| Houshou Marine | |
| Birth Date: | 31 July |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Other Names: | Senchou |
| Occupation: | Virtual YouTuber |
| Channel Direct Url: | @HoushouMarine |
| Channel Display Name: | Marine Ch. 宝鐘マリン |
| Creator: | Akasa Ai (character design) |
| Years Active: | 2019–present |
| Subscribers: | 3.1 million |
| Views: | 1.01 billion |
| Network: | Hololive Production |
| Silver Year: | 2019 |
| Gold Year: | 2021 |
| Stats Update: | 23 March 2024 |
is a Japanese virtual YouTuber affiliated with Hololive Production. She is part of Hololive Japan's 3rd Generation, "hololive Fantasy".[1] On 10 January 2024, she reached 3.01 million subscribers on her YouTube channel, making her the most-subscribed VTuber from Japan on YouTube, surpassing Kizuna AI. She is the second most-subscribed VTuber on YouTube worldwide after Gawr Gura from Hololive English in most metrics.[2]
Houshou Marine debuted in 11 August 2019 as the last member of hololive Fantasy to debut, after Usada Pekora, Uruha Rushia, Shirogane Noel, and Shiranui Flare. Her official character bio states that she calls herself the Captain ("Senchou") of the Houshou Pirates, but she doesn't actually own a ship—meaning she is only a cosplayer.[3] Her Live2D avatar was designed by Akasa Ai[4] and rigged by Ilie Tou.[5]
Having her interest in VTubers piqued by Kaguya Luna, one of the early pioneers of VTubing, she started entertaining the thought of becoming a VTuber herself after becoming a fan of Nijisanji's Tsukino Mito. Marine cites Shirakami Fubuki and Minato Aqua as inspirations for her decision to audition for Hololive.[6]
Marine's streams often includes chatting, drawing, singing, and playing video games. Her chatting streams are noted for her fast-paced delivery and diverse repertoire of topics which ranges from TV shows she watched as a child, Internet culture, otaku knowledge about anime and manga from the 90s and 00s, Internet memes, and so on. Despite her official age being 17, she is often treated as a mature woman by viewers because of the dated topics she frequently talks about.
Noted for her skills as a digital artist, Marine sometimes draws on stream and posts her drawings on Twitter.[7] She also actively discusses topics such as browsing adult-oriented doujinshi magazines and talks at length about searching for images of that manner in her streams.[8]
In December 2023, Houshou Marine performed at the annual FNS Music Festival by Fuji TV, becoming the first VTuber to be invited onto the show.[9]
| Title | Release date | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ahoy! | We are Houshou Pirates" (Ahoy | 我ら宝鐘海賊団☆) | 12 August 2020 | Composed by ARM of IOSYS |
| "Unison" | 12 August 2021 | |||
| "Marine Set Sail! | " (マリン出航 | ) | 28 April 2022 | Composed by Kohei Tanaka |
| "I’m Your Treasure Box * You have found captain Marine in a treasure chest" (I'm Your Treasure Box ＊あなたは マリンせんちょうを たからばこからみつけた。) | 31 July 2022 | |||
| "Bishoujyo Muzai♡Pirates" (美少女無罪♡パイレーツ) | 31 July 2023 | |||
| "Roman Hikō" (浪漫飛行) | 9 August 2023 | Part of the tribute album for Kome Kome Club's song "Roman Hikō" | ||
| "Dead Ma’am’s Chest" (幽霊船戦) | 30 July 2024 | Composed by Toby Fox |
| Title | Release date | Group | Label | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Daily Diary" (でいり〜だいあり〜！) | 21 January 2021 | hololive IDOL PROJECT | cover corp. | Sung with Sakura Miko, Natsuro Matsuri, Oozora Subaru, and Shirogane Noel | ||
| "Dreaming Days" | 11 February 2021 | hololive IDOL PROJECT | Sung with Shirakami Fubuki, Natsuiro Matsuri, Murasaki Shion, Nakiri Ayame, Yuzuki Choco, Oozora Subaru, Usada Pekora, and Amane Kanata | |||
| "Gimme Ginmi virtual Saiko star! | !" (Gimme吟味virtuaる最高star！！！！) | 25 February 2021 | Sakura Miko, Shirakami Fubuki, Natsuiro Matsuri, Houshou Marine | sasakuration | Theme song for the 2nd anniversary of the Nintendo Switch version of Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party! | ! |
| "Domination! All the World Is an Ocean" (浸食 | 地球全域全おーしゃん) | 19 September 2021 | UMISEA | cover corp. | Sung with Minato Aqua, Ninomae Ina'nis, and Gawr Gura | |
| "Interact Fantasia" (いんたらくとふぁんたじあ) | 22 November 2021 | hololive Fantasy | Sung with Usada Pekora, Uruha Rushia, Shiranui Flare, and Shirogane Noel | |||
| "Happiness World" | 25 February 2022 | BABACORN | Sung with Shirakami Fubuki | |||
| "Tonde K! hololive summer" (飛んでK！ホロライブサマー) | 19 August 2022 | hololive IDOL PROJECT | ||||
| "hololive ondo" (ホロメン音頭) | 19 August 2022 | hololive IDOL PROJECT | ||||
| "It Comes Ryuuu And It Goes Kyuuu" (りゅーーっときてきゅーーっ! | ) | 29 August 2022 | UMISEA | Sung with Minato Aqua, Sakamata Chloe, Ninomae Ina'nis, and Gawr Gura | ||
| "UMISEA no SACHIHAPPY!" (うみシーのさちハピ！) | 3 May 2023 | UMISEA | Sung with Minato Aqua, Sakamata Chloe, Ninomae Ina'nis, and Gawr Gura | |||
| "Aventure Holic" (アバンチュール♡ホリック) | 30 July 2023 | hololive IDOL PROJECT | 2nd theme song for Hololive Summer 2023 | |||
| "Ocean wave Party☆Live" (おーしゃんうぇーぶ・Party☆らぃ) | 14 August 2023 | UMISEA | Sung with Minato Aqua, Sakamata Chloe, Ninomae Ina'nis, and Gawr Gura | |||
| "SHINKIRO" | 13 November 2023 | GuraMarine | Sung with Gawr Gura | |||
| "BridalDream" (ブライダルドリーム) | 16 December 2023 | Usada Pekora, Houshou Marine | Included in the Holohoneygaoka High School -Originals- album, a Hololive collaboration with HoneyWorks. | |||
| "pipapo☆pipipu" (ピパポ☆ピピプ) | 21 March 2024 | BABACORN | Sung with Shirakami Fubuki | |||
| "Reality Fantasy" | 31 March 2024 | hololive Fantasy | Sung with Usada Pekora, Shiranui Flare, and Shirogane Noel | |||
| "III" | 4 May 2024 | Houshou Marine & Kobo Kanaeru |
| Title | Release date | Label | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2020 | COOL&CREATE | Touhou Project doujin music album | |
| Poppin Kiss (ぽっぴんキッス) | 27 November 2020 | Giga | Cover song album for I've Sound 20th anniversary commemoration project.[20] Marine is involved in 2 songs | |
| Yoake no Uta (夜明けのうた) | 6 September 2023 | Universal Music Japan | Part of Hololive's Blue Journey project |