Kay Yu

Kay Yu is an American animator and video game developer. He is well known within the Hololive community as the developer of the Hololive fan game HoloCure.
==Overview==
Kay Yu is an American animator and video game developer best known within the Hololive Community as the developer of HoloCure.
Kay has worked on multiple animes including Sword Art Online, One Piece and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.(May. 13, 2023). Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11323315//
==History==
Kay Yu was born in 1993 somewhere in rural China.(Dec. 02, 2017). Retrieved from https://x.com/kaynimatic/status/936747272158826497 Eventually he and his parents moved to the United States, giving up his Chinese Citizenship to obtain American Citizenship.(May. 13, 2023). Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11323315//
In 2005 when Kay was a kid he found a game engine called Game Maker and developed a interest in video game development, He also started learning animation on his own due to wanting to become a video game developer.(Sep. 25, 2022). Retrieved from https://x.com/kaynimatic/status/1573911489634656257/
Kay created his YouTube account on December 13, 2012.
Kay created his Twitter account in December 2015.
===Involvement in Hololive===
Kay was the animator of Calliope Mori's and Gawr Gura's original song, Q.
HoloCure Development was started by Kay around late February 2022.(Jun. 21, 2022). Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/vjfea9/holocure_demo_1_a_fangame_heavily_inspired_by/ HoloCure released to the public on June 24, 2022 after a period of closed beta, It included all members of Hololive English at the time.Hololive English -Advent- debuted after the first public demo was released(Jun. 24, 2022). Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/vjfea9/holocure_demo_1_a_fangame_heavily_inspired_by/
Kay stated that he wants to keep HoloCure strictly a passion project.(Jun. 29, 2022). Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/vmcks4/games_radar_free_vampire_survivors_fan_game/ie3dk8t/?context=3
Kay created another account in April 2023, Saying that it was due to him wanting his main account to act like a art portfolio.(Jun. 10, 2023). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/kaynimatic/status/1667415106739904512/
HoloCure 0.6 released on Steam and Itch.io on August 17th, 2023.
The official HoloCure Twitter account announced a new game on March 1st, 2024, Holo X Break.The X in 'Holo X Break' is silent Unlike HoloCure, Holo X Break is published under holo Indie.
Kay produced the Our Promise animated MV.(Jun. 17, 2024). Retrieved from https://x.com/kaynimatic/status/1802530237831581779/
On January 14, 2025 Kay announced he was working a unnamed game that was early in development(Jan. 14, 2025). Retrieved from https://x.com/holocuredev/status/1878931909121818658 code named project exodus featuring Hololive English Advent and Justice.(Jan. 14, 2025). Retrieved from https://x.com/holocuredev/status/1878927486509359260 It is not a RPG.(Jan. 14, 2025). Retrieved from https://x.com/holocuredev/status/1878951261279772864
==Career==
Kay has worked on many TV Series and video games, This is a list of everything he has worked on.(May. 13, 2023). Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11323315/
===TV Series===
TV Series 	Role 	Number of episodes	Year
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation	Key animator 	9 	2021-2024
One Piece 	Key animator 	1 	2023
Sydsnap 	Ending animation	6 	2021-2023
Ippon Again! 	Key animator 	1 	2023
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 	Key animator 	1 	2022
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 	Animation 	9 	2020-2021
Castlevania 	Animation 	2 	2021
Sword Art Online 	Key animator 	1 	2019
===Video Games===
Video Game 	Role 	Year
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp	Key animator 	2023
River City Girls 2 	Animation Director, Key animator and sprite designs	2022
Shantae and the Seven Sirens 	Cinematic animator 	2019
River City Girls 	Key animator and sprite designs 	2019
==Gallery==
Kay Yu profile picture.png|Kay's OC and former profile picture "Pink-haired Girl"
=Trivia=
*Yu is Kay Yu's real family name and Kay is the first letter of his real Chinese name.(Jun. 12, 2023). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/kaynimatic/status/1668032124103057408/
*Kay speaks Taishanese.(Jun. 12, 2023). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/kaynimatic/status/1668133844955074560
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