Otonose Kanade (音乃瀬奏)

Overview

Otonose Kanade (音乃瀬奏) is a Japanese VTuber, virtual idol and singer affiliated with Hololive Production. A member of ReGLOSS, a music-focused unit of hololive DEV_IS, she debuted on September 9, 2023. Raised in South Korea, she moved to Japan to take on the challenge of joining Hololive. Known as ReGLOSS's "singing pillar," she has seen every cover she has released pass one million views.

Profile

Her birthday is April 20. Her character, designed by gomzi with a Live2D model by Otsukue, has long yellow hair, large round eyes and a white outfit with a musical motif. Her fans are called "Otonozei," her stream tag is #生音乃瀬 and her art tag is #Artnose. She enjoys singing, music (Vocaloid, anime songs, J-POP, K-POP) and anime, and speaks Korean, Japanese and English. While attending university in South Korea she learned of Hololive through Houshou Marine; after passing the audition she moved to Japan alone and is now on leave from university. Her on-stream persona is that of a kusogaki (brat).

Career

• 2023: On September 9 she held her first livestream, playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! song "Passionate Duelists" on the recorder. ReGLOSS's debut song "Shunkan Heartbeat" followed on September 11. Her first cover, Egoist's "Namae no Nai Kaibutsu," passed one million views in under a month.
• 2024: On March 26 she sang "Shunkan Heartbeat" 100 times over 6 hours and 48 minutes as part of a push for ReGLOSS to reach 2.5 million combined YouTube subscribers, gaining about 11,000 subscribers during the stream. The goal was met in August. On September 28 her 3D model was unveiled and ReGLOSS held the 3D live "Reach the top!", which peaked at over 200,000 concurrent viewers. She reached 500,000 subscribers in October, the last ReGLOSS member to do so, and ReGLOSS's first album ReGLOSS was released on November 6. She also appeared in YouTube Music Weekend 8.0 and the rhythm game Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party!!!! (with Todoroki Hajime).
• 2025: On April 20, at a concert on her character's birthday, she performed her first original song, "GREATEST," releasing it as a single on April 21. She appeared at hololive 6th fes. (March), YouTube Music Weekend 10.0 (August) and ReGLOSS 1st Live "Flashpoint" at Ariake Arena (December).
• 2026: She released her second single, "You & Aizu," under the same circumstances. It drew more attention after being included in the game hololive Dreams (July), appearing at No. 95 on the Billboard Japan Top Download Songs chart in April and reaching No. 93 in August. The music video for "GREATEST" was released on September 9, her third debut anniversary. She also appeared at hololive 7th fes. and in a CoCo Ichibanya campaign with Ouzora Subaru, and on September 7 hololive DEV_IS was merged into the unified hololive brand.

Musical Style and Persona

Otonose livestreams herself singing weekly, the highest frequency among ReGLOSS members. Her singing is interspersed with banter meant to rile up her audience, and this contrast has been cited as her central appeal. Her singing voice also differs markedly from her speaking voice. A signature skit has her taunting viewers on Sundays that "tomorrow is Monday," filling the chat with angry red emojis; "You & Aizu" references the joke, and fans have nicknamed her "Monday-chan." She listens widely to Vocaloid, anime songs, J-POP and K-POP.