Dont let the cat ears fool you!
Shes cultivated a large following due in no small part to her unique marketability and congenial constitution.
In a year and a half, girl_dm_ has made an impact on the VTuber Twitch community.
She exemplifies how positivity, passion, and purpose can be the foundation to success if you work hard.
I was growing a lot faster than I was expecting.
I began to put more interest into how I presented my stream.
Its something I call the Disneyland approach, she said in a phone interview with Lifewiredetailing her success.
Everything goes together and presents this experience…[i]t helps grab peoples attention and maintain.
It became my approach.
While the family didn’t have a lot on paper, they had a lot of love and support.
“We’re all very, very nerdy,” she said, describing her family.
Naturally, she built her first computer in middle school with the help of her father.
It wasn’t his only gift to the young streamer.
His comic book collection and passion for written stories with artistic complements trickled down to her.
“It’s what got me interested in Japan.”
From comics to anime and manga, her love for the artistry of Eastern art fed her eventual education.
She graduated from university with dual degrees in business administration and Japanese.
The experiences fostered a self-sufficient, business-minded disposition she boasts to this day.
A disposition that is integral to her success as a streamer.
The sophisticated yet simple technological reality of VTubing drew her attention.
It started as a passion project.
Before her foray into VTube, Luna would stream games she played with her friends and family.
It always interested her as a digital citizen: citing YouTuberFoo The Flowerhornas silent inspiration.
Stardom doesn’t come easy on Twitch.
With an oversaturated market, getting noticed can be difficult.
It turns out, her day job before going full-time on Twitch was social media marketing.
Everything goes together and presents this experience… [i]t helps grab peoples attention and maintain.
It became my approach.
Her TikTok presence garnered massive support.
“We’re just people behind here.
I never had any expectation of success starting out on this stuff,” she said.
“Streaming is like a performance.
