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Kaga Sumire

AKA Su-chanSumi~Sumi-tan
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About

Kaga Sumire (花芽すみれ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with Lupinus Virtual Games, an eSports team under the Virtual eSports Project, debuting in 2018 alongside her twin sister Kaga Nazuna, followed by Ichinose Uruha and Kogara Toto.

Character Info

Gender Female
Birthday 2 April
Debut YouTube: 2018/10/20
Height 154 cm (5'0")
Zodiac Sign Aries
Illustrator Misumi, @z3_cut
Live2D Rigger *Shirasawa Kazane(4th and 6th Outfits), *Jujube (5th, 8th and 9th Outfits), *Nachiku(Beret & Cape Remake), *rariemonn(7th Outfit)

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Fan Name Su-min (すー民)
Languages Japanese
Genres free-talk, gaming
Oshi Mark / Emoji 👾💤

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General #花芽すみれ
Fan Art #すぅあーと
Clip #すみれさん_えらい
Fan Name #グ民

Tags

#花芽すみれ#すぅあーと#すみれさん_えらい#グ民

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Personality

Sumire plays games very happily. She usually speaks in a calm and beautiful voice, but her voice can suddenly become loud when she gets excited.

She has a creative side, drawing pictures and publishing them on X (Twitter) and other sites, and is particular about music videos for cover songs.

She prefers high-sensitivity mouse settings, and is able to use it effectively. She is able to calmly and objectively see herself in fast-paced situations (metacognition). Therefore, even in high-stakes situations such as competitions, she rarely fails due to rushing decisions. She is regarded by those around her as being "strong in the moment".

Despite this, she values having fun in her regular game play. It is not uncommon for Sumire to let her guard down because she enjoys it so much. There is a slang term called "Haguki" (歯茎, lit. gums), used to refer to a situation: when someone is so sure of victory, they let their guard down with a smile wide enough to show their gums, and she often finds herself in this state.

In the early days of her activities she was quiet, but now she has become more vocal, her friendships have expanded, and she is showing viewers a new side of her every day.

Appearance

Sumire has short silver hair in a bob cut hairstyle and eyes with turquoise blue irises. She has a beauty mark below her right eye.

In her original design, she had a violet flower hairtie holding her long bangs up, and she wore a black pajama outfit with a polka-dotted hood and cuffs, plus black cat slippers on her feet.

Background

Sumire's Twitter account was created on September 2018, while her first tweet was made on 21 September. Her YouTube channel was created on 21 September.

On 11 October 2018, Sumire made her first appearance on Kaga Nazuna's YouTube channel.

Mascot and fans

* Sumire's mascot name is Poyaneko (ぽやねこ).
* Sumire's fans are called "Su-min" (すー民).
* The name "Gu-min" (グ民) was previously derived from gummy bears, but the name was changed because it was mistakenly thought to mean stupid people.

Relationships

* "Kaga Shimai" (花芽姉妹, Kaga Sisters) - Sumire and Kaga Nazuna.
* Twin sisters with Sumire as the older sister and Nazuna as the younger sister. They used to live together in Tokyo until Sumire moved out to a new place.
* The first two members of Lupinus Virtual Games (LVG), and later also the "dai senpai" (highest seniority) of all VSPO after LVG was reorganized as a team under the new Virtual eSports Project agency.
* Also called Hanagumi (はなぐみ) by fans.
* Lupinus Virtual Games (LVG), alongside Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha.
* Sunobo (すのぼ), alongside Kurumi Noah and Nun Bora.
* Team GG, alongside Ichinose Uruha and Kurumi Noah. Vsaikyou Season 1 team.
* TMSGO☆GO, alongside Natsuiro Matsuri and Tokoyami Towa. Vsaikyou Season 2 team.
* Kagaisha (花芽い社), alongside Kaga Nazuna and Yashiro Kizuku. Vsaikyou Season 3 team.
* xXShin Sekai no KamiXx (xX新世界の神Xx, xXGod of the New WorldXx), alongside Hanabusa Lisa and Yukoku Roberu. Vsaikyou Season 4 team.
* Epicen da Michi o Akero (エピセンだ道を開けろ, We're Epicenter, Make Way!), alongside Yuki Chihiro and La+ Darknesss. Vsaikyou Season 5 team.
* Gekka B Nin (月花B忍), alongside Hizuki Yui and Inui Shinichiro. Vsaikyou Season 6 team.
* Supermarket Ten'in (スーパーマーケット店員, Supermarket Staff) along with Akagami no Tomo, Nachoneko, dtto., Amatsuki, Ishigami Nozomi, Kanaria, Kyouichirou, Gil-kun, Kurotansan, Kettsun, Kenki, Sasaki Saku, Shiina Yuika, Syaruru, StylishNoob, Sendo Yuuhi, Chogakusei, Day1, Nacchi, Hinata Maru, Fura Kanato, Hesiko, Hori Nishi, Honma Himawari, mittiii, Middleee, Yano Kuromu, Renjirou, Watarai Hibari and Warabui. From VCR GTA 3.
* ABS, alongside Astel Leda and Hakos Baelz.
* Lycoris (ぶんぶんギャング), along with Koyanagi Rou (boss), Kanae, Ex Albio, Totomix, Rainbrain, Sakayori Soma, Ano Miharu, Sorahoshi Paru, Mikami Kon, Shibuya HAL, Amon Yuuku, Onigaya Ten, Komori Met, Hinokuma Ran, Limone-sensei, BobSappAim, Milan Kestrel, Yozuna Niu, Mazeta, Colon, and Day1. This group was a gang formed in June 2025 during MADTOWN β (Beta) GTA.
* MADTOWN Keisatsu (MADTOWN警察, MADTOWN Police Department), with Atto, Amal 3rd, AlphaAzur, FB777, Kaga Nazuna, Gocchan Mikey, Shirosense, Shiromanta, Ceo Kazari, Chiino, Chikunobo, Hiura Kuro, Hinokuma Ran, Hiraiwa Kou, Mazeta, Marutake, yuu, LIGHT, waiwai, Hatsuka Neru, Pretz, Amon Yuuku, Onigaya Ten, Milan Kestrel, NIRU, Takagi, Choya Hanabi, VanilLa, Kiruma, ManueL, Rio, Middleee, And Uge, Mitsuki, Amaki Pururu,, , Satomi, , and Rosec Pin. This group is the police force formed in October 2025 during MADTOWN GTA.
* Holy Mad Aries Church, along with Wakio (pope), YufuNa, Hatsuka Neru, Ibrahim, Kano Mahoro, Kohaku Teto, Aki Rosenthal, VanilLa, Takamiya Rion, Minase, Komori Met, Asumi Sena, SHAKA, Milan Kestrel, Kanseru, Meloco Kyoran, Tachibana, Kyoyu Shiroya, Ayatsuno Yuni, and ralph. This group is the church clergy formed in October 2025 during the MADTOWN GTA event.

Likes and dislikes

* Her favorite food is Nerunerunerune, a "DIY candy" mix which she has made with special tea and acerola juice.
* She likes Nerunerunerune so much that she only has one meal, or she eats 4 to 5 servings of Nerunerunerune alone.
* Dislikes: mushrooms.

Miscellaneous

* Kaga Nazuna, Ichinose Uruha, Kurumi Noah were invited by her to debut as VTubers.
* Yakumo Beni was also invited by her to audition for VSPO!, where she passed the audition and joined the group.
* She and Kisaragi Ren occasionally send pictures of each other's cats and hold a party to say "cute".
* She is a self-proclaimed OreApo (Tachibana Hinano & Kamito duo) anti, in contrast to her sister Nazuna becoming the "daughter" of OreApo.
* She is one of the few VSPO! members who have done ASMR (others include Yakumo Beni and Jira Jisaki), which is rare in VSPO! because management disallows it as regular content, except for commemorative streams like milestone celebrations, anniversaries or as members-only streams.
* Sumire's Family Story
* There is a picture book of her mother's work that summarizes her memories so far because her father is involved in cooking related work and her mother is related to illustrations.
* Her mother is not good at driving a car and has had an accident.
* She can ride a bicycle since she was three years old (self-proclaimed).
* When she was in kindergarten or elementary school, she pulled out the radishes from her neighborhood grandma's field and lined them up on the road to get her angry.
* She allegedly saw a UFO from the window of her room when she was in the first grade of junior high school or high school.
* When she was attending a driving school, she got 100km/h at the confluence of the highway, and the teacher at the driving school got angry. She said it seems to be okay to enter the void when an accident is likely.
* She is not good at driving a car, and she have been told by her neighbors that she was in a violet zone when she rushed into a plant on the road and had an accident.
* She could do Yoshi dying voice impressions, and she sometimes does it.
* She shares the same character designer with her sister Kaga Nazuna, Yumekawa Kanau from Re:ACT, Kugumi Rui from VVorks, Amae Ten from FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION, Toono Oto from Varium and Tokiwagi Hata from Parallel Artist Project.

Lore

The elder Kaga sister. While normally composed, her childish side comes out in front of her sister. A master of FPS, her aim is her ultimate weapon.

More Info

Profile

Sumire is the older sister of the Kaga sisters. She is usually calm, but has an innocent side in front of her sister, Nazuna. In FPS games, she plays with a great sense of exhilaration by utilizing her natural aim.

2018

On 20 October, Sumire debuted on her own channel with a PUBG stream.

On 28 November, she debuted her 2nd outfit, a school uniform with jacket and headphones.

On 26 December, Sumire and Nazuna announced their 3D outfit during a PUBG stream.

2019

On 1 January, Sumire and her sister Nazuna did a New Year's stream with full 3D body in Nazuna's channel.

On 8 March, she celebrated her channel reaching 5,000 subscribers with a viewer participation PUBG custom lobby.

On 8 September, she did an endurance PUBG stream almost one year after debut, where she finished matches in 30 minutes to celebrate her channel reaching 8,000 subscribers. The stream lasted for 11 hours.

2020

On 2 April, Sumire did her first birthday stream (Members-only).

On 25 April, she debuted her 3rd outfit, a black dress.

On 1 May, she released her first cover song "Religion of Loneliness."

On 12 July, she celebrated her channel reaching 20,000 subscribers with a Marshmallow Q&A reading stream.

On 28 August, she celebrated her channel reaching 30,000 subscribers with a talk stream with her friends in Discord.

On 11 October, she celebrated the Kaga Sisters' 2nd Anniversary stream on her sister Nazuna's channel.

On 7 November, she celebrated her channel reaching 50,000 subscribers with a drawing stream.

On 21 November, she continued her 50,000 subscribers celebration with an Apex endurance stream aiming for 200 kills. She was accompanied by Kurumi Noah to reach her goal. The stream lasted for more than 5 hours.

2021

On 15 March, Sumire celebrated her YouTube channel reaching 100,000 subscribers, where she also debuted her 4th outfit, featuring a white cat-ear beret and a cape. Shirasawa Kazane did the rigging.

On 31 March, she released her cover song "twinkle night."

On 2 April, she celebrated her 2021 birthday stream.

On 12 April, she did her first cooking stream.

On 22 May, she celebrated her channel reaching 150,000 subscribers with a Marshmallow Q&A reading stream. In this stream she also showed her room tour video that got privated before.

On 3 August, she celebrated her channel reaching 200,000 subscribers with a commemorative stream.

On 13 August, she debuted the 2.0 version of her 2nd outfit (uniform).

On 29 September, VSPO! announced that Sumire's activities would be suspended for two weeks due to a controversy that involved her and Yakumo Beni. Sumire's involvement came in the form of her playing competitive mode with VALORANT pro players, who used smurf (sub-account) accounts that did not match her original rank and skill set in VALORANT.

On 7 November, she released her cover song "Nani yatte mo umaku ikanai."

On 20 October, she celebrated her 3rd Anniversary with a commemorative stream.

2022

On 12 February, Sumire celebrated her channel reaching 300,000 subscribers with a commemorative stream.

On 16 February, she debuted her 5th outfit (Taisho Romantic x Fantasy outfit). The rigging was done by Jujube.

On 25 February, she created her Twitch account.

On 2 April, she celebrated her 2022 birthday stream, where she did her first call-in.

On 6 October, she celebrated her channel reaching 400,000 subscribers with a commemorative stream, where she also debuted the 2.0 version of her 3rd outfit (black dress).

On 20 October, she celebrated her 4th Anniversary with a commemorative stream.

2023

On 11 February, Sumire held the first of what would be her recurring "VSPO! Public Morals Check" (ぶいすぽ風紀チェック) series.

On 2 April, she celebrated her 2023 birthday stream.

On 6 April, she debuted her 6th outfit, her room wear. On the same day she also released her original opening song titled "Game Game☆Over".

On 12 May, she debuted her 3D model in a relay after Kurumi Noah and Hanabusa Lisa.

On 28 May, she celebrated her channel reaching 500,000 subscribers with a commemorative ASMR stream.

On 19 June, she released her cover song "Planet Loop."

On 30 July, she debuted the remake of her 4th outfit (cat-ear beret and cape). The rigging was done by Nachiku.

On 20 October, she celebrated her 5th Anniversary stream. On the same day she also released her cover song, "Leica."

On 22 November, she revealed her 7th outfit (trendy streetwear dress). The rigging was done by rariemonn.

On 26 November, she participated as a guest at La+ Darknesss's 2nd Anniversary Live concert. Sumire, Laplus, and Yuki Chihiro sang "Mela!".

2024

On 6 January, Sumire held the second edition of her recurring "VSPO! Public Morals Check" (ぶいすぽ風紀チェック) series.

On 9 January, she released her cover song "People Mania." She is joined on this cover song by her friends Kaminari Qpi, Yakumo Beni, Rader, and Kawase. This cover song attracted a lot of attention as it appeared on the YouTube's fastest-rising rankings, and reached 1 million views 4 days after its release.

On 2 April, she celebrated her 2024 birthday stream.

On 17 April, she celebrated her channel reaching 600,000 subscribers.

On 8 June, she debuted the remake of her 2nd outfit (uniform).

On 5 October, she debuted her 8th outfit (China outfit).

On 20 October, she celebrated her 6th Anniversary.

2025

On 14 February, Sumire released a VSPO! Valentine's special YouTube Short anime, where she voiced herself.

On 2 April, she celebrated her 2025 birthday stream.

On 19 July, she debuted the remake of her 5th outfit (Taisho Romantic x Fantasy outfit).

On 23 July, she held the third edition of her "VSPO! Public Morals Check" (ぶいすぽ風紀チェック) series.

On 20 October, she celebrated her 7th Anniversary. On the same day, she premiered her cover of "Lavie" by.

On 7 December, she debuted her 9th outfit, her "All-girls school"-style Discipline Committee uniform, which notably features a red "Discipline Committee" armband toggle to fit her "VSPO! Public Morals Check" streams. The outfit also features a long-sleeved version, short-sleeved black shirt version and cream cardigan version.

2018

* On 20 September, Sumire participated in the PUBG VTuber Co-op Final as member of team "2008" along with Kaga Nazuna, Aoneko Aim and Hatano Charo.). The team won 1st place.
* On 20 October, she participated in the 1st "VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen" (VSaikyou PUBG) tournament, hosted by Shibuya Hal. She was a member of team "Kagachyamu" along with Kaga Nazuna, BobSappAim and Hatano Charo. The team won 1st place, winning the tournament.

2019

* On 17 February, Sumire participated in the "3rd PUBG GIRLS BATTLE" (第3回 PUBG GIRLS BATTLE), a PUBG solo tournament. She took 16th place in the overall ranking.
* On 14 April, she participated in the "2nd VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen" (第2回 VTuber最協決定戦) (VSaikyou PUBG 2) tournament as a member of team "Youkya" along with Kaga Nazuna, Nakiri Ayame and Oozora Subaru. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.
* On 2 June, she participated in another edition of the VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen PUBG tournament this time a solo show tournament in collaboration with Nagoya VTuber Fes.
* On 21 July, she participated in the PUBG Donkatsu Cup as a member of team "Lupinus Virtual Games" (LVG) along with Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha. The team took 14th place in the overall ranking.
* On 28 August, she participated in the A-SCRIM Group B PUBG tournament as member of team Lupinus Virtual Games. The team was the overall winner.
* On 29 September, she participated in the "Entertainer vs VTuber e-sports PUBG Championship" (芸人 vs VTuber e-sports PUBG 選手権) as a member of team Lupinus Virtual Games. The team took 3rd place.

2020

* On 2 August, Sumire participated in the first VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (Apex Legends) (a.k.a the Vtuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament, or just VSaikyou for short) tournament as a member of "Team GG" along with Ichinose Uruha and Kurumi Noah. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.
* On 29 August, she participated in the first Crazy Raccoon Cup (CR Cup #1) Apex Legends tournament as a member of team "Ushikaku 3150!!" (牛角3150!!) along with BobSappAim, and shomaru7. The team won 1st place, winning the tournament.
* On 24 October, she participated in Intel PC Fes 2020 in a collaboration between VSPO! and Galleria. VSPO! members were joined by Shibuya Hal and Virtual Gorilla to form four Apex Legends teams that held simultaneous 12-hour endurance streams, with the challenge to get 10 Champions within that time frame. Sumire's team consisted of Hanabusa Lisa and Shibuya Hal.
* On 1 November, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #2 (CR Cup 2) Apex tournament as a member of team "Sumikko Nyankon" (すみっこにゃんこーん) along with Ras, and Cornn. The team won 1st place, making Sumire a back-to-back CR Cup winner.
* On 27 December, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #3 (CR Cup 3) Apex tournament as a member of team "Sumire Easy with Wokka" (すみれいじーwithうぉっか) along with Wokka, and L4zyAlone. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.

2021

* On 24 January, Sumire participated in the 2nd VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (Apex Legends) (VSaikyou 2) tournament as a member of team "TMSGO☆GO" along with Tokoyami Towa, Natsuiro Matsuri.The team took 16th place in the overall ranking and got a new PC as special prize.
* On 31 January, she participated in the 7th Crazy Raccoon Cup Invitational Fortnite tournament as a member of team "Shotaimen" (しょたいめん) along with Wildhawk. The team won 1st place, winning the tournament.
* On 14 March, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #4 (CR Cup 4) Apex tournament as a member of team "Ryoute ni Kyokan" (両手に巨漢, Giant in Both Hands) along with Kawase, and Rader. The team took 17th place in the overall ranking.
* On 28 March, she participated in the 8th Crazy Raccoon Cup Invitational Fortnite tournament as a member of team "Utanaide~" (うたないで～, Don't Shoot~) along with Maufin. The team won 1st place, winning the tournament.
* On 5 May, she participated in the the Apex Legends Duo Tournament Legacy Launch Party as a member of team 2 alongside TIE Ru.
* On 15 May, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #5 (CR Cup 5) Apex tournament as a member of team "Watashi-tachi ga Tsubushimashita" (私たちがつぶしました, We Crushed) along with Shibuya Hal, Yuki Chihiro. The team took 10th place in the overall ranking.
* From 5 to 6 June, she participated in the 1st VALORANT Crazy Raccoon Cup as a member of team "Aku no Barce Gundan" (悪のbarce軍団, Evil Barce Corps) along with Barce, Sasatikk, Cornn and Hendy. The team took 18th place in the overall ranking.
* On 19 June, she participated in the "VISC APEX Tournament -2021 summer-" Apex tournament, reforming team "Ryoute ni Kyokan" (両手に巨漢) along with Kawase and Rader. The team took 3rd place in the overall ranking.
* On 26 June, she participated in the Kagayaki Cup 1 Apex tournament as member of team "Norisumisu" along with Masanori and Miomio. The team took 3rd place in the overall ranking.
* On 27 June, she participated in the Apex Festival Gaiden and was placed in Draft Group B. Her team members are Sentan Kyofusho from Group C and Nobaman from Group E, and her team name is "Team Kaga Sumire". The team won 3rd place.
* On 23 July, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #6'' (CR Cup 6) Apex tournament as a member of team "Flamingo" along with Osamintinus III, and Wokka. The team took 3rd place in the overall ranking.
* On 22 August, she participated in the 3rd VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (VSaikyou 3) as a member of team "Kagaisha" along with Kaga Nazuna, Yashiro Kizuku, Coach: Mondo).The team took 8th place in the overall ranking.
* On 14 September, she participated in 2nd VCC Apex organised by VAULTROOM as Team 13 along with and Yufuna. The team took 11th place in the overall ranking.
* On 19 September, she participated in the Autumn Minecraft Premium Stage ~Big Gathering of Game Streamers~ (秋のマイクラ プレミアム ステージ 〜ゲームストリーマー大集合！〜) as Team A along with Tachibana Hinano, Kaga Nazuna, Kaminari Qpi, Hanabusa Lisa, and Tosaki Mimi. The team won 1st place in the overall ranking.
* On 23 September, Sumire participated in the VSPO! Autumn Surprise Test ~Get out from the academic ability Bronze lobby~ (ぶいすぽっ！秋の抜き打ちテスト～抜け出せ学力ブロンズ帯～) hosted by Kisaragi Ren, Ichinose Uruha, and Shirayuki Reid as the special guest. Sumire ended up in 8th place.
* On 13 November, she participated in the 2nd Apex Festival Gaiden as a member of team "Odanobu" along with Ariken, Odanobu. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking with Sumire winning the "Best Actress Award".
* On 17 November, she participated in VCC Minecraft by VAULTROOM as a member of team D along with Ichinose Uruha, Kurumi Noah, Arisaka, SqLA, Daruma-is-God. The team took 1st place in the overall ranking.
* On 27 November, Sumire participated in VSPO! Final Battle to Decide the Remote Bistro Queen (リモートビストロクイーン決定戦) hosted by Kisaragi Ren and Shirayuki Reid, with Tonakaito "Hendy" as the remote chef.
* On 25 December, she participated in the CR Apex Festival. Differing from the usual Apex tournament format, all teams except for team HIKAKIN are shuffled each round, and any player who defeats will receive a 1 million JPY prize. She placed 23rd in the overall ranking out of 57 (team HIKAKIN's 3 players are not counted in the lobby of 60 players).

2022

* On 16 January, Sumire participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #8 (CR Cup 8) Apex tournament as a member of team "IQ3" along with Donpisha, and Yufuna. The team took 18th place in the overall ranking.
* On 30 January, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup Rainbow Six Siege presented by X-MOMENT tournament in a team alongside Tachibana Hinano, Kamito, Kuzuha, and Daruma-is-God. The team took 1st place in the overall ranking.
* On 23 February, she participated in the 3rd Apex Festival (Apex Festival 3) as a member of team "Tenbou de Awatenbo" (展望であわてんぼう) along with Iori Moe and Youhei. The team took 20th place in the overall ranking.
* On 17 April, she participated in the 4th VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (Apex Legends) (VSaikyou 4) tournament as a member of team "xX God of the New World Xx" along with Hanabusa Lisa, and Yukoku Roberu with Wokka as their coach. The team took 6th place in the overall ranking.
* On 9, 10, 12 May, she participated in the 1st RUST Streamer Event (Day1, Day2, Day3) as a member of team A along with Kaga Nazuna, Ibrahim, Cpt, Kanae. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.
* On 4 June, she was slated to participate in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #9 (CR Cup 9) Apex tournament. Unfortunately, the Apex tournament was ultimately cancelled due to a bugged lobby and major instability issues in the game, and it was replaced on the same day with a Fall Guys and Golf it! tournament. She participated as a member of team "Star☆Flower" along with Ichinose Uruha, and Cpt. The team took 15th place in the overall ranking.
* On 16, 18, and 19 June, she participated in the 2nd RUST Streamer Event (Day1, Day2, Day3) as a member of team D along with Mondo, Vodka, Ibrahim, Suzuki Noriaki, Uruca. The team took 5th place in the overall ranking.
* On 30 to 31 July, she participated in the 3rd VALORANT Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) as a member of team "Mother×Family" along with Kaga Nazuna, Kamito, BobSappAim and MOTHER3. The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.
* On 18 September, she participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #9.5 (CR Cup 9.5) Apex tournament, reforming team "Star☆Flower" along with Ichinose Uruha, and Cpt. The team took 1st place in the overall ranking. This set a record for Sumire and Cpt as they became 3-time CR Cup winners.
* On 3 December, she participated in the 2nd Rakuten eSports cup (Apex Legends) tournament as a member of team "Donpisha" along with Donpisha, and Kinako. The team took 8th place in the overall ranking.

2023

* On 21 January, Sumire participated in the Crazy Raccoon Cup #10 (CR Cup 10) Apex tournament as a member of team "Nihongo F Jiyuu" (日本語F自由) along with Shibuya Hal, and Fuwa Minato. The team took 15th place in the overall ranking.
* On 4 March, she participated in the SBI Neo festival NEXUM 2023 (Apex Legends) tournament as a member of team "Hono-Sumi-Tsukai" along with Nishimura Honoka, and RinnsyannTukai. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.
* On 15 April, she participated in the 4th VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (Apex Legends) (VSaikyou 4) tournament as a member of team "Epicen-da-Michi-wo-Akero" (EMA) along with La+ Darknesss, and Yuki Chihiro. The team took 6th place in the overall ranking.
* On 27 June, she hosted the "SUMIRE CUSTOM: PUBG" tournament, an event open only to VTubers. This was her idea, and the event was entirely self-financed.
* On 15 to 16 July, she participated in the 5th VALORANT Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) as a member of team "October Perlinai" (10月のパーリナイ) along with Komori Met, Ex Albio, Daruma-is-God, and Lauren Iroas, with Popogachi as coach. The team took 7th place in the overall ranking.
* On 18 July, she was invited to join the first Vaultroom x Crazy Raccoon (VCR) GTA event server. However, she only played for a day due to difficulties adapting to the game environment.
* On 29 July, she participated in the bilibili VUP 「超」協力赛 (Apex Legends) tournament as a member of team "VSPO!" (Vspo！肉包！细细咀嚼！！！！) along with Kurumi Noah, and Hanabusa Lisa. The team placed 6th in the overall ranking.
* On 6 August, she participated in the 5th REIGNITE CUP (Apex Legends) tournament as a member of team PINK" along with Civ:A, DizzyMizLizy, HASESHIN,, and YukaF. The team took 3rd place in the overall ranking.
* On 3 September, she participated in the 4nd Rakuten eSports cup (PUBG) as a member of team "Crazy Spo Sha" along with Asumi Sena, Arisaka, and Donpisha. The team took 8th place in the overall ranking.
* On 19 November, she participated in the 1st Act of the VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (VALORANT) (VSaikyou VALORANT Act1) tournament as a member of team "Choju-giga (超銃戯画)" along with Yakumo Beni, Astel Leda, Kanae, Hizuki Yui. The team took 5th place in the overall ranking.
* From 10 December to 22 December, she joined the VCR GTA Season 2 event server. Sumire initially became the hospital director, training the server's paramedics. 2 days after, she joined the police force.

2024

* On 7 February, Sumire participated in League of Legends The k4sen as a member of team "DoraMae Jigoku Machi (ドラ前地獄待ち)" (team consisting of Sumire(MID), Ichinose Uruha(SUP), TENNN(TOP), Tentei Forte(ADC), Yoru Yoichi(JG)). The team took 4th place in the overall ranking.
* On 5 April, she participated in the "SCARZCUP Apex Legends vol.3" Apex tournament as a member of team Curihara along with Curihara and NIRU. The team placed 10th in the overall ranking.
* On 20 April, she participated in the "STREAMERS DIVE into THE FINALS" THE FINALS tournament as a member of VanilLa team along with Hatsuka Neru and VanilLa. The team placed 9th in the overall ranking.
* On 13 May, she participated in the "4th Street Fighter Crazy Raccoon Cup" as a member of team "Himehime♡Ca~rnival!" (ひめひめ♡か～にばるっ！) along with Shuto, Akami Karubi, Tokoyami Towa, Honma Himawari and Makaino Ririmu. The team placed 4th in the qualifying round but did not advance to the finals.
* From 2 to 3, 7, 9 and 11 to 12 December, she participated in the VCR GTA Season 3 event server. She joined the supermarket staff, a new occupation group. Near the end of the event, she formed a small-time criminal duo with dtto..
* On 31 December, the anime MV for her collaboration with Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto, Kurumi Noah and Tachibana Hinano for their original song "Shining Phrase!" was shown during VSPO!'s 2024 year-end live countdown event stream.

2025

* On 15 February, Sumire participated in the DTTO.CUP Apex tournament as part of Astel Leda TEAM along with Astel Leda and Hakos Baelz.
* On 9 November, she participated in the 2nd Act of the VTuber Saikyou Ketteisen (VALORANT) (VSaikyou VALORANT Act2) tournament as part of team "Zunzun Decoy" (ずんずんデコイ) along with Amane Amu, Onigaya Ten, Koyanagi Rou and Sakayori Soma. The team got 6th place in the overall ranking.
* On 23 March, she participated in the 2025 "VSPO! SHOWDOWN powered by RAGE" event, a 2-day multi-game e-sports event featuring all of VSPO!'s talents arranged into teams to compete against rival teams composed of various e-sports streamers and professionals, in games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Alliance of Valiant Arms, Street Fighter 6, VALORANT and League of Legends. The event was held at the arena and streamed live on Abema (paid) and YouTube (free portion). Runa competed in the VALORANT portion of the event on Day 1, together with Shinomiya Runa, Hanabusa Lisa, Nekota Tsuna and Yumeno Akari, along with TORANECO (coach). They faced a rival team composed of Mother3 (team leader), SurugaMonkey, Yoh Killin9Hit, and Tonakaito (Hendy). The VSPO! team won.
* From 20 June to 29 June, she participated in the MADTOWN β (Beta) GTA event server organized by Crazy Raccoon, where she joined the Lycoris gang (red) led by Koyanagi Rou.
* From 1 October to 30 October, she participated in the MADTOWN GTA event server, where she joined both the police force (initially serving as a police chief for a week) as well as the "Holy Mad Aries Church" led by Wakio as clergy.
* On 22 November to 24 November, she participated in the 3-day VSPO! Festival (VSPO! FES) 2025 paid event held on site in LaLa arena TOKYO BAY, which includes the FUNtastic Girls Party team gaming session featuring all branches, and the DIAMOND in the ROUGH live concert for the JP branch. It is VSPO!'s biggest and longest event to date, and included members from all 3 branches with JP, EN and former CN members participating. Sumire performed on Day 1 of the DIAMOND in the ROUGH concert.

2026

* On 21 March, Sumire participated in the "VSPO! SHOWDOWN 2026 powered by RAGE" multi-game eSports event held at . She competed in the League of Legends portion on Day 1, taking the support role in a team with Tachibana Hinano (top), Ginjo Saine (jungler), Nekota Tsuna (mid), and Shiranami Ramune (ADC), while facing the Rival team composed of Kamito, Nagisacchi, Mother3, YufuNa, and SHAKA. The VSPO! team lost to the Rival team.

Quotes

* "Oisu ~" (おいす～)
* "Kao shibui" (顔渋い)
* "Kao kussha ku sha" (顔くっしゃくしゃ)
* "Kokū de unko kuu" (虚空でうんこ食う)
* " Ba byo ̄ n" (ばびょ～ん, byebye)
* "Do hi ~ya ~" (どひゃ～)
* "Erītosumirarutaru" (エリートスミラルタル, Elite Sumiraltar) (references to Gibraltar from Apex Legends)
* "Shirōtosumirarutaru" (シロートスミラルタル, White Sumiraltar)
* "Kurōtosumirarutaru" (クロートスミラルタル, Black Sumiraltar)
* "Sūpāsumitan" (スーパースミタン, Super Sumitan) (a reference to Octane from Apex)
* "Sumireisu" (スミレイス, Sumiwraith) (a reference to Wraith from Apex)
* "Sumiputo" (スミプト, Sumicrypto) (a reference to Crypto from Apex)
* "Sumittohaundo" (スミットハウンド, Sumihound) (a reference to Bloodhound from Apex)
* "Koyubi!!" (小指！！, little finger!)
* "Tashika ni, takāshigani, kegani" (確かに、タカアシガニ、毛ガニ, Certainly, spider crab, horsehair crab)

Identity

* Color: black
* Her given name Sumire (すみれ) is pronounced the same as the Japanese word for the sumire (菫).
* Sumire is the "discipline committee member/public morals officer" of VSPO!, and in line with this, she has a recurring stream series called the "VSPO! Public Morals Check" (ぶいすぽ風紀チェック) where she reviews clips of other VSPO! members sent by viewers, rating the members' questionable behavior and putting them into categories at the end depending on their seiso-ness (or lack thereof).
* She got the nickname "Gyu-chan" & "Kaga Gyu-mire" because of eating (Beef Bowl) during live streaming.
* In mid 2025, Sumire received the nickname "eSports Succubus" (sometimes abbreviated in Japan as "eSuccubus" or "eSuccu") from overseas fans in Taiwan, which quickly spread to the rest of her fanbase and Japanese eSports streamer circles.
* On 20 October 2025, Sumire gave the "eSports Succubus" nickname a nod by releasing stickers of herself in succubus form as part of her 7th Anniversary goods.

Games

* Sumire's main eSport/competitive game is Apex Legends.
* She is a high sensitivity FPS player, her settings are one of the highest in VSPO!.
* Her first FPS and PC game is PUBG. Not knowing much about settings, she played PUBG with 1600 DPI and 50 in-game sens for 1 year and adapted to high sens FPS gaming.
* She is a long-time veteran of FPS tournaments, having participated in them since 2018 across various games like PUBG, Rainbow 6 Siege, Fortnite, Overwatch 2, THE FINALS, Apex, VALORANT. She is a frequent participant of the Crazy Raccoon Cup in particular, across its various versions.
* She regretted her decision to quit from VCR GTA 1 after only 1 day, and later became an active player on StoGra (STGR, Streamer Grand Theft Auto), a JP streamer GTA online roleplaying (RP) server. There she RPs a doctor named "Sumino Mirei".

Apex Legends

* Her highest rank is Master (Season 8 Split1 / S10 Split1 / S12 Split1).
* She is a multi-time and back-to-back Apex tournament winner, having won the Crazy Raccoon Cup for Apex 3 times: CR Cup #1, #2 and #9.5.
* She won an Ojiji Award during the 5th CR Cup for having the word "toire" left as an overlay on her screen throughout the first match, which she forgot to remove after returning from her toilet break.
* Just after the 5th CR Cup, she used a cardboard box for a gaming chair and streamed for 30 minutes standing up when it broke.
* On 19 January 2023, during the the scrim practice for 10th Crazy Raccoon Cup (Apex Legends), she won a 1v1 against professional YukaF (FNATIC JAPAN) and so she was jokingly scouted by FNATIC JAPAN.

VALORANT

* Her highest rank is Diamond 3 (Season 2025 Act2).

Overwatch

* Her highest rank in Overwatch is Diamond.
* Her highest rank in Overwatch 2 is Master 5 (Support and Solo).

Other games

* Her highest rank in Street Fighter 6 is PLATINUM 3 (as a main).
* Her highest rank in League of Legends is Bronze 1.
* Her highest rank in Teamfight Tactics is Platinum 2.
* Her highest rank in Splatoon 3 is S+0.

Equipment & setting

Some of the equipment listed may not be up to date.(Updated 26 June 2021)*

* Gaming PC
* CPU : i9-10850K
* Graphic Card : RTX 3070
* Memory : 32GB RAM

* Live Streaming PC
* CPU : i7-8700k
* Graphic Card : GTX 1080 Ti
* Memory : 32GB RAM

* Peripherals
* Monitor : BenQ 24inch 144hz | Acer 24inch 60hz
* Keyboard : Corsair K65 silver shaft | Tizona
* Mouse : Logitech GPRO Wireless
* Mouse pad : SteelSeries QcK Edge
* Capture board : AVerMedia C878
* Audio interface : Yamaha AG03
* Headphones : SteelSeries Arctis 5 White | Bose QuietComfort 20
* Microphone : Shure SM58-LCE
* Microphone Stand : Roycel
* WebCamera : Logicool C920r
* Drawing tablet : HUION Kamvas Pro GT-133

* Gaming Console
* Nintendo Switch
* PlayStation 4

* Gaming Chair
* Noble Chair Epic Pure White 002

* Apex Setting
* DPI : 1200
* Sensitivity : 3.8
* Turn distance : about 4 cm

Live chat etiquette

* Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarised here: "VTuber Chat Etiquette"

Sumire's rules

* Please refrain from talking about other streamers. (But if I bring them up, let's talk about them together)
* Please don't engage in carrier pigeon behavior. (e.g. Streamer A said xx! Why don't you play with streamer A? etc.)
* Please avoid making statements that may offend others (i.e. comments containing violence, sexual harassment or harsh criticism); Please block or ignore these comments.

Media

* 花芽すみれ - YouTube channel
* kagasumire - Twitch channel
* 花芽すみれ - TwitCasting Channel
* 花芽すみれ - Twitter account (Main)
* すみれだよ - Twitter account (Sub)
* 花芽すみれ - Mildom channel (defunct)
* 花芽姐妹Official - bilibili Channel (shared with Nazuna)
* Sumire Kaga - Marshmallow account
* Lupinusvg - Official Booth

Hashtags

* #花芽すみれ - Main hashtag
* #おいすー見れ - Stream hashtag
* #すぅあーと - Fanart hashtag
* #すー民 - Fans hashtag

Statistics

* Kaga Sumire - Social Blade YouTube stats
* Kaga Sumire - Playboard YouTube stats
* kagasumire - TwitchTracker stats
* kagasumire - SullyGnome Twitch stats
* kagasumire - Social Blade Twitch stats