Utsugi Uyu Lives 87 Years as a Myanmar Farm Boy in a Life-Simulation Game, Gambling Included

HOLOLIVE — Utsugi Uyu of Hololive’s naHOLOSTARS UPROAR!! played an online life-simulation game on Halloween, living one randomly assigned life from birth to death in about two hours and 15 minutes. The character, born in September 2026 in a farming village in Myanmar’s Shan State, died at 87.

The game placed the character in the wealthiest 20 percent of households in the country, and Uyu joked about showing off an upper-class life. The early years looked comfortable, with help around the house, a kindergarten place and a water festival with the family. Then the family business began to fail. At 10, a choice between continuing school and going to work was decided by a roll of the dice, which came up against schooling, and the character left education with only a primary-school diploma. Uyu stayed in character through the stretch, saying the character was a good kid for taking on housework and tutoring a younger neighbor.

“No matter what happens, stop lending money. If that ruins the friendship, that’s all the friendship was.” — Utsugi Uyu, after an in-game friend asked to borrow money

Adulthood was harder. The character was conscripted at 19, took work as a carpenter and later a mechanic, and began a relationship at 21 that Uyu celebrated and that ended at 26 when marriage came up with almost no savings. Later came a failed attempt to start a renovation business, a currency collapse that wiped out savings, and an 11-year gambling habit that Uyu kept trying to end through the game’s menus before the character finally quit at 50. A business that grew into a company, a bout of high blood pressure and an investment scam in old age followed, and the character died of a blood disease with debts outstanding.

Uyu stepped out of the game in places to speak plainly. Offered a friend’s request for a loan at 63, Uyu urged viewers never to lend money, warning that casual verbal agreements go unpaid. At the end, the streamer said the character had lived hard through many mistakes, that gambling was a bad idea, and that money matters, and added that the stream was fun enough for viewers to try themselves.

Chat applauded the milestones, from the girlfriend to the high-school equivalency, and filled with thanks at the close. Two Super Chats arrived, and Uyu thanked the sender before signing off with a Halloween greeting.