Inugami Korone | |
|---|---|
戌神ころね | |
 Inugami Korone as designed by Fukahire | |
| Occupation | VTuber |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Subscribers | 2.26 million |
| Views | 471 million |
| Last updated: December 26, 2025 | |
| Website | https://hololive.hololivepro.com/en/talents/inugami-korone/ |
Inugami Korone (Japanese:戌神ころね) is a JapaneseVTuber affiliated withHololive Production. She debuted as a part of Hololive Gamers on April 13, 2019.
Inugami's fictional lore describes her as adog from a city bakery who enjoys playing games when notwatchdogging.[1]
Inugami is a member of Hololive Gamers, alongsideShirakami Fubuki [jp],Ookami Mio [jp], andNekomata Okayu [jp].[2] Inugami often collaborates with Nekomata,[3] who she has been friends with since before they joined Hololive.[4] She also collaborates withSakura Miko, a member of Hololive's 0th generation.[5] Hololive Gamers memberslivestreams onYouTube primarily focus on playingvideo games.[6] While most members of Hololive primarily play recently released video games andmultiplayer video games, Inugami also often playsretro games.[5] She also playshorror andindie games.[2] She sometimes does incredibly long "endurance" streams, occasionally exceeding 24 hours in length.[5] Her character was designed byFukahire [jp].[7] Her fans are called Koronesuki (Japanese for Korone lovers).[7] Inugami uses the catchphraseyubi! yubi! (指！指!;lit. 'finger! finger!'), a reference to the practice of finger amputation (yubitsume), calling for her fans to cut off theirfingers and give them to her.[8]
Stuart Gipp ofRetronauts said that the contrast of Inugami's cute aesthetic and ultraviolence in the video games she plays, while unoriginal, had charmed him due to her humor and good timing. He noted in particular the juxtaposition in the "macabre" meaning of "yubi yubi", which he called bizarre, and hermoe status.[8]
Inugami Korone debuted on April 13, 2019, as a part of Hololive Gamers.[7] In October 2020, Inugami reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube. She was the first member of Hololive Japan, second member of Hololive (after Hololive English'sGawr Gura), and fourth VTuber to do so.[7] She reached 2 million subscribers on June 28, 2023. She was the fourth member of Hololive Japan to do so.[9]
While Inugami is a nativeJapanese speaker and primarily streams in Japanese, a portion of her audience is non-Japanese.[8] In 2020, Inugami played the 1985 video gameSuper Mario Bros. in livestreams targeted at this audience, challenging herself to only speakEnglish during the stream. Gipp would call the streams an "utter delight" and said that they "transformed the way I look atSuper Mario Bros."[8]
In April 2020, Inugami played the 1993 video gameDoom and its2016 reboot.[6][10] Gipp made note of her reactions in the 1993 game to eviscerating enemies in the game with achainsaw and her battle cries, which he compared to those ofVikings.[8] Her playthrough of the 2016 reboot became popular, with Ian Walker ofKotaku suggesting it was because of the "combination of the game’s over-the-top violence and a cute, cackling avatar".[11] Inugami and her fans dubbed the playthroughs "Doog", a play on the game's name and her dog character, with "Doog" also being incorporated into Inugami's YouTube branding.[6] In October 2020, the 2016 reboot's sequelDoom Eternal added aneaster egg to Inugami. In the game, clicking the chainsaw button a series of time would change the game's logo from "Doom Eternal" to "Doog Eternal" until the game was restarted.[12] The easter egg was eventually removed, with thepatch notes declaring "The DOOG easter egg has been removed, but will live in infamy."[13]
On August 25, 2020, during a live playthrough ofBanjo-Kazooie, she uttered the phrase "Eekum Bokum" while trying to imitate the voice of the game's Mumbo Token. This became aninternet meme and gained popularity outside of Japan.Grant Kirkhope, composer of the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack, praised her stream and shared it on Twitter.[14][15]
Inugami also does more traditionalidol activities, with Jin Sugiyama ofReal Sound applauding her dancing skills and calling her first original song distinctly her own.[15] Inugami is an ambassador for theSega propertySonic the Hedgehog,[3] with Inugami voice acting in the Japanese dub ofSonic the Hedgehog 2, havingdownloadable content themed after her released inSonic Frontiers, and her song "Hongami Precious Moment" appearing inSonic Racing: CrossWorlds.[16][17][18] She also voice acted in an episode of the animeYo-kai Watch.[19] She is the ambassador forHonda Racing eMS, anesports competition that takes place inGran Turismo 7.[20] In 2025, Inugami interviewedDanny Boyle andAlex Garland, the director and writer, respectively, for28 Years Later.[21]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Dig. [22] | JPN Down. [23] | |||
| "SAIKYO TENSAI WANDERFUL WORLD of KORONE" | 2021 | 34 | — | Non-album singles |
| Mikkorone x Showtime!! (with Sakura Miko) | 2022 | — | — | |
| "Doggy god's street" | — | 22 | ||
| "Wonky Monkey" | 2023 | — | 40 | |
| "TROUBLE "WAN"DER!" | 2024 | — | 99 | |
| "Mad POPCORN World!" | — | — | ||
| "Hongami Precious Moment" (withTomoya Ohtani) | — | — | ||
| "Mikkorone x Yatteyanyo!!" (with Sakura Miko) | — | — | ||
| "MafiosA" | 2025 | — | 100 | |
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Orange Parade" (Nekomata Okayu featuring Inugami Korone) | 2022 | Poisonya Syndrome |
| "Kawaiko Check" (HoneyWorks and Inugami Korone) | 2023 | Holohoneygaoka High School -Originals- |
| "BITE! KAMU! BITE!" (Hakos Baelz and Inugami Korone) | ZODIAC | |
| "Wonder Future!" (Shirakami Fubuki with Ookami Mio, Nekomata Okayu, and Inugami Korone) | 2025 | FBKINGDOM "Blessing" |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [24] | JPN Comb. [25] | JPN Dig. [26] | JPN Down. [27] | |||
| "Shiny Smile Story" (as Hololive Idol Project) | 2019 | — | — | 30 | — | Non-album single |
| "Tonde K! Hololive Summer" (as Hololive Idol Project) | 2022 | — | — | — | 37 | Hololive Summer 2022 |
| "Shiny Smily Story - 2022 ver." (as Hololive Idol Project) | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fujun Mujun" (as Blue Journey) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | Yoake no Uta |
| "Mizutamari" (as Blue Journey) | 2 | 44 | 35 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Merry Holy Date♡" (as Hololive Idol Project) | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can You Do the Hololive? (Hololive Super Expo 2024 ver.)" (as Hololive Idol Project) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | |
| "We are GAMERS!!!!" (as Hololive Gamers) | — | — | 40 | — | ||
| "To Be Continued...." (as Hololive Gamers) | 2025 | — | — | 40 | — | |
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