Tsurugi剑城

Tsurugi剑城 (born: ), commonly known as Tsurugi, is a Malaysian Arknights YouTuber primarily known for his explanation about operators and the current state of the game. Occasionally, he uploads memes and gameplay videos which are related to Arknights.
==History==
===Creation and First Uploads===
On April 21, 2013, Tsurugi created his channel. 
However, his first upload was on November 10, 2017, with a video entitled "S is for... Ohara Mari?", jumping onto the Blend S opening scenes bandwagon by editing Ohara Mari from Love Live Sunshine series shouting "Shiny!" into the said opening cutscene.
His first Arknights video was uploaded on November 28, 2020, where he showed a gameplay video featuring Ifrit tackling the stage GT-HX-3.
===Rise of Popularity===
On December 1, 2020, he uploaded another gameplay video featuring an upcoming operator by the codename Elysium, to tackle the new main story stage 7-4 in challenge mode. The video gained over 7,700 views since published.
On February 8, 2021, he uploaded a video entitled "Arknights for Beginners - Latest Guide on Newbie Headhunting", featuring his explanations on getting a new 6-star operator upon start playing the game.
As Arknights announced their collaboration with Rainbow Six: Siege, Tsurugi uploaded videos related to the collaboration between February 28 and March 20, 2021, featuring operators Ash, Tachanka, Frost and Blitz, along with the origins of their Elite 2 background arts.
On May 9, 2021, he uploaded a video entitled "Genshin is better than Arknights", mocking a user commenting Genshin Impact is better than Arknights on a music video uploaded by Arknights themselves. The video gained over 59,000 views since published, and two sequels were published since then.
Tsurugi also uploaded two videos with a similar title: How to Play Every 6-star Operator. The first video was uploaded on January 15, 2022. The sequel, which is dubbed as the "RELOADED!!" version was uploaded on December 26 of the same year.
He had since upload his videos consistently by "posting at least a video every month unless procrastination kicks in". His current target is to get featured in Arknights Content Creator Program.
===Trying Lucks on Other Fields===
His first video other than Arknights, since the Blend S opening parody, was entitled "Random Among Us Bull****tery" on January 27, 2021.
He uploaded two MaiMai DX gameplay videos between April 19 and 23. The first video was him playing Alea jacta est! in Expert LV11, while the second video was him playing UniTas in Expert LV11+.
His first Rainbow Six: Siege gameplay video was about him Kaid tricking on August 22, 2021. He had since uploaded gameplay occasionally.
On August 29, 2022, he uploaded a video entitled "So I attended Animangaki 2022". In the video, he described how he attended Animangaki which was held in the MIECC, Selangor, Malaysia, and revealed he returned to cosplay, by attending as Phantom from Arknights.
On a livestream in February 7, 2023, he announced his venture into VTuber industry by introducing his VTuber avatar, which is modelled loosely based on his real life appearance. He described his avatar as "an NPC guy", citing the Guy from the movie Free Guy as his inspiration.
==Channel Contents==
===Why Subscribe to Tsurugi?===
The content is dedicated to just memes he created. Notable videos are "Genshin is better than Arknights" and "How to Play Every 6-star Operator".
=== Operator Review===
The content is dedicated to operators which are being released to global servers for a long time from now. Tsurugi noted that he would contain spoilers as he would compare current operators to several operators which are being released on CN server but not yet on EN servers. Recent episodes include the explanation of the Big Threes and also the Moody Blues.
===Operator Showcase===
The content is dedicated to operators which are yet to be released in global servers by the time the videos are being published. The time range between a video published and the operator released in global servers varies, from several hours to 6 months.
===Arknights Memes Explained===
The content is dedicated to new players who don't get the meaning behind the Arknights memes. A clear example is "Arknights Memes Explained: GoldenGlow (Remasted)", an explanation of why operator GoldenGlow is 600+ days late to go live in CN server.
=== Small Talks===
Just small discussion videos. The length of the videos in this category are usually less than 5 minutes. The topics which are covered range from Arknights gameplay to anything beyond Arknights (such as him attending Anime Fest and AniManGaki). 
===Arknights News===
The content is updated whenever there is a news about Arknights. Last updated on January 15, 2022.
===Tsurugi's Arknights Podcast (TAP)===
Self explanatory. The video is presented by audio only. Abandoned after just 2 videos due to poor reception.
==Subscribers Milestone==
*100 subs: 12/03/2021
*500 subs: 21/10/2021
*1000 subs: 31/08/2022
== Trivia==
*He graduated from University of Malaysia Pahang (UMP), as a major in Mechanical Engineering. He admitted this as "an accident".
*Besides English, he speaks fluently in Mandarin, Malay and Hakka.
*He shares the same birthdate with Epic Asian.
*His favorite anime of all time is Inazuma Eleven series. 
**His username is inspired from Tsurugi Kyousuke, a main character from Inazuma Eleven GO series.
*His favorite music genre is J-core, and since used several tracks as the BGM towards the end of his videos.
**His favorite artists are members of Hardcore TANO*C, such as REDALiCE, t+pazolite and USAO.
**The tracks used as said BGMs are as follows:
***BATTLE NO. 1 by Hardcore TANO*C (28/11/2020 - 29/12/2020)
***Sweet Requiem by REDALiCE and Aran (7/1/2021 - 8/3/2022, since used exclusively on R6S gameplay clips)
***Knight Rider by USAO (5/4/2022 - 24/10/2022)
***REKKA Resonance by REDALiCE vs Kobaryo (Current, since 1/1/2023)
*He was a longtime Dota 2 player since 2015, but stopped playing since 2020 because of Rainbow Six: Siege.
*He started playing Arknights on 1st February 2020, and since reached Level 120 on 11th August 2022.
*His favorite VTubers are Vox Akuma and Usoda Pekora, and his favorite Malaysian VTubers are NatsuInu Bluce and MaNameBin.
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Malaysian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2013