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Profile of Hinata Maru, an active VTuber. Previously part of AiryProduction. Gender: Female. Region: Japan. Streams primarily in japanese. Can be found on Twitch, YouTube, X (Twitter). Recognised as a Twitch Partner. Tracked follower counts: 85.4K followers on Twitch. 10 recent VODs are tracked from their channel. Active since Twitch: 2023/09/01 2024/09/22 (AiryProduction). Character work: illustrator by Sawashiro Ayaho; live2d rigger by Wakuu. Known to be she has an actually energetic, honest and determined personality as advertised, and her tanned tomboy look isn't just for show either. Character design: She has short ruddy red hair arranged into twin buns, tanned skin and eyes with light yellow irises. In-character history: Her Twitter account was created in August 2023. Trivia: Goal: Get a 3D debut * Maru's highest known competitive game ranks are: ** Apex Legends: Master (Season 12) ** VALORANT: Diamond (just barely) ** Splatoon 2: X * Maru shares her… Hinata stands at 148cm. Born under Pisces. Signature emoji: 💚🩹. Available media: an introduction video, a 3-image gallery. Wiki cross-references connect them to hiiragi-tsurugi, kanade-izuru, lauren-iroas. Also known as Marukun, 日向まる.
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Recent Activity
Introduction Video
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Personality
She has an actually energetic, honest and determined personality as advertised, and her tanned tomboy look isn't just for show either. She describes herself as a tanned redhead with a cute voice.
Appearance
She has short ruddy red hair arranged into twin buns, tanned skin and eyes with light yellow irises. She has a distinctive bandage on the bridge of her nose and one of her defining feature/charm points, a snaggle tooth on the left side of her mouth.
Background
Her Twitter account was created in August 2023. Her Twitch channel was created on 24 August 2023, while her YouTube channel was created on 10 August 2024.
On 1 September 2023, Hinata Maru started her streaming activities as a PNGTuber on Twitch.
On 5 February 2024, she became a Twitch partner.
On 10 April 2024, her Twitch channel reached 2,000 followers.
On 17 August 2024, she announced that she will be debuting as a VTuber on 22 September 2024, and that she has joined the VTuber agency AiryProduction.
Relationships
- "NOCTURNAL" (NOCTURNAL ガールズバー, NOCTURNAL Girls' Bar), along with LIGHT, Amatsuki, Heshiko, Meloco Kyoran, Ishigami Nozomi, and Yakumo Beni. This group was formed in December 2024 during Vaultroom x Crazy Raccoon (VCR) GTA Season 3.
- "Ichirokugo Hadouken" (165波動軒), along with Hiiragi Tsurugi. Formed in June 2025 during the MADTOWN β (Beta) GTA event.
- "'MADTOWN β Supermarket Ten'in'" (MADTOWNβスーパーマーケット店員, MADTOWN Beta Supermarket Staff), along with Usha, Kanseru, Akipiyo, Day1, Marutake, Warabui, Horinishi, Kohaku Teto, Kanade Izuru, and Orisaki Moshu. Formed in June 2025 during the MADTOWN β (Beta) GTA event.
- "'MADTOWN Supermarket Ten'in'" (MADTOWNスーパーマーケット店員, MADTOWN Supermarket Staff), along with Usha, Orisaki Moshu, Kanade Izuru, Sendo Yuuhi, Tonton, Horinishi, Mitsuba Eni, Yukoku Roberu, Day1, Nobaman, Sakayori Soma, Aizawa Ema, Inari Iroha, Reglush Lionheart, Hino Nagisa, Recap, Rigze, Yunohara Izumi, Mashakari, Underbar, and Shimon. Formed in October 2025 during the MADTOWN GTA event.
- "MADTOWN Mechanic" (MADTOWNメカニック, MADTOWN Mechanic crew), along with Batsu, Kuga Leo, Kamishiro Nanase, takera, VaVa, Totomix, Daiquiri, Minase Rio, Kyoyu Shiroya, Suzune, Nenemaru, and Kurotansan. Formed in October 2025 during MADTOWN GTA.
Likes and dislikes
- Likes: Anything but ** Favorite games: Minecraft, 7 Days to Die, ARK: Survival Evolved, Escape from TARKOV, League of Legends, Overwatch * Dislikes: Cilantro
Miscellaneous
- Goal: Get a 3D debut * Maru's highest known competitive game ranks are: ** Apex Legends: Master (Season 12) ** VALORANT: Diamond (just barely) ** Splatoon 2: X * Maru shares her character designer with Nitya Nil of Phase-Connect, as well as the independent VTubers Menace Mamaki, Mozumi Pichi, Ayame Run, and Himeri Alice.
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Energetic! Honest! Determined! Her charm point is her snaggle tooth.
2024
On 22 September, Maru debuted as a VTuber on Twitch. The following day on 23 September, she also debuted on YouTube.
On 4 December, her Twitch channel reached 10,000 followers.
2025
On 2 February, Maru celebrated her YouTube channel getting monetized.
On 7 March, she did a countdown stream until midnight to celebrate her 2025 birthday on YouTube.
On 7 April, her Twitch channel reached 30,000 followers.
On 26 June, her Twitch channel reached 50,000 followers.
On 1 September, she celebrated the 2nd Anniversary of her streaming activities with a commemorative stream on YouTube.
2026
On 10 April, AiryProduction announced the mutually-agreed termination of Hinata Maru's contract. All of her AiryPro-related content on her original YouTube channel, which was created through her affiliation with AiryPro, will be deleted. She returns to independent VTuber status, keeping the rest of her IP and continuing to stream through her Twitch channel.
Events
- From 2 December to 12 December 2024, Maru participated in the Vaultroom x Crazy Raccoon (VCR) GTA Season 3 event server, joining the "Girls' Bar NOCTURNAL" owned by LIGHT.
- From 1 June to 28 June 2025, Maru participated in the MADTOWN β (Beta) GTA event server organized by Crazy Raccoon, where she joined the supermarket staff and "Ichirokugo Hadouken" (165波動軒), a restaurant operated by Hiiragi Tsurugi. Among other things, she was known for being the subject of a funny original song that Marutake composed for her to use as her in-game ringtone. She later uploaded the full version of the song to her own channel. Additionally, she got featured in another of Marutake's original songs where she provided a voice line imitating a supermarket P.A. announcement, as well as becoming the stand-in singer when Lauren Iroas tried to find out who sang it.
- From 1 October to 31 October 2025, Maru participated in the MADTOWN GTA event server organized by Crazy Raccoon, where she joined both the Supermarket staff and the mechanic team.
Identity
- Color: black
- She is a former dancer.
Live chat etiquette
- Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarised here: "Vtuber Chat Etiquette"
Maru's chat rules🩹
# No abusive or discriminatory comments. Provoking and fighting others in chat is also not allowed. Slander against my collab partners will result in an instant BAN. # I don't want any sort of backseating in games.❌ Advice and backseating only when I specifically ask for it! Even if you flood my chat with backseating comments, I will ignore them all. # I don't need any comments announcing departure from my stream.✖ I typically ignore comments like: "I'm leaving soon," "I'll be back." (I don't really like comments that tell me my viewers are leaving.) # Any other comments that offend me will result in a BAN!
Media
- 日向まる_ - Twitch channel
- 日向まる - YouTube channel (AiryPro, defunct)
- 日向まる / Maru Hinata (本物) - YouTube channel (Indie, VODs)
- 日向まる💚🩹 - Twitter account
- ひなたさぶ - Secondary Twitter account
- AiryPro - Official website
- Hinata Maruu - Lit.Link directory
Statistics
- hinataa8_ - TwitchTracker stats
- hinataa8_ - SullyGnome Twitch stats
- hinataa8_ - Social Blade Twitch stats
- 日向まる / Maru Hinata (本物) - Social Blade YouTube stats
- 日向まる / Maru Hinata (本物) - Playboard YouTube stats