A black and white shiba inu with round eyebrows and light yellow-orange-ish brown trim. He wears a yellow bandanna with red and orange stripes.
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Background
Shiba made her YouTube debut on 25 September 2018.
Relationships
- "Fluffy" (ふらっふぃい) - Kuroi Shiba, Lunlun and Debidebi Debiru.
- "NIJISANJI Mad Dogs" (にじさんじ狂犬ズ, NIJISANJI Kyokenzu) - Kuroi Shiba and Machita Chima.
- "Moyashiba" (もやしば) - Kuroi Shiba and Yumeoi Kakeru. The two used to hold a radio program together.
- "Kokumuchou" (黒夢町 / こくむちょう) - Kuroi Shiba, Yumeoi Kakeru, and Machita Chima.
- "Nazo itsumen" (謎いつメン) - Kuroi Shiba, Yashiro Kizuku, Ange Katrina, and Suo Sango.
- This mysterious combination of members originally came together for a sponsored stream, but started collaborating frequently after. Their unit name is literally "謎" (mysterious) + "いつメン" (from "いつものメンバー", the usual members).
- YouTube Playlist: 謎メンのみなさん (by Sango)
Trivia
- Color: White
- Since Hanabuse Shiho is the entity responsible for Shiba's ability to speak, whenever Shiho separates from Shiba's consciousness, Shiba can no longer communicate in the human language.
- Shiba owns a male Pomeranian named Shirai Pome (白井ぽめ). As an April Fool's joke, on 1 April 2019, Shirai had his first YouTube livestream.
- Shiba is a talented artist and singer too. Not only does her cover of Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei (嗚呼、素晴らしきニャン生, "Ah, It's a Wonderful Cat Life") demonstrate her wide vocal range, but she also drew all of the video's illustrations.
- Shiba is a fan of yuri/GL (Girls' Love). When a Marshmallow asked her for yuri recommendations, Shiba replied with "リゼアン (Lizean)," the ship name for fellow NIJISANJI Livers Lize Helesta and Ange Katrina. Shiba also dedicated a livestream to reacting to Sukoya Kana's and Shirayuki Tomoe's flirtatious and risqué ASMR stream.
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| A rare shiba inu dog who is able to talk. The reason why Shiba's actions were so human-like was because the soul of her owner from a previous life was within her. Shiba now lives in a dog kennel in a corner of a large park with various animals and the spirit of her owner. |
| A shiba inu dog that can speak the language unique to humans. Shiba lives in a dog kennel in a corner of a large park. Since her actions are so human-like, there are rumors that she was originally a human being... |
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2018
On 13 December, Ichikara Inc. announced that NIJISANJI Gamers and NIJISANJI SEEDs would merge with NIJISANJI by the end of the month. As a result, Shiba is now officially affiliated with NIJISANJI.
2020
On 24 January, Shiba received her 2.0 model, allowing her to demonstrate more expressions and depth.
From 16 March to 1 April, Shiba posted a series of mysterious short clips with an unknown narrator reading diary entries, who was later revealed to be Shiba's owner "Shiho". After Shiho died, her soul manifested within Shiba.
On 1 April, Shiba reached 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.
On 20 April, Shiba's official corporate profile was in correspondence to her lore.
2021
On 16 July, Shiba reached 150,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.
2022
On 25 September, Shiba reached 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.
2024
On 13 December, Shiba finally made her 3D debut that amazed many people with NIJISANJI's technology that successfully made non-humanoid 3D with 4-leg tracking in real-time work. Her 3D debut reached more than 130,000 viewers during the live streaming.
Previous life
In a previous life, Shiba was a golden retriever dog by the name of "Kuro" and had belonged to Hanabuse Shiho (花伏しほ) and her husband. Having fallen ill, Shiho asks Kuro to stay by the side of her husband before dying at the age of 22. When Kuro eventually dies too, Kuro meets Shiho in the afterlife and two reincarnate into the current Kuroi Shiba, but Shiba is unable to recall her true history until she unearths Shiho's diary entries from 1975.
Upon remembering her previous life, Shiho's spirit was able to reappear by separating from Shiba's consciousness for the first time on 1 April 2020 with an original song called "Statice" and a self-introduction livestream.
Hanabuse Shiho
Hanabuse Shiho (花伏しほ) was the female owner of Kuro (Shiba's previous life) and the soul within Shiba that allowed Shiba to speak. Shiho was an art teacher who loved to read and paint, but she wasn't good with housework. She is calm, speaks softly, and often refers to Shiba as "Kuro-chan" out of habit.
Occasionally Shiho separates her consciousness from Shiba and is able to stream as her spirit self, usually hosting free chats or playing peaceful games on Shiba's YouTube channel. Shiho also has her own Twitter account (@hanabusedesu).
Media
- Kuroi Shiba's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
- 黒井しば【にじさんじの犬】 - YouTube channel
- @BlackShiba_chan - Twitter account
Hashtags
- #しばの世話 - Stream talk
- #しばのドッグタグ - Fan art
- #しばのエッチタグ - Fan art (questionable)
- #きいてよしばちゃん - News
- #花伏しほ - Hanabuse Shiho
Further readings
Statistics
- Kuroi Shiba - Social Blade YouTube stats
- Kuroi Shiba - Playboard YouTube stats