Shu Yamino Confirms Splatoon Tournament Entry During a Halloween Chat Stream

NIJISANJI — Shu Yamino of Nijisanji EN said on Saturday that he will compete in a Splatoon tournament as part of Team 2, his first time back in the game in years. He made the announcement during a Japanese-language *zatsudan*, or chat stream, held on Halloween.

He opened the stream with a greeting of “Happy Halloween” and spent the first stretch comparing the holiday as he knew it in the United States with how it is celebrated in Japan. In his telling, American Halloween is about children going door to door for candy, with costumes that can be as simple as a store-bought outfit or a bedsheet with eyeholes, and a house that hands out full-size candy is a rare find. He recalled safety videos from childhood that warned against handmade treats and recommended wearing something that glows after dark. When chat joked that Japan’s version is mostly about cosplay and couples, he said that, as far as he was concerned, it was a candy event.

“It’s a candy event, though.” — Shu Yamino, on Halloween in the United States

The conversation then wandered through his Japanese-language habits, his replay of Dragon Quest V on a phone, where he said he had chosen Flora as a child and was now torn between her and Bianca, and an extended bit about how he sneezes with almost no warning. Later he said he had accidentally ended up romancing a character in Persona 5. He also said he streams in Japanese on most Saturdays, and that he had been speaking less Japanese in recent years.

Toward the end he turned to the schedule. He said he had been practicing for the Splatoon tournament, which falls on the following Saturday, and that the team was still working out its weapon combinations. He then pointed to a Halloween 3D live featuring four members, himself included, at 9 p.m. Japan time that night, and said an announcement not yet made public would come during it. He also mentioned an official Nijisanji EN program the next morning at 11 and a Grand Theft Auto server run by other members starting on Nov. 4.

Chat greeted the Splatoon news with excitement and cheered for Team 2. The stream drew 12 paid messages, and viewers closed it with farewells and reminders to hit the notification bell for the live.