Machita Chima

Machita Chima (Japanese: 町田ちま) is a Japanese VTuber and singer with NIJISANJI. She debuted in 2018 as part of NIJISANJI SEEDs. She is best known for her singing and for her time in the music unit Nornis.

Profile

Item	Detail
Debut	3 September 2018 (YouTube)
Birthday	August 5
Height	150 cm
Agency	NIJISANJI
Generation or unit	NIJISANJI SEEDs, second generation, second batch (former); Nornis (former)
Music label	Altonic Records
Oshi mark	Hamster emoji
Stream tag	#なま公
Fan-art tag	#描いてみまちた
Character designer	Kurihara Sakura

Career

Machita Chima joined NIJISANJI as one of the second generation of NIJISANJI SEEDs. She was in its second batch with Rindou Mikoto, Debidebi Debiru, Sakura Ritsuki, Joe Rikiichi, Tsukimi Shizuku and Achikita Chinami. Her YouTube channel was created in August 2018, and she made her YouTube debut on 3 September 2018. In October 2018, her first seasonal product, a Halloween voice pack, went on sale. When the SEEDs branch was folded into the main group, she stayed with NIJISANJI.

In 2021 she was announced as a participant in the niji palette project. She was also selected for official goods sold for the NIJIFes event, and more voice packs and visual goods followed during the year. On 22 April 2022 she showed an updated version of her Live2D model, version 3.0.

On 23 June 2022, NIJISANJI announced a new music unit called Nornis. Its members were Machita Chima, Inui Toko and Asahina Akane, and it debuted with the single "Abyssal Zone". Nornis focused on musical performances and production. Asahina Akane later graduated from NIJISANJI, and the unit's activities ended in 2026. Machita Chima also started working as a solo singer in 2023 and is listed under the Altonic Records label.

Activities

Streaming style

Her content mainly includes free talk, gaming and singing. Besides YouTube, she has used TwitCasting, niconico and Mirrativ. Her recent output includes early-morning streams that see viewers off at the start of the week, song covers, short-form videos with other NIJISANJI members, and audio content made for relaxation and sleep. Fans use separate hashtags for her live streams, fan art, general conversation and thumbnail suggestions.

Music and works

"Abyssal Zone" (Nornis debut single, 2022)
Song covers released on her YouTube channel
Seasonal voice packs and goods sold through NIJISANJI, starting in 2018

Characteristics

Her official backstory describes her as a high school student. She was first presented as a 16-year-old first-year student, and later profiles describe her as an 18-year-old third-year student. The character recently came to Tokyo and is self-conscious about her accent. She dreams of becoming a singer and practices every day, and she began streaming in the hope that it would help her reach that goal. Because living alone is lonely, she keeps a pet hamster named Gonzales, and her oshi mark is a hamster emoji. Her character design has short, slightly wavy blonde hair with a blue streak in the bangs and blue underneath, along with gold eyes. Her outfit is a light blue hat and a white, sailor-style dress with blue gingham accents. Her voice is described as mezzo-soprano.