*'''Oct. 26''' She received a minor visual updated to celebrate 100 live viewers on YouTube, and 100 twitter followers. Her bow color was changed from yellow to pink, and her hair clip color was changed from blue to yellow.<ref>(Oct. 26, 2017) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvxEkeVTgfY</ref>
*'''Oct. 26''' She received a minor visual updated to celebrate 100 live viewers on YouTube, and 100 twitter followers. Her bow color was changed from yellow to pink, and her hair clip color was changed from blue to yellow.<ref>(Oct. 26, 2017) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvxEkeVTgfY</ref>
*'''Oct. 28''' She achieved her 100 YouTube subscriber milestone.<ref>(Oct. 27, 2017) https://twitter.com/tokino_sora/status/924165549784829952</ref>
*'''Oct. 28''' She achieved her 100 YouTube subscribers milestone.<ref>(Oct. 27, 2017) https://twitter.com/tokino_sora/status/924165549784829952</ref>
*'''Oct. 31''' She received a Halloween themed costume with a white hairstyle, and bat shaped hair clips. This stream was also the first appearance of Sora's teddy bear ''Ankimo'', who mimics her movements.<ref>(Oct. 31, 2017) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjf-r8FMLi4 </ref>
*'''Oct. 31''' She received a Halloween themed costume with a white hairstyle, and bat shaped hair clips. This stream was also the first appearance of Sora's teddy bear ''Ankimo'', who mimics her movements.<ref>(Oct. 31, 2017) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjf-r8FMLi4 </ref>
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*'''Jan. 12''' She achieved her 50,000 YouTube subscriber milstone.<ref>(Jan. 12, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U582JfjAIcY</ref>
*'''Jan. 12''' She achieved her 50,000 YouTube subscriber milstone.<ref>(Jan. 12, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U582JfjAIcY</ref>
*'''Feb. 14''' She received a new outfit on Valentine's da.y<ref>Feb. 14, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP-Ym3uEtec</ref> It consists of a pink sweater, plaid skirt, and a pinkish-brown jacket. The jacket can be taken off.<ref>(Feb. 14, 2018) Retrieved from https://youtu.be/sP-Ym3uEtec?t=3080</ref>
*'''Feb. 14''' She received a new outfit on Valentine's day<ref>Feb. 14, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP-Ym3uEtec</ref> It consists of a pink sweater, plaid skirt, and a pinkish-brown jacket. The jacket can be taken off.<ref>(Feb. 14, 2018) Retrieved from https://youtu.be/sP-Ym3uEtec?t=3080</ref>
*'''Feb. 22''' She received cat paw gloves, cat paw shoes, a tail, and a bell for her ribbon. These parts appear in future streams as well.<ref>(Feb. 22, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8TZY5oAFEY</ref>
*'''Feb. 22''' She received cat paw gloves, cat paw shoes, a tail, and a bell for her ribbon. These parts appear in future streams as well.<ref>(Feb. 22, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8TZY5oAFEY</ref>
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*'''May 3''' Sora debuted her new 3D model. The outfit is the one that is currently used as of June 2020. The most noticeable changes are that her hair clips were changed to stars, as well as the transition of brown eyes to blue eyes.<ref>(May. 3, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3D9zWF_FjE</ref>
*'''May 3''' Sora debuted her new 3D model. The outfit is the one that is currently used as of June 2020. The most noticeable changes are that her hair clips were changed to stars, as well as the transition of brown eyes to blue eyes.<ref>(May. 3, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3D9zWF_FjE</ref>
*'''June 21''' She received a new outfit consisting of a red sleeveless jersey, red sweatpants, and a blue skirt.<ref>(Jun. 21, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I27e1WwGEM</ref>
*'''Jun. 21''' She received a new outfit consisting of a red sleeveless jersey, red sweatpants, and a blue skirt.<ref>(Jun. 21, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I27e1WwGEM</ref>
*'''Aug. 11''' First stream using Vtuber app, ''"Reality"''.<ref>(Aug. 11, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzEXokdaB3A</ref>
*'''Aug. 11''' First stream using Vtuber app, ''"Reality"''.<ref>(Aug. 11, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzEXokdaB3A</ref>
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*'''Feb. 14''' She released a trailer video for her mini album, ''"My Loving"''.<ref>(Feb. 14, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4dXfgfb5I</ref>
*'''Feb. 14''' She released a trailer video for her mini album, ''"My Loving"''.<ref>(Feb. 14, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4dXfgfb5I</ref>
*'''Mar. 4''' Release date of her mini album ''"My Loving"''.
*'''Mar. 4''' Release date of her mini album. ''"My Loving"''.
*'''Mar. 9''' Sora revealed a new casual outfit. The outfit consists of a shirt with rolled up sleeves, black stockings, a necklace, a sleeveless sweater, and a short skirt.<ref>(Mar. 9, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NalJjPmP8a0</ref>
*'''Mar. 9''' Sora revealed a new casual outfit. The outfit consists of a shirt with rolled up sleeves, black stockings, a necklace, a sleeveless sweater, and a short skirt.<ref>(Mar. 9, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NalJjPmP8a0</ref>
Debuting on September 7, 2017, she is the first Virtual Idol of Hololive Production.
She loves singing and horror games, and her dream has been to "hold a live concert at Yokohama Arena" since the very beginning. She had her major debut at Victor Entertainment in March 2019. On her road to pro idol, she played a role in the TV show "Watanuki-san Chi" while also running a podcast known as "SoraAoto!" She also takes an active role in other genres. On October 6, 2019, she held her own live concert "Dream!""
Overview
Tokino Sora the first Member of Hololive Productions and debuted on Sept. 7th, 2017.[1]
Sora garners universal respect from all of her juniors in Hololive because she was one of the pioneers of early day vtubers. She generally does talking streams, gaming streams, as well as some occasional singing.
Although she claims that she is scared of horror games, she does not have a large reaction to jumpscares and scary moments, only showing brief surprise or shock.[2] She is not good with things that involve memorization.
She has a really large vocal range, with some fans describing her voice to be high enough to be like a vocaloid,[3] yet being able to be low enough to sound like an ikemen voice.[4]
Her representative emote is a bear after her stuffed bear side-kick Ankimo.
Personality
She is an easy-going, happy, and comforting person whose personality has led many fans to call her "Sora Mama" because of her motherly attitude. She also has a playful side to her, with an example being that she has put on a horse head while streaming a game.[5] She is also a bit carefree as she does not mind revealing her age and weight on stream in contrast to other hololive members.[6]
History
2017
Jun. 29 Creation of Sora's Twitter account.
Sep. 6 Creation of Sora's YouTube account.
Sep. 7 She started streaming on YouTube.
Oct. 17 Sora received a 3D model update. The model was updated with her standard hairstyle.[7]
Oct. 26 She received a minor visual updated to celebrate 100 live viewers on YouTube, and 100 twitter followers. Her bow color was changed from yellow to pink, and her hair clip color was changed from blue to yellow.[8]
Oct. 28 She achieved her 100 YouTube subscribers milestone.[9]
Oct. 31 She received a Halloween themed costume with a white hairstyle, and bat shaped hair clips. This stream was also the first appearance of Sora's teddy bear Ankimo, who mimics her movements.[10]
Nov. 2 For her 10th stream, she decided on a fan name for her fanbase with a list of names she came up with.[11]
Dec. 23 She achieved her 1,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[12]
Dec. 25 She received a Christmas themed outfit for her livestream.[13]
Dec. 30 She achieved her 10,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[14]
Dec. 31 She received a New Years themed outfit.[15]
2018
Jan. 5 She received a quiz show outfit, looking similar to her regular outfit, but is shiny/ She is seen wearing a red hat with a question mark on it.[16]
Jan. 11 She had dog ears added in addition to her New Years outfit, which reoccur a few times.[17]
Jan. 12 She achieved her 50,000 YouTube subscriber milstone.[18]
Feb. 14 She received a new outfit on Valentine's day[19] It consists of a pink sweater, plaid skirt, and a pinkish-brown jacket. The jacket can be taken off.[20]
Feb. 22 She received cat paw gloves, cat paw shoes, a tail, and a bell for her ribbon. These parts appear in future streams as well.[21]
Mar. 9 She achieved her 100,000 YouTube subscriber milestone, and did an acting interview with Kizuna Ai.[22]
May 3 Sora debuted her new 3D model. The outfit is the one that is currently used as of June 2020. The most noticeable changes are that her hair clips were changed to stars, as well as the transition of brown eyes to blue eyes.[23]
Jun. 21 She received a new outfit consisting of a red sleeveless jersey, red sweatpants, and a blue skirt.[24]
Aug. 11 First stream using Vtuber app, "Reality".[25]
Aug. 16 First official merchandise announcement.[26]
Sep. 9 One year debut anniversary celebration upload. A 3D model version of A-chan appeared alongside Sora in the video.[27]
Oct. 31 She received a new version of her Halloween outfit based on her newer 3D model. The outfit had a pair of wings as well.[28]
Dec. 25 She received a new version of her Christmas themed outfit.[29]
Dec. 26 She achieved her 200,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[30]
Dec. 27Yukino Sora, a winter colored variant of Sora, appeared on stream along with Sora herself.[31] She was not properly introduced until a later stream.
2019
Jan. 1 Sora received a new New Years outfit, a sakura themed outfit with detached sleeves.[32]
Jan. 10 She announced the release date of her first album, "Dreaming",[33] which was Mar. 27, 2019.[34]
Sep. 7 She held a 2nd anniversary stream for her debut.[41]
Oct. 6 She held her first live concert, "Dream".[42] On a later released video showing blue-ray clips, it shows Sora using an updated version of her 3D outfit.[43]
Dec. 19 Sora announced the release of her photo book, "Sora Biyori(そらびより)". as well as her mini album, "My Loving", which has artwork of Sora with her original brown eyes.[44]
2020
Jan. 24 Sora debuted a new idol outfit to match with all of the other Hololive members at Hololive's live concert, "Nonstop Story".[45]
Feb. 14 Release date of her photo book "Sora Biyori".[46]
Feb. 14 She released a trailer video for her mini album, "My Loving".[47]
Mar. 4 Release date of her mini album. "My Loving".
Mar. 9 Sora revealed a new casual outfit. The outfit consists of a shirt with rolled up sleeves, black stockings, a necklace, a sleeveless sweater, and a short skirt.[48]
Apr. 4 She received a new microphone, and has since used the image for her microphone a few times since.[49]
Apr. 9 She achieved her 300,000 YouTube subscriber milestone and celebrated it with a memorial video. She watched videos that she had uploaded in the past and reacted to them.[50]
May 15 She celebrated her 20th birthday with a stream.[51] The day before her birthday, she wrote a list of goals for herself now that she is 20 years old.[52]
May 15 Sora released a short version of "Aozora no Symphony(青空のシンフォニー)", a song which she wrote the lyrics for.[53]
May 29Yoruno Sora, a dark colored variant of Sora, appeared alongside her in her cover of "Instant Heaven(インスタントヘヴン)".[54]
Sora calls her fans Soratomo, which is short for Sora no Tomodachi(Sora's friends).
Streamer Side
Scene
Lines
Romaji
Meaning / Notes
Greetings
こんそめー
Konsomē
A portmateau of "Konnichiwa" or "Konbanwa" and "Consommé"
Introduction
そらとものみんなー!元気ー?こんそめー!ときのそらです!
Sora-tomo no Minna~! Genki~? Konsomē! Tokino Sora desu!
Translation:Sora-tomos~! How are you doing~? Konsomē! I'm Tokino Sora!
Farewell
それでは、次の放送で会いましょう!
Sore de wa, Tsugi no Housou de Aimashou!
Translation:Now then, let's meet again in the next stream!
Viewer Side
Scene
Lines
Romaji
Meaning / Notes
Waiting
(๑╹ᆺ╹)ぬんぬん
(๑╹ᆺ╹)Nun-nun
Supposedly a dog's face followed by its sound
Greetings
こんそめー
Konsomē
Farewell
Other Media
Tokino Sora alongside fellow members Natsuiro Matsuri, Nakiri Ayame, Ookami Mio, Murasaki Shion, Shirakami Fubuki, and Minato Aqua, 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
Sora stated that she is bad at sports, but wants to prove that she can play sports. Her favorite subjects are Music, and Japanese. The subjects that she's bad with are English and Science. She likes sweets, cats, and cat themed items. Her favorite types of games are rhythm games and horror games. The Vtuber she admires is Mirai Akari. Her dream is to hold her solo concert at Yokohama Arena someday.[56]
She announced the release of her LINE stickers on Aug 30th 2018[57], and has her own LINE theme.[58]
Her art skills are not the best, as shown with her drawing streams.[59]
She wears red framed glasses occasionally in a few of her videos.
She cannot handle worms even though she can handle horror games quite well.[60]