Okayu Nekomata

Okayu Nekomata, also known as Okayun, Okato and Okazu, is a Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive.
== Charactah Account ==
A cat raised by a old woman from the onigiri store, Okayu streams just because there is a PC in the old woman’s room.
Okayu is typically very relaxed, free-spirited, and also somewhat of a playboy or prankster. She sometimes flirts openly with other hololive members just to see their reactions and is also known for impulsively swiping food. She never denies her wrongdoings and was handed a guilty verdict in several "Okayu Court" cases, after which she obediently served her sentence. Okayu typically likes to talk a lot and through many streams likes to talk about daily activities and old stories.
Despite her laid-back personality, Okayu can get very emotional when playing games to the point that she can break down into tears during emotional moments in the story. This happened most notably when she finished: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, where she cried on stream after beating the game for a few minutes and needed a moment to compose herself.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Holo no Graffiti
* Hololive Alternative
* Hololive Summer 2022
* Mogu Mogu Yummy!
* Watame Did Borderline Nothing Wrong
=== Video Games ===
* Rakugaki Kingdom
== Trivia ==
* "Okayu" translates to "rice porridge," a common dish in Japan; It is also known simply as "kayu."
** Okayu's last name "Nekomata" is the name of a type of cat yaoguai/youkai that appears in both Chinese and Japanese folklore.
* Okayu accidentaly revealed that she grew up in Aomori when she started talking about a childhood favorite dish her grandma use to make, Tamago-Miso on rice which is a regional dish of the prefecture. True to her carefree nature, she didn't try to hide it when the cat was out of the bag as she kept talking for minutes on end about it.
* Okayu uses rather masculine personal pronoun "boku," this trait is shared with Roboco-san and Amane Kanata.
* Okayu is very close to Korone, having been good friends with Korone before joining hololive.
* Okayu owns a cat; a small female American Shorthair named Temari (the name coming from the Temari Balls of traditional Japanese handcraft culture). The novel oddity of a cat-girl owning a pet cat is not lost on Okayu's fans.
* Many fans refer to Okayu as a "harem protagonist" as she gets along with many members.
* Okayu has demonstrated on stream that she is able to move her cat-ears at will. In several episodes of holo no graffiti they're also seen to sometimes wiggle involuntarily.
** In one of her streams with Korone, it is revealed that the ears are tied to Okayu's eyebrow movement; this can technically work with other VTubers of the same type of animal-ear model, as Korone in the same stream has also managed to do so with her own eyebrow movement. Though model-movements may vary from model to model as shown with others.
* Okayu claims that if one were to touch and pull on her tail, it would pop off, initiating a self destruct sequence inside her. It's unknown if this is a joke or serious.
* Okayu is a big fan of Dragon Ball and her favorite character is Broly. During a stream, she mentioned that she watched the new Broly movie from Dragon Ball Super numerous times and really loved his character.
** Okayu's three most favorite characters are Broly, Bardock and Raditz.
* Sometimes Okayu's grandmother can be heard snoring in the background during her streams.
* When Okayu's grandmother's health deteriorated, Okayu spent some time living with Korone and her family.
* One of Okayu's fondest memories with Korone is when she treated Okayu like a little sister.
* Okayu shares the same illustrator with Shiina Yuika from NIJISANJI and Itoi Toi from Neo-Porte.
* On 7 January 2022, Okayu won the 3rd hololive Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournament with 69 points.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Nekomata Okayu at Virtual YouTuber Wiki
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