Sakamata Chloe

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

**Sakamata Chloe** (沙花叉クロヱ) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its sixth generation under the name of "Secret Society holoX" alongside La+ Darknesss, Takane Lui, Hakui Koyori and Kazama Iroha.

## Profile

An intern who acts as a fixer and cleaner for Secret Society holoX.

Calm and composed at all times, she carries out her orders without so much as batting an eyelid.

She loves music and can be found listening to it every chance she gets. And while she denies it vehemently, she apparently tends to come across as guarded and not very upfront with her thoughts, only letting people get very occasional glimpses into how she really feels.

## Personality

Contrary to what her pre-debut artwork might suggested as a "cool and mature" person similar to Mori Calliope and Ouro Kronii, Chloe has a sweet and kind, but somewhat taunt-loving personality, akin to Shirogane Noel, Momosuzu Nene and Tsunomaki Watame. During her debut stream she revealed that she sleeps a lot, often sleeping 12 hours per a day. She is also prone to making mistakes and accidents on-stream.

She has childish and very soft talking voice that can be described as a mix of those of NIJISANJI members Hoshikawa Sara and Matsukai Mao, but can also produce mature voice when singing, much like Shirakami Fubuki with her "Kurokami" voice.

## History

### Background

Sakamata Chloe's YouTube channel was created on 12 September 2021. Her Twitter account was also created in September 2021. She was first revealed as part of *holoX*, the sixth generation of the Japanese branch of hololive, in an introductory video posted on 26 November 2021 at noon JST. She made her first tweet over five hours later, apologising for oversleeping and asking not to be scolded.

She debuted on 29 November 2021 at 9pm JST, the fourth -holoX- member to debut. During her debut, she took off her eye mask and showed her red eyes to the audience. After her debut, her YouTube and Twitter profile pictures were updated to no longer feature the eye mask. A new version of the holoX PV was released on the official hololive channel after her debut to reflect the mask change.

### 2021

On 3 December, not even one week after her debut, Chloe reached 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, making her the fastest member of hololive to achieve this milestone, surpassing IRyS's record of one week. She is the 44th hololive member to reach this milestone, as well as the first member of holoX to achieve it.

On 10 December, Chloe reached 600,000 subscribers on YouTube. She also gained the superchat feature on the same day.

## Mascots and fans

* Her fans are known as "shiikuin"「飼育員」, meaning "zookeepers" or "aquarium caretakers."

## Trivia

* Her surname, Sakamata, is written 「沙花叉」, the kanji for "sa" meaning "sand," "ka" meaning "flower," and "mata" meaning a fork (such as a fork in a road). It is homophonous with the Japanese word for orca, "sakamata" 「逆叉」, with which it also shares its last kanji.
* Her given name is written 「クロヱ」, "kurowe," pronounced "kuroe." It is written using katakana, commonly used to write foreign names. "Kuro" is also the Japanese for the color "black," while "we" is unusually written with an archaic katakana which is no longer commonly used in modern Japanese, although it is still used for stylistic effect (such as in the Japanese title of *Rebuild of Evangelion*), and in the Ainu language.
* Sakamata Chloe shares her designer with the "animal-eared gothic lolita maiden" design announced for audition back in 20 March 2020, that ultimately went unused.
* Chloe is an orca. She wears an orca-themed hood and an orca-themed eye mask, which she can take off. Strangely enough, she can also blink with her eye mask on. Her overall design is mostly black and red themed.
	+ Orcas are known for prey on sharks and seals, so fans sometimes jokes that Chloe would eat Gawr Gura, a shark, and Momosuzu Nene, who is jokingly referred to as a seal.
* Chloe's appearance bears similarities with Shirogane Noel's, to the point that some joked that Chloe is secretly Noel's little sister.
* Her favorite singer is Sia, an Australian pop artist known for her solo work and songwriting for other popular Western artists.
* She also enjoys other popular Western pop musicians like Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish. Japanese musicians she likes include Utada Hikaru and the rock groups Yorushika & Zutomayo. A common thread with the Western and Japanese musicians Chloe likes is "secrecy;" Sia is known for outfits intended to obscure her body and for not being the main focus on stage during her own shows, while Yorushika and Zutomayo keep members' identities private.
* She dislikes horror and bugs.
* At her debut, she suggested the Twitter hashtag #orcart, a portmanteau of "orca" and "art." However, fans soon discovered it was already full of art of Orcs.

## External Links

### Media

* Chloe ch. 沙花叉クロヱ - holoX - - YouTube channel
* Sakamata Chloe's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
* Sakamata Chloe's corporate profile on hololive.tv
* @sakamatachloe - Twitter account

### Twitter hashtags

* #またまたさかまた - Stream talk
* #さかまた飼育日記 - Fan art

### Further reading

* 沙花叉クロヱ - Pixiv Encyclopedia
* 沙花叉库洛艾 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
* 사카마타 클로에 - Namu Wiki

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## References

1. ↑ Ilie, T. [tou\_ilie]. (2021, November 29)*.  ホロライブ6期生、沙花叉クロヱさん(@sakamatachloe)のLive2Dモデルを担当させていただきました！* [Tweet]. Twitter.
2. ↑ hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group. (2021. November 26)*.  【#holoX】Are You Ready?【ホロライブ6期生デビューPV】* [Video]. YouTube.
3. ↑ Hakui, K. [@sakamatachloe]. (2021, November 26)*.  こんこよ～(一発目からオシャレな挨拶ではじめたくて、一週間夜しか寝ずにいろいろ調べたり考えたりした結果、こんこよしか出てこなかった顔)* [Tweet]. Twitter.
4. ↑ Parsley [@Parsley]. (2021, December 10)*.  デビュー&収益化&登録者数60万人おめでとうございます！🥳🎉🍾 #さかまた飼育日記* [Tweet]. Twitter.
5. ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2020, March 20)*.  [🎉News🎉] hololive has started Auditions 《with Characters》, and we will be accepting applications from March 20th (Fri)* [Tweet]. Twitter.
6. ↑ hololive production [@hololivetv]. (2021, November 2)*.  [Notice] The "Audition with Characters" we announced in March last year has been cancelled due to the lack of candidates* [Tweet]. Twitter.