Keekihime

Keekihime (ケーキ姫), formerly known as Keekihime Yuumi (ケーキ姫☆優海), is an Austrian online streamer, YouTuber, singer, and cosplayer. In 2010, Keekihime began posting dance covers and live streaming on the Japanese video website Niconico (known as Nico Nico Douga at the time). She was also a member of the Japanese girl group Tone Jewel from 2012 to 2013.

Early life
Keekihime became interested in Japanese culture after playing the video game Tales of Symphonia, which she received as a Christmas gift. At the time, she was also a fan of Japanese anime and manga, with her first manga series being Minami-ke, as well as Japanese idol singers, particularly Hello! Project. Keekihime also became interested in Nico Nico Douga after watching dance cover videos on the website. Besides her native German, Keekihime is also fluent in English and Japanese, the latter of which she credits her fluency from doing live streams on Nico Nico Douga. Keekihime also attended a language school to study Latin.

Career
When Keekihime was 14 years old, she posted her first video on Nico Nico Douga on 1 January 2010. Her username, meaning "cake princess" in Japanese, originated from her love of cakes and her wish to become a princess. She later posted dance covers on the website, as well as live streaming almost daily in Japanese. She stated that had an audience of approximately 1,000 to 3,000 people per live stream and was, at the time, the only non-Japanese live streamer on Nico Douga. Keekihime stated that she was able to become fluent in Japanese in one year from live streaming daily.

At age 15, Keekihime applied to become a singer through an online audition held by Victor Entertainment and spent 3 months in Japan training. She was later offered to debut with two other girls as the girl group Tone Jewel, which was promoted as a trio of "hardcore otaku" high school girls. Before the group's official debut on 22 August 2012, they released an independent pre-debut extended play, titled Sistars Trip, at Comiket 82 on August 11, 2012, with the cover artwork drawn by Keekihime. Keekihime remained a member until the end of 2013, when she left due to issues with her visa that limited her performances. Keekihime stated to ''Arama! Japan'' in 2014 that one of her Japanese anti-fans had convinced her management to end her contract and that she was unable to find other work in entertainment.

After returning to Austria, Keekihime worked as a hotel receptionist. During this time, she continued live streaming and also began releasing music independently through TuneCore as a net idol. Her debut solo album, Sweet Tooth, was released in 2018. In addition, she began cosplaying in events such as Tokyo Game Show 2017, Comiket 94, and Tokyo Game Show 2018.

In 2020, Keekihime stated she was working as a translator for the Japanese data consulting firm Classmethod. She later became the official voice actress and cosplayer for the company's mascot, Mesoko.

Studio albums

 * Sweet Tooth (2018)

Singles

 * "Shunkan Everyday" (瞬間エブリデイ) (2019)
 * "Finding You" (2019)
 * "My World" (2024)