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バーチャルYouTuber

also: ブイチューバー

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Meanings

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noun

virtual YouTuber; VTuber

A YouTuber who appears in videos using a computer-generated avatar instead of their real face. The term is widely used in Japanese internet culture.

最さい近きん、バーチャルYouTuberの配はい信しんをよく見みている。
Lately, I've been watching a lot of virtual YouTuber streams.
彼かの女じょは人にん気きのバーチャルYouTuberとして知しられ

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She is known as a popular virtual YouTuber.

Written forms

バーチャルYouTuber
Standard mixed-script spelling; the English word 'YouTuber' is commonly used in Japanese.
バーチャルＹｏｕＴｕｂｅｒ
VTuber
Common abbreviation; reading is ブイチューバー, not バーチャルユーチューバー.

Similar words

YouTuber
A regular YouTuber who appears on camera as themselves, without an animated avatar.
バーチャルアイドル
A virtual idol, which may not necessarily be a YouTuber; VTubers are a subset of virtual entertainers.

Etymology

Wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) combining 'virtual' and 'YouTuber'. The abbreviation 'VTuber' is also commonly used.