Calliope Mori

is a virtual YouTuber and rapper affiliated with Hololive English.

Overview

Hololive describes Mori Calliope as the " Grim Reaper's first apprentice" who, due to slow business, had to start a career as a VTuber and collects souls. Her character is remiscient of the ''shinigami''.

Mori's birthday is 4 April, and her character designer is Yukisame. She is one of the five members of the agency's subgroup Hololive English: Myth.

Career

Mori Calliope made her debut on 12 September 2020. Her debut EP, ''Dead Beats'', was released on 17 October 2020 and charted at #23 at the Oricon Digital Albums Chart. She released her first single "Cursed Night" on 2 November 2020. This was followed on 4 April 2021 with another EP, ''Your Mori.''; it charted at #35 at the Oricon Albums Chart.

In April 2022, Mori announced that she had signed with EMI Records, and that she would mark her major-label debut with her third EP, ''Shinigami Note''. Released on 20 July 2022, ''Shinigami Note'' charted at #9 at the Oricon Albums Chart, On 11 October 2022, it was announced that she would release her debut album ''Sinderella'' on 16 December; the album's themes include the seven deadly sins and personal guilt. It charted at #28 at the Oricon Albums Chart. On 18 August 2023, she released another EP, ''Jigoku 6''; it charted at #16 on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Mori's rap music has been noted for its exceptional nature. Katie Gill of ''Anime Feminist'' described her profanity-laden rap music as an exception to the widespread use of Japanese idol themes within Hololive. Teddy Cambosa of ''Anime Corner'' said that her "style of rapping comes in line with the rise of other large VTubers that are now leaning towards a more Western preference instead of the Japanese idol grassroots".

In an August 2022 Crunchyroll News interview, when asked which music was the most influential to her, Mori explained that her interest in rapping was first sparked by Japanese hip hop, citing the genre's unique style and intensity. She also cites the electro-swing duo Fake Type as her inspiration for her rapping career.

On 21 July 2022, Mori's first solo concert, ''New Underworld Order'', was held at Toyosu Pit in Tokyo. A Blu-ray of the concert was released on 3 May 2023. In July 2023, she released "Future Island", a song commemorating Volume 106 of ''One Piece''. In December 2023, she won Best Music Vtuber at the 2023 Vtuber Awards.

In addition to music, Mori does video game livestreams on her channel. In one of her livestreams, she spent 90 minutes requesting copyright clearance for a '' Persona 3'' livestream from the game's developer Atlus.

In September 2021, she appeared at Calgary Expo and Fan Expo Dallas as part of Hololive English's North American tour. She has also appeared at Anime Festival Asia as a musical guest twice: in 2022 and 2023. In November 2023, she appeared at Anime NYC 2023 as a guest. In December 2023, she appeared at Anime Frontier 2023 as a guest.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other guest appearances

Awards and nominations

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Hololive Production
21st-century rappers
21st-century women rappers
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
Japanese women pop singers
Japanese rappers
English-language singers from Japan
Fictional personifications of death
YouTube channels launched in 2020
Internet characters introduced in 2020
EMI Records artists