Takanashi Kiara

Takanashi's fictional lore describes her as a phoenix, stressing that she is not a chicken or turkey. In her lore, she is described as an idol who dreams of owning a fast food chain. Her design consists of orange hair with green-blue highlights, and wields a sword and shield. She is one of the five members of Hololive English Myth, alongside Mori Calliope, Ninomae Ina'nis, Gawr Gura, and Amelia Watson. Takanashi's fans are called "Kiara Fried Phoenix" (KFP). == Early life ==

Takanashi was born in Austria and her native language is German. Prior to becoming a VTuber, Takanashi had expressed an interest in Japanese media and culture from an early age after being gifted a German-localised volume of the manga Sugar Sugar Rune and a copy of Tales of Symphonia for the GameCube from family members. These led to her developing a passion for reading manga and playing the Tales series of games, the latter of which channelled her desire to learn to draw in an anime-manga style so she could draw characters from Symphonia. Takanashi has stated from this "[she] fell deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole that was Japanese pop culture". Takanashi first became aware of the concept of VTubers and Hololive after encountering the YouTube channel of Hololive Generation 1 member . In 2020, she planned to live in Japan for a year on a working holiday visa. She had previously lived in Japan and was already fluent in Japanese, but had only ever lived in the Kantō or Kansai regions and planned to explore more of the country. However, the COVID-19 pandemic soon started and seriously hindered her plans and ability to travel around Japan. Takanashi began to feel significantly frustrated and upset as she felt that she wasted the visa due to it being a once in a lifetime use and couldn't be extended or paused, feeling that she had a lot of time on her hands but unable to do anything with it. During this time, she became hooked on the YouTube channel of Generation 3 member Usada Pekora, binging all of her streams. she stated in an interview that it "felt like destiny". ==Career==

Takanashi Kiara made her debut on September 12, 2020, alongside other members of Myth. Takanashi reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube on May 30, 2021, the last member of Myth to do so. As of July 2025, Takanashi's channel has more than 1,400 livestreams and videos. Takanashi's debut album, Point of View, released on August 30, 2023. Takanashi's second album, Vogelfrei, released on February 8, 2026. On top of the Hololive English concert at Kings Theatre, Takanashi has performed at several other group concerts. Her first non-group concert, Drawn to Dawn – a collaboration with Ninomae – was held at Wiltern Theatre from March 27–28, 2026. Takanashi has spoken about her intentions to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. She applied to join the 2023 edition of the contest as the representative for Germany with her song "Do U". She later revealed she was rejected, commenting "The world wasn't ready for it. Cowards". She made another attempt to join the 2024 edition. The date songs had to be released after to be eligible came shortly after Point of View released; Takanashi initially assumed she would be unable to apply but was able to quickly record and develop a song, which she compared to Blackpink's discography. She speculated that her chances of being accepted were low, speculating that German organizer Norddeutscher Rundfunk may not trust using her avatar on-stage, may be unable to conceive how to use her avatar on-stage, and may dislike her song. Takanashi hosts a talk show, Holotalk, where she interviews other Hololive talents. Takanashi educates her mostly English-speaking audience about Japanese idol culture and talks about the intricacies of VTubing on the talk show. Holotalk has also evolved to offer 'graduating' VTubers a place to have a final word. She also appeared at Youmacon in October 2021. In December 2023, she appeared at Anime Frontier as a guest. She appeared at Anime NYC in August 2024. In February 2025, she appeared at Kami-Con. She appeared at DreamHack Atlanta in October 2025, judging a costume contest with Dwight Howard. She has also appeared at the German convention . In an interview with TheGamer, the game's co-producer, Yusuke Tomizawa, revealed that she was chosen by an American marketer to be the English ambassador for the game due to her love of the series and large audience, with Tomizawa stating that he thought "it was a really good idea since they create a really warm, welcoming environment for fans to communicate in and the reaction has been so positive." Takanashi also received a costume for her livestreams based on fantasy armor, designed by Arise artist SWAV. ==Artistry==

Katie Gill of Anime Feminist described Takanashi's posting of meme videos and penchant for rickrolling as straying away from the traditional idol aesthetic. In a 2022 interview with Crunchyroll News, Takanashi said that she does not see herself as an idol. Ana Diaz of Polygon noted the contrast between Takanashi's laid-back behavior while playing video games, where she can matter-of-factly state "I have diarrhea", and the "glamorous popstar" who performed at Kings Theatre. ==Activity==

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