NekoNayah

Neko can be described as a mix of pure chaos and coziness. Despite facing challenges related to being neurodivergent and managing mental health conditions, they show resilience and strength. They are deeply dedicated to their passions, whether in content creation or supporting their community, and they always strive to be there for the people they care about, even though they can get stressed somewhat easily.

Neko faces several mental health challenges, including generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, ADHD, social phobia, giftedness, and autism. Due to this, they doesn't leave the house much. However, Neko channels their energy into creative endeavors, like drawing and/or VTubing in live streams and videos as a way to connect with others, reduce feelings of impotence, and bring comfort to people.

At the same time, they are a chaotic warm-hearted joker, trying to make people laugh as a way to feel useful and overcome their struggles. Neko usually experiences anxiety attacks before starting streams, and shutdowns after ending them, but always trying to keep a good sense of humor, because they love what they do, after all.

"I’m not going to stop doing what I love just because I have difficulty doing it. Deep down, it does me more good than harm, but I still have a lot to improve." - Nekonayah

Although their VTuber is an original character distinct from their real-life self, they primarily use it as an avatar to express themselves rather than portraying it as a completely separate character. Rather than roleplaying as the character, the model functions more as a visual representation of their personality and presence during streams and videos. The character’s lore and story elements are a way they found to express themselves creatively and are important to them, but they usually reserve that aspect for specific videos and projects, such as webcomics and animations, where the character’s personality is shown to be very similar to Neko’s. When interacting with their audience, even while using their VTuber model, they present themselves as their real self rather than acting as the character.

This is further reinforced by the fact that the character does not have a separate name. “Nekonayah” is simply derived from their online handle, which itself comes from their real name, Neko Nayah, used across their social media platforms. They have mentioned that, if they were to give the character a proper name today, it would likely be something like “Feeriny LaFey”, but the name “Nekonayah” has become so closely associated with them that they now feel somewhat uncomfortable giving the character a different name. Because of this, they instead use “Konay” (also derived from “Nekonayah”) as a nickname for the character in lore-related content and videos.

Their model has green fur with dark green under-eye circles, long ears shaped similarly to the githyanki species, a square snout and sharp teeth, wearing grillz on the left canine and second premolar, and their tongue is forked at the tip. On the eyes, NekoNayah's sclera is yellow, with white irises and red pupils. They have long red hair in a hime cut, with two front braids and one enormous back braid that has a spring around it. They wear a yellow hat with long yellow arms of an undefined animal only on the front part of the head. The hat is attached to the hair with a pin. Additionally, NekoNayah has two reddish horns.

Their scarf is a worn yellow measuring tape, and their outfit is divided into two pieces: the top piece is a brown poncho made from old fabric found in a landfill, with a pin featuring the non-binary flag, a permanent heart-shaped stain in a darker brown tone, and three Favolus Brasiliensis mushrooms growing from it. The bottom piece is a rolled-up leaf secured with a purple button, serving as a skirt. Their body below the head has brown fur with green fur in specific areas and two bat wings that remain hidden under the clothing. Their legs are like elk legs with green hooves. Additionally, they have a long tail with green and orange feathers at the end. Neko usually decorates their tail with found items, such as small beads and sometimes a can tab. Like all members of the koya species, NekoNayah does not have reproductive organs.

• NekoNayah is Neko's VTuber character whom they describes as a reflection of their soul and also a fursona.
• Age: 23 (NekoNayah will always be the same age as Neko).
• Species: Koya – a species they created themself.

NekoNayah is no different: a koya who lives in the forest and reuses objects to make their clothes, accessories, and their own home. Like all koyas, they have the ability to grow and shrink, reaching up to 3 meters tall or as small as 1 centimeter (but like all koyas, they can’t stay that way for long, since changing their own size — or the size of other living creatures — consumes a lot of energy, while changing object's size is okay and can be permanent), though their base size is 5 centimeters. Additionally, every koya can have a unique special power, and in NekoNayah’s case, it is to give life to an object. This cannot be used on living beings or things that were once alive (for example, corpses or plants). Under their clothes, they have bat wings, and found it very difficult to handle things with just their wings, so they sewed a hat with long arms and gave life to it. However, their power does not give life and consciousness, but rather “life” in the sense of making an object an extension of their own body, allowing them to control their hat mentally as they would any other limb. Unconsciously, when they blink, the hat’s eyes blink too. Neko can also see through the hat’s eyes.

On their first day of life, NekoNayah found a worn-out blue fox plush and restored it. They have kept it ever since, as an emotional comfort plush called Rapousa. Some time later, they found a juice box and adapted it to use as a backpack occasionally, securing it with a diaper pin, and whenever they leave home, they always take Rapousa with them inside the backpack.

• Debut
• Introduction
• Lore Playlist
• "Who Am I?" Playlist

• Rapousa is NekoNayah’s plush and emotional comfort fox companion.
• Their fanbase is officially called Nekoya, while their fans are called Koyas.

• Their favourite colours are green, yellow, orange, beige, and brown, but they love all the other colors too.
• They enjoy cosplaying sometimes.
• Their favorite toon from Dandy’s World is Shelly Fossilian.
• Neko has a deep love for animals, with their favorite animal being red foxes.
• Neko enjoys making friends, but struggles to due to their anxiety and being autistic.
• They're furry, and their VTuber is also a fursona, and want to have a fursuit someday.
• Neko loves wearing kemonomimi accessories with their clothes.
• Favorite games are Baldur's Gate 3, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Skyrim.
• Favorite anime are Carole and Tuesday, Saiki Kusuo and Dungeon Meshi.
• Neko is a big fan of the James Cameron's Avatar franchise.
• Enjoys collecting a lot of things.
• Their favorite philosopher is Heraclitus of Ephesus.
• Their favorite character from The Amazing Digital Circus is Kinger.
• Neko's favorite Sanrio character is Berry from the duo Lloromannic.
• They have been to Cavetown and Twenty One Pilots concerts.
• They need tone tags to communicate online.
• They can’t enjoy playing games designed to be difficult, so they play them alone off-stream using mods to make them easier, "because most of the time playing for the art and the story is worth it, and I end up having much more fun when the game becomes easy."

• Being missgendered.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Eating near other people is difficult for them due to food selectivity.
• Mathematics.
• Coffee and Alcohol.
• Insomnia.
• Stupid people.
• Generative AI.
• Sexual jokes make them uncomfortable.

• Neko is engaged with Luna Aiko since 2020.
• They dream of seeing a red fox in real life someday.
• They consider themself cringe.
• They wish to live in Canada someday.
• They consider themself moralistic.
• Neko feels comfortable with the pronoun "he" only if used by themself, their spouse, or close friends.
• Neko always starts many projects and has difficulty seeing them through.
• They have had nightmares about income tax.
• Rapousa is based on their real-life emotional comfort plush, which has the same features and name.
• Neko has a fear of being forgotten.
• At twelve years old, they were afraid of Golden Freddy, spending some nights awake thinking he was at the foot of their bed.