Inugami Korone

Inugami's fictional lore describes her as a dog from a city bakery who enjoys playing games when not watchdogging. Inugami is a member of Hololive Gamers, alongside , , and . Inugami often collaborates with Nekomata, who she has been friends with since before they joined Hololive. She also collaborates with Sakura Miko, a member of Hololive's 0th generation. Hololive Gamers members livestreams on YouTube primarily focus on playing video games. While most members of Hololive primarily play recently released video games and multiplayer video games, Inugami also often plays retro games. She also plays horror and indie games. Her fans are called Koronesuki (Japanese for Korone lovers). Inugami uses the catchphrase , a reference to the practice of finger amputation (), calling for her fans to cut off their fingers and give them to her. Stuart Gipp of Retronauts said that the contrast of Inugami's cute aesthetic and ultraviolence in the video games she plays, while unoriginal, had charmed him due to her humor and good timing. He noted in particular the juxtaposition in the "macabre" meaning of "yubi yubi", which he called bizarre, and her moe status. ==Career==

Inugami Korone debuted on April 13, 2019, as a part of Hololive Gamers. While Inugami is a native Japanese speaker and primarily streams in Japanese, a portion of her audience is non-Japanese. In 2020, Inugami played the 1985 video game Super Mario Bros. in livestreams targeted at this audience, challenging herself to only speak English during the stream. Gipp would call the streams an "utter delight" and said that they "transformed the way I look at Super Mario Bros." Gipp made note of her reactions in the 1993 game to eviscerating enemies in the game with a chainsaw and her battle cries, which he compared to those of Vikings. Inugami and her fans dubbed the playthroughs "Doog", a play on the game's name and her dog character, with "Doog" also being incorporated into Inugami's YouTube branding. The easter egg was eventually removed, with the patch notes declaring "The DOOG easter egg has been removed, but will live in infamy." On August 25, 2020, during a live playthrough of Banjo-Kazooie, she uttered the phrase "Eekum Bokum" while trying to imitate the voice of the game's Mumbo Token. This became an internet meme and gained popularity outside of Japan. Grant Kirkhope, composer of the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack, praised her stream and shared it on Twitter. Inugami also does more traditional idol activities, with Jin Sugiyama of Real Sound applauding her dancing skills and calling her first original song distinctly her own. Inugami is an ambassador for the Sega property Sonic the Hedgehog, She also voice acted in an episode of the anime Yo-kai Watch. She is the ambassador for Honda Racing eMS, an esports competition that takes place in Gran Turismo 7. In 2025, Inugami interviewed Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the director and writer, respectively, for 28 Years Later. ==Discography==

Singles As lead artist As featured artist As collaborative artist ==References==