Minato Aqua

=== Introduction Video ===
<youtube width="480" height="360">S3CAGeeMRvo</youtube>
== Official Bio ==
"A-quality day to one and all! I'm Minato Aqua!"
A marine maid-styled virtual maid. She is trying her very best, yet is still sometimes awkward and clumsy.
== Overview ==
Minato Aqua (湊あくあ) is a marine maid Virtual YouTuber for Hololive 2nd Generation unit. Her YouTube channel was created on July 31st and her twitter account was created few days later. On August 08th 2018 she posted her video debut to YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CAGeeMRvo. On April 8th 2019 she debuted her first 3D modelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BacoqH2e86U and debuted her 3D swimsuit modelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDqxALMDiAY a few months later in August 17th 2019. She also got a New Year Live2D costume in January 2nd 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqdUJUyAt8.
Aqua is most known to be a cute airhead maid who likes to prank her friends, but somehow it almost always backfires due to the combinations of her less than desirable luck and lack of preparations. Because of that, she tends to be the target of jokes and pranks from other members.
She loves to play competitive PVP games like Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, League of Legends, and Apex Legends (where she managed to finish Season 4 at Diamond 4https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1259566269562408960). She also likes to complete challenge runs of games, some examples being beating Dark Souls in under 3 hourshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VPHYg1o4Vs, a Sekiro speedrun in under 2 hourshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGwawkgqDnE, or endurance Apex Legend stream until Diamondhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRizsX9i57ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6OIBfvIls.
According to Aqua she joined Hololive as she was very introverted and wanted to be more social with other people. She auditioned for Hololive without knowing really what it was, only realizing at the audition that it is the agency with Tokino Sora and Shirakami Fubuki in it, that she knew of already.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcQyLum3Q0
She admits she is a hikkikomori, but doesn't mind it and only wishes she could be better at socializing.
Her representative emote is an anchor due to her marine theme and anchors on her dress.
=== Incap ===
A term, or a pun, based on a combination the word "cap", as in the hat, and the Japanese term "Inkya", similar to the English term "Introvert".
Coined by her chat as Aqua has said she always wears a cap when going outside to help her avoid eye contact with other people and to hide her face. Other Hololive members would often remark on it with phrases like "Oh Aqua is wearing a cap again". Eventually she started to get worried people notice she only wears the same cap every time and bought more different ones, but then others started to comment on that "Oh its a different cap then usual". When she didn't wear one her Manager became worried and asked her "You're not wearing a cap today are you ok?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcQyLum3Q0
== Personality ==
From her first debut video, Aqua looks like a pure and innocent maid who likes to play video games. As time went on, she evolved from a pure and innocent maid to a giant airhead who somehow always ended up in an embarrassing situations (sometimes deliberately). Despite that, she makes no attempt to avoid any actions that may ending up humiliating her because of her masochistic tendencies. She even dedicated one stream for other Hololive members to bully herhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr2czmxhSps. She is also childish and likes to throw tantrums by smacking her table and screaming when things don't go as she initially planned. One of her catchphrases (which she shares with another 2nd generation member, Murasaki Shion) is "NEEEEEE".
Although her initial image may paint her as childish and a crybaby, Aqua is extremely resilient and will stop at nothing to reach her goal, especially in gaming. She often does very long endurance streams to complete the challenges she places on herself. She is also shown to be very mechanically skilled in a competitive gameshttps://youtu.be/opSgFJZ3Zf8?t=12408 being one of the best Smash and Apex player in Hololive. As evidence of this she was able to clear Jump Kinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It9gNijCFWM&feature=youtu.be which is widely considered to be an obnoxiously challenging platformerhttps://www.ccn.com/obnoxiously-hard-platformer-jump-king-defeats-youtube-king-pewdiepie/. Her reason for becoming so good at gaming was because she thought that there was nothing that made her stand out from the rest and as such she wanted to keep practicing to get better at it so that people watching her streams would be able to enjoy them.https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1597893316383/
 
According to other VTubers and Hololive members, Aqua is kind but very shy and introverted while off-camera. One events that exhibits this is the time she and her Vtuber friends Takamiya Rion & Lize Helestia were going to USJ(Universal Studio Japan). The three of them were on the same train heading towards USJ when her friends contacted Aqua asking where she was, she replied stating "I'm sitting across from you in the same train car" which surprised them. https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1597893316383/ 
In a stream Takamiya Rion was talking about having nobody to watch the Sword Art Online movie with and her chat suggested inviting Aqua, as they are both big fans of the franchise, and Rion said that Aqua becomes very nervous and wont talk at all when meeting with her in real life. https://youtu.be/fXvMMLM4h1s?t=2935
During her debut stream in 2018 she had 1500 viewers, but afterwards she would only get around 300 when she streamed. She was worried about what she did to lose so many people and thought "What can I do to get lot of people to watch". When thinking back on the old Aqua, she felt as though she didn't think things through, and focused on herself, not noticing what else was going on around her. She has since changed and says she now pays attention to what other members are doing etc. When asked what she would say to her old self, she said that people around her are a lot kinder then she thinks. Back then she thought everyone was scary, other members, management, and she did everything alone since she didn't want to deal with them, but she has become comfortable with them now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcQyLum3Q0
== Friendship with Shion ==
Aqua is close friends with Murasaki Shion and they often tease or play pranks on each other on stream or in games. The entire hololive 2nd Generation had a Discord call together before her debut and she thought Shion didn't like her, but after working together a while they started to become friends. When Shion was feeling down, Aqua wanted to help her and even though Shion said she was fine and would turn her down, Aqua would persist and stay by her, which may have been a big turning point in their friendship. Once when shopping together, Aqua went to buy a new purse and Shion decided to get one as well, buying a matching one with Aqua, after which they have both bought many matching items and clothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcQyLum3Q0
== Milestones == 
=== 2018 ===
* July 31 YouTube channel creation date.
* Aug. 01 Twitter account creation date.
* Aug. 08 Debuted date and uploaded first youtube video.(Aug. 8, 2018) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CAGeeMRvo
* Oct. 04 Achieved a 10,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Oct. 4, 2018) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1047817125862170624
=== 2019 ===
* Mar. 20 Achieved a 50,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Mar. 20, 2019) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1108148446995767296
* Apr. 08 Debuted her 3D model.(Apr. 8, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BacoqH2e86U
* Apr. 21 Achieved a 70,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Apr. 21, 2019) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1119888634394472449
* Apr. 27 Aqua, along with Murasaki Shion, Ookami Mio, Natsuiro Matsuri, Shirakami Fubuki, Shiina Yuika, and Ryuushen got featured in Super Bilibili VUP Stage.(Apr. 27, 2019) Retrieved from https://chokaigi.jp/2019/plan/bilibilivtuberstage.html
* June 02 Achieved a 100,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(June 2, 2019) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1135385281845030917
* Aug. 08 First anniversary celebration.(Aug. 8, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1L1ciDaKo
* Aug. 17 Debuted her 3D swimsuit outfit.(Aug. 17, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDqxALMDiAY
* Aug. 26 Achieved a 150,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Aug. 25, 2019) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1165825459046604800
* Sep. 14 Live2D model was updated to "Ver.2.0".(Sep. 14, 2019) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiuC5rPlUDQ
* Dec. 25 Achieved a 200,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Dec. 25, 2019) Retrieved on https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1209813205578502144
=== 2020 ===
* Jan. 02 Debuted a New Year's outfit.(Jan. 2, 2020). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqdUJUyAt8
* Jan. 19 Achieved a 250,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Jan. 19, 2020). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1218845522502438912
* Jan. 24 Participated in Hololive's first live, "Nonstop Story", and received her 3D idol outfit.
* Feb. 06 Achieved a 300,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Feb. 6, 2020) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1225339561611390977
* Apr. 08 Achieved a 400,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Apr. 8, 2020) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1247864513677774848
* Apr. 30 Live2D model was updated to "Ver.2.1".(Apr. 30, 2020) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqhj1a0MCR4
* May 30 Achieved a 500,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(May 30, 2020). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266716483498856448 She is the 2nd VTuber endorsed by Hololive that has reached this milestone after Shirakami Fubuki.
* Aug. 05 Achieved a 600,000 YouTube subscriber milestone on a Karaoke stream.(Aug. 5, 2020). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/jimiikRHk04?t=849
* Aug. 21 Held her solo live concert Minato Aqua Anniversary Live 2020 "AQUA IRO SUPER DREAM", debuted a new 3D outfit and revealed her first original song, "Aquairo Palette".
* Sep. 26 Achieved a 700,000 YouTube subscriber milestone on a Karaoke stream.(Sep. 26, 2020). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1309695819159752704(Sep. 26, 2020). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1309740955759640576
* Sep. 26 Revealed her new casual Live2D outfit.(Sep. 26, 2020). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/HUWyLcPf1vo
* Nov. 06 Achieved a 800,000 YouTube subscriber milestone on a Karaoke stream.(Nov. 6, 2020). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/xNxgQ3ZxUoU?t=784
* Dec.10 Achieved a 900,000 YouTube subscriber milestone. (Dec. 10, 2020) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337044126676750336
=== 2021 ===
* Jan. 13 Achieved a 1,000,000 YouTube subscriber milestone on a Karaoke stream.(Jan. 13, 2021) Retrieved from https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1349332934994509824
* May. 24 Achieved a 1,250,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(May. 24, 2021) Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/nkaa8b/minato_aqua_celebrates_1250000_subscribers/
* Nov. 19 Achieved a 1,000,000 Twitter follower milestone.
=== 2022 ===
* Feb. 02 Achieved a 1,500,000 YouTube subscriber milestone.(Feb. 2, 2022) Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/sikohf/minato_aqua_celebrates_1500000_subscribers/
* Apr. 17 Participated in the VTuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament ver. APEX LEGENDS Season 4 tournament organized by Shibuya HAL along with Hoshimachi Suisei and Tokoyami Towa.
* Nov. 26 Revealed her 4th Live2D outfit.(November 26, 2022) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyOl7wcU07Y
=== 2023 ===
* March 18 Won "Best actor/actress" award at Famitsu Game Awards 2022 for her role of Minato Aqua in game "Aquarium"(March 19, 2023) Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/11vqpud/aqua_won_best_actoractress_at_famitsu_game_awards/
===Graduation===
On August 6, 2024, she announced her graduation from hololive Production on stream.(Aug. 6, 2024). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wor3Qt90Yls A press release was later released by Cover Corporation on their official website.(Aug. 6, 2024). Retrieved from https://cover-corp.com/en/news/detail/20240806-01
Following her final stream on August 28, 2024, she graduated from Hololive.(Aug. 6, 2024). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDtUy1PTor0
== Streaming Information ==
=== Stream Rules ===
For the main page, see Stream Rules.
Aqua has the following streaming rules in her streams' descriptions:
⚓あくたんとの約束⚓
* 人にやさしく。
* 伝書鳩禁止。（「〇〇ちゃんが～」みたいなコメント）
* スパムや荒らしはブロックしてスルー。自治しない！	
⚓Please follow the rules below so that you can enjoy watching the stream⚓
* Be kind to people.
* No conversation in the waiting room.
* Block the spam and trolls and go through with it.
=== Nicknames and Catchphrases ===
* Fans usually spammed なるはや待機 (naruhaya taiki) before Aqua starts her stream.
* Her fanbase is called 'Aqua Crew' while fans call her AMT (Aqua Maji Tenshi).
* Before she starts her games she usually says "game no sekai ni link start", a reference to the popular light novel and anime Sword Art Online.
* Because of her tendency to play games alone, fans often call her Sololive.
* She often makes random noises like "ora", "rua", "nya" when focused or frustrated.
* After her graduation, she was called Akatsuki by Pekora as a joke based on Naruto.
 
* One of her nicknames in games is AQUKIN, a reference to the popular Japanese Youtuber HIKAKINhttps://www.youtube.com/user/HikakinTV. Apparently she is a huge fan of HIKAKIN and parodied him on an 2020 April Fool's stream.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rU7ybW7wO0
* Aqua always add ちゃん！to viewer's names when reading super chat, because according to her, all of her fan is high school girls (JK). And fan spam ちゃん！on stream chat when she read super chat.
* Common Kaomoji: (^)o(^), ( ･᷄ᯅ･᷅ )？, (⨝◍>⏑<◍) (Super Chat Reading)
=== Groups ===
* 卍組 (Manjigumi). Group consisted of Minato Aqua, Murasaki Shion, and Nakiri Ayame
* Meaqua. A pairing between Minato Aqua and Kagura Mea, an independent Virtual YouTuber who is really close with her.
* CAMP. Group consisted of Kiryu Coco, Minato Aqua, Houshou Marine, and Usada Pekora. They're most known to be the original ARK addict who clocked an impressive amount of play time at that time.
* Aquamarine. A pairing between Minato Aqua and Houshou Marine. This pairing went for a collab multiple times during Hololive Ark boom in the early 2020. Over time, the pair developed a mother-daughter like relation ship.
* UMISEA. An ocean-themed unit consisting of Gawr Gura, Houshou Marine, Minato Aqua, and Ninomae Ina'nis. This group would later add Sakamata Chloe.
* NEGI☆U. Group consisting of Minato Aqua, Oozora Subaru and Momosuzu Nene.
* StartEnd. A group originally formed for the ShibuyaHAL's VSaikyou Tournament #4. Consisting of Tokoyami Towa as team leader with Aqua and Hoshimachi Suisei as member. The three have continued to collab as group after the tournament conclusion.
* NASS. A cross-company group consisting of Nekomata Okayu, Minato Aqua and Nijisanji's Shiina Yuika and Sasaki Saku
== Other Media ==
* Minato Aqua alongside fellow members Natsuiro Matsuri, Nakiri Ayame, Ookami Mio, Murasaki Shion, Tokino Sora and Shirakami Fubuki, were part of a collab with Azur Lane called “Looking Glass of Fact and Fiction”, which ran from November 26th 2019 – December 11th, 2019.
* As her 1 million subscriber reward, Aqua produced her own visual novel/dating sim titled Aquarium. The game is developed by veteran Visual Novel developer Entergram and features Aqua herself as the main heroine. The game also features Shirakami Fubuki as the main character's sister and Houshou Marine as Aqua's senpai maid. The game was originally released for PS4 and Switch on October 27, 2022. A Windows port with English translation was released as a limited physical merch on the Hololive Official Shoppx1099 (2023/07/13). Aquarium visual novel is now available in Windows with option to change the language to English. The limited set in the holopro shop includes the game and many merchandises. For those looking to only buy the game, a Steam version is currently being worked on. while the digital version was released on Steam on October 25, 2023.Entergram (2023/10/25). Aquarium Steam Page
== Trivia ==
* According to Yuzuki Choco https://youtu.be/UAyT9UiAyJU?t=743, before the 3rd Generation of talents was introduced, you didn't know who else was debuting in your generation until the day of debut. Starting at Gen 3, talents would know and hang out with each other before debut.
=== Facts ===
* Aqua's signature color is Aqua-Color which is a palette consist of her two main colors of her hair, pink and light blue. This is the color used as the title of her signature original song #Aqua-iro Palette (Aqua-colored Palette) and is frequently used in various places from her Room Background, her USAGI mascot to her album covers and logos.
** Aqua's official penlight color is Light Pink.
* Aqua adopted an (imaginary) cat which she named NEKOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3ZOsxDw5qU. This is also the name of the cat on her casual outfit.
** She later adopted a real kitten is called Komugi.
* Aqua has a 2nd mascot name USAGI as part of her new room design.https://youtu.be/SUcgqb3IvbU
*She uses a ton of exclamation marks (!!!) and question marks (???) whenever she tweet. Sometimes she uses it when creating a title for her stream as well.
*She is a leader of her own Minecraft group called "Hololive Resistance" with Natsuiro Matsuri as a sole member. According to Aqua, the reason of the name "Hololive Resistance" is because it sounded cool.
**After the move to the new Hololive Mincraft Server, "Hololive Resistance" was rebranded as "Akukin Kensetsu"(Akukin Construction) with Aqua as the CEO, while Mio and Marine are her assistant.
***This group would also later went bankrupt, with CEO Aqua subsequently conveniently have amnesia of about the group existence.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGDZPXAJeFw
*Aqua has a tendency to do dogeza as an apologies to pretty much everything.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHjUnZrny9k
* Fans often call her "Onion" due to her hatless head being identical to that of a red onion.
*Her dream is to have a live concert at the Budokan
*She used to drink 5 cans of Redbull a day
*Shares the same Illustrator with the following VTubers:
**Himari Mochizuki of UniCreate and Hourei Tenten.
*Is one of the Hololive Production VTubers with a verified YouTube channel. Other verified members can be found here.
*She is a big fan of Sword Art Online and its main character Kirito. 
** She owns a black (Kirito's signature color) water dispenser that she named Kirito.
** Her idolization of Kirito has resulted in a friendly rivalry with her Nijisanji counterpart Takamiya Rion who had called each other "delusional" over the specific way they idolize Kirito (Aqua is a fan of Kirito the character and wants to become Kirito while Rion is a fan of Kirito's voice actor and wants to become Kirito's girlfriend).Onion Dealer (2023/11/28). Even the Author knew about Aqua and Rion competing for Kirito 【Hololive/ENG Sub】.
* Aqua has a scent fetish and claimed that she could identify any holomem by smell.
*During the VSaikyou Tournament, Aqua's earned the nickname Mad Dog due to her reckless and aggressive play style that force her team leader Towa to rein in several time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj39ZHVJ7Fs
**According to Watame, Aqua's Mad Dog play style extends outside of Apex Legend to even board game.https://youtu.be/2SYUUQqnvWg
**Aqua is one of the few HoloPro members that achieved Apex Legend's Master rank while playing solo.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAB8D379Bd4
*Aqua frequently use the name Akukin as a nickname. It's a reference to popular Japanese Youtuber HikakinTV.https://youtu.be/ELSVfMSAjQM
**Two of the most notable usage of Akukin is Akukin Construction, her short-lived Minecraft group and Akukin/Aqukin-Master her most common game handle.
***In Streat Fighter 6, Aqua's goes by the handle AkuKen-master because Ken was her main and the character she used to grind her Master rank challenge.
=== Gaming Record ===
==== Speedrun/RTA/Challenges ==== 
Game 	Challenge 	Result 	Source 	Note
Dark Soul Remastered	Sub-3-hour clear 	Success 	Highlight Clip	Archived currently lost due to the Copyright Incident.
Sekiro 	Shura Ending speedrun 	Clear in 1h 04m 27s 	N/A 	Archived currently lost due to the Copyright Incident.
Elden Ring 	Defeat Tree Sentinel with starting gear	Success after ~1 hour and 30 deaths 	Last run 	1st Playthrough, Samurai class
Only Up! 	Any% speedrun 	Clear in 32m 44s 	Fastest run 	
Getting Over It 	Any% speedrun 	Clear in 9m 26.194s 	Fastest run 	
Minecraft 	Defeat Ender Dragon speedrun 	Clear in 1h 24m 44s 	Fastest run 	Run done on a fresh save
Minecraft 	Miko's challenge dungeon speedrun 	Clear in 39s 	Clip 	
Apex Legend 	Achieved Champion with all Legends 	Success in under 4 hours 	Full Attempt 	Season 17Done as full team with other members of StartEnd.Custom Rule: 
* Random Legends using roulette
* Reroll after a certain amount of time (unused)
Super Mario Bros. 3 	Clear the game in a single run 	Success after 3h 58m 42s(3rd attempt after two failed runs)	Final Attempt 	Full rules:
* If she ran out of lives, the game ends.
* Warp whistle is prohibited
* Saving is prohibited
* Infinite 1-UP trick is prohibited
* Rewind function is prohibited
* Using the Continue function is prohibited
* Slamming the table is prohibited
==== Ranking ====
* Apex Legend:
** Solo Master: Season 19 (Clip), Season 11 (Highlight)
** Solo Diamond: Season 7
* League of Legend: Diamond 1
* Street Fighter 6: Master - Ken (Last Stream)
==== Tournament ====
* Apex Legend
** Vtuber Most Cooperatitive Tournament #4: Team StartEnd (Leader: Tokoyami Towa; Members: Minato Aqua, Hoshimachi Suisei) 
 P = Placement, K = Kills , Shaded cell indicates matches that reached Last 3 team
Match 	OverallPlacement	Total Points	Round 1	Round 1	Round 2	Round 2	Round 3	Round 3	Round 4	Round 4	Round 5 	Round 5 	Round 6 	Round 6 	Round 7 	Round 7
Match 	OverallPlacement	Total Points	P 	K 	P 	K 	P 	K 	P 	K 	P 	K 	P 	K 	P 	K
Scrim Day 1	#8 	44 	14 	4 	14 	0 	15 	4 	17 	0 	15 	9 	12 	8 	3 	7
Scrim Day 2	#10 	37 	6 	4 	9 	3 	16 	1 	12 	3 	11 	1 	3 	11 	17 	0
Scrim Day 3	#8 	31 	19 	0 	17 	0 	5 	4 	17 	0 	9 	3 	2 	9 	16 	0
Scrim Day 4	#3 	68 	18 	0 	9 	4 	4 	9 	11 	0 	1(Champion)	17 	2 	2 	7 	4
Scrim Day 5	#12 	32 	2 	5 	13 	0 	9 	8 	19 	3 	6 	1 	18 	0 	- 	-
Scrim Day 6	#4 	37 	17 	3 	5 	8 	14 	5 	6 	13 	No Match 	No Match	No Match	No Match	No Match	No Match
Main Event 	#16 	10 	20 	1 	20 	0 	15 	3 	13 	1 	15 	2 	No Match	No Match	No Match	No Match
* Mario Kart:
Tournament 	Rank 	Score
2019 Hololive Cup 	👑 #1 	44
2021 Hololive New Year Cup	🥈 #2 	42
=== Aqutan ===
According to Aqua, Aqutan is Aqua's little sister. She occasionally appears whenever Aqua feels like doing a loli voice. Her first appearance was at Fubuki's channel in April 13 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8737ysFXqMQ. Aqutan is an extremely innocent child but share a resemblance to her big sister when it comes to gaming skill as she's good enough to speedrun Sekiro in under 80 minuteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhd5wm6RrbE&feature=youtu.be
File:Illustrator Artwork - Aqutan and Fubutan 01.jpg|Aqutan and Fubuki-chan(by Gaou)
== Media ==
=== Image Gallery ===
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Costumes = 
File:Minato Aqua - Full Illustration 01.png|Main full body(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - 3D Model 01-1.png|Main 3D Model
File:Minato Aqua - 3D Model 01-2.png|Main 3D Model
File:Minato Aqua - Swimsuit.png|Swimsuit Model
File:Minato Aqua - Full Illustration 03.jpg|New Year full body(by とぴあ)
File:Minato Aqua - Nonstop Story Full Illustration.png|Nonstop Story Full Illustration(by Narumi-Nanami)
File:Minato Aqua - Anniversary Full Illustration.jpg|Anniversary full body(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - 3D Model 05.jpg|Anniversary 3D Model
File:Minato Aqua - Full Illustration 06-1.jpg|Sixth full body(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - Full Illustration 06-2.png|Sixth full body (with cat ears)(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - Full Illustration 07.png|Seventh full body
File:Minato Aqua - Full Illustration 08.png|Eight and final full body
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Artworks = 
File:Hololive VTubers.jpg|Major Artwork(by Narumi-Nanami)
File:Hololive Summer '19.jpg|Summer 2019(by Narumi-Nanami)
File:Hololive Shiny Smily Story.png|Shiny Smily Story
File:Hololive 1st fes. Nonstop Story.jpg|1st fes. Nonstop Story
File:Illustrator Artwork - hololive 2nd Live 03.jpg|hololive 2nd Live(by Narumi-Nanami)
|-| 
Illust. Artworks = 
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 01.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 02.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 03.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 04-1.jpg|Azur Lane Collaboration Outfit(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 04-2.jpg|Azur Lane Collaboration Outfit(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 05.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 06.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 07.jpg|Christmas 2019(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 08.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 09.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 10.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 11.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 12.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 13.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 14.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 15.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 16.jpg|Animedia September 2020Cover Illustration(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 17.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 18.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 19.jpg|By Gaou
File:SUMMER SCENES - Minato Aqua 01.jpg|From hololive VTuber Official Fanbook "SUMMER SCENES"(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua Birthday 2018.jpg|Birthday 2018(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua Birthday 2019.jpg|Birthday 2019(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua Birthday 2020.jpg|Birthday 2020(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 2nd Anniversary.jpg|600k Subscribers &2nd Anniversary(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Aqutan and Fubutan 01.jpg|With Fubutan(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Sora, Fubuki, and Aqua 01.jpg|With Sora and Fubuki(by ordan)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Manjigumi 01.jpg|With Manjigumi(by Kagura Nana)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Manjigumi 02.jpg|With Manjigumi(by Kagura Nana)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Mel, Aqua, and Rushia 01.jpg|With Mel and Rushia(by Yasuyuki, Gaou, and Ayamy)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Mel, Aqua, and Rushia 02.jpg|With Mel and Rushia(by Yasuyuki, Gaou, and Ayamy)
File:LIVER DIVER - Hololive 01.jpg|With HololiveFrom "LIVER DIVER"(by Shigure Ui)
File:Illustrator Artwork - UMISEA 01.jpg| With Houshou Marine & Gawr Gura(by Shion Midorikawa)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua Peace.jpg|By Gaou
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua Valentine's 2023.jpg|Valentine's Day 2023(by Gaou)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Aquarium Aqua.jpg|Poster art for Aquarium maid Aqua (by Hanekoto)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Aquarium Aqua PC.jpg|Aquarium PC Poster/Boxart (by Hanekoto)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Aquarium Swimsuit Aqua.jpg|Aquarium Super Expo 2024 Promotion (by Hanekoto)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 20.jpg|By Ninomae Ina'nis
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 21.jpg|By Raora Panthera
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 22.jpg|By Airani Iofifteen
File:Illustrator Artwork - Pekora Aqua 01.jpg|With Usada Pekora(by Yuuki Hagure)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 23.jpg|By Houshou Marine
File:Illustrator Artwork - Aqua ERB.jpg|With Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame (by Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame)
File:Illustrator Artwork - Minato Aqua 24.jpg|By Harusaki Nodoka
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Concept Illust. = 
File:Nonstop Story - Concept Illustration 02.jpg|Nonstop Story Concept Illustration(by ordan)
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Collaborations = 
File:Azur Lane - Loading Screen 01.jpg|Loading Screen ArtFrom Azur Lane
File:Minato Aqua - Submarine Azur Lane Illustration.jpg|[Super Rare] SubmarineFrom Azur Lane(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - Submarine Azur Lane Illustration.png|[Super Rare] Submarine (Transparent)From Azur Lane(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - Marine Maid Azur Lane Illustration.jpg|Marine MaidFrom Azur Lane(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - Marine Maid Azur Lane Illustration.png|Marine Maid (Transparent)From Azur Lane(by Gaou)
File:Aqua Minato - Hololive Resistance Dawn of the Breakers.png|From Dawn of the Breakers
File:Aqua Minato - Skin Dawn of the Breakers Illustration 01.png|Swimsuit SkinFrom Dawn of the Breakers
File:Minato Aqua - LAST IDEA Illustration 01.jpg|With LucreciaFrom LAST IDEA(by Gaou)
File:Minato Aqua - V-Ani 2019 x Kakeguruixx Illustration 01.jpg|Midari Ikishima in Minato Aqua's costumeFrom V-Ani 2019 x Kakegurui×× Collaboration
File:Minato Aqua - V-Ani 2019 x Kakeguruixx Illustration 02.jpg|Minato Aqua in Midari Ikishima's costumeFrom V-Ani 2019 x Kakegurui×× Collaboration
File:Minato Aqua - Ark Order Illustration 01.png|From Ark Order
File:Minato Aqua - Ark Order Illustration 02.png|From Ark Order
File:Minato Aqua - VVVtune Illustration.jpg|From VVVtune
File:LAWSON - Hololive 01.jpg|With Okayu, Marine, & SuiseiFrom LAWSON
File:LAWSON - Minato Aqua 01.png|From LAWSON
File:Hololive x Red Bull 01.jpg|With Shishiro BotanFrom Red Bull(by Tomari)
File:Red Bull 5G Event - 01.jpg|With Shishiro BotanFrom Red Bull 5G Event(by DELF)
File:Hololive x Weiß Schwarz - Illustration 03.jpg| With 2nd Gen and GamersFrom Weiß Schwarz(by Narumi-Nanami)
File:Hololive x BanG Dream! 02.jpg|Fansa Cover Art From BanG Dream!
File:BangDream - Aqua Gacha 1.webp|Collab Gacha Card From BanG Dream! 
File:BangDream - Aqua Gacha 2.webp|Collab Gacha Card Trained From BanG Dream! 
File:Promotion - Promotional Banner Aqua x SAOLR.jpg|Aqua's collaboration poster with Sword Art Online: Last Recollection
File:Game CG - Aqua x SAOLR.webp|Aqua's CG from Sword Art Online: Last Recollection
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=== Music ===
==== Original Songs ====
The following are original songs by Aqua.
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Solo = 
For The Win
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">CZGFm-O5IOU</youtube>
#Aqua Iro Palette
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">6bnaBnd4kyU</youtube>
Yokoso！Sweet Carnival！
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">gP8iNSq6Kwc</youtube>
Kaisou Ressha
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">tuWw5EQPGlc</youtube>
aqua iro palette (English version)
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">HJ0Nhf9wiy8</youtube>
Kira Kira
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">fXeM0fXvOp8</youtube>
Stay Blue
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">16WxRVoTAx0</youtube>
I Wanna
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">swX1O_a_vAk</youtube>
uni-birth
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">awHMIHpmeIo</youtube>
Cassiopeia
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">9hPA5g8Nylo</youtube>
Let me be your Saioshi
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">S1Ln9-ksIQY</youtube>
Girl loved by Aim
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">qfw9z5rLmm4</youtube>
Princess Carry
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">LydxNm0P0RA</youtube>
Strategic Love
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">lFcB1xKOwEw</youtube>
Akutan no Koto Suki Sugi☆Song (Short ver.)
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">YHfc0M3CGw0</youtube>
Kizuna to Kiseki
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">xtYdo3HteYU</youtube>
#Kimi Iro Princess
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">RBBwfP1rtkE</youtube>
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With hololive = 
Shiny Smily Story
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">68KV7JnrvDo</youtube>
Kirameki Rider
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">0o3VrBLh8jI</youtube>
Kirameki Rider [hololive 1st fes. "Nonstop Story"]
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">rDSIUPkuM7U</youtube>
Domination! All the World Is an Ocean
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">MKEb-Ox1KEw</youtube>
I Am Alone (Blue Journey)
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">I097di5uoBo</youtube>
Dear Youthful Days (Blue Journey)
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">p30XdSlkWOc</youtube>
Seishun Archive
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">YzQCNmk3YYA</youtube>
Ocean wave Party☆Live
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">2v_BFL-kuWs</youtube>
Mizutamari (Blue Journey)
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">v7XbruOYI8g</youtube>
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Collaboration = 
Curry Meshi Is a Miracle
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">3QJD9iekpDQ</youtube>
Sushi Desho!
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">27pQ5ZePYqE</youtube>
UMISEA no SACHIHAPPY!
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">mTX41QjX_VI</youtube>
I LOVE ME de irareruyouni
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">znaH7_uvA64</youtube>
Aqua-iro Palette (Shuffle ver.)
<youtube width="320" height="240" alignment="center">OYBDXLe33HQ</youtube>
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==== Discography ====
The following are a list of albums Aqua has made or participated in.
Singles	
 	
 	
Collab Singles
Extended Play
Collab Albums
====Cover Songs====
The following are a list of songs covered by Aqua.
Solo Covers
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Former Members Only Cover
Collab Covers
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====BGM====
The following are a list of background music Aqua has used in her streams and videos.
Made for Aqua
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From DOVA-SYNDROME
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From Other Sources
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==References==
==External links==
*Aqua Ch. 湊あくあ - YouTube Channel
*@minatoaqua - Twitter
*Minato Aqua - Azur Lane Wiki
Category:Minato Aqua