# Sakura Miko

Sakura Miko (Japanese: さくらみこ) is a Japanese Virtual YouTuber (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 August 1, 2018, and has amassed over 2 million subscribers on YouTube.

## Biography

She debuted on August 1, 2018. Her character was illustrated by Yuichi Tanaka. She said in multiple interviews that 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 Production's 0th generation member in December. She took a three-month break in July 2020 due to poor health. She reached 1 million 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 appointed Sakura Miko as one of the 16 Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors.
In March 2024, she released her song "Kyun Kyun Miko Kyun" written by Kinoshita. In April, she release her song "Nyaharo World" celebrating hitting 2 million 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'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 journal.
She became the top three most watched streamer for January 2025 with 5.13 million 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 "Elite Shrine Maiden" (エリート巫女). She is a big fan of bishōjo games and eroge, even accidentally showing one on her stream. As a result, she had the opportunity to work with various eroge and bishōjo games, such as singing the opening and ending theme to Ai Kiss 2. She said that she likes taiyaki.

## Discography
### Albums

| Album Title | Release date | Peak Ranking | Peak Ranking | Peak Ranking | Peak Ranking |
| Album Title | Release date | JPN Hot | JPN Down. | JPN Comb. | JPN Dig. |
| flower rhapsody | September 25, 2024 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |

### Singles

| Single Title | Release date | Peak Ranking | Peak Ranking |
| Single Title | Release date | JPN Down. | JPN Dig. |
| "Sakurakaze" | October 22, 2020 | — | 45 |
| "Sakura-iro Haitenshon!" | January 26, 2021 | 85 | — |
| "Kagetsu no Yume" | August 29, 2021 | 33 | — |
| "My Name Is Elite☆" | December 27, 2021 | — | — |
| Mikkorone×Showtime!! | January 3, 2022 | — | — |
| "Baby Dance" | August 2, 2022 | 53 | — |
| "Our and Your Song" | December 25, 2022 | 45 | — |
| "Otome No Susume♡!" | January 3, 2023 | 52 | — |
| "Mosh Race" | January 27, 2023 | — | — |
| "Heart Online" | March 6, 2023 | 33 | 45 |
| "Sugar Rush" | November 5, 2023 | — | — |
| "Kyun Kyun MIKO Kyun kyun♡" | March 6, 2024 | 68 | — |
| "Nya-Hello World!!!" | April 10, 2024 | 68 | — |
| "Sakura Day's" | May 30, 2022 | — | — |
| "DAI DAI DAI Fantasista" | July 22, 2024 | 80 | — |
| "ikenie" | August 2, 2024 | — | — |
| "Cherry Message" | September 14, 2022 | — | — |
| "Mikkorone × Yatteyanyo!!" | December 6, 2024 | — | — |