ref>(Mar. 3, 2021) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/akaihaato/status/1367100811071737861/photo/1</ref>. She also announced that she would be taking a break citing she wants to find herself<ref>(Mar. 3, 2021) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/akaihaato/status/1367129817116667913</ref>. The break lasted 27 days before she returned with a stream titled #COEXIST on the 30<sup>th</sup> of March.<ref>(Mar. 30, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcpdUrF4iM</ref> She mentioned the reason she started the Haato vs Haachama arc story was because of a tweet she posted that stated she had planned something special for hitting 1 million subscribers though she didn't have anything concrete yet.<ref>(Feb. 4) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/akaihaato/status/1357195394128646144</ref>▼
The idea for the arc started when she held a stream playing Minecraft using her old model and basically started building the story from there<ref>(Feb. 4, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9vWQzb_Znw</ref>. The horror elements were added as she already enjoyed horror related content though she hadn't intended for it to be the main theme of the story. However as more fan art from her Haatons was created, she realized that they also enjoyed such kind of content as well and decided to go along with it. She also mentioned that being an Anime Voice Actor and releasing a movie or anime had always been a dream of hers and doing this story was a step closer towards achieving that dream<ref>(Mar. 30, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcpdUrF4iM</ref>.▼
Haato is known to her fans and other hololive members for her unusual way of cooking and the use of mysterious ingredients. Occasionally Haato does cooking streams where she has a mounted camera to capture the cooking process and takes pictures of the final product. Haato always eats her food, and usually states that it's delicious. The running joke between fans (EN and JP) is that Haato's cooking streams are a form of torture.▼
Haato mentioned that she cannot eat eggs or derived products due to allergies, perhaps contributing to her unusual taste in food and ingredients. Her other allergies include Kiwi fruits and Avocado's <ref>(Nov. 13, 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4vIw_NqFcc?t=1750</ref><ref>(Feb. 11, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt5oT_blGPA&t=52m22s</ref>▼
== History ==
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* Her channel used to be verified, but she lost it after she changed the channel name to Haachama Ch. She has changed the channel name several times since then. The list of verified members can be found [[:Category:YouTube Verified Members|here]].
* Due to her advanced English skills, Haachama/Haato has been considered to be part of [[Hololive English 0th Generation]], a fan-made nickname for both Haachama/Haato and [[Kiryu Coco]].
▲=== The Haachama Saga ===
▲This first began when Haato felt that her initial nickname of Haato-sama was too distant so in one of her streams, she made up a story about her sister calling her "'''Haachama'''".
▲Haato had admitted at the end of the stream that the story was made up and apologized for it.<ref>(May 30, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_ijJJhQ_Y </ref><ref>(Mar. 5, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pPeGyYIKHQ?t=7123</ref>
▲During the 2020 Hololive New Year's stream, the Haachama nickname came up again thanks to [[Nekomata Okayu|Okayu]]<ref>(Dec. 31, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wMWjEct8Hw?t=1693</ref> screaming it out loud whenever Haato did something clumsy. The name was then popularized by [[Houshou Marine|Marine]] later on.<ref>(Feb. 12, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_t4e-QTGw?t=2444</ref>
▲It was during the time when she was in Australia that she began to put out more boundary pushing and crazier content that Haachama is known for. The first emergence of '''Haachama''' can be traced back to a [https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/ Getting Over It] playthrough stream in which she played with her feet (giving up mid-way), paused for a moment to take a whiff of their scent<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVq6RrTAuk&t=444s</ref> and even later stated that she enjoys sniffing them.<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVq6RrTAuk&t=489s</ref> That same day she had a drawing stream where she also used her feet to try to draw some hololive members.<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retreived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uue_C0v9Dpk</ref> Interestingly enough, the first time she used "Haachama chama" as her greeting phrase instead of "Oharuuju" was also a Getting Over It playthrough stream<ref>(Apr 19, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM99ebLuqUY</ref> which featured the well known Haachama Opening theme song<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3KvMgoA1C4</ref> composed by REDALICE.
▲She then had another stream where she hosted a press conference to announce that she sniffed her own feet and exclaimed that they were smelly,<ref>(Mar. 15, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRgVvRS-xY&t=0s</ref> then afterwards went on to review feet videos sent by haatons. The content that she produced since then became wilder and more unrestricted. These included R18+ Lewd Illustration review streams<ref>(Jul 3, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJAyreyppVA&t=3s</ref><ref>(Feb 8, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqr9AuKi0I&t=0s</ref> as well as short clips that are seemingly senseless and incomprehensible even to her Japanese viewers<ref>(July. 13, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdNsz8y3Bwg</ref><ref>(July. 22, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQoA24ikdy_mqFTElyU2Tozs_gw9u9HPU</ref>. Her unarchived ASMR streams were also nothing short of extraordinary and somewhat absurd. As time progressed she went on to change her YouTube channel name to "Haachama Ch. 赤井はあと" thus fully cementing the existence of Haachama.
▲====Haato vs Haachama Arc====
▲The Haato vs Haachama story arc is a storyline consisting of a series videos exhibiting the battle between the two personalities, Haachama and Akai Haato, to retain control and remain the as the sole existence<ref>Retrieved from https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQoA24ikdy_lqxvb6f70g1xTmj2u-G3NT</ref>. The story was heavily horror themed and featured numerous pieces of fan made content that further added to the lore and story progression. Fans showed their support for each side by using the hashtags #ONLYHAACHAMA, #FREEHAATO or #ONLYHAATO while others used #COEXIST to express their desire for both personalities to exist peacefully together.
▲However, on the 3<sup>rd</sup> of March 2021 she privated all the Haato vs Haachama lore videos and stated she would be unable to finish the story due to new rules from hololive management<ref>(Mar. 3, 2021) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/akaihaato/status/1367100811071737861/photo/1</ref>. She also announced that she would be taking a break citing she wants to find herself<ref>(Mar. 3, 2021) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/akaihaato/status/1367129817116667913</ref>. The break lasted 27 days before she returned with a stream titled #COEXIST on the 30<sup>th</sup> of March.<ref>(Mar. 30, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcpdUrF4iM</ref> She mentioned the reason she started the Haato vs Haachama arc story was because of a tweet she posted that stated she had planned something special for hitting 1 million subscribers though she didn't have anything concrete yet.<ref>(Feb. 4) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/akaihaato/status/1357195394128646144</ref>
▲The idea for the arc started when she held a stream playing Minecraft using her old model and basically started building the story from there<ref>(Feb. 4, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9vWQzb_Znw</ref>. The horror elements were added as she already enjoyed horror related content though she hadn't intended for it to be the main theme of the story. However as more fan art from her Haatons was created, she realized that they also enjoyed such kind of content as well and decided to go along with it. She also mentioned that being an Anime Voice Actor and releasing a movie or anime had always been a dream of hers and doing this story was a step closer towards achieving that dream<ref>(Mar. 30, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcpdUrF4iM</ref>.
▲=== Haato Cooking ===
▲Haato is known to her fans and other hololive members for her unusual way of cooking and the use of mysterious ingredients. Occasionally Haato does cooking streams where she has a mounted camera to capture the cooking process and takes pictures of the final product. Haato always eats her food, and usually states that it's delicious. The running joke between fans (EN and JP) is that Haato's cooking streams are a form of torture.
▲Haato mentioned that she cannot eat eggs or derived products due to allergies, perhaps contributing to her unusual taste in food and ingredients. Her other allergies include Kiwi fruits and Avocado's <ref>(Nov. 13, 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4vIw_NqFcc?t=1750</ref><ref>(Feb. 11, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt5oT_blGPA&t=52m22s</ref>
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