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About
Tono Riona is a graduated VTuber, affiliated with Date+Links!. Presents as Female. Based in Japan. Broadcasts in japanese. Maintains a presence across YouTube / X (Twitter). Has built an audience of 26.2K subscribers on YouTube, 9.9K followers on Twitter. Debuted 2019/02/14 YouTube: 2019/02/17. Graduated 2026/04/05. Designed with illustrator by * Date & * Hyuuganatsu, live2d rigger by Date, 3d modeler by * Hyuuganatsu & * Yorshka. Visual design notes: Riona has brown hair and eyes with light beige irises. Lore: Her Twitter account was created in February 2019. Notable detail: She shares her illustrator Date with all the members of Date+Links!. Tono stands at 169cm (high school) 170cm (adult), character age 15 (1st year high school form) Secret♡ (adult form). Zodiac sign: Leo. Signature emoji: 🍅. Their profile includes an introduction video, a 7-image gallery. Goes by 遠野莉緒奈 / 遠野莉緒奈🍅 in different contexts.
Character Info
Community
Recent Activity
Introduction Video
Gallery
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Appearance
Riona has brown hair and eyes with light beige irises.
Background
Her Twitter account was created in February 2019. Her YouTube channel was created on 11 February, 2019.
Relationships
- "Date+Links! Ikisei" (1期生, Date+Links! Gen 1) along with Hanagasaki Ao, Asahina Miya, Uchi Suzume, Natsume Momo and Tsuzaki Sharlotte.
Likes and dislikes
- Likes: Final Fantasy XIV, cats,, Genshin Impact, real-life horse racing.
- She's a veteran FF14 player who's cleared all of the "Ultimate" difficulty raids found in four of the game's expansions, and she already cleared two before becoming a VTuber.
- Dislikes: horror games, bitter things (coffee in general, but she says it's not undrinkable ), white chocolate, melons, (three things she says are inedible for her ), overly sweet things, like condensed milk etc.
Miscellaneous
- She shares her illustrator Date with all the members of Date+Links!.
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Profile
A girl who found herself reincarnated in another world because her school got blown up.
2019
On 14 February, her character designer Date announced the formation of the independent VTuber group Date+Links!, which includes Riona, Hanagasaki Ao, Asahina Miya, Uchi Suzume, Natsume Momo and Tsuzaki Sharlotte as part of its first generation of VTubers. This is considered their official debut date for anniversary purposes.
On 17 February, Riona did her first stream on YouTube.
On 3 April, she debuted her second 2D costume. The theme is military dress uniform.
On 10 June, she debuted her third 2D costume. The theme is summer school uniform.
On 19 June, she uploaded her cover of Just Be Friends by Dixie Flatline feat. Megurine Luka.
On 8 July, she received her fourth 2D costume. The theme is beach wear/swimsuit.
On 28 September, she debuted her fifth 2D costume to celebrate her channel reaching 3,000 subscribers. The theme is gaming clothes.
2020
On 11 January, Riona debuted her sixth 2D costume. The theme is mature casual wear ("married woman in a sweater").
On 2 February, she debuted her seventh 2D costume. The theme is maid clothing.
On 27 May, she debuted her eighth 2D costume to celebrate reaching 5,000 subscribers. The theme is Taisho-era Japanese-style clothing.
On 29 June, she premiered her duet with Asagi Nagi, a cover of the song magnet by RyuuseiP feat. Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka.
On 21 October, she debuted her ninth 2D costume. The theme is sleepwear.
2021
On 4 May, Riona debuted her new adult form 2D model to celebrate reaching 10,000 subscribers. The theme is nun clothing.
On 9 July, she debuted her 3D model, which was achieved through crowdfunding. The theme is fantasy ("MMORPG healer").
2022
On 14 February, Riona celebrated her 3rd anniversary and debuted her second 3D outfit. The theme is black lace casual wear. On the same day, she also premiered her cover of Gunjou (群青) by YOASOBI.
On 14 May, she debuted a new 2D costume (tenth costume overall, and second costume for the adult model) to celebrate reaching 20,000 subscribers. The theme is casual wear. On the same day, her duet with Kohanai Momomi, a cover of the song Zurui yo Magnetic today (ずるいよMagnetic today, That's Unfair Magnetic today) by Nishikino Maki and Yazawa Nico, premiered on Momomi's channel.
On 4 June, she premiered her duet with Sakura Nono, a cover of the song Komorebi no Yell (木漏れ日のエール) by Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.
2024
On 14 February, Riona celebrated her 5th anniversary. On the same day, she premiered her cover of Shukufuku (祝福) by YOASOBI.
On 10 November, she premiered her cover of Kanade (奏) by Sukima Switch.
2025
On 14 February, Riona celebrated her 6th anniversary.
2026
On 14 February, Riona celebrated her 7th anniversary.
On 4 March, she announced her graduation to be held on 5 April. She also mentions that her final stream will be on the day of the Osaka Cup, which she has special memories of as it was the first horse race she ever watched. On the same day, she also did a stream to talk about it.
Retirement
On 5 April, Riona held her graduation stream and retired.
Identity
- Color: white
- Depending on the romanization method used, her family name Tono (遠野) can also be spelled "Toono" or "Tohno". Tono is the spelling she uses the most, but all variations are pronounced the same (Tōno).
Horse racing
- She discovered horse racing through playing Uma Musume, and her first horse racing stream was the April 2021 Emperor's Cup. She liked it so much that she has streamed nearly all G1 horse races.
- In July 2021, she visited in person.
- Favorite racehorses: Sodashi (ソダシ), Efforia (エフフォーリア), Orfevre (オルフェーヴル)
- She goes in person to watch races featuring her favorite horses.
- In February 2022, she watched a race featuring Sodashi, this is her first race watched in person. She did a stream a day after to talk about the experience.
- In April 2022, she watched Efforia participate in the Osaka Cup.
- In March 2022 she participated in partial horse ownership, joining the YGG Owners Club (YGGオーナーズクラブ) and invested in the following horses: Tres Blanche (トレブランシュ), Reine d'Or (レーヌドゥール), Moment Catch (モーメントキャッチ)
- The very first horse race she watched is the Osaka Cup.
Live chat etiquette
- Common VTuber chat etiquette is summarised here: "Vtuber Chat Etiquette"
Media
- 遠野 莉緒奈【Date Links!】 - YouTube channel
- 遠野莉緒奈🍅 - Twitter account
- 遠野のお店屋さん - BOOTH store
- 遠野 莉緒奈 - pixivFANBOX
Hashtags
- #遠野莉緒奈 - General
- #遠野配信 - Live streams
- #遠野アート - Fan art
Further readings
- 遠野 莉緒奈 / とおの りおな - Unofficial Date+Links! Wiki
- 遠野莉緒奈 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
Statistics
- Tono Riona - Social Blade YouTube stats
- Tono Riona - Playboard YouTube stats