HAACHAMA Ch 赤井はあと

Akai Haato (赤井はあと) (born: ), also known by her split personality Haachama (はあちゃま) since 2020, is a Japanese VTuber associated with hololive, as part of its first generation of VTubers alongside Mel Yozora, Aki Rosenthal, Matsuri Natsuiro, and Fubuki Shirakami.
==Content==
The first games Akai ever played were Limbo, QWOC and Getting Over It. She has also played Fall Guys, Limbo, Minecraft, Super Bunny Man, Among Us, Tetris, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Phasmophobia, Cooking Simulator, Overvooked 2, Papers, please and UNO. Most of her gaming streams are of Minecraft and helpful tutorials on them.
Unlike most Hololive VTubers, Akai has a solid understanding of English, due to temporarily residing in Australia. Because of this, she has streams dedicated to teaching her Japanese-speaking audience Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8649YFAuNPghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8WVdrve1k. She has covered English songs such as Uptown Funk, Shape of You, Take me home country road, Worth It and We Will Rock You. Her favorite English musician is Alan Walker. 
However she has also covered Japanese songs such as levan pokkahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOHijJqups&ab_channel=HAACHAMACh.%E8%B5%A4%E4%BA%95%E3%81%AF%E3%81%82%E3%81%A8 and Onegai musclehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-SXhtYjprc&ab_channel=hololive%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96-VTuberGroup. Even her first original song, REDHEARTS, was purely in Japanesehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkGvRvyEItM&ab_channel=HAACHAMACh.%E8%B5%A4%E4%BA%95%E3%81%AF%E3%81%82%E3%81%A8. She also hosts singing streams regularly known as "Singchaama". 
She has also streamed herself cooking and usually cooks gyoza. She also makes ASMR and shitposts. 
On December 2019, as a result of the demonetization incident that surrounded several hololive VTubers at the time, including Haato, she created a secondary channel, though stream archives on the channel were later privatized at some point in 2020 for unknown reasons. After months of inactivity on the second channel, on November 24, 2021, the channel was repurposed for uploading YouTube Shorts videos.
==Collaborations==
After Coco Kiryu's graduation, she began reacting to memes and shitposts from the official Hololive subreddit in her place, and would sometimes feature fellow E nglish-speaking VTubers in her reaction videos. So far, she has featured Kiara, IRyS and Ollie.
She has a lot of similarities to Sara Hoshikawa, and they watch each other's streams, despite her being from Nijisanji, The two have collaborated as well.
==Hiatuses==
She would often take hiatuses due to being a school student.
On March 3, 2021, she privatized several videos, before going on a hiatus for the sake of her mental health. She returned on the 30th of March, before taking another hiatus a week later on the 6th of April, not returning until the 26th of the same month.
On June 12, 2021, she announced another indefinite hiatus but later returned.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGsmcgWw7Z8
On March 18, 2023, after hololive 4th fes. Our Bright Parade, she would go on another hiatus until her return on November 1, 2023.
==Lore==
A sassy kouhai. She is often prickly, however she manages to demand lots of attention from those with whom she has been getting along well. She loves red ribbons and heart shapes.
In February 2021, she has posted several videos implying that Haachama is a split personality of the "original" Akai Haato who is able to communicate with the latter and vice versa, originating from a common meme among her fans since she invented the nickname Haachama in 2020 due to a fact that around the same time she has started posting some bizarre content unconventional for a VTuber, sometimes including crude or dark humor.
==Partnerships==
Haato appeared in Dawn of the Breakers as one of the characters alongside Matsuri, Fubuki, Ayame, Subaru, Miko, and Mio.
==Fandom==
Her fanbase is officially called "Haaton" (はあとん), which is a Portmantaeu of "Haato" and the Japanese word "ton" 豚 (pig).
===In-jokes/memes===
*Her ear splitting screams are nicknamed "Haato's Blessings".
*Since Haato's cooking is reputed to be bad, it has been joked that she can summon Ina'nis, an eldritch being, by accident.
* "Aaaah the Pepeloni"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brx3TikoO_s
*Calling things "(adjective)-chama".
*Saying that Haachama is insane because of what Australia does to people.
*"Haato is gone; only Haachama remains" or "This is Haato/Is this Haato or Haachama".
==Twitter hashtags==
*#赤井はあと - General
*#はあとん - Fans
*#はあとart - Fan art
*#はあとch (formerly), #はあちゃまなう or #はあちゃま病 - Stream talk
*#赤井イングリッシュ - Stream talk for English streams
*#ここ好きはあと様 or #はあちゃま切り抜き - Video clips
==Channel names==
The channel has changed names the most of all hololive members. It was originally named "Haato Channel 赤井はあと" during her introduction, but 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 Ch. 赤井はあと" name briefly returned on early May 2021, then changed to "HAACHAMA Ch 赤井はあと" (without period) at some point in July 2021. As a result of these names changes, Haato's channel lost the verification mark.
==Trivia==
*She used to study in Australia, and has also been to the Philippines and Singapore.
**While she was in the Philippines, she visited Jollibee.
*She is 1/4 British.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fG4qtCky0&t=693s
*Her character designer is Haru Yuki, however her gothic outfits were made by sabimisore and her 3D modeller is 入江燈.https://twitter.com/haruyuki_nijyouhttps://twitter.com/sabaaa_m
*She is 154cm.
*Her name may have been chosen as Haato is how Japanese people pronounce heart and Akai means red, therefore her name is Red Heart.
*She is 48kg.
*She is a tsundere.
*She is allergic to eggs.
*She has a male persona called Red-kun.
*Her favourite movie is Harry Potter. She said that if she would be in any house, she'd be in Gryffindor, which finally came true during her first Hogwarts Legacy stream.
*She has one sister.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
==Gallery==
===Headshots===
Akai Haato Portrait.png|Headshot
Haachaama-ch (4).png|Headshot
Haachaama-ch (1).jpg|Headshot
Haachaama-ch (3).png|Headshot
Haachaama-ch (2).png|Headshot
Haachaama-ch (5).png|Headshot
HaatoChSwimsuit.png|Headshot
===Full Body===
Akai Haato - Full Illustration 01.jpg|Full body shot
Haato3D01.png|3D model
Haato3D02.png|3D model
Akai Haato - Full Illustration 02.jpg|Alt outfit
Akai Haato - Full Illustration 03.jpg|Alt outfit
HaatoSecondFull.jpg|Alt outfit
Akai Haato Fourth 2D Costume.png|Alt outfit
HaatoLiveFull.png|Alt outfit
===Other===
Haachaama.jpg|Old icon
Akai Haato Sub Icon.jpg|Old icon (second channel)
HAACHAMA Ch 赤井はあと.jpg|Old icon
Akaihaato Ch. 赤井はあと.jpg
Akaihaatosign.png|Her signature
Akai Haato - Concept Illustration 01.jpg|Concept art
Akai Haato 2nd Costume Concept Illustration.jpg|Concept art (2.0)
Haachaama gothicdress.JPG|Her gothic outfits
Hachaamas pig.png|Her pig
Akai Haato byherdesigner.jpg|Drawn by character designer
Hololive 2nd fes. Beyond the Stage Illustration concert.JPG|hololive 2nd fes. Beyond the Stage Illustrations
===Animated GIFs===
Akaihaatofancydress.gif
Akaihaatofacecloseup.gif
===Collaborations===
Haato Akai - School Girl Studying Abroad in Australia Dawn of the Breakers.png|In Dawn of the Breakers
Haato Akai - School Girl Studying Abroad in Australia Dawn of the Breakers Illustration 01.png|In Dawn of the Breakers
Haato Akai - School Girl Studying Abroad in Australia Dawn of the Breakers Illustration 02.png|In Dawn of the Breakers
Haato Akai - Skin Dawn of the Breakers Illustration 01.png|In Dawn of the Breakers
==References==
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