is a

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and rapper affiliated with Hololive English.

Overview

Hololive describes Mori Calliope as the "

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's first apprentice" who, due to slow business, had to start a career as a VTuber and collects souls. Her character is remiscient of the ''

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''. Mori's birthday is 4 April, and her character designer is Yukisame. She is one of the five members of the agency's subgroup Hololive English: Myth.

Career

Mori Calliope made her debut 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. 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 Fake Type 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 one of her livestreams, she spent 90 minutes requesting copyright clearance for a ''

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'' livestream from the game's developer

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. In September 2021, she appeared at

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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.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other guest appearances

Awards and nominations

References

{{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 YouTube channels launched in 2020 Internet characters introduced in 2020 EMI Records artists