ItMightBeMimi

Sayami "Mimi" Hiraoka (born 20th September, 1993 [age 31]), also known by her online alias ItMightBeMimi, is an American YouTuber, Twitch streamer and former vlogger. Hiraoka is primarily known for playing the video game Minecraft and being the founder of Play for Pride. As of January 2024, her channel has earned over 26 million subscribers.
==Early Life==
Mimi was born in America to a Japanese father and Korean mother. She has a younger sister, Sara.
==YouTube History==
===2010-2012:===
Mimi began her YouTube career in the summer of 2010, creating the channel ItMightBeMimi, the name inspired by the band They Might Be Giants. She began posting Minecraft content and within a year gained 1 million subscribers.
===2013-2014:===
In 2013, she began branching out her content to other games and vlogs. She also joined TOS in 2013, a community of Minecraft YouTubers who frequently collaborated together.
===2015-2017:===
In 2015 she reached 10 million subscribers and in 2017 she reached 20 million subscribers.
In 2016, Mimi's close friend Sauce (Who co-created The Obsidian Shovel), died of a stroke on Febuary 18th. 
===2018:===
=== 2019-2022: Launching her streaming career, Play For Pride '21 & '22===
In 2019, Mimi was involved in a controversy with YouTuber Charlotte Cummings involving late friend and fellow YouTuber Robert Dixon involing theft. 
Mimi reached 25 million subscribers in September 2019.
In March 2020, Mimi began streaming on YouTube. She started streaming alongside streamers such as Valkyrae, Corpse Husband and JackSepticeye. She also streams often with members of OfflineTV, The Obsidian Shovel and 100Theives.
In December 2020 she adopted a puppy called Zelda.
In June 2021, Mimi hosted an in memorial stream for Robert Dixon on the fifth year anniversary of his death. See more here: Play For Pride 2021.
In February 2022, Mimi's friend Jeff Parker died of suicide. On March 15, just over a month afterwards, Mimi arranged a charity livestream with Jeff's friends to raise money for suicide prevention. In June 2022, Play For Pride was brought back for a second year with more official marketing and sponsorship, many recognizing it as an official event in the community.
===2023-present: 100 Hour Game Marathon===
In August 2023, Mimi teamed up with Jerma, Ludwig and Jordan for the 100 Hour Game Marathon Event.
===List Of Subscriber Milestones===
==Personal Life==
Mimi is friends with many fellow YouTubers, notably including Jordan Maron, Jack McLaughlin and Rosanna Pansino. Mimi's father passed away in November 2017. In January 2018, Mimi adopted a kitten called Peaches which lived with her mother until her death in 2023. Since December 2020, she has had a dog.
In December 2018, she started dating fellow YouTuber Jordan Maron. They moved in together in September 2019.
On June 1st 2021, the first day of pride month, Mimi came out as bisexual.
===Charlotte Cummings Controversy===
In December 2019, Mimi posted a series of tweets about fellow YouTuber, Charlotte Cummings, claiming that she had been stealing money from her deceased fiance's memorial fund that had been set up after his death in 2016.
Charlotte didn't reply for a week, before releasing an apology video, removing the charity's official website and privating her twitter account. She released another video on January 5th 2020 stating that she was quitting YouTube after the controversy and deleted her Twitter a few hours later.
==Public Image==
Throughout her career, Mimi has built up a well known and respected image. She's regarded for her outfits and appearances. 
==Quote==
==Trivia==
*Mimi has been a fan of They Might Be Giants since she was young.
*She visits her mother's family in Korea twice every year.
*She knows a little bit of Japanese and is fluent in Korean.
==Gallery==
Mimipfp.png|YouTube profile picture
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Mimidog.png|Mimi with a friend's dog 2018
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Mimibrown.png|At Vidcon 2017
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Mimivc2018.png|Mimi in 2018
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Mimistreamys2018.png|Mimi at the Streamy awards 2018
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Itmightbemimi2019.jpeg|Old 2019 profile picture
mimividcon20191.jpeg|Mimi in 2019
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Itmightbemimi august2020.jpg|Mimi in 2020
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Itmightbemimi january2021.jpg|Mimi in 2021
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Itmightbemimi 2022.jpg|Mimi in 2022
Category:Youtubers
Category:Bisexual
Category:LGBT