Honma Himawari

Honma Himawari is a Japanese virtual YouTuber and gamer known within the NIJISANJI community. With a strong presence on YouTube and X, Himawari connects with audiences through energetic live game streams, music covers, and collaborative projects. As a virtual character marked by her sunflower motif,

Release Date:

2018
Language:

Japanese
Role:

VTuber, Singer/Vocalist/Idol, Streamer
Country:

Japan
Gender:

female
Industry:

Gaming, Entertainment, Music

Who is Honma Himawari?

Honma Himawari is a Japanese virtual YouTuber and member of NIJISANJI who began activities in July 2018 as part of the NIJISANJI Gamers lineup. Her character is presented as a bright, game-loving high school second-year who is fond of cats and is visually marked by a sunflower accessory on her head.

Creator & Studio

Honma Himawari is affiliated with NIJISANJI, operated by AnyColor. Her character illustration was created by the illustrator yasumo, who has publicly acknowledged designing her.

Visual Style and Aesthetics

Himawari's core visual motif is a sunflower worn in her hair and a warm orange color palette. Her base look leans on a school-uniform motif with playful, youthful details that emphasize a cheerful, energetic image.

She also appears in a variety of alternate outfits and stage costumes for streams and music performances, ranging from casual loungewear to more stylized gaming and performance costumes.

Persona & Content

Himawari is characterized on stream as bright, friendly, and a little airheaded, traits that she plays up in chat and collaborations. She balances lighthearted banter with focused gameplay, which is a core part of her appeal.

Her official profile presents her as a gamer who enjoys connecting with viewers through play and conversation, and her community uses a sunflower motif and the fan name associated with her character.

Content Type & Format

Honma Himawari's main content format is live streaming on YouTube, where she regularly broadcasts long-form game playthroughs, multiplayer sessions, and variety streams. Her channel also hosts uploaded archives, music videos, and short-form clips derived from live broadcasts.

Her content themes center on gaming across genres including action, FPS, and cooperative titles, plus conversational variety streams and music covers. Honma Himawari's personality is a constant throughline: energetic, playful, and often comedic, which she uses to shape her videos and viewer interactions.

She frequently collaborates with other NIJISANJI members and appears in joint streams, Q&A segments, and music projects, while using X for announcements and community engagement.

Honma Himawari Collaborations and Campaigns

FOCUS ON × Taiko no Tatsujin: Bandai Namco x Honma Himawari. In 2024 she participated in the NIJISANJI music project collaboration with Taiko no Tatsujin, which placed collaborative tracks into arcade and console versions of the game starting in June 2024. The collaboration also tied to a CD release in August 2024 that included a solo track credited to her, and the campaign used in-game features and music releases as the primary media formats.

Platforms and Presence

Honma Himawari's primary platform is YouTube, where her channel has been active since July 2018. She also maintains a presence on X for updates and community interaction, and her activities appear across NIJISANJI media and music projects.

Trivia & Fan Culture

Her birthday is August 10 and her fan community commonly uses a sunflower motif and a dedicated fan name tied to her character. Fans often celebrate her music covers, gaming milestones, and collaborative streams within the NIJISANJI ecosystem.