Humboldt Penguin/KemoV
Humboldt Penguin | |||
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Debut | April 26, 2021
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Phase | First
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Nicknames | Hululu, Kyoshō/Great Master(巨匠)
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Special Skills | eating, singing | ||
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Channel | Youtube
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Social Media | @Hululu_KEMOV
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Tag | #フンボルトペンギンちゃんねる
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Art Tag | #ふんぼるとあーと
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Personal Emoji | 🔩🐧 |
Humboldt Penguin | Anime | Season 2 | Manga | Festival (Costume) | Pavilion | KF3 | Kingdom | Nexon Game | Stage Play | KemoV | Gallery |
Humboldt Penguin, more commonly called by her nickname Hululu (フルル), is a Virtual YouTuber and part of the KemoV project. She and African Penguin made their debut together on April 26, 2021 as the first two members of KemoV. As an enjoyer of casual, light-hearted games and relaxing music. she is a reliable senior member of KemoV, offering comfort to both viewers and other members.
Personality
Humboldt Penguin resembles her personality in other Kemono Friends media. As a member of the penguin idol group, PPP, she is cute, carefree, humorous and calm with a healing vibe. She has a troubled expression most of the time even when she is not feeling troubled. She has a gentle, soft voice and speaks in an unhurried manner. Using honorific whenever addressing others is her speech signature. Not the best in reaction time, she often prefers slow-paced, relaxing games. She is apparently quite familiar with old songs and media of nostalgia. She is often described as a mature senpai by her kouhai.
Greetings
Her greeting phrase is "Hulumo-nin" (ふるもーにん) in morning livestreams, "Hulunichiwa" (ふるにちは) in streams during the rest of the day, and "Hulubanwa" (ふるばんは) in the evening. She doesn't have a specific ending phrase.
Regular Streams
One of her regular streams recurs on Monday and Thursday at 7:00 JST and lasts for an hour, named "Hululu Alarm Clock" (めざましフルル). The themes in her earlier streams includes weather reports, riddle guessing, singing nursery rhymes and just chatting. The current "Hululu Alarm Clock" themes include breakfast ASMR, chatting with viewers, and reciting Japanese literature. She also streams in the evening playing games, chatting and even doing casual counselling. Her gaming streams occur in the evening at around 20:00 JST. Since July 2022, she has started a recurring program called "Hululu Goodnight Radio" (フルルのおやすみラジオ) streaming around 11:30pm JST. Similar to "Hululu Alarm Clock", she chats about various topics and sings songs occasionally.
Timeline
- April 26, 2021: Her first livestream as well as 3D Debut along with African Penguin.
- April 28, 2021: Her first personal stream.
- May 5, 2021: Her first collab stream with African Penguin since the 3D debut.
- May 23, 2021: Her channel was monetized and reached the 5,000 subscriber milestone, and she had a celebration livestream on the day.
- May 29, 2021: Her first singing stream.
- June 12, 2021: Her first gameplay stream playing "YASUHATI / With your voice!".
- June 26, 2021: Celebration stream for her 3rd month since debut. The voice actress of Gentoo Penguin was invited as a special guest.
- September 19, 2021: She together with African Penguin and Island Fox represented KemoV to perform at Life Like A Live!2, an online virtual idol concert.
- October 4, 2021: First external collab with Siro (電脳少女シロ), AniMare(あにまーれ)'s Inaba Haneru (因幡はねる) and Kuku Kazami (風見くく), Tomari Mari (兎鞠まり), Nekomiya Hinata (猫宮ひなた), together with African Penguin and Island Fox, playing "Gartic Phone".
- November 21, 2021: Membership of her Youtube channel started.
- March 25, 2022: She together with Island Fox and Coyote represented KemoV to perform at Life Like A Live!3, an online virtual idol concert.
- April 26, 2022: Celebration stream for one year anniversary of Humboldt Penguin and African Penguin since debut, with Chieri Kakyoin (花京院ちえり) and Himekuma Ribon (姫熊りぼん).
- September 23, 2022: She together with Coyote and Dire Wolf represented KemoV to perform at Life Like A Live!4, the online virtual idol concert for the second time.
- December 6, 2022: During the livestream of "Mimi-hulu Radio" (ミミフルらじお), she and Kirara Mimi announced their FM radio will begin on January 10, 2023. It will be aired via Tokyo Fuchu Radio, 87.4MHz, second Thursday every month 18:30~19:00(JST) in Japan. Homepage of the FM Mimi-hulu Radio.
- December 18, 2022: She performed in the "Kemono Friends V 1stLive" with all the current KemoV members.
- January 10, 2023: First episode of "Mimi-hulu Radio" was broadcasted via Tokyo Fuchu Radio.
- January 27, 2023: A major external collab with "fingger Group" (fingger部), a comedian/gamer group representing "fingger" which is a participatory game platform. She played against two of the members, Abe Wakana and Yamamoto Mikana (安部若菜 & 山本望叶) who are members from NMB48, an idol musical group.
- March 17, 2023: She together with Dire Wolf and Caracal represented KemoV to perform at Life Like A Live!5, the online virtual idol concert for the third time.
- April 26, 2023: Celebration stream for her second year anniversary since debut.
- May 2, 2023: Full 3D celebration stream for her second year anniversary since debut, with Kirara Mimi, Chieri Kakyoin and Pino Carro (カルロ・ピノ) as guests.
- September 24, 2023: She, together with Island Fox, Caracal and Siberian Chipmunk, participated in a joint singing relay 'ドリーム歌枠リレー' with 2 other Vtuber groups, Stellar Cycle Campus (星めぐり学園) and Stardust Virtual Studio.
- December 16, 2023: She will be performing in the second KemoV live performance, Kemono Friends LIVE (けものフレンズV LIVE♪ かがやきをより強く!), with all the current members.
- February 6, 2024: Celebration stream for reaching 20k subscribers.
- March 24, 2024: She together with Island Fox, Caracal, Brown Long-Eared Bat and Jungle Cat will be representing KemoV to perform at Life Like a Live!7, a three-day online virtual idol concert.
- May 2, 2024: 3D celebration stream for her third year anniversary since debut, with Island Fox, Caracal and .LIVE's Milily Nanahoshi (七星みりり) as guests.
- July 18, 2024: She along with 4 other KemoV members are participating in Nekosaba RUST (猫鯖RUST) playing with over 100 Vtubers.
Relationships
African Penguin
The two pose as sisters and occasionally have collaboration livestreams with skits and challenges.
Trivia
- Her fan name is "Huluna-" (ふるなー) but she often simply calls her fans "Minasan" (みなさん).
- Island Fox sometimes refers her as "Kyoshō" (巨匠 meaning 'great master') for her comedian potential.
- The top tier membership badge of her Youtube channel is a grape icon. It is a reference to a Humboldt penguin named Grape. See the trivia section of Humboldt Penguin's main page for more about the story.
- It is well-known that as a penguin idol, she is very familiar with idol music. She can also sing a wide of range of music genres, in particular, the traditional Japanese musical style - Enka, which is unique among KemoV members.
- February 6th is designated as "Hululu's Day".
- Her favorite game is Minecraft. She often plays games that are relatively relaxing and non-action.
- Items on her character art are reference to her livestreams: the yellow book she is holding refers to her Japanese literature reading streams while the pickaxe and shovel refer to her Minecraft streams.
- She is obsessed with the cream buns from Family Mart.
- She and Kirara Mimi (雲母ミミ) have started a semi-regular radio program called Mimi-hulu Radio (ミミフルらじお). The radio mainly focuses on Vtubers and related topics. Starting on January 10, 2023 the radio will be FM-broadcasted monthly in Japan.
Gallery
The common costume visual of Humboldt Penguin for the live performance, Life Like a Live!4, held in September 2022.
The common costume visual of Humboldt Penguin for the live performance, Life Like a Live!5, held in March 2022.
Official artwork for the acrylic stand commemorating the release of KemoV's first CD single "Kemono no Kodou".
External Links
Humboldt Penguin's YouTube Channel
Humboldt Penguin's Twitter account
First Phase | African Penguin • Humboldt Penguin • Island Fox • Coyote • Dire Wolf • Caracal | ||||
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Second Phase | Large-Spotted Genet • Geoffroy's Cat • Brown Long-Eared Bat • Jungle Cat • Siberian Chipmunk |