Haato Akai

Haato Akai, also known as Haachama and Red-kun, is a Japanese Virtual YouTuber endorsed by hololive.
== Charactah Account ==
Haato is a tsundere who refers to her fanbase as "creepy otaku." However, Haachama may be a bigger degenerate than most of her fanbase as she loves to review NSFW artworks of herself live on stream, and she admits to sniffing her own feet.
Haato appears to be a classic tsundere who teases her fans by calling them kimo ota (creepy otaku),among other things and sometimes flusters easily. She is mostly calm to where others can find relaxation in her streams, with Minecraft specifically of note. She has also been referred to as seiso (pure) by even the higher ups (managers, ect) that they told the other hologirls, as stated by Houshou Marine, to use her as the example of purity.
When playing video games, Haato has considerably more confidence than actual skill, which usually ends up biting her in the back. She is infamous for her ear-splitting scream, and often releases these screams even when not playing horror games. Fans refer to these brutal screams as "Haato's blessings."
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Holo no Graffiti
* Hololive Alternative
* Hololive Summer Camp
=== Video Games ===
* Dawn of the Breakers
== Trivia ==
* As seen in her English introduction, Haato is able to speak some English due to studying abroad in Australia.
** As of December 2020, Haato has graduated from high school there and has returned to Japan.
* Haato orchestrated the spread of her "Haachama" nickname (by pretending that her older sister was using it), as she wanted to be called something less formal than "Haato-sama". However, thanks in part to Houshou Marine during a game of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, fans usually stylize it as "HAACHAMA!?"
* Haato's channel has changed names the most of all hololive members. Originally named "Haato Channel 赤井はあと" during her introduction, later on when she established her Haachama persona the channel was renamed "Haachama Ch. 赤井はあと," then in circa January 2021 the channel was renamed again to "Haachama Ch. はあちゃま," later in February 2021 during the "HAACHAMAxAkaihaato" story arc the channel was renamed "Akaihaato Ch. 赤井はあと," later in the same month it was changed to "HAACHAMA Ch. 赤井はあと". The "Akaihaato" name briefly returned on early May 2021, then changed back to "HAACHAMA" at some point in July 2021. As a result of these names changes, Haato's channel lost the verification mark.
** Haato's Twitter username also followed similar name changes, first adopting the "Haachama" name on January 2021, then in February 2021 during the "HAACHAMAxAkaihaato" story arc the username was changed to "Akaihaato," only to be changed back to "Haachama" few days later, later in the same month it was changed to "HAACHAMA" in all uppercase. As with her YouTube channel, "Akaihaato" name briefly returned on early May 2021, but it was changed back to "HAACHAMA" later on the same month.
* Haato enjoys playing games that are designed to frustrate players, and at one point claimed that she could no longer find joy in normal games.
* Haato occasionally streams herself cooking, but the resulting food is often burned, likely because she doesn't seem to understand how to use cooking oil.
** It's also worth noting that Haato usually cooks "gyoza" a type of dumpling, into or with her cooking
** Haato is allergic to eggs and therefore cannot cook or eat anything containing them.
* Haato has Japanese-English mixed ancestry being 1/4 British.
* Haato is very close with Nijisanji's Hoshikawa Sara with whom she shares many similar interests. Both girls revealed that they had watched each other's debut streams in real time. Sara also revealed that she had considered auditioning for the role of Akai Haato when she saw the recruitment ad (she never actually applied) and that she watched Haato's debut stream to see who ended up getting the role.
* Haato's favorite English musician is Alan Walker.
* Aside from Australia and Japan, Haato has visited both Singapore and the Philippines before and has loved both countries. She is also planning to visit North America and Europe someday.
** Haato went to Jollibee back in her visit in the Philippines. She also claims that her stomach reacted badly when she drank tap water during her stay, resulting in her stomach having higher tolerance than usual.
* Haato's "gothic" model has her twin tails twitch whenever her eyes blink.
* Haato sometimes collaborates with members of the hololive English branch in order to practice her English skills, even going so far as to jokingly refer to herself as "hololive EN 0th Gen" in stream titles and descriptions.
** Haato's infrequent collaborations with hololive EN's Amelia Watson, combined with their similarities in physical appearance (blue-eyed blondes) and personality (very chaotic, but also hard-working and creative, can also be very kind and caring) has lead to some fans joking that they could be mistaken for sisters, a joke that they seem to be aware of, as they have on occasion referred to each other as "sister" on Twitter.
* Haato is the twentieth hololive member to join the official Hololive Subreddit as a moderator.
* Haato shares the same character illustrator with Quon Tama, Utsugi Sawa & Kattarina Qutie.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Akai Haato at Virtual YouTuber Wiki
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