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and singer affiliated with

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Hololive Production (; stylized in lowercase) is a virtual YouTuber agency owned by Japanese tech entertainment company Cover Corporation. In addition to acting as a multi-channel network, Hololive Production also handles licensing, merchandising, music product ...

agency, who first debuted in September 2020 as a member of the Hololive English Myth unit.

Overview

Mori Calliope's fictional lore describes her as the "

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and collect souls. Her character is reminiscent of the ''

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''. Mori is one of the five members of the agency's subgroup Hololive English: Myth. Her character designer is Yukisame.

Career

Mori Calliope made her debut along with the other members of Hololive English Myth on 12 September 2020. Her debut EP, ''Dead Beats'', was released on 17 October 2020 and charted at #23 at the Oricon Digital Albums Chart. She released her first single "Cursed Night" on 2 November 2020. This was followed on 4 April 2021 with another EP, ''Your Mori.''; it charted at #35 at the

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. In April 2022, Mori announced that she had signed with

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, and that she would mark her major-label debut with her third EP, ''Shinigami Note''. Released on 20 July 2022, ''Shinigami Note'' charted at #9 at the Oricon Albums Chart. On 11 October 2022, it was announced that she would release her debut album ''Sinderella'' on 16 December; the album's themes include the

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and personal guilt. It charted at #28 at the Oricon Albums Chart. On 18 August 2023, she released another EP, ''Jigoku 6''; it charted at #16 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In May 2024, it was announced that she would release her second major-label album, ''Phantomime'', on 16 August. Mori's rap music has been noted for its exceptional nature. Katie Gill of ''Anime Feminist'' described her profanity-laden rap music as an exception to the widespread use of

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themes within Hololive. Teddy Cambosa of ''Anime Corner'' said that her "style of rapping comes in line with the rise of other large VTubers that are now leaning towards a more Western preference instead of the Japanese idol grassroots". In an August 2022

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interview, when asked which music was the most influential to her, Mori explained that her interest in rapping was first sparked by

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, citing the genre's unique style and intensity. She also cites the electro-swing duo as her inspiration for her rapping career. On 21 July 2022, Mori's first solo concert, ''New Underworld Order'', was held at Toyosu Pit in Tokyo. A Blu-ray of the concert was released on 3 May 2023. In July 2023, she released "Future Island", a song commemorating Volume 106 of ''

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''. In December 2023, she won Best Music Vtuber at the

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. In addition to music, Mori does video game livestreams on her channel. In a December 2020 livestream, she spent at least 90 minutes asking video game developer

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to allow her to stream one of their games, ''

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'' (there is no

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doctrine in

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, so VTubers often request permission from developers to livestream their games), which Petrit Baillet of ''

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'' described as "a famous part of her ongoing streaming career". In June 2022, she expressed regret, admitting she hadn't realized how big

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had become at the time of the stream. In January 2023, she livestreamed ''Persona 3'' on her YouTube channel for the first time. In September 2021, she appeared at Calgary Expo and

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as part of Hololive English's North American tour. She has also appeared at

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as a musical guest twice: in 2022 and 2023. In November 2023, she appeared at

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2023 as a guest. In December 2023, she appeared at Anime Frontier 2023 as a guest. In March 2024, Mori and

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announced that she would be singing the ending theme for the anime ''

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'', titled "

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

As collaborative artist

Promotional singles

Other guest appearances

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mori, Calliope Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Hololive Production 21st-century rappers 21st-century women rappers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers Japanese women pop singers Japanese rappers English-language singers from Japan Fictional personifications of death Shinigami in fiction YouTube channels launched in 2020 Internet characters introduced in 2020 EMI Records artists YouTube streamers VTubers