Suzuki Masaru

An eternally 13-year-old second-year middle school student who lives in the virtual world and wonders if one day he will grow up and his voice will change. He hates normalcy and ordinary life and tries to perfect his coolness on streams but his attempts are often in vain.

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, Masaru is now officially affiliated with NIJISANJI.

On 21 December, Masaru created a new YouTube channel and had his first stream on 23 December 2018. The reason was because after half a year since his debut, somehow his channel did not get permission for monetisation.

On 13 May, Masaru debuted in the new NIJISANJI music unit "Rain Drops," which is signed under the major music record label Virgin Records (Universal Music Group). The other members in this unit are Elu, Ryushen, Warabeda Meiji, Joe Rikiichi, and Saegusa Akina.

On 9 August, celebrating his birthday, Masaru unveiled his new main costume, much like Elu, Suzuka Utako, Gaon, and Han Chiho.

On 20 September, Masaru unveiled his 3.0 update to his Live2D model with Twitter hashtag #鈴木勝update.

On 22 October, Masaru's YouTube channel reached 200,000 subscribers.

On 25 April, Masaru launched his official LINE sticker line up.

On 8 May, Masaru reached 230,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 1 June, it was announced that Masaru will hold his personal 3D model debut stream on 8 June 2022. This will be his second 3D model after the Rain Drop version.

On 7 June, Masaru announced that his ASMR stream archives is made private due to changes in YouTube's term and temporarily stop the Tuesday ASMR stream. Afterwards, he started doing his ASMR streams with Yugamin's (NIJISANJI's mascot) Live2D model instead.

On 9 June, Masaru reached 240,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

On 11 September, Masaru announced that he is officially taking a break from streaming after not streaming for a month due to his health condition. He later explained in a stream following the announcement that he is still recovering from the cough he got after getting tonsillitis, which especially effects his voice.

• On the same stream, he also explained about the changes on ASMR stream that had been going on for the past few months. Apparently, due to his model being an underage character, under the new YouTube's policy, he is not allowed to do ASMR stream. Therefore, he is working hard training to 'grow' himself so he is allowed to do ASMR stream again.

On 7 January, Masaru revealed his new outfit montsuki haori hakama (紋付羽織袴, the most traditional formal attire for men in Japan) with black, grey, and white pattern; and a short side-ponytail as new hairstyle.

On 23 April, the formation of a NIJISANJI musical performance unit began to be teased, with founding members Eli Conifer, Masaru, and Seraph Dazzlegarden posting silhouettes using the hashtag #にじさんじ演奏ユニットプロジェクト on successive days. On 26 April, the unit's remaining members, Tachitsute Toto and Emma★August, were revealed via a video uploaded on Masaru's channel, having been chosen by audition. The unit's name was revealed to be Gakudan V!VO in an announcement stream on Seraph's channel on 28 April; official social media accounts for the group opened following the stream.

On 3 May, Masaru reached 300,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

• Suzuki Masaru's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
• 鈴木勝 / Suzuki Masaru【にじさんじ】 - YouTube channel (current)
• 鈴木勝の旧Channel【にじさんじ】 - YouTube channel (old, not in used anymore)
• @darkness_eater - Twitter account
• @Darkness_Eater2 - Twitter account (sub)
• 铃木胜Official - bilibili channel
• @Darkness_Eater - TwitCasting channel

• #漆黒の観測者 - General
• #漆黒の水鏡 - Fan art
• #漆黒のボイス感想 - Commentary on released voice dramas

• 鈴木勝 - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
• Darkness_Eater - TWPF Profile
• 鈴木勝 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
• 鈴木勝 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
• 鈴木勝 (バーチャルYouTuber) - Japanese Wikipedia
• 铃木胜 - Moegirl Encyclopedia