Kawasaki Sui Confirms a Sponsored Project, to Be Announced in a Week to 10 Days

INDEPENDENT — Kawasaki Sui, a full-time independent VTuber, said on a Thursday-night stream that one sponsored project has been settled and that she expects to be able to announce it in about a week to 10 days. She had said in earlier streams that such work looked likely, and she told viewers to look forward to it. She credited the audience that keeps her live viewer numbers steady, saying that support is what leads to offers like this, and asked viewers not to say they are not real fans just because they have not sent Super Chats.

The stream began around 11 p.m. Japan time on Nov. 5 as a *zatsudan*, or chat stream, and ran more than four hours. After greeting first-time viewers, Sui talked about work with the people watching, at one point reading a ranking of what elementary and junior high school students want to be when they grow up, in which YouTubers and other video posters placed third in the boys’ list.

“I keep telling you: beginners should use good tools from the start.” — Kawasaki Sui, on choosing a kitchen knife

Much of the night went to motorcycles. Sui said she rides an Estrella and prefers naked bikes to sport bikes, and she named models she would like to try, including the Honda CB400, while chat traded stories about their own bikes and the trouble of finding parking in cities. She also said she has picked a reward for herself: once her concurrent viewer count reaches a target she did not name, she will get licenses for large trucks and for towing. When a viewer pointed out that the government subsidizes both, she said she should get to a driving school while the money is available.

Partway through, Sui swapped one of the channel’s membership emoji for a crying-face version of herself and told chat it had changed. She had played SaGa Frontier 2 until morning the night before and said she hopes to reach the end of it on Friday’s stream. Late in the night she noted that 284 different accounts had commented and that the number of commenters had been growing; chat also included 27 paid messages.

Fish came up too. Sui, who said she has never cut a fish into three pieces, asked what to do with the belly bones removed along the way. Viewers suggested deep-frying them, using them for broth or throwing them out, and warned that a sharp fish knife matters for safety. She owns only a santoku and a petty knife. She signed off at about 3:15 a.m., saying she streams from around 11 p.m. most days.