Usada Pekora

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

**Usada Pekora** (兎田ぺこら) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its third generation of VTubers under the name of "hololive Fantasy" (ホロライブファンタジー) alongside Uruha Rushia, Shiranui Flare, Shirogane Noel, and Houshou Marine.

## Personality

Pekora hails from the nation of Pekoland, where she claims she is a member of royalty. While not much is currently known about Pekoland, it is assumed that its denizens are, like Pekora, Animals humans with rabbit-ears and comparatively long lifespans, and that the rabbit-motif apparent in Pekora's fashion and accessories is significant to their culture. According to Pekora, "peko" is the only word in the Pekolandish language. In-line with her claims of a royal upbringing, Pekora's personality can be described as outwardly bratty, haughty, immature and surly, but genuinely playful and friendly. But when not on camera she has been noted by other hololive girls as polite and shy to as she doesn't like people in her space, as well as one to internalize her pain (as noted by Houshou Marine) which ended up prematurely ending one of her streams with her in tears.

Pekora is infamous for mischief, to the point where other hololive members will instantly become suspicious of any project if they learn that Pekora was involved. While her intended victim is usually Sakura Miko, no one is exempt from her trolling, not even herself. Pekora's fans appropriately display this same kind of attitude and are known to ruthlessly tease her through the chat when the opportunity arises. In spite of everything, Pekora still wants to be recognized as a real idol, but to her chagrin, fans mostly think of her as a "comedian" and "crazy rabbit", not helped by her constant sprees of often self-inflicted misfortune. Even when she is in a idol-like scenario, something always backfires on her. Fittingly, she is also particularly well-known for being able to almost instantly flip between smugly gloating and desperately begging for help/forgiveness depending on whether or not she has the upper hand in a situation.

Pekora has a distinctive laugh (frequently represented in text as "AH↓ HA↑ HA↑ HA↑") somewhat resembling that of an older female aristocrat, and frequently interjects her sentences with the "-peko" suffix, though she has been known to forget this occasionally. She asserts her dominance by shouting "PE↗ KO↘ PE↗ KO↘ PE↗ KO↘".

## History

### Background

Pekora was one of the four hololive VTubers first announced on 13 June 2019 as part of the third generation but she and Uruha Rushia were not open for audition.

On 7 July during the hololive karaoke session, her name and Twitter account were officially announced alongside Uruha Rushia.

On 28 May 2019 her Twitter account was opened while her YouTube channel was opened on 3 July. She debuted on YouTube with her introductory stream on 17 July.

### 2019

On 10 December during a stream she announced that she would get a 3D model, which was later reconfirmed on her Twitter account. Her 3D model was shown during a stream on 14 December, being the third of her generation to get it, after Shirogane Noel and Uruha Rushia.

### 2020

On 1 January she announced on Twitter that she would debut a new year's 2D costume, which was latter revealed in a stream the same day. This is her second 2D costume overall.

On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted her 3D idol outfit at hololive's 1st fest Nonstop Story.

On 4 December, Usada Pekora has reached 1 million subscribers during a stream.

### 2021

On 12 January, on her birthday stream, Pekora debuted her first solo original song: Pekorandom Brain!「ぺこらんだむぶれいん！」 with the official MV of the song being published just a bit later.

On 1 April, Pekora debuted her third 2D costume, a prison outfit during a stream in which she was tossed in jail for various crimes not limited to stealing carrots, cruel pranks in Minecraft, being a gambling addict instead of saving the world in Dragon Quest and for being too cute. The costume features an ear-sock beanie, chained bunny eared collar, a carrot styled ball and chain strapped to her ankles (and Don-chan) and a ripped shirt, all of which styled after classic monochrome prison stripes. She was not allowed her freedom unless she could prove she had redeeming qualities that her friends remember about her, all while trying to scheme how to break out.

On 2 June, she reached 1,500,000 YouTube subscribers during a singing endurance stream.

On 17 July, during her second anniversary celebration, Pekora debuted a new asset as she can now use a Nousagi on top of her head, Nousagi mimics Pekora's facial changes and expresions.

## Fans

* Her fanbase is officially called "League of the Hare Alliance" (野うさぎ同盟 in Japanese).

## Trivia

* Pekora's character model features small highlights in the center of each eye's pupil that resemble the facial profile of a rabbit.
* The black lines on the top of her dress are actually the top of a strapless leotard which, when combined with the dark tights and her natural rabbit features, forms the stereotypical "Bunny Girl" outfit, a classic, sexy, Playboy Magazine-inspired waitress attire typically seen around entertainment plazas like casinos, though has taken on a life of its own within Japan with various pronounced restylings that fit its colorful creative ecosystem. Pekora herself seems fond of the classic look, as she often uses Bunny Girl outfits found in the video games she plays when available.
* After the topic of headphones came up during a stream, Pekora claimed that she can successfully use headphones with both sets of her ears (both the human pair and her rabbit-ears).
* While many of her fellow hololive members have questioned whether her bunny ears are real or not, Pekora has once depicted them bleeding after she "cut" them off to give Kiryu Coco as birthday present. On the other hand, she has also claimed that her human ears are actually fake, added by her "Mama" so humans would be more accepting of her.
* While the carrots lodged in each of Pekora's braids are typically presumed to be fake and decorative accessories, an outro-scene in a holo no graffiti episode shows Shirakami Fubuki, Roboco and Natsuiro Matsuri attempting to use them as an ingredient for curry, indicating that they may instead be real, edible carrots. However, in another episode of holo no graffiti, removing the carrots from Pekora's braids resulted in several hololive members becoming temporarily trapped in a sort of pocket-dimension in the space in Pekora's hair that the carrot had occupied, so anything consistent about the nature of Pekora's braid-carrots is hard to establish. It is better to dismiss it as typical comical nonsense HoloGra is known for.
* While Pekora's personality can be described as somewhat bratty, boisterous, immature or sometimes outright antagonistic, several hololive members have described this as being contradictory to her true, off-stream personality. Personal friends like Sakura Miko have described her as being extremely easy to get along with, polite, respectful and even somewhat reserved.
* Pekora's penchant for casually committing morally questionable acts while playing games (most infamously her actions towards Villagers in Minecraft) has earned her a reputation as a "war criminal" among western fans.
* Pekora established her own company, Usada Kensetsu, on the hololive Minecraft JP server.
	+ Current Usada Kensetsu member consist of Moona Hoshinova, Takanashi Kiara, Amane Kanata, Kiryu Coco, Tokoyami Towa and Uruha Rushia.
	+ Usada Kensetsu have a mutual business partnership with Menya Botan (Shishiro Botan's Ramen Shop).
* According to herself, her age of 111 years is actually 3 years old in Pekoland, as 1+1+1=3.
* Also according to Pekora, bunny girls don't wear panties.
* Pekora has shown herself to be a gambling addict.
* A giant obsidian portrait of a chibi Pekora head was constructed on the infamous Minecraft server 2b2t.org. It used over 2.1 million obsidian, and is the largest hand made obsidian map art currently on the server (and second largest overall).
* Pekora makes a cameo in episode 2 of How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω (Omega), albeit with a modified color scheme and different clothing resembling a impoverished villager. However, she was removed entirely from future Japanese broadcasts over fears of copyright infringement with Cover Corp. She still remains in import streaming versions seen on sites like Crunchyroll due to licenses usually being one and done deals.
* She has the same birthday with Kagura Nana.

## External Links

* Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら - YouTube channel
* Usada Pekora's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
* Usada Pekora's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
* @usadapekora - Usada Pekora's official Twitter account
* @usadapekora - Usada Pekora's Marshmallow account
* 兔田佩克拉Official - Usada Pekora's official bilibili channel
* 兎田ぺこら - Pixiv Encyclopedia
* 兎田ぺこら - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki
* 兔田佩克拉 - Moegirl Encyclopedia

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Hoshimachi Suisei (☄️) ·
Aki Rosenthal (🍎) ·
Natsuiro Matsuri (🏮) ·
Shirakami Fubuki (🌽) ·
Murasaki Shion (🌙) ·
Nakiri Ayame (👿) ·
Yuzuki Choco (🍫💋) ·
Ookami Mio (🌲) ·
Nekomata Okayu (🍙) ·
Uruha Rushia (🦋) ·
Shiranui Flare (🔥) ·
Shirogane Noel (⚔️) ·
Tokoyami Towa (👾) ·
Amane Kanata (💫) ·
Momosuzu Nene (🥟) ·
Shishiro Botan (♌) ·
Mano Aloe (👅) ·

hololive Indonesia
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Anya Melfissa (🍂) ·

hololive English
Takanashi Kiara (🐔) ·
Watson Amelia (🔎) ·
Mori Calliope (💀) ·
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1. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら]. (2019, July 17) *【#兎田ぺこら初配信】はじめまして、兎田ぺこらです！！【ホロライブ/新人Vtuber】* [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/i8gf-tM13ao?t=22m13s
2. ↑ Usada, P [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2020, July 8) 【起きる】早起きチャレンジぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/HHm61WP5cNM?t=1558
3. ↑ Usada, P [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2019, July 17) 【#兎田ぺこら初配信】はじめまして、兎田ぺこらです！！【ホロライブ/新人Vtuber】[Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gf-tM13ao&
4. ↑ usadapekora (2019, December 10)放送で発表させてもらいましたが！！！！
🌟12月14日(土)20:00～３Dお披露目🌟をするぺこおおお！！
ここまでこれたのは本当にみんなのおかげ！😳✨
少しでも感謝を返せるように！みんなを笑顔にできるように！
当日楽しみながら頑張るのでみんな絶対見に来てねっ！！！👯‍♀️💕
YOROPEKO! [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/usadapekora/status/1204406847156867072
5. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2019, December 14) 【#兎田ぺこら3D】兎田ぺこら3Dお披露目会ぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】[Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euPeRrN2Tco
6. ↑ usadapekora (2020, January 1) 🎍今日の15時から🥳
兎田ぺこらのお正月新衣装お披露目ぺこおおおお！！！！！！！✨✨
はぐれマッマがめっちゃ可愛く作ってくれたのでぜひお楽しみに！！！！💕ドキドキ！！

#ホロライブ正月衣装
∇待機所∇

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qmBUwtZD\_0Q [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/usadapekora/status/1212549113167761408
7. ↑ Usada. P [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2020, January 1) 【#ホロライブ正月衣装】兎田ぺこらお正月新衣装お披露目ぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/qmBUwtZD\_0Q?t=936
8. ↑ hololive\_En (2020, January 24) [Songs Performed!]
🎵 New Treasure Island (Gamers)
🎵 CONNECTING (3rd Gen)
🎵 Whimsical Mercy (Sora, Fubuki, Aqua)

#とまらないホロライブ
Photo By Ayo Kajino [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1220683937808183297/photo/3
9. ↑ pitachocon (2020, January 24) 自由なぺこみこ。
なんだかんだで息が合う二人てぇてぇぺこにぇ〜
 #とまらないホロライブ [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/pitachocon/status/1220716873853087744
10. ↑ ついに100万人...みんなで見届けたい！！！！！ぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】[Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9mQf56453I
11. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2021, January 12) 【#兎田ぺこら生誕祭】3DでHappyBirthDay！！！みんなでお祝いするぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/vpsdqgEi\_JM?t=3034
12. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2021, January 12) 【original】ぺこらんだむぶれいん！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/\_KTwDH\_KQ\_g
13. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2021, April 1) 【牢屋から】緊急生放送ぺこ！！！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】 [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/oLXuDdZLqoY
14. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら] (2021, June 2) 【歌枠】目指せ150万人！ Singing until 1.5M subs♪ぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】 [Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYIbgX66\_h0
15. ↑ Usada, P. [Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこら]. (2021, July 17)*.  【2周年記念】デビューしてから2年！みんなにたくさんのありがとう！！ぺこ！【ホロライブ/兎田ぺこら】* [Video]. YouTube.