Pronama-chan
| Community Mascot | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General Information | |
| Name | Kei Kurei |
| Birthday | January 11 |
| Designer | 🇯🇵 Ixy |
| Voiced by | 🇯🇵 Sumire Uesaka |
| Debut | 2012 |
| Representation | |
| Represents | 🇯🇵 Pronama |
| Owner | 🇯🇵 Pronama LLC |
| Appearance | |
| Hair Color | Light Brown |
| Eye Color | Brown |
Pronama-chan (Japanese: プロ生ちゃん), real name Kei Kurei (暮井 慧), is the mascot of Pronama (プロ生)[1], a community part of Niconico that holds IT and programming study sessions. The Niconico services allow them to make live and interactive broadcasts across Japan.
She is voiced by Sumire Uesaka (上坂すみれ), who also voices Conoha Mikumo.
History
It is unknown how and when exactly she debuted. One can find articles clearly about her from 2012[2] so her debut year can be assumed to be 2012.
She appears to be a fairly popular moe mascot, often reaching top 3 positions in the Akihabara Moe Characters Contest, and having some presence outside Japan, notably featured in some skins for various software[3][4].
In December 2024, she won for the first time the Akihabara Moe Characters Contest.
She was designed by artist Ixy.
Profile[5]
A student at a public high school in Tokyo. She is a member of the Information Processing Research Group club. She also likes to be physically active, and sometimes joins the gymnastics club and plays a variety of sports when she feels like it.
- Age: 17
- Profession: high school student
- Birthday: January 11
- Favorite food: pineapple
Information Processing Research Group
Two other members of her club are featured:
- Chiyuri Tomasu: a laid-back person. She is good at making sweets.
- Finesse Hillvillage: a foreign student with excellent grades. She is a rather clumsy girl.
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The trio, Chiyuri on the left and Finesse on the right.
Notable Collaboration Moe Mascots
- Conoha Mikumo: there are featured together in some campaigns.
- Sunoko-tan: Marudai Co., Ltd. made cooling stands featuring Pronama-chan and produced merchandise featuring both mascots in 2013.
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Illustration of a collaboration with Conoha Mikumo. -
Illustration of a collaboration with Sunoko-tan.
See Also
External Links
Notes and References
- ↑ Short form of Programming Live Broadcast (プログラミング生放送).
- ↑ An entry from 2012-02-26 on the Pronama.jp site
- ↑ CrystalDiskInfo download page containing a Pronama-chan Edition
- ↑ Pronama-chan skin for Visual Studio
- ↑ Pronama-chan Profile