Tsukumo Sana

*This is a Japanese name; the family name is Tsukumo.*

**Tsukumo Sana** was an English Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its English (EN) branch second generation of Vtubers alongside Ceres Fauna, Ouro Kronii, Nanashi Mumei, and Hakos Baelz.

## Introduction Video

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 Sana's introduction.

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## Profile

A member of the Council and the Speaker of "Space," the very first concept created by the Gods.

After being materialized in the mortal realm, she began researching astrology in earnest for one particular reason. However, she soon stumbled unknowingly upon the Forbidden Truth, and was turned into an apostle for the Ancient Ones.

"Space" refers not only to this universe we live in, but all dimensions and matter to exist. It is a concept unbridled by definition, and one that continues to grow in scope limitlessly. As it is yet to be fully explored by man, her seemingly strange behavior and speech can be explained away with a simple, "Humanity simply isn't yet ready to understand."

As a side note, despite how she may look, she is quite chi... young.

## Personality

Tsukumo Sana has a light-hearted and sometimes childish attitude. She has an interest in both astronomy and astrology, and often makes references to space. She is fond of her fellow hololive -Council- members. Sana enjoys stating fun facts, particularly those with large numbers. She may also have a tendency to exaggerate, as the age and unrestricted height she wrote in her debut were off by an order of magnitude.

She is careless, and has destroyed the planet Earth in the past as a result.

At debut, Hakos Baelz described Sana as the ultimate "ドM" (masochist), having insane art skills and a heart as big as space.

## History

### Retirement

On 11 July, Sana announced that she would retire from her activities on 31 July, making her hololive's first English Virtual YouTuber to graduate. Both Sana and Cover Corp. stated that it was ultimately Sana's request for her graduation.

Sana scheduled a large number of collabs in July prior to her retirement, including a Bread Review with Watson Amelia, retro gaming with Anya Melfissa and Pavolia Reine, Power Wash Simulator with Kobo Kanaeru, Minecraft with Tsunomaki Watame, Mario Party Superstars with Hakos Baelz and "Australian" holomembers Akai Haato and Takanashi Kiara, a Marshmallow Q&A with Omaru Polka, an Aussie snacks tier list with Baelz, an anatomy review with Mori Calliope and Nanashi Mumei, Minecraft sauna renovation with Ceres Fauna, Clubhouse Games with Kaela Kovalskia, drawing with Vestia Zeta, Switch Sports with Yozora Mel, Minecraft with Ouro Kronii and Moona Hoshinova, and a Twitter space with Amane Kanata.

On 20 July, during a stream on Mumei's channel, -Council- and IRyS debuted "Beeg Smol" 3D models designed by Sana.

Shortly after that, she died and went back to real life Youtube Channel.

## Trivia

### Name

* The name "Tsukumo" is written 「九十九」, meaning "ninety-nine." It appears in the term *tsukumogami*, ninety-nine gods, referring to the belief that an object or spirit can acquire sentience by living a hundred years. Tsukumo is a Japanese surname, although it is not usually written with these kanji; however, it does appear so in the name of the character Yuma Tsukumo from the anime *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal*.
	+ In the 9th century Japanese work *The Tales of Ise*, *tsukumogami* is also used to refer to white hair. This has a similarity to Shirakami Fubuki, whose name "shirakami" can also be taken to mean "white hair."
* "Sana" is a Japanese female given name. It is written 「佐命」, although the name is not commonly written with these kanji. While the first kanji, read "sa", appears in one common spelling of the name Sana, the second is usually read "inochi," meaning "life," or "mei," as in "unmei," destiny.
	+ Sana is also an anagram of NASA, the acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a well-known organization whose duties involve the exploration of space. Fans quickly noticed that Sana follows NASA on Twitter. Her logo also resembles the NASA logo.
* Sana reads her name in Western order, like Ouro Kronii, Hakos Baelz, Mori Calliope, and Watson Amelia.

### Lore

* Sana's connection to the Ancient Ones links her to Ninomae Ina'nis, a priestess of the Ancient Ones and a founding member of the original hololive English.
	+ A further connection between Sana and Ina may be found in her introductory quote referencing the "void," as the name Ina'nis is Latin for "empty;" and the difference between 0 and 1, which may refer to Ninomae, meaning "one."
* Sana is larger than Earth's Sun, but shrank down to human size in order to experience Earth. The antenna on her head is a limiter which prevents her height from increasing. If removed, her gravitational field would fling Earth out of orbit and kill the entire human race.
	+ Although Sana described her true height at debut as approximately 1.7 trillion centimeters (17 million kilometers), the chart depicting her to scale next to Earth's Sun showed her to be only slightly larger. Since the Sun has a diameter of 1.4 million km, a height of 170 billion cm (1.7 million km) is likely to have been the intended figure.
	+ Her restricted height of 169 cm still makes her the tallest among hololive English, and second only to Pavolia Reine among all active hololive members.
* Although she is 13.8 billion years old, she is only a toddler in galactic terms.
	+ To date, Sana is the oldest hololive member who has an age stated as a number. Takanashi Kiara is older than humans have lived on Earth (at least two million years), Mori Calliope is the personification of an abstract concept and has no age, and Ouro Kronii's age is infinity as she is time itself.
	+ In her debut stream, Sana wrote her age as 138 billion years, although this is likely another error. She read it as 13(.8) billion years old, consistent with the current estimates of the age of the universe.
* Sana is the second member of hololive English to speak fluent bird language, after Takanashi Kiara. She uses it to speak with her mascot Yatagarasu.

### Likes and dislikes

* She likes pasta, macarons, and round things like baby seals and planet Earth.
* Sana dislikes sneezing, as her sneezes may destroy the Earth. She believes that mosquitoes are "a mistake of the universe."
* Her favorite games are cute, bad, and psychological games. She also enjoys *Pokémon*.
* Her favorite anime are *Kyousougiga*, *Uchouten Kazoku*, and *Katanagatari*.
* Her favorite music is EDM (including Moeshop, Camellia Snail's House), Go Shina, YOASOBI, and Eve.
* Her hobbies are astronomy, astrology, graphic design, drawing, traveling, hiking, snorkling, camping, and eating.
* Sana plans to do astrology streams (performing astrology with the hashtag #Holoscope) and Kuso Monday, where she plays rubbish games.
* Her dreams are to get a telescope, try astrophotography, see her mascot Yatagarasu in 3D, collect the laughter and smiles from everyone, and last a year (i.e. until 23 August 2022) without destroying the Earth. However, she already failed the last goal by taking off her limiter during her debut.

### Miscellaneous

* Sana's birthday, 10 June, was the date of a solar eclipse in 2021.
* Sana's hair ornaments in her original outfit resemble *sanshoku dango*, a traditional Japanese rice flour confection consisting of three spheres and often eaten during cherry blossom viewing. Such dango are usually pink, white, and green. Some fans used the dango emoji in chat during her debut.
* Sana noted that her hair resembles the Milky Way, the horizontal plane of our galaxy visible as a river of stars in Earth's night sky.
* Sana has an Australian accent. She also uses Australian slang for brand names such as "Maccas" in place of McDonald's.
* In addition to English, Sana is learning Japanese. However, she has difficulty reading certain kanji.
* She shares her Live2D modeller with Yukihana Lamy, Shishiro Botan and Pavolia Reine. They also rigged updated models for various hololive-affiliated VTubers, several of which can be found here.
* She is the artist for the first piece of hololive English -Council- merchandise, the debut tapestry.
* Sana's limiter, the swirly antenna on her head, only appears when she is at human size, and is absent when she is full size. A common mistake by fanartists is to draw her with the antenna while at full size.
* She had a pet dog named Taco who died on 11 October 2021.

## External Links

### Media

* Tsukumo Sana Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
* Tsukumo Sana's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
* Tsukumo Sana's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
* @tsukumosana - Twitter account

### Twitter hashtags

* #SanaLanding - Stream tag
* #galaxillust - Fan art
* #Sanallite - Fan tag

### Statistics

* Tsukumo Sana Ch. hololive-EN - Social Blade YouTube stats

### Further reading

* 九十九佐命 - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
* 九十九佐命 - Pixiv Encyclopedia
* Tsukumo Sana - Moegirl Encyclopedia
* 츠쿠모 사나 - Namu Wiki
* Tsukumo Sana - Hololive Fan Wiki

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## References

1. ↑ pakosun. (2021, August 16)*.  I'm sana's papaI'm new and inxperienced but I'll do my best I hope they will be happy* [Tweet]. YouTube.
2. ↑ tou\_illie. (2021, August 23)*.  I made a live2d rig for Tsukumo Sana(@tsukumosana) ! Thank you for being born and I'm so glad. I can't wait to see what happens next!* [Tweet]. Twitter.