Kanizawa Kani
About
Meet Kanizawa Kani, an active VTuber from Atelier Live. Gender: Female. Based in United Kingdom. Communicates in english. Posts content to Twitch, YouTube, X (Twitter). Counts 40.5K followers on Twitter and 29.2K subscribers on YouTube and 828 followers on Twitch across their channels. Streams cover gaming. Common descriptors: crab, #crabtime, #kanilive, #kanillust. Debuted 2020/12/04. Designed with illustrator by Herself & Illustrator account: Deca. Known to be kani was a crab born on Christmas Island who lived with her family of crabs. Character design: She has red hair and twintails in hair 'loops' that represents a crab shape/silhouette with hairclips and light purple eyes. Lore: Kani created her YouTube channel on 29 September, 2020. Trivia: She loves movies and enjoys talking about them. Kanizawa stands at Human form: 165 cm (5'4") Crab form: 10.14 cm (0'4"), character age 2 years old (crab years). Born under Cancer. Oshi mark: 🦀. Available media: an introduction video. Frequently mentioned alongside kiryu-coco. Fanbase known as Crabkuza. Also known as Kanichou, Kanizawa Kani, Kani Kanizawa 🦀.
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Personality
Kani was a crab born on Christmas Island who lived with her family of crabs. One day, she was separated from them, and decided to travel far in order to find them. She got lost and found herself in the United Kingdom, where she discovered the concept of virtual YouTubers. She was then inspired to follow down that path and become the VTuber Kani Kanizawa.
Appearance
She has red hair and twintails in hair 'loops' that represents a crab shape/silhouette with hairclips and light purple eyes.
Background
Kani created her YouTube channel on 29 September, 2020. She then made her YouTube debut on 4 December, 2020.
Fans
- Her fans are called "Crabkuza". It's a combination of "Crab" and the word "Yakuza".
Trivia
*She loves movies and enjoys talking about them. *She also enjoys listening to music. Her favorite artists are: DAOKO, chelmico, 100 Gecs, and Rap music in general. *She's a fan of Touhou Project, and more particularly, she loves Reimu Hakurei and finds her cute. *She belongs to the group "Atelier Live", a Vtuber group of friends. *Her favorite anime are: Initial D, Ghost in the Shell, Tatami Galaxy, The Garden of Sinners (Kara no Kyoukai), Fate series, Monogatari Series, Katanagatari and Steins;Gate. **Her waifu is Senjougahara Hitagi from the Monogatari series. *Her favorite games are: Silent Hill, Yakuza, simulation games and visual novels, her favorite being Saya no Uta. **During her first solo streams, she played Euro Truck Simulator 2 and a crab fighting simulator. * She's a fan of hololive member Kiryu Coco. *She has a soft spot for trucks. *As a crab, her favorite food is sand.
Lore
"Kani was a crab born on Christmas Island who lived with her family of crabs. One day, she was separated from them, and decided to travel far in order to find them. She got lost and found herself in the United Kingdom, where she discovered the concept of virtual YouTubers. She was then inspired to follow down that path and become the VTuber Kani Kanizawa."
(Sources: Virtual Youtuber Wiki, Debut Stream)
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2020
During her debut stream, she sang DEJA VU by Dave Rodgers.
On 5 December, the day after her debut, she was part of an Among Us collab with the rest of Atelier Live.
2021
On 29 March, Kani reached 25.000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. She celebrated the milestone two days later, on 31 March.
Media
- Kanizawa Kani - YouTube channel
- @kanikanizawa - Kanizawa Kani's official Twitter Account
- Atelier Live - Kani's affiliation account
- 42168116 - Pixiv account
Hashtags
- #crabtime - General
- #kaniLIVE - Stream talk
- #kanillust - Fan art