# Takanashi Kiara (小鳥遊キアラ)
**Takanashi Kiara** (小鳥遊キアラ) is a virtual YouTuber (VTuber) affiliated with hololive English -Myth-, the first generation of the English-language branch of the Japanese talent agency hololive production, who debuted on September 12, 2020[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/) • [2](https://holotame.com/takanashi-kiara-live-timeline/). Her character is a phoenix and an idol who wants to own a fast-food restaurant, and her fan community is named KFP[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/). She is from Austria and is fluent in Japanese as well as English[3](https://scrmbl.com/post/interview-with-kiara-takanashi) • [19](https://www.jetaany.org/jq-magazine/jq-magazine-jqampa-with-vtuber-takanashi-kiara-on-hololive-english-3rd-concert-all-for-one-).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | hololive English -Myth- (first generation), under hololive production / Cover Corp[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/) |
| Debut stream | September 12, 2020[2](https://holotame.com/takanashi-kiara-live-timeline/) |
| Birthday / height | July 6; 165 cm[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/) |
| Character designer | huke[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/) |
| Fan name | KFP[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/) |
| Subscriber milestone | 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers announced in mid-2021[4](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/1e015a0027154137a8ec2bc94c62ed76/___20210531___VTuber____________________________________________________________VTuber___Takanashi_Kiara____________________.pdf) |
| First album | *Point of View*, 10 tracks, 5 newly recorded; lead track "Pineapple"[5](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4123) |
| First solo overseas concert | *Drawn to Dawn*, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, March 28–29, 2026 (JST)[6](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/events/drawn-to-dawn/) |
## Character concept and debut
The official profile describes Kiara as "an idol who wants to be the owner of a fast-food chain," a phoenix who is explicitly not a chicken or a turkey, and who works hard knowing that she can rise from the ashes if she dies[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/). The phoenix framing carried into her fan community, KFP (Kiara Fried Phoenix), whose members jokingly describe themselves as employees of her fast-food company[1](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/).
Her debut stream took place on September 12, 2020, as part of the staggered debut schedule of hololive English -Myth-, whose five members began group activities that month[2](https://holotame.com/takanashi-kiara-live-timeline/). Cover Corp's original debut press materials presented her as an orange-haired idol character with her own YouTube channel, Takanashi Kiara Ch. hololive-EN[7](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/31ef4ac9988744ff9e6607255070db77/PRESS-RELEASEAt-Long-Last-VTuber-Group-Hololive-English-is-Set-to-Debut.pdf).
## Path into hololive
In a Febri interview, Kiara described how Japanese pop culture reached her in Germany through translated manga such as *Sugar Sugar Rune*, given to her by her sister, and *[Oh My Goddess!](https://www.edgepedia.org/oh-my-goddess)* found in a local library, and through the GameCube role-playing game *Tales of Symphonia*, which her mother bought her; online guides for that game led her into the *Tales of* fan community and into drawing anime-style art[8](https://febri.jp/topics/takanashi-kiara-interview/). During a roughly one-year stay in Japan that began just before the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed her plans under a one-time working holiday visa, she became a fan of hololive's [Usada Pekora](https://www.edgepedia.org/usada-pekora), watching her archives from the oldest uploads forward over several weeks[8](https://febri.jp/topics/takanashi-kiara-interview/).
She has said that neither she nor her generation-mates expected the branch to succeed as it did, since English-speaking VTubers were then thought to feel unnatural to audiences used to Japanese voices, and that her life changed at once after debut[5](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4123).
## Milestones
**Subscriber growth.** Cover Corp announced that Kiara's YouTube channel had passed 1,000,000 subscribers in mid-2021, within the branch's first year[4](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/1e015a0027154137a8ec2bc94c62ed76/___20210531___VTuber____________________________________________________________VTuber___Takanashi_Kiara____________________.pdf). A commemorative 1-million-subscriber costume was revealed in a dedicated stream in June 2022[9](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/00b3dc6ec4e745a8a6baa53af1f9a97c/___20220606___VTuber______________________________English____________VTuber________________________100______________________.pdf).
**Live appearances in Germany.** In August 2021 she attended the real-life event DoKomi in Germany, her first in-person fan event in the country, where she interacted with fans and gave a short interview[10](https://panora.tokyo/archives/32002).
**3D model and music.** By the time of a Billboard Japan interview on her first album, she had revealed her 3D model in February of that year, prepared in Japan together with the other hololive English -Myth- members[5](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4123). Her first album, *Point of View*, contains ten tracks, five of them newly recorded for the album; the lead track "Pineapple" is a tropical summer song, while "The Great Wanderer" and "Retrospective" foreground her more conflicted and melancholy side[5](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4123). Cover Corp's trademark filings include a registration for the name 小鳥遊キアラ (Takanashi Kiara) filed December 22, 2021[11](https://siarasia.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cover_trademark221205.pdf).
## Drawn to Dawn and live performance
On March 28 and 29, 2026 (Japan time), Kiara and fellow Myth member [Ninomae Ina'nis](https://www.edgepedia.org/ninomae-inanis) held their first solo concerts, *Takanashi Kiara / Ninomae Ina'nis 1st Concert "Drawn to Dawn"*, at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles[6](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/events/drawn-to-dawn/). Each day's show presented twenty songs including the encore. Kiara's Day 1 set opened with "HINOTORI," performed with two backup dancers and stage flames, moved through "Signs" and a "PERFUME & TASTY Medley" with four dancers, and closed her solo portion before an encore of the English version of "Kirameki Rider," released in August 2025 by six hololive English members[6](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/events/drawn-to-dawn/).
The event was her and Ina'nis's first standalone overseas concert in the six years since their September 2020 debut, and tickets sold out quickly, with fans queuing before doors opened[6](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/events/drawn-to-dawn/). An official pre-party was held at [Dodger Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/dodger-stadium) in connection with the concert, as recorded in Cover Corp's earnings materials[12](https://finance-frontend-pc-dist.west.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/disclosure/20260514/20260514534184.pdf). A related AV Club interview published around the concert was titled around an "emerging class of virtual YouTuber" selling out shows in the United States[13](https://www.avclub.com/takanashi-kiara-interview-hololive-vtubers-explained).
## Holotalk and community work
Kiara hosts **Holotalk**, a recurring interview program in which she introduces fellow hololive members to an English-speaking audience through questions, conversation, and translation[14](https://usadanews.com/en/vtuber/takanashi-kiara/).
## Relationships within hololive
With [Mori Calliope](https://www.edgepedia.org/mori-calliope), her Myth generation-mate, Kiara forms the unit O'riends, and the two are known as close friends; the fan pairing name "TAKAMORI" is described by KAI-YOU as a common term among those who know the two[15](https://kai-you.net/word/%E5%B0%8F%E9%B3%A5%E9%81%8A%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9). Calliope also produced the music video for Kiara's original song "Takanashi Kiara"[15](https://kai-you.net/word/%E5%B0%8F%E9%B3%A5%E9%81%8A%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9). In 2023 she was named one of hololive production's official ambassadors for the trading card game Weiss Schwarz, alongside Hoshimachi Suisei and Moona Hoshinova[16](https://en.bushiroad.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Press-Release-230321-Weiss-Schwarz-Official-Ambassadors-hololive-production.pdf).
## 2026 hiatus
In September 2026, Cover Corp announced a production renewal toward its tenth anniversary in 2027, integrating the regionally separated brands into a unified "hololive"[17](https://uchuwiki.com/w/Takanashi_Kiara). Following the integration announcement, Kiara made cryptic posts about the change and paused her activities for health reasons, as reported by Japanese fan media[18](https://www.menuguildsystem.com/former-hololive-en-member-kiara-takanashi-takes-a-break-from-activities/).
## References
1. [小鳥遊キアラ | 所属タレント一覧 | hololive公式サイト](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/talents/takanashi-kiara/)
2. [小鳥遊キアラ（Takanashi Kiara）の3Dライブ・周年・生誕配信まとめ | ホロタメ](https://holotame.com/takanashi-kiara-live-timeline/)
3. [Interview with Kiara Takanashi: Talking "Perfume", her time as a VTuber, and her idol music roots | scrmbl](https://scrmbl.com/post/interview-with-kiara-takanashi)
4. [VTuber「小鳥遊キアラ」YouTubeチャンネル登録者数100万人突破プレスリリース, Cover Corp](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/1e015a0027154137a8ec2bc94c62ed76/___20210531___VTuber____________________________________________________________VTuber___Takanashi_Kiara____________________.pdf)
5. [＜インタビュー＞小鳥遊キアラ、1stアルバム『Point of View』, Billboard JAPAN](https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4123)
6. [Takanashi Kiara / Ninomae Ina'nis 1st Concert "Drawn to Dawn" | hololive公式サイト](https://hololive.hololivepro.com/events/drawn-to-dawn/)
7. [PRESS RELEASE: At Long Last, VTuber Group Hololive English is Set to Debut, Cover Corp](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/31ef4ac9988744ff9e6607255070db77/PRESS-RELEASEAt-Long-Last-VTuber-Group-Hololive-English-is-Set-to-Debut.pdf)
8. [ホロライブEnglish 小鳥遊キアラ INTERVIEW, Febri](https://febri.jp/topics/takanashi-kiara-interview/)
9. [100万人記念衣装お披露目配信のお知らせ, Cover Corp](https://files.microcms-assets.io/assets/6368857617454c2591b02acff18e76bb/00b3dc6ec4e745a8a6baa53af1f9a97c/___20220606___VTuber______________________________English____________VTuber________________________100______________________.pdf)
10. [ドイツで小鳥遊キアラさんのファンミーティングに行ってきた, PANORA (2021)](https://panora.tokyo/archives/32002)
11. [Cover Corp trademark filing list (December 2022)](https://siarasia.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cover_trademark221205.pdf)
12. [COVER Corp 2026/3期Q4決算説明資料](https://finance-frontend-pc-dist.west.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/disclosure/20260514/20260514534184.pdf)
13. [An emerging class of virtual YouTuber is selling out shows in the U.S., The AV Club (2026)](https://www.avclub.com/takanashi-kiara-interview-hololive-vtubers-explained)
14. [Takanashi Kiara | VTuber Profile, USADA](https://usadanews.com/en/vtuber/takanashi-kiara/)
15. [小鳥遊キアラとは？, KAI-YOU](https://kai-you.net/word/%E5%B0%8F%E9%B3%A5%E9%81%8A%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9)
16. [Weiss Schwarz Official Ambassadors hololive production, Bushiroad (March 2023)](https://en.bushiroad.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Press-Release-230321-Weiss-Schwarz-Official-Ambassadors-hololive-production.pdf)
17. [小鳥遊キアラ, 宇宙wiki](https://uchuwiki.com/w/Takanashi_Kiara)
18. [元EN 小鳥遊キアラが活動休止, めぎしす！ (2026)](https://www.menuguildsystem.com/former-hololive-en-member-kiara-takanashi-takes-a-break-from-activities/)
19. [JQ Magazine: JQ&A with vtuber Takanashi Kiara on hololive English 3rd Concert -All for One-, Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme Alumni Association of New York (JETAANY)](https://www.jetaany.org/jq-magazine/jq-magazine-jqampa-with-vtuber-takanashi-kiara-on-hololive-english-3rd-concert-all-for-one-)
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