Kotomiya Iori Weighs a Soundproof Room, and Chat Offers to Chip In

MIXSTGIRLS — Kotomiya Iori of Mixstgirls said on a Sunday morning stream that she is seriously considering a soundproof room, because her voice carries through walls and nothing she has tried has held it in. Sound-absorbing material and bedding behind her did not help, she said, and she worried about being heard by neighbors. She had looked into both renting and buying, and said buying makes more sense over the long run unless a rental can be converted to a purchase. Viewers guessed the price at a million yen or more; she said the cost had her holding her head.

Chat answered with Super Chats, 31 in all, and many were labeled as contributions to the soundproof room. She said she would treat them that way. Several viewers tied their messages to ASMR, and she laughed that the word changed everyone’s mood. She said she could see doing ASMR as a voice release or a crowdfunding reward, but that she had nothing planned, even years ahead, and would not do what she did not want to do. Viewers also sent a run of membership gifts through the morning.

“A soundproof room is a must.” — Kotomiya Iori, on how far her voice carries

She opened the stream by telling viewers that her first cover song, “SOS,” has passed 300,000 views. Later she said a short clip cut from one of her streams had been shared 93 times and passed 10,000 views, which she called a good result for a clip like that, and thanked viewers for sharing it. Near the end she counted the 100th good-morning of the day from chat.

The stream’s premise was a meal fund: the title promised a day’s meals paid for by the number of likes. Iori said she had been craving a seafood bowl with fatty salmon and planned to pick one up on her way out that day, which set off a long joke in chat about her arriving four hours late. She said she would eat, then work on a video, and that next week’s schedule would be posted at noon on Monday.