Kizuna AI

Kizuna AI
First appearance November 29, 2016[1]
Created by Morikura En (character design)[2]
Tomitake (3D model)[2]
Tda (modeling supervision)[2]
Voiced by Undisclosed[3][4]
Information
Full name Kizuna Ai
Nickname(s) Ai-chan
Aliases Oyabun (Master)
Species Artificial intelligence
Gender Female
Occupation Virtual YouTuber

Kizuna AI (Japanese: キズナアイ), orAi Kizuna in western order, is a Japanese virtual YouTuber and self-proclaimed artificial intelligence.[5] Kizuna Ai operates two YouTube channels, "A.I.Channel" and "A.I.Games," which as of May 2018 have more than 2.7 million subscribers and 767 million views combined.

Kizuna AI is the ambassador for one of JNTO's Japanese tourism campaigns, Kizuna AI Come to Japan![6], hosts a television variety show titled Kizuna Ai no BEAT Scramble (キズナアイのBEATスクランブル, Kizuna Ai no BEAT Sukuranburu), which is scheduled to air from April 6, 2018.[7] and voices Hachi in the anime television series Magical Girl Site, which is scheduled to air from the same day.[8] This is her first anime work.

On July 15, 2018, AI released her first digital single "Hello, Morning".[9]

Kizuna Ai is apparently a huge fan of Love Live! and Love Live! School Idol Festival. Her favorite character is Nico Yazawa and there videos of her scouting on Nico's birthday in her gacha.[10]

She was born on 30 June in 2013.

References

  1. "Creating A Twitter account!". Youtube. Nov 29, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "download-page - Kizuna AI Official Website". Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  3. "Los vlogueros y cantantes virtuales que se han convertido en toda una sensación en Japón" (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. "Animated vloggers could be the future of YouTube". The Verge. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  5. "バーチャルYouTuber「キズナ アイ」から、 VR対応!3Dモデルをクリスマスプレゼント". VR Inside. 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  6. "Come to Japan | with Kizuna AI". us.jnto.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  7. "Virtual Youtube Sensation Kizuna Ai Gets Terrestrial TV Show". Anime News Network. February 27, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  8. "Magical Girl Site Anime Casts Virtual YouTuber Kizuna Ai". Anime News Network. March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  9. "キズナアイ初オリジナル楽曲『Hello,Morning』配信開始!!". Kizuna AI official website (in Japanese).
  10. Kizuna, Ai. "[Nico Yazawa] Happy Birthday Nico-chan~♪ [Love Live] #145". YouTube. Retrieved 25 July 2018.


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