Kotomiya Iori Marks Two Years of Memberships With a Rainbow Badge and a Letter

MIXSTGIRLS — Kotomiya Iori, a Mixstgirls talent, marked two years since her channel opened memberships with an anniversary stream on Thursday. She unveiled a rainbow-colored second-year member badge and posted a handwritten letter to her members’ community while viewers watched.

Kotomiya said memberships and monetization began exactly two years earlier, and that members who have stayed from the start can now show 24 months. She called the day the members’ birthday, and said it was also when the name for her supporters was settled. She said she chose a word meaning precious treasure because people who back her are that important to her. She also showed off her collection of membership stamps, which has grown as the channel’s membership has grown, and said most of them are drawn by hand.

“Please keep loving me, more and more, from here on.” — Kotomiya Iori, after the letter

The new badge shows her character in rainbow colors with a crown, a step up from the first-year design, which she described as the “gaming” version of herself. Earlier badges had been drawn with brooches and flowers on her outfit. After a short loading delay she swapped it into the membership page live, and said she hoped future members would aim for it. “I wanted something unified, an evolved form of the last badge,” she said of the design.

Viewers sent a run of gifted memberships during the stream, and she read out thanks to the gifters and to those who sent Super Chats. Later she posted the letter, which she said grew much longer than planned. She kept its contents for the members’ community, but summarized the message on stream: everyone watching counts as support, whether they are members, regular commenters, lurkers or archive viewers, and no one can be left out. She closed that part by asking viewers to keep loving her.

The rest of the stream was casual talk, including a cold walk to a convenience store in a short-hemmed top, how she chooses clothes and why she keeps equipment for years. She said a talk session with viewers who applied is set for Saturday, that she will play Splatoon on Sunday, and that she plans to start a second playthrough of Armored Core next week.