Mori Calliope
Hololive English-speaking VTuber and singer
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Mori Calliope (Japanese: 森カリオペ, Hepburn: Mori Kariope)[1] is a virtual YouTuber and singer affiliated with Cover Corporation's Hololive Production agency, who debuted in September 2020 as a member of the Hololive English Myth unit.
Mori Calliope | |
|---|---|
The avatar of Mori Calliope, designed by Yukisame | |
| Occupation | Virtual YouTuber |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Subscribers | 2.6 million |
| Views | 850 million |
| Last updated: 27 February 2026 | |
| Website | hololive |
Overview
Mori Calliope's fictional lore describes her as the "Grim Reaper's first apprentice" who, due to slow business, had to start a career as a VTuber and collect souls.[2] Her character is reminiscent of the shinigami.[3]
Mori is one of the five members of the agency's subgroup Hololive English: Myth.[4] Her character designer is Yukisame.[2]
Career
Mori Calliope made her debut along with the other members of Hololive English Myth on 12 September 2020.[2] Her debut EP, Dead Beats, was released on 17 October 2020 and charted at #23 at the Oricon Digital Albums Chart.[5][6] She released her first single "Cursed Night" on 2 November 2020.[7] This was followed on 4 April 2021 with another EP, Your Mori.; it charted at #35 at the Oricon Albums Chart.[8]
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.[9] Released on 20 July 2022, Shinigami Note charted at #9 at the Oricon Albums Chart.[10] On 21 July 2022, Mori's first solo concert, New Underworld Order, was held at Toyosu Pit in Tokyo.[11] A Blu-ray of the concert was released on 3 May 2023.[11] 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.[12] It charted at #28 at the Oricon Albums Chart.[13] In July 2023, she released "Future Island", a song commemorating Volume 106 of One Piece.[14] On 18 August 2023, she released another EP, Jigoku 6; it charted at #16 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[15] In December 2023, she won Best Music Vtuber at the 2023 Vtuber Awards.[16]
In March 2024, Mori and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced that she would be singing the ending theme for the anime Suicide Squad Isekai, titled "Go-Getters".[17] In May 2024, it was announced that she would release her second major-label album, Phantomime, on 16 August.[18] In October 2025, Mori announced that she would perform the second opening theme in Gachiakuta, titled "Let's Just Crash".[19] In November 2025, it was announced that Mori would release her third major-label album, Disasterpiece, on 6 February 2026.[20]
In addition to music, Mori does video game livestreams on her channel. In a December 2020 livestream, she spent at least 90 minutes asking video game developer Atlus to allow her to stream one of their games, Persona 3 (there is no fair use doctrine in Japanese copyright law, so VTubers often request permission from developers to livestream their games), which Petrit Baillet of Dot Esports described as "a famous part of her ongoing streaming career".[21][22] In June 2022, she expressed regret, admitting she hadn't realized how big Hololive had become at the time of the stream.[22] In January 2023, she livestreamed Persona 3 on her YouTube channel for the first time.[22]
In September 2021, she appeared at Calgary Expo and Fan Expo Dallas as part of Hololive English's North American tour.[23] She has also appeared at Anime Festival Asia as a musical guest twice: in 2022 and 2023.[24][25] In November 2023, she appeared at Anime NYC 2023 as a guest.[26] In December 2023, she appeared at Anime Frontier 2023 as a guest.[27]
Artistry
Katie Gill of Anime Feminist described her profanity-laden rap music as an exception to the widespread use of Japanese idol themes within Hololive.[28] 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".[29]
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.[3] She also cites the electro-swing duo Fake Type as her inspiration for her rapping career.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [30] |
JPN Comb. [31] |
JPN Hot [32] |
UK Down. [33] |
US Heat. [34] |
US Sales [35] |
US World [36] | |||
| UnAlive |
|
— | — | 34 | 45 | — | — | — |
|
| Sinderella | 28 | 34 | 17 | 80 | 11 | —[A] | — |
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| Phantomime |
|
12 | 18 | 13 | — | 5 | 9 | 4 |
|
| Disasterpiece |
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17 | 34 | —[B] | — | — | 24 | 7 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [30] |
JPN Comb. [31] |
JPN Hot [32] |
UK Down. [33] |
US Heat. [34] |
US Sales [35] |
US World [36] | |||
| Dead Beats |
|
— | 44 | — | — | — | —[C] | — |
|
| Your Mori. |
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35 | 42 | 12 | — | — | —[D] | — |
|
| Shinigami Note |
|
9 | 11 | 5 | 78 | — | — | — |
|
| Jigoku 6 |
|
16 | 24 | 8 | — | 6 | 25 | 8 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||||
Mixtapes
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| My Mixtape (as Yung Sh1n1gam1 Bo1) |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Dig. [49] |
JPN DL [50] |
US World [51] | ||||
| "Cursed Night" | 2020 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Off with Their Heads" | 2021 | — | — | — | ||
| "Ibasho (Where I Belong)" (居場所) | — | — | — | |||
| "End of a Life"[i] | — | 84 | — | |||
| "Graveyard Shift" (featuring Boogey Voxx) |
— | — | — | UnAlive | ||
| "Q" (with Gawr Gura) |
— | 70 | 7 | |||
| "Dawn Blue" | — | 50 | — | Non-album single | ||
| "CapSule" (with Hoshimachi Suisei) |
2022 | — | 25 | 12 | Shinigami Note | |
| "Mera Mera" | — | 95 | — | |||
| "I'm Greedy" | — | — | — | Sinderella | ||
| "Nezumi Scheme" | — | — | — | |||
| "Future Island" (未来島)[ii] | 2023 | — | 73 | — | Jigoku 6 | |
| "Six Feet Under" | — | — | — | |||
| "Sneaking"[iii] | — | — | — | Phantomime | ||
| "Overkill" | 2024 | — | — | — | ||
| "Tide" (with Ai) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Midnight Mayoi" (featuring Kobo Kanaeru) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Go-Getters"[iv] | 41 | 43 | — |
| ||
| "Flash Bang"[v] (with Pes) |
— | — | — | Disasterpiece | ||
| "Seeing Stars"[v] (featuring Lotus Juice) |
2025 | — | 99 | — | ||
| "Sepia"[v] (featuring Tooboe) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Die for You"[vi] | — | — | — | |||
| "Orpheus" | — | — | — | |||
| "Let's Just Crash" | 39 | 39 | — |
| ||
| "Gold Unbalance" (featuring Kento Nakajima) |
33 | 41 | — |
| ||
| "Rivals and Equals" | 2026 | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Comb. [55] |
JPN Hot [56] | |||
| "Yona Yona Journey" (Taku Inoue featuring Mori Calliope) |
2021 | — | — | Aliens |
| "Wicked" (Hoshimachi Suisei featuring Mori Calliope) |
2022 | — | —[E] | Non-album single |
| "Kira Killer" (綺羅キラー) (Zutomayo featuring Mori Calliope) |
39 | 32 | Jinkougaku (沈香学) | |
| "Ketatama" (ケタタマ) (Kerenmi featuring Mori Calliope) |
2023 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Fire N Ice" (Takanashi Kiara featuring Mori Calliope) |
— | — | ||
| "Tsumi to Mitsu" (罪と蜜) (Syudou featuring Mori Calliope) |
2025 | — | — | |
| "Nekkyo" (熱狂) (Fake Type. featuring Mori Calliope) |
— | — | ||
| "Dokuritsudoppo" (独立独歩) (Aiobahn +81 featuring Mori Calliope) |
— | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
As collaborative artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN DL [50] | |||
| "Spiral Tones" (with Rikka) |
2021 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Journey Like a Thousand Years" (as Hololive English -Myth-) |
2022 | — | |
| "Reaper vs. Sheep -Ouen ver.-" (with Tsunomaki Watame) |
74 | ||
| "Reaper vs. Sheep -Kenko ver.-" (with Tsunomaki Watame) |
— | ||
| "Non-Fiction" (as Hololive English -Myth-) |
— | ||
| "Connect the World" (as Hololive English) |
2023 | — | |
| "ReUnion" (as Hololive English -Myth-) |
2024 | — | |
| "Breaking Dimensions" (as Hololive English) |
— | ||
| "Start Again" (with IRyS, Nerissa Ravencroft and Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame) |
— | ||
| "The Show Goes On!" (as Hololive English -Myth-) |
— | ||
| "Odyssey" (as Hololive English) |
— | ||
| "Over//Ride" (with Nerissa Ravencroft) |
2025 | 64 | |
| "Queen of the Night" (with Tokoyami Towa) |
76 | ||
| "Light" (with Kaf) |
— | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Holy Shitto" (Holy嫉妬) | 2022 | Shinigami Note |
| "Carousel of Imaginary Images" (虚像のCarousel) (with Reol) |
2023 | Jigoku 6 |
Other charted songs
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Cloudy Sheep" (曇天羊, Donten Hitsuji) (Tsunomaki Watame featuring Mori Calliope) |
2020 | Watame no Uta Vol. 1 (わためのうたvol.１) |
| "Crown" (Boogey Voxx featuring Mori Calliope) |
2021 | Shibou-Teki Kansoku (死亡的観測) |
| "Villain Vibes" (AmaLee featuring Mori Calliope) |
2022 | Rise of the Monarch |
| "Tokyo Friday Night" (東京Friday Night) (Joint Beauty featuring Kana Hanazawa and Mori Calliope) |
2024 | YOLO Vol. 1 |
| "Pao Ying Chub! Drinkin'" (LUSS with Mori Calliope) |
2024 | Is There Anything on the Moon? |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Vtuber Awards | Best Music Vtuber | Won | [16] |
| 2024 | Nominated | [58][59] | ||
| 2025 | The Streamer Awards | Best Vtuber | Nominated | [60] |
Notes
- While initially released as a stand-alone single, a remix of "End of a Life" was included as a bonus track on standard physical versions of Sinderella.
- "Future Island" is further included on select physical versions of Phantomime as a remix with Houshou Marine.
- "Sneaking" is included on Phantomime as a remix with Lotus Juice; the original version of the song is not present on any version of the album.
- "Go-Getters" is included on Phantomime both as its original version and on digital and standard physical versions as a remix with Yoon of STAYC. Further stand-alone remixes feature Luss, as well as Ren Watanabe and Ryushin Handa of Psychic Fever.
- "Flash Bang", "Seeing Stars", and "Sepia" are only included on select physical versions of Disasterpiece.
- "Die for You" is included on all versions of Disasterpiece as its original version; select physical versions additionally contain a remix with as of yet unconfirmed vocalists.