is a Japanese
virtual YouTuber
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(VTuber) affiliated with
Hololive Production. She is part of Hololive (Japan) Generation 0 alongside
Tokino Sora, AZKi, Roboco-san, and
Hoshimachi Suisei. She debuted on August1, 2018, and has amassed over 2million subscribers on
YouTube
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.
Career
Sakura Miko debuted on August1, 2018.
Her character was illustrated by Yuichi Tanaka. She started being a
VTuber—an online entertainer who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics—because she saw
Tokino Sora and
Kizuna Ai.
She debuted under the Cover Corporation. She became part of
Hololive Productions 0th generation member in December. She took a three-month break in July 2020 due to poor health. She reached 1million subscribers in April 2021, being 14th in Hololive to do so. In 2022, in a survey conducted by the app "Simeji", Sakura Miko ranked eighth on the "Top 10 Favorite VTubers chosen by Gen Z".
In January 2023, she and
Usada Pekora collaborated on the song "Mosh Race". In February, the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
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appointed Sakura Miko as one of the 16 Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors.
In March 2024, she released her song "Kyun Kyun Miko Kyun", written by the
Vocaloid
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producer Kinoshita. In April, she released her song "Nyahello World" to celebrate hitting 2million subscribers on YouTube, the sixth in the Hololive to do so. In September, she released her first full album, ''flower rhapsody'', which talks about her "true self" and "feelings for you".
In October, she charted 21st in ''
Billboard Japan
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''s Artist 100. In December, Sakura Miko was featured as examples in the research paper "Structural stability and thermodynamics of artistic composition" published in the ''
PNAS
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'' journal.
She became the top three most watched streamer for January 2025 with 5.13million hours of watch time according to Stream Charts.
Personal life
In an interview with ''
The Nikkei'', she said that she wanted to become a nursery teacher.
She proclaims herself as . She is a big fan of
games and , even accidentally showing one on her stream. As a result, she had the opportunity to work with various games of these genres, such as singing the opening and ending theme to ''Ai Kiss 2''. She said that she likes
Taiyaki.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
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{{Hololive Production
Living people
YouTube channels launched in 2018
YouTube streamers
Japanese YouTubers
Hololive Production