"Hey, Sora-tomo! How are you all doing? It's me, Tokino Sora!"
hololive Production's first virtual idol, debuting on September 7, 2017. She loves horror games and singing, and has always dreamed of performing in Yokohama Arena.
She signed a record deal with Victor Entertainment in March 2019. She is active in various forms of media, such as appearing in Watanuki-san Chi no and hosting Sora Ao to!, a radio show.
She held her first solo concert, Dream!, on October 6, 2019, taking one step closer to her ultimate goal.
Overview
Tokino Sora is the first Member of Hololive Productions. She debuted on Sept. 7th, 2017.[11]
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.
Her first ever stream was on NicoNico, a Japanese video hosting site like Youtube, for 50 viewers. But out of those 50, 37 were people she already knew and had asked to watch her debut stream, so only 13 viewers were completely unaware of what was going on. Those 13 people are now jokingly called "The 13 Knights" by fans. [12]
Starting out she didn't mind the low number of viewers . She thought that after about half a year, if the streaming wasn't successful, it would just naturally die out, but if she got lucky and it did become a big success, that would be nice. But after half a year had passed, she decided she doesn't want to stop because of all the people supporting her, whatever it was just watching her stream or sending fan mail, and whenever she would see someone say that watching her made them happy, she was glad she could have such an effect on people which motivated her to continue.[13]
Although she claims that she is scared of horror games, she does not have a large reaction to jump scares and scary moments, only showing brief surprise or shock.[14] 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,[15] yet being able to be low enough to sound like an ikemen voice.[16]
Her singing teacher told her that her voice isn't really fit for "classical" music and she should do more idol-like songs. [17]
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.[18] She is also a bit carefree as she does not mind revealing her age and weight on stream in contrast to other hololive members.[19]
Her signature greeting "Nun Nun" originated because she likes to say "un un", as if she's nodding her head to show that she saw the stream comments, but people heard it as "nun nun" which became her personalized greeting. [20]
Sora's English is fairly good among the Japanese members. She explained this may be as she made a friend when she was around four years old, who was a native speaker whom she often talked to. She always tries to understand English comments on her videos and will always look up the meanings for things she doesn't get.
Milestones
2017
Jun. 29 Twitter account creation date.
Sep. 06 YouTube account creation date.
Sep. 07 YouTube debut stream date.
Oct. 17 Received 3D model update. The model was updated with her standard hairstyle.[21]
Oct. 26 Received a minor visual updated to celebrate 100 live viewers on YouTube, and 100 Twitter followers. The bow color was changed from yellow to pink, and the hair clip color was changed from blue to yellow.[22]
Oct. 28 Achieved a 100 YouTube subscribers milestone.[23]
Oct. 31 Received a Halloween themed outfit 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.[24]
Nov. 02 Decided on a fan name for her fans with a list of names she came up with as her 10th stream.[25]
Dec. 23 Achieved a 1,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[26]
Jan. 05 Received a quiz show outfit, looking similar to her regular outfit, but is shiny. It includes a red hat with a question mark on it.[30]
Jan. 12 Achieved a 50,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[31]
Feb. 14 Received a new outfit on Valentine's day[32] It consists of a pink sweater, plaid skirt, and a pinkish-brown jacket. The jacket can be taken off.[33]
Feb. 22 Received cat paw gloves, cat paw shoes, a tail, and a bell for her ribbon. These parts appear in future streams.[34]
Mar. 09 Achieved a 100,000 YouTube subscriber milestone, and did an acting interview with Kizuna Ai.[35]
May 03 Debuted new 3D model. The outfit is the one that is currently used as of June 2020. The most noticeable changes are that the hair clips were changed to stars, as well as the transition of brown eyes to blue eyes.[36]
Jun. 08 Achieved a 150,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[37]
Jun. 21 Received a new outfit consisting of a red sleeveless jersey, red sweatpants, and a blue skirt.[38]
Aug. 11 First stream using Vtuber app, Reality.[39]
Aug. 16 First official merchandise announcement.[40]
Sep. 09 One year debut anniversary celebration upload. A-chan in her 3D model appeared alongside Sora in the video.[41]
Oct. 31 Received a new Halloween outfit. The outfit included a pair of wings.[42]
Dec. 25 Received a new Christmas themed outfit.[43]
Dec. 26 Achieved a 200,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[44]
Dec. 27Yukino Sora, a winter colored variant of Sora, appeared on stream along with Sora herself.[45] She was not properly introduced until a later stream.
2019
Jan. 01 Received a new New Years outfit, a sakura themed outfit with detached sleeves.[46]
Jan. 10 Announced the release date of her first album, Dreaming!,[47] which was Mar. 27, 2019.[48]
Oct. 06 Held first live concert, Dream!.[57] On a later released video showing Blu-ray clips, it shows Sora using 3D Stage outfit.[58]
Nov. 29 Achieved a 250,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[59]
Dec. 19 Announced the release of her photo book, Sora Biyori (そらびより). as well as her first Extended Play, My Loving, which has artwork of Sora with her original brown eyes.[60]
2020
Jan. 24 Debuted in a new idol outfit to match with all of the other Hololive members at Hololive's live concert, Nonstop Story.[61]
Feb. 14 Release date of the photo book Sora Biyori.[62]
Feb. 14 Released a trailer video for the mini album, My Loving.[63]
Mar. 04 Release date of the mini album. My Loving.
Mar. 09 Received 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.[64]
Apr. 04 Received a new microphone, and has since used the image for her microphone a few times.[65]
Apr. 09 Achieved 300,000 YouTube subscriber milestone and celebrated it with a memorial video.[66]
May. 15 Celebrated 20th birthday with a stream.[67] The day before her birthday, she wrote a list of goals for herself now that she is 20 years old.[68]
May. 15 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.[69]
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)".[70]
Mar. 24 Released 2nd Live Parallel Time Blu-ray.[80]
Mar. 18 Achieved a 700,000 YouTube subscriber milestone during a karaoke stream.[81]
May. 15 Celebrated birthday with a 3D live stream.[82]
May. 15 Released 2 new songs. First is "KumoHurray!", another song which she wrote the lyrics for. And another one "Hana Dokino Sora (花時の空)", a full rendition of the very first soraSong.
Jul. 11 Achieved an 800,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[83]
Aug. 23 Appeared as guest alongside GEMS Company on MikuLand 2021 Summer Vacation in celebration of Hatsune Miku's 14th Anniversary.[84]
Sep. 07 Celebrated 4th Anniversary with a 3D live stream. Also announced the release date of her 3rd album (cover album) Re:Play.[85]
Nov. 24 Release date of her 3rd album (cover album), Re:Play.[86]
Dec. 06 Achieved an 900,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.[87]
May. 15 Celebrated birthday with a 3D live where she also received the Pink Stage outfit.[113]
Jun. 10 Announced that she will sing the opening theme song to the anime adaptation of My Wife Has No Emotion, titled "Okaerinasai" (おかえりなさい, Welcome Back).[114]
Streaming Information
Fans
Sora calls her fans "Soratomo" (そらとも), 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 portmanteau 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
Originated from Sora's signature way of saying "un un" (meaning "yes yes")
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.
A 264 page light novel centered on Tokino Sora was published on 25th Apr. 2019. It was authored by Ryunosuke Uzuki ( 兎月竜之介).
She is part of the main cast of the TV Tokyo dorama Watanuki-san Chi No playing as "Watanuki Ichika" alongside Hibiki Ao, and newcomer Sarugakucho Futaba. The show has two seasons.
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, Chinese food, cats, cat themed items, and Vocaloid. 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.[115]
Sora's hobbies include karaoke, collecting temple stamps, rhythm games.