Joe Rikiichi

Joe Rikiichi (Japanese: ジョー・力一) is a male Japanese VTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI. He started out in the NIJISANJI SEEDs branch. His character is a clown, and he is known for his talk-centered streams and for singing in the music unit Rain Drops.

Profile

Item	Detail
Debut	4 September 2018 (first video upload)
Birthday	1 October
Height	185 cm
Agency	NIJISANJI (ANYCOLOR, formerly Ichikara Inc.)
Generation or unit	NIJISANJI SEEDs second generation, second batch; Rain Drops; RRR
Nickname	Riki-chan
Oshi mark	🤡🎈
Stream tag	#常套句
Fan-art tag	#ジョー設展
Character designer	Sudou Minoru

Career

Joe Rikiichi created his YouTube channel on 7 August 2018 and uploaded his first video on 4 September 2018. He joined as part of the second batch of NIJISANJI SEEDs' second generation. The other members of that batch were Rindou Mikoto, Debidebi Debiru, Sakura Ritsuki, Machita Chima, Tsukimi Shizuku and Achikita Chinami.

On 13 December 2018, Ichikara Inc. announced that NIJISANJI Gamers and NIJISANJI SEEDs would merge into NIJISANJI by the end of that month. After the merger, he became a regular member of NIJISANJI.

On 8 December 2019, he performed at the "Virtual to LIVE" event at Ryogoku Kokugikan. On 26 February 2020, he performed as part of the NIJISANJI JAPAN TOUR 2020. In May 2020, he debuted in Rain Drops, a new NIJISANJI music unit signed to Virgin Records under Universal Music Group. The other members are Elu, Warabeda Meiji, Ryushen, Saegusa Akina and Suzuki Masaru. He made his official 3D debut on YouTube on 26 June 2020, and Maimoto Keisuke appeared in his first 3D stream. He later debuted a "2.0" update of his Live2D model.

Activities

Streaming style

Most of his content is free talk and gaming. He hosts a regular radio-style program, "Sorahiru Buranko" (空昼ブランコ). The show includes segments built around viewer submissions, such as trivial everyday reports and amusing typing-conversion mistakes, and it also has spin-off episodes. He often collaborates with other NIJISANJI members, including group cooking streams with Hanabatake Chaika and Machita Chima. He has also taken part in the in-house NIJISANJI Super Smash Bros. tournament, including the character-select voice recording stream for its 2026 edition. With Rindou Mikoto and Takamiya Rion, he is a member of the group RRR.

Music and works

Rain Drops: member of the NIJISANJI music unit under Virgin Records (Universal Music Group), from 2020
"VOLTAGE" (Rain Drops): placed 16th in the MV category at the 2021 VTuber Music Awards

Characteristics

His character is an unidentified clown. According to his profile, he received a sudden revelation at the end of his teenage years and has worked as a freelance clown ever since. His appearance and manner are tricky and playful, but the profile describes him as lonely and always looking for contact with other people. His model has short, wavy silver hair with pink and mint-green highlights, heavy eye makeup, green lipstick and a pink teardrop-shaped mark on his cheek. He has a bass voice, and his oshi mark combines a clown and a balloon.