Inugami Korone

Inugami's fictional lore describes her as a dog from a city bakery who enjoys playing games when not watchdogging.^[1]

Inugami is a member of Hololive Gamers, alongside Shirakami Fubuki, Ookami Mio [jp], and Nekomata Okayu [jp].^[2] Inugami often collaborates with Nekomata,^[3] who she has been friends with since before they joined Hololive.^[4] She also collaborates with Sakura Miko, a member of Hololive's 0th generation.^[5] Hololive Gamers members livestreams on YouTube primarily focus on playing video games.^[6] While most members of Hololive primarily play recently released video games and multiplayer video games, Inugami also often plays retro games.^[5] She also plays horror and indie games.^[2] She sometimes does incredibly long "endurance" streams, occasionally exceeding 24 hours in length.^[5] Her character was designed by Fukahire [jp].^[7] Her fans are called Koronesuki (Japanese for Korone lovers).^[7] Inugami uses the catchphrase yubi! yubi! (指！指!; lit. 'finger! finger!'), a reference to the practice of finger amputation (yubitsume), calling for her fans to cut off their fingers and give them to her.^[8]

Stuart Gipp of Retronauts said that the contrast of Inugami's cute aesthetic and ultraviolence in the video games she plays, while unoriginal, had charmed him due to her humor and good timing. He noted in particular the juxtaposition in the "macabre" meaning of "yubi yubi", which he called bizarre, and her moe status.^[8]

Inugami Korone debuted on April 13, 2019, as a part of Hololive Gamers.^[7] In October 2020, Inugami reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube. She was the first member of Hololive Japan, second member of Hololive (after Hololive English's Gawr Gura), and fourth VTuber to do so.^[7] She reached 2 million subscribers on June 28, 2023. She was the fourth member of Hololive Japan to do so.^[9]

While Inugami is a native Japanese speaker and primarily streams in Japanese, a portion of her audience is non-Japanese.^[8] In 2020, Inugami played the 1985 video game Super Mario Bros. in livestreams targeted at this audience, challenging herself to only speak English during the stream. Gipp would call the streams an "utter delight" and said that they "transformed the way I look at Super Mario Bros."^[8]

In April 2020, Inugami played the 1993 video game Doom and its 2016 reboot.^[6][10] Gipp made note of her reactions in the 1993 game to eviscerating enemies in the game with a chainsaw and her battle cries, which he compared to those of Vikings.^[8] Her playthrough of the 2016 reboot became popular, with Ian Walker of Kotaku suggesting it was because of the "combination of the game’s over-the-top violence and a cute, cackling avatar".^[11] Inugami and her fans dubbed the playthroughs "Doog", a play on the game's name and her dog character, with "Doog" also being incorporated into Inugami's YouTube branding.^[6] In October 2020, the 2016 reboot's sequel Doom Eternal added an easter egg to Inugami. In the game, clicking the chainsaw button a series of time would change the game's logo from "Doom Eternal" to "Doog Eternal" until the game was restarted.^[12] The easter egg was eventually removed, with the patch notes declaring "The DOOG easter egg has been removed, but will live in infamy."^[13]

On August 25, 2020, during a live playthrough of Banjo-Kazooie, she uttered the phrase "Eekum Bokum" while trying to imitate the voice of the game's Mumbo Token. This became an internet meme and gained popularity outside of Japan. Grant Kirkhope, composer of the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack, praised her stream and shared it on Twitter.^[14][15]

Inugami also does more traditional idol activities, with Jin Sugiyama of Real Sound applauding her dancing skills and calling her first original song distinctly her own.^[15] Inugami is an ambassador for the Sega property Sonic the Hedgehog,^[3] with Inugami voice acting in the Japanese dub of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, having downloadable content themed after her released in Sonic Frontiers, and her song "Hongami Precious Moment" appearing in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.^[16][17][18] She also voice acted in an episode of the anime Yo-kai Watch.^[19] She is the ambassador for Honda Racing eMS, an esports competition that takes place in Gran Turismo 7.^[20] In 2025, Inugami interviewed Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the director and writer, respectively, for 28 Years Later.^[21]