Tosti Narumi

Tosti Narumi (birthday: May 5), formerly known as Tostify, is a Canadian independent VTuber. He was primarily active on Twitch.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fbrf1X2WQAAwh9N?format=jpg&name=medium
==Content==
His YouTube channel is dedicated to clips of his Twitch streams. He also uploads shorts. On September 25, 2022, Tostify held his first YouTube stream.https://twitter.com/Tostifyy/status/1573900055899250690
Despite announcing his graduation in September 2022, he returned a month later.https://twitter.com/Tostifyy/status/1581083134040604672 However he would retire again.
==Design==
His character designer is MEeewchi and his L2D rigger is Amai Lilia.https://twitter.com/AmaiLilia/status/1544671408705654786https://twitter.com/MEeewchi/status/1565589215093538818/photo/1
== Controversies ==
=== Claiming to be a part of Cloud 9 ===
In 2021, Tostify's Twitter bio claimed that he was a member of eSports agency Cloud9.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGbn1vxXMA4fl_m?format=png&name=small He was called out for it by Vienna, an actual member of Cloud9.https://twitter.com/viennavtuber/status/1470117872303321088 In a Twitlonger published on October 16, 2022, Tostifyy explained himself by stating "When I was in the fortnite community it was normal for us to have them in our bio saying "grinding for @example" or having them in the name. so a c9 content creator decided to poke fun of how I have a space between C and the 9 because it was a cursed thing in the team but people misunderstood and took it as I was impersonating. the content creator did come out and say people were misunderstanding and dmed me privately reassuring me it was not a big deal. I'm sorry if it seemed like I tried to impersonate".http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss5g1l
In a Twitch stream, Tostify called C9 "trash".https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1582222119449939969/pu/vid/858x596/PJK6pUq3KLGVDHYP.mp4?tag=12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FypGp4kWl0E
=== Botting ===
Tostify bought a verified account and also viewbotted and followbotted it.https://twitter.com/StrawberroniVT/status/1582178545698471938/photo/2
=== Lying ===
Tostify claimed in his second Twitlonger that he had talked to Hils, BlitheVT and DGthePanda and they had come to an agreement. However according to a comment left by Hils under FalseEyeD's video talking about the situation, they hadn't come to an agreement and Tostify was told to take accountability and apologize properly.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSOvRwzDk9Qhttps://i.postimg.cc/GhfCwgZT/hils.png
=== Tracing and imitation ===
Tostify also traced over other VTuber's emotes to create his own. While he had copied some of Shoto, bao and Shylilly, most of the traced emotes were of Vienna.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG_q5WYAYRGxa?format=jpg&name=mediumhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG_reXEAAIYJR?format=jpg&name=360x360 This wasn't his only instance of art plagiarism as he also traced over Sonnet's character design.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG_rwXEAIkqA_?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG_rvWIAAYKlN?format=jpg&name=medium Some have also accused his character design of plagiarizing bao's.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfT5p8lXkAEdh_x?format=png&name=900x900
=== Faking being a partner ===
In the same aforementioned Twitlonger Tostify also admitted to faking being a Twitch partner, stating "When I first completed path to partner I was live streaming on twitch and it was a big accomplishment. I was with chat and we memed that I should have the partner badge on my forehead to manifest it when I applied. I didn't know that was a problem in the vtuber community and once I was rejected I took it off. This was a problem because from others point of view they thought I was faking being partner for better status and I would like to say I'm sorry for that.Again sorry for what happened today I know a lot of bridges have been burned and it was never my intention. all I wanted was to address this situation with my audience without making it seem like a big issue since I don't want to add my troubles to their life. I'm also sorry for how I acted it was really stupid and my fever didn't really help with my judgment call. I will be taking a little hiatus to clear my mind and start fresh."
=== AI art ===
On October 14, 2022, Tostify tweeted "ai art is cool but cringe if you try to play it off as actual art".https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG-mLWIAANz95?format=jpg&name=medium However, days later, on October 16, 2022, he tweeted "somewhere in an alternative universe where tostify is a female #vtuber" with a genderbent image of himself. When asked for the artist, Tostify claimed they did not have a Twitter as he had commissioned it on skeb.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG-mLXgAIw5Io?format=jpg&name=medium Many Twitter users were quick to notice the art itself was AI generated due to the eyes being inconsistently shaped and textured and the fingers being deformed.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG-mKXwAAnCQm?format=jpg&name=large On the same day, he published a Twitlonger where he stated "I got curious about the Ai art and decided to make some for myself just for fun and one of them came out really cute and I decided to upload it. Once I was called out I panicked and decided to lied about it which was a biggest mistake. Since I publicly lied I felt pressured by myself to continue with the lies but that's very stupid. sorry to everyone I disappointed in the community I promise to be better in the future".https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUG_VXXwAEvx_E?format=jpg&name=medium
On October 18, 2022, Senz held a stream where he discussed all these controversies with Tostify.https://twitter.com/SenzVtuber/status/1582237276477587457 Senz pointed out inconsistencies in Tostify's explanations of why he behaved the way he did.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FypGp4kWl0E Afterwards, Tostify decided to cancel the graduation stream he had planned which was scheduled on October 25 and deleted his Twitter account.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfUHAyGWAAEo1Ei?format=jpg&name=large He would later return.
==Twitter hashtags==
*#SussyOfTheSea - Fan art
== Chnnel names ==
His channel was named Tostify at creation before he changed it.
==Trivia==
*He has two cats.https://twitter.com/Tostifyy/status/1580585941701652482/photo/1
*He is a law school student.https://twitter.com/Tostifyy/status/1566447100275073025/photo/1
*He is terrified of spiders. One day, during a stream where he was reacting to Dhar Mann's videos, he saw one and began screaming immmediately.https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1552691044197736451/pu/vid/1280x720/-j2FqJaZPRufmLEl.mp4?tag=12
==Gallery==
===General===
Tostify 2.jpg|Full body shot
Tostify 2a.jpg|Full body shot sans background
==References==
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018