Yubari Rei Says Tonsil Removal and Eye Lens Surgery Were Worth It

INDEPENDENT — Yubari Rei, an independent VTuber, used a lunchtime stream on Friday to report how several treatments she has had turned out, saying that having her tonsils removed in January and an implantable lens placed in her eyes in February 2025 were both worth it. She stressed that she was sharing personal experience, not medical advice.

The tonsil surgery meant a week in the hospital and about a month of speaking very little, she said. Since then, sore throats no longer turn into tonsillitis, as they did nearly every time before, and she catches fewer colds. She said the operation was worth taking time off for. She has also been treated for chronic inflammation at the back of the nose and throat, a condition she said she has had since childhood; visits that once came two or three times a week are now about every two weeks, though the inflammation has flared up again somewhat.

“Muscle solves everything.” — Yubari Rei, on her back pain

She said she chose the lens surgery after a nighttime earthquake left her unable to find her glasses. She had asked for 2.0 vision and now sees 1.5 in both eyes. Glare around lights, a commonly cited drawback, does not bother her, she said, and she described the result as being so natural that she no longer feels she can see. She also said the lens had not interfered with kickboxing.

For back pain that had worsened after she began streaming, she turned to kickboxing, heart-rate-controlled cardio and strength training, exercising about three times a week for roughly an hour. Her regained weight is gone and the pain no longer troubles her, she said, though long hours of sitting still stiffen her back. She also described a routine of sleeping from about 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., and said she has begun keeping a handwritten journal in place of scrolling through videos and posts after she wakes.

Her voice grew nasal as the stream went on, and she closed after about an hour and ten minutes. She said an interview with a Japanese VTuber who performs for an overseas audience, with English subtitles throughout, would premiere on her channel at 5 p.m. the next day. She will take next Tuesday off for a domestic trip and expects her next stream to be on Thursday.