Marine Ch. 宝鐘マリン

Marine Houshou (宝鐘マリン) (born: July 20 [self-proclaimed age 17 "season 3"])https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4i8zePp5Zc&t=2402s is a female Japanese VTuber associated with Hololive. She is part of its third generation, which is also known as Hololive Fantasy, along with Noel Shirogane, Flare Shiranui, Pekora Usada and Rushia Uruha.
==Content==
Marine debuted on August 11, 2019. After her debut she held a drawing stream and would draw her fellow Hololive talents, though later these drawing streams became reserved for special occassions such as birthdayshttps://twitter.com/houshoumarine/status/1373675600796213249?s=20. She is also an anime fan, and some of her streams are of her making fanart of her favorite anime characters, singing anime songs in karaoke streams or reacting to anime herselfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2Ibcul53Co&ab_channel=MarineCh.%E5%AE%9D%E9%90%98%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3. She has also participated in tarot readinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOlZ3-zSE_k&ab_channel=MarineCh.%E5%AE%9D%E9%90%98%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3. The first game she played post-debut was Super Smash Bros. Ultimatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddi0-Y4F0hE&t=4s. 
Other games she has played include Phasmophobia, Mario Kart 8, Infliction, Ring Fit Adventure, Hanako, Among the Sleep, Among Us, Passpartout, Molly Online Crane Game, Missing Children, Wii Party, Fall Guys, B.L.A.C.K., Getting Over It, Home Sweet Home, Animal Crossing:New Horizons, ARK, Azur Lane, Pikmin 3, Tetris, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, The Radio Station, Garctic Phone, The Henry Stickmin Collection, Outlast, Subnautica, Monster Hunter Rise, Rockman, Super Mario Bros, 60 Seconds, Splatoon 2, Home Sweet Home, ARK, UnderTale, Rimworld, Passpartout, Infliction, Hanako, Tales of Luminaria and Super Mario Party. She also uploads shorts and shitposts that feature her fellow Hololive VTubers and the CEO of the company, Yagoohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snxG0-Paplw. 
She has a reputation for being an extremely skilled gamer, having beaten Korone) in speedrunning races for both Cho Aniki: Seinaru Protein Densetsu and the boss of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, holding the 14th place Any% Speed Run record for Hey You, Pikachu! and managing to rank at third place during all of Holofantasy's Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament. 
She also is a singer, and on her birthday she released her idol original songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7VK3pne8N4&ab_channel=MarineCh.%E5%AE%9D%E9%90%98%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3, "Our Treasurebell pirates", which became her most popular video. She often hosts karaoke streams, some of which cover anime songs.
Her other content includes ASMR.
===Termination===
On July 8, 2021, her channel got terminated due to "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations."
Later on the same day, YouTube investigated the issue, and her channel came back.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nweDqH_k12I
== Collaborations ==
She mostly streams with her genmates and has the closest friendships with them, but has played Phasmophobia with Ollie and was the first guest of Kiara's show HoloTALK. She also has hosted drawing streams that have featured Towa and Airani, and also invoted Towa's illustrator rurudo to one. 
She has also collaborated with Nene's designer, Nishizawa 5mm. Even though she likes to act perverted/flirt a lot (for example, in one short she blushes while Lamy spanks her), she never displays any of this behaviour to Pekora, because she knows it makes her uncomfortable. She is nicknamed "Maririn" by Pekora too.
Marine has taken part in the HoloEN/ID/JP Among Us collab, and also played Among Us with Nijisanji VTubers such as Rindou Mikoto and Ange Katrina, amongst other games. She is also good friends with many YouTubers outside of Hololive such as Tamaki Inuyama and Mary and Patra of Honeystrap, featuring the latter in her chatting streams.
Kanata made a rap roasting Masrine, but instead of getting offended, Marine found it so hilarious she played it more than once.
Fubuki and Marine have collaborated with Tomokazu Sugita as wellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaa8Ua5HsA. 
On 14 September 2021, during a Super Mario Party collab where Gura was the host, Hololive announced that Marine, Aqua, Gura and Ina'nis would form a new unit "UMISEA", due to their shared oceanic themes, and deveral videos and streams featuring the unit is would be released throughout the month. Marine, Fubuki, Ina'nis and Calliope have held a stream dedicated to learning English toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUEbp3xk4o&feature=youtu.be. On December 18, 2022, Marine and Baelz collaborated to play Newly Friend Game.https://mobile.twitter.com/hakosbaelz/status/1604464699021885441/photo/1
With the debut of HoloX, Marine and Koyori played Phasmophobia together, and Marine and Iroha played Passpartout together. In one stream, Marine played Garctic Phone with Laplus, Noel, Towa, Okayu, Korone and Lui.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDxiM1UE4fo
== Design ==
Her illustrator is Akasa Aihttps://twitter.com/AkasaAi, who also illustrated Yugiri Oiran. She has heterochromia, as one eye of hers is yellow and the other red. Her eyes also turn into hearts when she is aroused and are capable of expressing "mad eye".
She is 150cm or 4' 11".
Marine's modeler is tou_ilie.https://twitter.com/AkasaAi
==Lore==
Marine loves jewels, treasure, and money. Her dream is to become a pirate and go treasure hunting. In order to get a pirate ship, she is now stacking up money as a VTuber on the great lands, just like how the other land-lovers do (which also means she is currently just a girl cosplayer).
She acts like a big sis and sometimes seduces people like a succubus does.
=== Other ===
* She was a young Harvard graduate (at the age of 3)/office worker who lost her memory and became convinced that she is a pirate.
* She turned "17, Season 2" in her first birthday stream.
*Her male persona is called "Jack".
==Discography==
===2020===
====GENSOKYOholoism====
 Release date: 10 July 2020 
Songs
[Episode 0] "A must-listen for the seniors - Old Touhou songs karaoke stream
"Hoi Hoi☆Genso Holoism" feat. hololive Fantasy
"Captain Marine no Ketsu Anchor"
[Episode 1] "#LostMarine Can I break free from this bamboo forest...!?" feat. Usada Pekora and Sakura Miko
"Shiawase Usagi PekoMikoMarine" feat. Usada Pekora and Sakura Miko
[Episode 2] "The usual meeting place of the 3 magicians is here" feat. Sakura Miko, Murasaki Shion, Shirakami Fubuki, Uruha Rushia
"Earphone Romance"
[Episode 3] "Gensokyo's disappointing sightseeing spot!!" feat. Natsuiro Matsuri, Uruha Rushia, Minato Aqua, Shirakami Fubuki
[Episode 4] "Celebration. First livestream from Gensokyo's special streaming studio!" feat. Shirogane Noel, Shiranui Flare, Shirakami Fubuki
"Over the Border" feat. Shiranui Flare
[Episode 5] "Thank you, Gensokyo"
"Help me, ERINNNNNN!! #GENSOKYOholoism ver." feat. Houshou Marine's Merry Band of Friends
====Ahoy!! Warera Houshou Kaizoku-dan☆====
 Release date: 12 August 2020 
Songs
"Ahoy!! Warera Houshou Kaizoku-dan☆" (Ahoy!! 我ら宝鐘海賊団☆)
"Ahoy!! Warera Houshou Kaizoku-dan☆ (instrumental)
====Poppin' Kiss====
 Release date: 7 December 2020 
Songs
"KISS ME! CHOOSE ME!"
"Sakuranbo Kiss: Bakuhatsu da Mo-n" (さくらんぼキッス ～爆発だも〜ん～) (cover) / Houshou Marine
"Leaf ticket" (cover) / AZKi
"As × Sist: Amaebeta na Watashi Nari ni~" (as×sist ~甘えベタな私なりに~) (cover) / Sakura Miko
"Cream+Mint" (cover) / AZKi
"Allegretto: Sora to Kimi~" (allegretto ~そらときみ~) (cover) / Sakura Miko
"Kiss me! Choose me!" / Sakura Miko
"Kiss me! Choose me!" / Houshou Marine
"Kiss me! Choose me!" / AZKi
====Bouqet====
 Release date: 7 December 2020 
Songs 	Disc 1
Dreaming Days (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"BLUE CLAPPER (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"Shijosugi Adtruck (Bouquet ver.)" (至上主義アドトラック, Ad Truck of Supremacy) 	
"STARDUST SONG (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"Hya-kka Ryoran Hanafubuki (Bouquet ver.)" (百花繚乱花吹雪, Blooming Blossoms Fill the Air) 	
"Daily Diary (Bouquet ver.)" (でいり～だいあり～！) 	
"Halloween Night, Tonight! (Bouquet ver.)" (今宵はHalloween Night!, Koyoi wa Halloween Night!) 	
"Suspect (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"Candy-Go-Round (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"AsuiroClearSky (Bouquet ver.)" (あすいろClearSky) 	
"Precious Photographs (Bouquet ver.)" (大切フォトグラフ, Taisetsu Fotogurafu) 	
Songs 	Disc 2 (digital bonus)
Dreaming Days (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"Shiny Smily Story (Bouquet ver.)" 	
"Yumemiru Sora He (Bouquet ver.)" (夢見る空へ) 	
"Kirameki Rider☆ (Bouquet ver.)" (キラメキライダー☆) 	
===2021===
====DAILY DIARY====
Release date: 21st January 2021
Songs
"DAILY DIARY" (でいり〜だいあり〜！)
"DAILY DIARY" (instrumental)
====Gimme gimmi virtual saiko star!!!!====
Release date: 25 February 2021
Songs
"Gimme gimmi virtual saiko star!!!!"
===Interact Fantasia===
Release date: November 22, 2021
Songs
"Interact Fantasia"
"Interact Fantasia" (instrumental)
====Unison====
Release date: August 12, 2021
Songs
"Unison"
"Unison" (instrumental)
====Domination! All the World Is an Ocean====
Release date: September 19, 2021
Songs
"Domination! All the World Is an Ocean" (浸食!! 地球全域全おーしゃん, Shinshoku!! Chikyū Zeniki Zen Ocean)
"Domination! All the World Is an Ocean" (instrumental)
====Marine Set Sail!!====
Release date: April 28, 2022
Songs
"Marine Set Sail!!" (マリン出航！！, Marine Shukkō!!)
"Marine Set Sail!!" (instrumental)
===2022===
===It Comes Ryuuu And It goes Kyuuu===
Release date: August 29, 2022
Songs
"It Comes Ryuuu And It goes Kyuuu" (りゅーーっときてきゅーーっ!!!)
"It Comes Ryuuu And It goes Kyuuu" (instrumental)
====I'm Your Treasure Box * You have found captain Marine in a treasure chest====
Release date: July 31, 2022
Songs
"I'm Your Treasure Box * You have found captain Marine in a treasure chest" (I’m Your Treasure Box ＊あなたは マリンせんちょうを たからばこからみつけた。)
"I'm Your Treasure Box * You have found captain Marine in a treasure chest" (instrumental)
===Tonde K! hololive summer===
Release date: August 19, 2022
Songs
"Tonde K! hololive summer"(飛んでK！ホロライブサマー)
"Tonde K! hololive summer" (instrumental)
===holomen Ondo===
Release date: August 22, 2022
Songs
"holomen Ondo"(ホロメン音頭)
"holomen Ondo" (instrumental)
== Partnerships ==
Dengekionline announced in January of 2020 that Marine, alongside Sora, Roboco, Sakura, Aqua, Choco, Korone, Fubuki and Noel were to star in Neptunia Virtual Stars as VTuber guest characters. Fubuki and Marine were also made temporary commanders in World of Warships, and she was available from 11 June to 30 June, and Marine has also appeared in Rakugai Kingdom.
The Kyocera Dome Osaka stadium, on 13 August 2021, scheduled a collaboration between 12 Hololive idols including Marine, who were to represent the SoftBank HAWKS and collaborate with six professional Japanese baseball teams from the Pacific League, two hololive members per team. They dubbed this day "Hololive day" and released exclusive merchandise to commemorate it.
Marine was also to appear in a (currently postponed) collaborative promotion campaign for the movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time. Others who were part of the campaign were Aqua, Rushia, Noel, Miko and A-chan. 
Marine, Shion and Mio were part of the Hololive x Family Mart partnership, and Luna and Marine were a part of the Virtual Idol Power 2021 event. On 7 October 2021, Don Quijote's official Twitter account announced that while Noel and Mel were selected to appear in life sized stand-by panels across stores, Marine and Shion were also announced to appear in special merchandize (acrylic stands and badges) with new artwork and special in-store broadcasts. On 23 October, on the official Hololive channel, Noel, Mel, Marine and Shion debuted a cover of Don Quijote's theme song "Miracle Shopping". It was also announced that other hololive members were also announced to appear in the collaboration as plushies known as "Mochiduru." 
On February 9, the official ELSA Japan Twitter account tweeted that Marine had collaborated with their PC brandhttps://twitter.com/ELSA_JAPAN/status/1491326257447206912. 
==Quotes==
*"Ahoy!"
*"Houshou Pirate Captain, Houshou Marine here!"
*"It's not like I want to beat Matsuri-senpai's butt or anything"
*(Yagoo: "Ahoy, Captain Marine! Thank you for your regular activities. In my personal opinion, you are a one-of-a-kind idol. It's just that your streams are super lewd, so I can't recommend them for children. Lol. Keep up the good work") "I don't know what you're talking about." 
==Twitter hashtags==
*宝鐘マリン - General
*#マリン航海記 - Stream talk
*#宝鐘の一味 - Fans
*#マリンのお宝 - Fan art
*#沈没後悔日記 - Fan art (NSFW)
*#聞いたよマリン船長 - Commentary on released voice dramas
*#わかるマリン - Video clips
*#宝鐘海賊団クソコラ部 - Memes
== Fandom ==
Her fandom is known as "Houshou's crew" but she calls her overseas fans "Overseas sexy guys/girls". Channel members can gain access to special monthly streams.
=== In-jokes/memes ===
* Coco taught Marine the phrase "I'm horny". Even though it refers to a male part, Marine still uses it regularly, as do her fans.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEBfzW-Rys
*Marine's inability to perform even the most basic of dance moves has led to some joking about her "idol step".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTD79ouWVu8
*Calling Marine "grandma Marine" after she visited a doctor, who told her her body age was of a 45 year old woman.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkJcWKUuijU
*Making references to her "shower stream".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frv6GERTZhI
*She dubs Coco's behaviour "the Coco Kiryu line" due to how Coco tends to push the envelope in terms of what Hololive deems acceptable. The "line" in this case refers to what Coco can get away with as most of her behaviour is generally considered extremely un-idol-like.
* Marine can speak a little English, despite her native tongue being Japanese, but due to her botched pronouncations and tendency to misuse words, her style of speaking has been nicknamed "Maringlish" by English-speaking viewers. However as of 2021, her fluency in it has been vastly improving, and she has been taking English classes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA7i32oIgoY
*Comparing Marine's voice to Angie's of Resident Evil 6.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW7AKvpsmuo
*Calling Marine a Touhou character.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldjfhxo8oI
*Marine spinning to the beat of her cover of Scramble - Yui Hori.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD1VMfjVcgA
== Personal life ==
She has revealed has a big sister, who is aware of her VTuber career. When Marine was young her sister would drive her to locations in her car so she could catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-31GaIzHrMM
Marine attributes her 13kg grip strength to her mother, and claims she became a porn addict by the age of 5 after finding her father's stash of inappropriate material.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWdLEnv_S0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqWy8nSepBg
Marine has stated that she was a lesbian due to going to a Catholic school (which led to her making a joke about converting Subaru to Christianity), but now claims that she isn't one anymorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3KWTYJSX-Q&feature=youtu.be. Since she has stated her attraction to both men and women before, some assume she is bisexual.
According to Aqua, Marine is allergic to cats.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa0kZvWsRqc
==Subscriber Milestones==
*500,000 subscribers: August 2020
*1,000,000 subscribers: January 18, 2021
*1,500,000 subscribers: August 2021
==Trivia==
*She reads BL and shotacon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaNvg6v6t8
*Marine has a preference for anime villains - she thinks Frieza wasn't that bad and is also a fan of Hisoka Morrow.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_c-SJFhVgw
*Even though she likes horror games, they scare her.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2P_abQC2I
*Marine flags all of her Reddit posts as NSFW even if they aren't.
*While she is an anime fan, Marine also enjoys Western cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Spongebob Squarepants and Dexter's Labratory.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvwnJiLqtJ4
*She is bad at dancing.
*Due to her wide vocal range, she can pull off impersonations of characters like Pikachu, and even her screams really deep.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMxlcQULIGMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPfd_dfDX4 However, on 21 September, 2021, Marine tweeted that she had to take a month-long hiatus, because her throat conditions were so bad, her vocal cords were bleeding internally.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBU652jhl8
*When Marine's character design was first shown, many fans assumed that she was a leaked character from the Touhou franchise. Incidentally, she is a big Touhou fan, and has referenced her love for the series on many occasions:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpkC8aVrCTM
**She bought Touhou 6 on its release date.
**She revealed that she made Touhou doujinshi and fanart in the past.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0P8f3r80YA
**She can identify Touhou characters by their faces.
**She was overjoyed to meet ZUN in person.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y15gpiUYdzA
* The hashtag #宝鐘マリン3D (#HoushouMarine3D) became trending number one worldwide on Twitter when Marine debuted her 3D model on YouTube.
*Marine likes the K-pop group TWICE. She is knowledgable in a little Korean due to her love for them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SsHeD0xX08
*She stated that if she was any ice cream flavour, she'd be cranberry.https://youtu.be/ka9U5Gm0gO0?t=846
*While it is a joke that Marine's English is bad, as shown in her collaboration with Baelz, she can write and understand basic sentences in English.https://youtu.be/ka9U5Gm0gO0?t=2509
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