Finana Ryugu 【NIJISANJI EN】

Finana "Fina" Ryugu (フィナーナ 竜宮) is a Hmong-American VTuber affiliated with Nijisanji EN's group LazuLight, alongside Pomu Rainpuff and Elira Pendora.
==Content==
Her debut was livestreamed on May 17, 2021, and in it she revealed that she had a love of anime, with her favorites being Jujutsu Kaisen, Hajime no Ippo, Megalobox, Promare, Vinland Saga, Shingeki no Kyojin, Steins;Gate & 0, Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, No Game No Life, Toradora!Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Beastars, Kimetsu no Yaiba (+ Mugen Train Movie), Yakusoku no Neverland (not season 2) and Dr. Stone. Her favorite music artists include Hirayuki Sawano, Anime OSTs, Lisa, Aimer, vocaloid, KPOP, Joji and BABYMETAL. She likes fashion, cosplay, doritos and Dr. Pepper, and dislikes pineapple on pizza.
After her debut she sang a song with her genmates written by Sara Hoshikawa. She has streamed games such as Genshin Impact, Friday Night Funkin, UnderTale, Minecraft, Nekopara, Honkai Impact, Crab Game, UnderTale, Yakuza 0, Forewarned, Blue Archive, and Miitopia. Of LazuLight, she is considered the best gamer due to her experience in Minecraft and APEX Legends, staying clear-headed in a Lunch Lady collab while her genmates panicked and ran away screaming and has a roster of minimum level 60 characters in Final Fantasy XIV.
==Collaborations==
In March 2022 Finana was part of the VTuber Among Us collaboration (which featured Senz, Shoto, Rosemi Lovelock, Vox Akuma, Froot, Monarch, bao and Bunny GIF amongst others).https://twitter.com/SenzVtuber/status/1498422146632019968
==Lore==
She is a mermaid who spends her time with tropical fish in the sea of coral reefs and has a heart as clear and pure as the calm and beautiful sea.https://www.nijisanji.jp/en/talents/l/finana-ryugu
==Discography==
===DIAMOND CITY LIGHTS===
Release date: 16 May 2021
Songs
DIAMOND CITY LIGHTS
===Palette 003===
Release date: 28 May 2021
Songs
"Virtual Strike"
"Virtual Strike" (Japanese Ver.) feat. Hayase Sou
"Virtual Strike" (Japanese Ver.) feat. Melissa Kinrenka
"Virtual Strike" (English Ver.)feat. Finana Ryugu
"Virtual Strike" (Indonesian Ver.) feat. ZEA Cornelia
"Virtual Strike" (Korean Ver.) feat. Nun Bora
"Virtual Strike" (Chinese Ver.) feat. Shaun
"Virtual Strike" (Instrumental)Partnerships
===TSUNAMI===
Release date: 30 January 2022
Songs
TSUNAMI
===Virtual to LIVE (LAZULIGHT INTO SPACE ver.)===
Release date: 16 May 2022
Songs
Virtual to LIVE (LAZULIGHT INTO SPACE ver.)
===CH4NGE (Giga cover)===
Release date: 16 July 2022
Songs
CH4NGE (Giga cover)
== Partnerships==
Finana was sponsored by Princess Connect! Re: Dive along with Pomu, Selen, Enna, Millie, Reimu and Nina to play the game on streamhttps://twitter.com/priconne_en/status/1483846747021402114?t=nhiS0490fIT_vEDzpwdsbg&s=19.
Lazulight made an appearance at the Offkai Expo where they held a performance. The event lasted from April 29 - May 1 and was held at Doubletree, San Francisco, California.https://twitter.com/offkaiexpo/status/1477491340468375555?t=O683rkfdQf7_7erCcXBRBA&s=19
==Controversies==
===Chat leak===
On March 4, 2022, leaked Discord messages between Nijisanji EN livers Pomu Rainpuff, Finana Ryugu, Millie Parfait, Shu Yamino, Vox Akuma, and Fulgur Ovid; showed that they had been discussing about rival company Hololive, comparing the success of Hololive EN's second generation, holoCouncil, with that of Luxiem, Nijisanji EN's fourth wave.https://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/t75n3b/nijien_accidentally_leaked_discord_messages_of/ The leaks came from a Stardew Valley collaboration stream, where Petra Gurin, another Nijisanji EN liver, temporarily flashed the Discord for a few seconds by accidenthttps://files.catbox.moe/ktw6sq.mp4. The VOD was taken down soon after the leaks. After the leaks Calliope Mori of holoMyth had unfollowed some Nijisanji EN VTubers, implying that she was aware of the leaked messages, although this has not been proven.
Though this caused some backlash among a small number of fans, the majority of fans of both companies brushed this off as there was nothing that truly ridiculed or Hololive and holoCouncil sans Fulgur's message. However, some lambasted Nijisanji EN for acting friendly to holoEN on Twitter/in public while saying completely different things in private.
=== "Trap" ban ===
In June 2022, Finana banned the term "trap" from her chat for its transphobic connotations, which got covered by Hero Hei. A few days later, she reversed the ban and made an apology video about it.Finana's apology video regarding "trap" ban (2022-07-01)
==Twitter hashtags==
*#FinanaRyugu or #フィナーナ竜宮 - General
*#FinanaLive - Live talk
*#Ryuguards - Fans
*#Finanart - Fan art
*#NSFinW - Fan art (NSFW)
*#Ryugraphics - Thumbnails/assets
*#Finameme - Memes
==Personal life==
She is ethnically Hmong, mentioning that as a child she couldn't connect with other children due to her bilinguality of English and Hmong. She has a sister.https://twitter.com/FinanaRyugu/status/1527392991261782022
Finana couldn't attend college due to financial issues but plans to attend in in her future.
She is bisexual.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbbOQmjKKQI
==Trivia==
*She speaks English, Hmong and a little bit of Japanese (she is learning it on Duolingo).
*Her character designer is Gilse.https://twitter.com/Gilse1024
*She is 140cm.
*Her first avatar was incapable of looking sad.
*Finana's technical difficulties in her debut stream resulted in the fandom causing the Twitter hashtag #FreeFinana to trend in the United States.
*Her fanbase name is "Ryuguards". She also suggested the name "Seamen" for them.
*Her favorite foods are doritos
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==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
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Category:Art YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021
Category:LGBT YouTubers