The Language of Cyber Gender Anonymity on Hololive Virtual Youtubers

Hololive Production is a virtual YouTuber agency which accommodates 71 active talents (VTubers) with 65 million subscribers on YouTube. protects its talents’ privacy by giving them unreal names and avatars. Some viewers intend to find real identities of the talents, some others ignore personalities, while many keep secret although they know person behind avatar. Then, how cyber gender anonymity characterized Virtual Youtubers? Using qualitative method, this article indicates necessity Hololive’s safe. This supported Judith Butler’s posture Philip Zimbardo’s deindividuation. Unreal characters for VTubers are anonymities but doxing making fun them. Viewers want streamers be open clear, anonymous opaque. That idea contradicts sexual differences that include tensions being rigid flexible. In conclusion, does not live static condition, moves through ambiguous avatar anonymity. Anonymity could always endangered; laws protect attacks psychological condition inevitable.