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| Debut Date = August 08<sup>th</sup>, 2018 (YouTube) |
| Debut Date = August 08<sup>th</sup>, 2018 (YouTube) |
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| Illustrator = [https://twitter.com/umaiyo_puyoman Gaou] |
| Illustrator = [https://twitter.com/umaiyo_puyoman Gaou] |
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| Live2D Modelling = [Rariemonn|rariemonn]]<ref>(Sep. 14, 2019). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/rariemonn765/status/1172854318908600320</ref> |
| Live2D Modelling = [[Rariemonn|rariemonn]]<ref>(Sep. 14, 2019). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/rariemonn765/status/1172854318908600320</ref> |
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| 3D Modelling = [https://twitter.com/paint002 ぽんぷ長]<ref>(Apr. 8, 2019). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/paint002/status/1115255079295041536</ref> |
| 3D Modelling = [https://twitter.com/paint002 ぽんぷ長]<ref>(Apr. 8, 2019). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/paint002/status/1115255079295041536</ref> |
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| Member of = Hololive 2nd Generation |
| Member of = Hololive 2nd Generation |
Revision as of 09:34, 30 June 2020
Minato Aqua | |
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"Konaqua~~!" | |
Details | |
Japanese Name | 湊あくあ |
English Name | Minato Aqua |
Chinese Name | 湊-阿库娅 |
Debut Date | August 08th, 2018 (YouTube) |
Illustrator | Gaou |
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 |
Website | hololive.tv (English) hololive.tv (Japanese) |
@minatoaqua | |
Marshmallow | @minatoaqua |
bilibili | 湊-阿库娅Official |
Other | @minatoaqua - OPENREC.tv |
Personal | |
Birthday | December 01st |
Height | 142cm |
Weight | 4*.* kg |
Hashtags | |
Stream Talk | #湊あくあ生放送 |
Fans | #あくあクルー |
Fanart | #あくあーと |
MMD | #湊あくあMMD |
Signature | |
Introduction Video
Official Bio
「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."
Overview
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[1]. On April 8th 2019 she debuted her first 3D model[2] and debuted her 3D swimsuit model[3] a few months later in August 17th 2019. She also got a New Year Live2D costume in January 2nd 2020[4].
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[5]). She also likes to complete challenge runs of games, some examples being beating Dark Souls in under 3 hours[6], a Sekiro speedrun in under 2 hours[7], or endurance Apex Legend stream until Diamond[8][9].
Her representative emote is an anchor due to her marine theme and anchors on her dress.
Personality
From her first debut video, Aqua looks like a pure and innocent maid who likes to play video games. As the time goes 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[10]. She is also childish and likes to throw tantrums by smacking her table and screaming when things don't go as she initially plans. One of her catchphrase (which she shares with other 2nd generation member, Murasaki Shion) is "NEEEEEE".
Although her initial image may paint her as a childish and crybaby, Aqua is extremely resilient and will stop at nothing to reach her goal, especially in gaming. She often will do very long endurance stream to finish the challenges she put on herself. She is also shown to be very mechanically skilled in a competitive games[11] being one of the best Smash and Apex player in Hololive.
According to other Hololive members, Aqua is kind but very shy and introverted while off-camera.
History
2018
- Jul. 31 Aqua's YouTube channel creation date.
- Aug. 01 Her Twitter account creation date.
- Aug. 08 She debuted and uploaded her first youtube video[12]
2019
- Apr. 08 Aqua debuted her 3D model[13].
- Apr. 27 Aqua, along with Murasaki Shion, Ookami Mio, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Shiina Yuika, and Ryuushen got featured in Super Bilibili VUP Stage [14].
- Jun. 02 She achieved her 100,000 YouTube subscriber milestone[15].
- Aug. 08 Aqua celebrated her first anniversary[16].
- Aug. 17 Aqua debuted her 3D swimsuit model[17].
- Sep. 14 Aqua's Live2D model got updated to to "Ver.2.0"[18].
- Dec. 25 She achieved her 200,000 YouTube subscriber milestone[19].
2020
- Jan. 02 Aqua debuted her New Year outfit[20].
- Feb. 06 She achieved her 300,000 YouTube subscriber milestone[21].
- Apr. 08 She achieved her 400,000 YouTube subscriber milestone[22].
- Apr. 30 Aqua's Live2D model got updated to "Ver.2.1"[23].
- May. 30 Aqua achieved her 500,000 YouTube subscriber milestone[24]. She is the 2nd VTuber endorsed by Hololive that has reached this milestone after Shirakami Fubuki.
Streaming Information
Stream Rules
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⚓
あまりにも酷い場合は、NGリストにぶち込みます(´;ω;`) ルールを守って楽しい生放送にしようね! |
[Chat Rules] Aqua Crew, please remember these basic rules and have fun!
People who can't follow the rules will unfortunately face the Aqua Ban Hammer (´;ω;`) |
Streamer Side | |||
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Scene | Lines | Romaji | Meaning / Notes |
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. |
Viewer Side | |||
Scene | Lines | Romaji | Meaning / Notes |
Waiting | なるはや待機 | naruhaya Taiki | Aqua once misread a kanji (尚早) as "naruhaya"[25] |
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" |
Nicknames and Catchphrases
- Fans usually spammed なるはや待機 (naruhaya taiki) before Aqua starts her stream.
- Her fanbase is called 'Aqua Crew' while fans call her AMT (Aqua Maji Tenshi).
- Before she starts her games she usually says "game no sekai ni link start", a reference to the popular light novel and anime Sword Art Online.
- Because of her tendency to play games alone, fans often call her Sololive.
- She often makes random noises like "ora", "rua", "nya" when focused or frustrated.
- One of her nicknames in games is AQUKIN, a reference to the popular Japanese Youtuber HIKAKIN[26]. Apparently she is a huge fan of HIKAKIN and parodied him on an 2020 April Fool's stream[27]
- Aqua always add ちゃん!to viewer's names when reading super chat, because according to her, all of her fan is high school girls (JK). And fan spam ちゃん!on stream chat when she read super chat.
Groups
- 卍組 (Manjigumi). Group consisted of Minato Aqua, Murasaki Shion, and Nakiri Ayame
- Meaqua. A pairing between Minato Aqua and Kagura Mea, an independent Virtual YouTuber who is really close with her.
- CAMP. Group consisted of Kiryu Coco, Minato Aqua, Houshou Marine, and Usada Pekora. They're most known to be the original ARK addict who clocked an impressive amount of play time at that time.
- Aquamarine. A pairing between Minato Aqua and Houshou Marine. This pairing went for a collab multiple times during Hololive Ark boom in the early 2020.
Other Media
- Minato Aqua alongside fellow members Natsuiro Matsuri, Nakiri Ayame, Ookami Mio, Murasaki Shion, Tokino Sora and Shirakami Fubuki, were part of a collab with Azur Lane called “Looking Glass of Fact and Fiction”, which ran from November 26th 2019 – December 11th, 2019.
Trivia
Facts
- Aqua adopted an (imaginary) cat which she named NEKO[28].
- She uses a ton of exclamation marks (!!!) and question marks (???) whenever she tweet. Sometimes she uses it when creating a title for her stream as well.
- She is a good friend with an independent Virtual Youtuber Kagura Mea. Both have done a lot of collaboration with each other. Their pairing is commonly called "Meaqua" by fans.
- She is a leader of her own Minecraft group called "Hololive Resistance" with Natsuiro Matsuri as a sole member. According to Aqua, the reason of the name "Hololive Resistance" is because it sounded cool.
- Aqua has a tendency to do dogeza as an apologies to pretty much everything [29].
- Fans often calls her onion because her head is identical to red onion.
Aqutan
According to Aqua, Aqutan is Aqua's little sister. She occasionally came whenever Aqua feels like doing a loli voice. Her first appearance was at Fubuki's channel in April 13 2020[30]. 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[31]
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Aqutan and Fubuki-chan(by Gaou)
No speculations and rumors, just fun facts! |
Media
Image Gallery
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Main full body
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Main 3D Model
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Main 3D Model
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Swimsuit Model
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New Year full body
(by tpa425) -
Nonstop Story Full Illustration
(by Narumi-Nanami)
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Major Artwork
(by Narumi-Nanami) -
Summer 2019
(by Narumi-Nanami) -
Shiny Smily Story
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1st fes. Nonstop Story
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From hololive VTuber Official Fanbook "SUMMER SCENES"
(by Gaou)
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Nonstop Story Concept Illustration
(by ordan)
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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
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From Dawn of the Breakers
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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
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From Ark Order
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From VVVtune
Music
Original Songs
The following are original songs by Aqua.
ShinySmilyStory |
キラメキライダー☆ |
Cover Songs
The following are a list of songs covered by Aqua.
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Baqua Covers | |
『Last Christmas/WHAM!』 |
BGM
The following are a list of background music Aqua has used in her streams and videos.
Made for Aqua | |||||||||||||||||
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From DOVA-SYNDROME | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CAGeeMRvo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BacoqH2e86U
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDqxALMDiAY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqdUJUyAt8
- ↑ https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1259566269562408960
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VPHYg1o4Vs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGwawkgqDnE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRizsX9i57g
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6OIBfvIls
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr2czmxhSps
- ↑ https://youtu.be/opSgFJZ3Zf8?t=12408
- ↑ (Aug. 08, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CAGeeMRvo
- ↑ (Apr. 8, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BacoqH2e86U
- ↑ (Apr. 27, 2019) Retrieved from https://chokaigi.jp/2019/plan/bilibilivtuberstage.html
- ↑ (Jun. 2, 2019) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1135385281845030917
- ↑ (Aug. 8, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1L1ciDaKo
- ↑ (Aug. 17, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiuC5rPlUDQ&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ (Sep. 14, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiuC5rPlUDQ&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ (Dec. 25, 2019) Retrieved on https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1209813205578502144
- ↑ (Jan. 2, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqdUJUyAt8
- ↑ (Feb. 6, 2020) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1225339561611390977
- ↑ (Apr. 8, 2020) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1247864513677774848
- ↑ (Apr. 30, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqhj1a0MCR4
- ↑ (May. 30, 2020) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/minatoaqua/status/1266716483498856448
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orIi24jr7Zo&t=899s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/HikakinTV
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rU7ybW7wO0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3ZOsxDw5qU
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHjUnZrny9k
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8737ysFXqMQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhd5wm6RrbE&feature=youtu.be
External links
- Aqua Ch. 湊あくあ - YouTube Channel
- @minatoaqua - Twitter
- 湊-阿库娅Official - bilibili Channel
- Minato Aqua - Azur Lane Wiki