Gawr Gura

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

**Gawr Gura** is an English-speaking Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, as part of its English (EN) branch first generation of Vtubers alongside Ninomae Ina'nis, Takanashi Kiara, Watson Amelia, and Mori Calliope.

## Introduction Video

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 Gura's introduction.

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## Personality

Gura is friendly and readily likeable, and often amuses her viewers with foolish antics. She has no sense of direction, often misspells and mispronounces words, has trouble remembering her own age, and consistently fails to solve basic math problems, leading viewers to affectionately call her a "dum shark".

She is also chronically lazy at times, as in one instance she left a raw egg in the sink under a plate for 3 weeks before taking notice to the foul odor and fuzz, eats baby food "because you don't have to cook it, you don't have to chew on it, ya know! Just eat!" as well as being caught naked when she was doing her pre-debut video meetings with her fellow Gen-mates, which has made her the butt of their jokes.

However, despite her poor math and spelling skills, Gura is quick-witted, clever, and has vast knowledge of Shark Facts. When questioned on why she was not "boing boing", she excused it by claiming that she was "hydrodynamic". Her skill with fast-paced rhythm games is exceptional, and she is highly ambitious. She also occasionally makes lewd jokes, and is familiar with modern meme culture.

## History

### Biography

Gura is a descendant of the Lost City of Atlantis, who swam to Earth while saying, "It's so boring down there LOLOLOL!" She bought her clothes (and her shark hat) in the human world and she really loves them. In her spare time, she enjoys talking to marine life.

Gura is over 9,000 years old. She forgot her exact age some time around 5,000s, and when asked gives a random number in the 9,000s range.

### Background

She was introduced simultaneously on both hololive's and hololive's English Twitter accounts and on hololive English's YouTube channel in a small video with the rest of the first generation on 8 September 2020. Her Twitter account was created on July, but she only made her first tweet on her official introduction on 8 September. Her YouTube channel was created on 16 July, but she debuted on 13 September.

### 2020

Gura quickly rose in popularity, becoming the fastest-growing VTuber ever. On 20 October, just 37 days after her debut, Gura overtook both Shirakami Fubuki and Inugami Korone to become the #1 most subscribed hololive VTuber on YouTube. On 22 October, Gura became the first hololive member to reach 1 million subscribers and the third VTuber to do so after Kizuna Ai and Kaguya Luna.

### 2021

On 17 January, Gura reached 2,000,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, being the first hololive member to do so and the second VTuber ever to reach that milestone after Kizuna Ai.

On 22 January, Gura celebrated her 2,000,000 subscriber milestone with a karaoke stream.

On 1 April, all holoMyth members revealed new chibi models based on popular fan designs by Walfie.

On 14 April, Gura reached 2.5 million YouTube subscribers.

On 30 April, hololive's Twitter account announced that every member of holoMyth would get their second 2D costumes.

On 6 May, Gura debuted her second 2D costume, in this costume Gura has cat ears and her hair is styled with a side ponytail, her clothes consist of a white blouse and a blue jumpsuit skirt, her skirt as the design that resembles a shark's mouth open on the side, Gura also has a bag with a really similar design. This debut was also the stream with the largest simultaneous viewer count of any VTuber in history, peaking at 194,280 concurrent viewers.

On 18 June, Gura reached 1 million Twitter followers.

On 20 June, Gura celebrated her birthday with a Jaws movie watch-along and a birthday stream in which she released merchandise: a squishy cheek mouse pad, T-shirt, voice pack and unique postcard illustrated by Icomochi. During the birthday stream she also announcement that she would debut her first original song "REFLECT" on 22 June at midnight, local time.

On 22 June, Gura released her first original song "REFLECT" on YouTube. It surpassed 1,000,000 views in 10 hours and 25 minutes after its premiere.

On 30 June, Gura's subscriber count on YouTube officially passed that of Kizuna AI's, making Gura the most subscribed VTuber in the world.

On 4 July, Gura reached 3,000,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, being the first hololive member, as well as the first VTuber in the world, to reach this milestone. Earlier on that same day her song "REFLECT" surpassed 5,000,000 views on her YouTube channel.

## Fans

* Her fanbase is officially called "Chumbuds".
* Her channel members are referred to as MemberShrimp. This is a reference to Gura hearing a fan use the word "simp", to which she replied "I just saw the word 'simp' go by. What is simp? Do you mean shrimp?"

## Trivia

* In Japanese, her name is written 「がうる・ぐら」, "gauru gura". Gura's name is written entirely in hiragana, rather than kanji or katakana.
* Gura comes from Atlantis. On her first solo stream on 13 September 2020, in which she played the shark simulator game Maneater, she said that Atlantis didn't have french fries, so she's not interested in returning.
* She likes food. She also enjoys a hobby known in Atlantis as "PWWIE" (people watching without intent to eat), but she claims humans don't taste good so that viewers don't have to worry.
	+ Her favorite food is salmon, which she has misspelled as "salman". She enjoys drinking a carton of "salmon milk".
* Gura's favorite games are Muse Dash, Taiko no Tatsujin, Rhythm Heaven series, Borderlands, and Resident Evil.
* She also likes the anime Konosuba.
* Her favorite color is blue.
* Gura dislikes hot sand, and her biggest fear is having people hear her stomach noises.
* Her birthday 20 June is in fact the same date of when the 1975 film *Jaws* was released. Gura says that this is not her actual birthday, which she cannot remember, but rather the anniversary of her arrival on land after she left Atlantis.
* Her goals are playing Twister with the other hololive EN 1st gen. members in a 3D collaboration, playing the scariest horror games with a heart rate monitor, and learning to play the banjo and then playing it on the stream.
* At first, Gura claimed to be 9361 years old, then forgot that number, and went with 9927. She explained that, after 5000 years old, the exact age had started to blur. She seems to produce a random number in the 9000's each time the subject arises.
* During her debut, Gura misspelled multiple words: salmon as *salman*, stomach as *stomak*, Twitter as *Tiwtter* and Twister as *tiwster*. This is probably Gura learning how to write English.
* Gura amazed viewers in her debut by singing "Ride on Time" by Tatsuro Yamashita, impressing them both with her singing skill and choice of song. Some viewers subsequently nicknamed her City Pop Shark.
* Her first tweet was a simple "a" as Gura tested Twitter. During her debut stream, the first thing she said was "a" with reverb. This has since become quite popular with her fanbase.
* Gura claims that she is not "boing boing" (a synonym for "big-breasted" popularized by Uruha Rushia), because aquatic beings need to be hydrodynamic. She shares this fact as a "Shark fact".
* Gura starts off some streams with a "Shark fact". The validity of these facts vary based on how hard Gura thinks about said facts.
* Gura's favorite type of shark, other than herself, is the salmon shark.
* On one of her Fall Guys streams, she made up that "Gura" stands for "Giant Underwater Rubber Animal."
* Calling monetary supporters of VTubers "shrimps" has spread beyond Gura, becoming a normal part of the community lexicon.

## External Links

* Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
* Gawr Gura's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)
* Gawr Gura's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)
* @gawrgura - Gawr Gura's official Twitter account

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1. ↑ From hololive's official website based on JST
2. ↑ amsrntk3 (2020, September 9) ホロライブEnglishの、Gawr Gura(@gawrgura)ちゃんのキャラクターデザインを担当させていただきました( oᴗo )！とっっっても可愛いのでよろしくお願いいたします💙🔱🦈 [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/amsrntk3/status/1303659200547975169
3. ↑ Shin\_umiushi\_o (2020, September 12) ホロライブEnglish がうる ぐら/Gawr Gura (@ gawrgura)さんのLive2D Riggingを担当させていただきました。
Illustration：甘城なつき(@ amsrntk3)お歌、可愛くて優しくてとても素敵でした！Congratulations on your debut！#hololiveEnglish #holomyth [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/Shin\_umiushi\_O/status/1304907477293572096
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN][BIRTHDAY PARTY!! #GURABIRTHDAY2021](2021, June 20) #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UdOrzFXxQ
5. ↑ hololivetv (2020, September 8) 【🎉🎉 速報 🎉🎉】／#ホロライブ から英語圏グループ「ホロライブEN」のデビューが決定‼✨ ＼ 🔽詳細はこちら🔽 https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000296.000030268.html#holoMyth #hololiveEnglish #ホロライブプロダクション [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1303531339220566019
6. ↑ hololive\_En (2020, September 8) [🎉Major Announcement🎉]
Check out the full video here: https://youtu.be/8c4\_22LjGQo
 The time is close.
 #holoMyth #hololiveEnglish [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1303535254993395713
7. ↑ [hololive English] (2020, September 8) Hololive English -Myth- Debut PV : Time is Close #holomyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/8c4\_22LjGQo
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 gawrgura (2020, September 8) a [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/gawrgura/status/1303528216494092288
9. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2020, September 13)[DEBUT STREAM] SHAAAAAARK #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/dBK0gKW61NU
10. ↑ gawrgura (2020, October 22) Thank you. I am an overwhelmed, but very happy shark. Thank you to each of my hard working senpai, and all of you. From my big shark heart, thank you.😭🔱💙[Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/gawrgura/status/1319328921305964544
11. ↑ Gawr. G [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2021, January 17) [SKYRIM] FUS RO DA [MASTER LEVEL] [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Fn\_-41k38DE
12. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2021, January 23) [2MILLION PARTY] HOLOLIVE KARAOKE!! [Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTwHCC4stu8
13. ↑ Mori, C. [Mori Calliope Ch. hololive-EN] (2021, April 1) 【HOLOEN COLLAB】Not a Joke! Serious Outfit Reveal on April the 1st #yurumyth​ #hololiveEnglish [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/JgW-7lHQBZw?t=3692
14. ↑ hololive\_En (2021, April 30) [🎉News🎉] #hololiveEN new outfits will be revealed from Monday, May 3 on each of the members' YouTube channels🥳🙌 🔽Press Release (EN)🔽 https://reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/n1kvsx/press\_release\_vtuber\_group\_hololive\_english\_to/… 🔽Press Release (JP)🔽 https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000407.000030268.html… #yurumyth #ホロライブ #hololiveEN #ホロライブEnglish
[Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1387965996221100032
15. ↑ Gawr. G [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2021, May 6) 【NEW OUTFIT REVEAL】Gawr Gura #CatShark [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/QdG2fpj1ybk?t=2160
16. ↑ P2yjp (2021, May 6) [Breaking News - Virtual / VTuber] #P2y "Gawr Gura" recorded the Highest Number of Simultaneous Live Streaming Viewers in VTuber history 194,280 ! #VTuber #GawrGura #CatShark #hololiveEN #がうる・ぐら #サメちゃん #ホロライブEN @gawrgura
https://youtu.be/QdG2fpj1ybk [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/P2yjp/status/1390470143751323649?s=19
17. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2021, June 20) BIRTHDAY PARTY!! #GURABIRTHDAY2021 [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/86UdOrzFXxQ?t=3240
18. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2021, June 22) [ORIGINAL] REFLECT - Gawr Gura [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/WGgEFoI9MhE
19. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2020, September 13)[DEBUT STREAM] SHAAAAAARK #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/dBK0gKW61NU?t=1849
20. ↑ https://www.hololive.tv/portfolio/items/584544
21. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN](2020, September 13)[DEBUT STREAM] SHAAAAAARK #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/dBK0gKW61NU?t=799
22. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN](2020, September 13)[DEBUT STREAM] SHAAAAAARK #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/dBK0gKW61NU?t=517
23. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN](2020, September 13)[DEBUT STREAM] SHAAAAAARK #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/dBK0gKW61NU?t=220
24. ↑ [TABS] Gura is Battle Master #GAWRGURA #hololiveEnglish #holoMyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/IWRRxHDuqlU?t=519
25. ↑ Gawr, G [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2020, October 12)[MINECRAFT] TIME TO ENCHANT #GAWRGURA #HololiveEnglish [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/3\_mDtToNWLQ?t=6360
26. ↑ Gawr, G. [Gawr Gura Ch. hololive-EN] (2020, September 30)[FALL GUYS] SHARKOUR!! #GAWRGURA #HololiveEnglish Retrieved from https://youtu.be/wVFL5nf9t5M?t=2240