Nina Kosaka\u2019s advice to pass NIJISANJI, Hololive auditions: Be \u201cself-aware\u201d YouTube: Nina KosakaNIJISANJI star Nina Kosaka is the adoptive \u201cfox mom\u201d of her fans. The VTuber came up with some great advice generally for life, but especially for those wanting to audition for top agencies like NIJISANJI and Hololive: Be reflective and self-aware. Nina Kosaka is the polar opposite to her Ethyria genmates at NIJISANJI at times. She isn\u2019t down with all the zoomer lingo and references, and not entirely one with the gamer lifestyle. However what she has is maturity, grace, and wisdom. Her viewers often ask her for advice about life, big or small. So when one viewer asked Nina \u201chow do I make myself stand out,\u201d the fox mom was there with plenty of advice on hand. She stopped what she was doing in Minecraft and got serious with her chat, diving deep into how to improve as a person \u2014 and perhaps make it through a top VTuber agency audition like those for NIJISANJI and Hololive. \u201cIf you feel any similar, and there\u2019s no shame in feeling that way, that\u2019s something you\u2019ll deal with for the rest of your life. Who am I? How do I stand out? What are my skills? What am I good at? Why do people like me,\u201d she mused. Nina got very personal, relating to her own experiences as a VTuber and in broader life. She gave an example of doing an \u201cassessment\u201d on herself every year to try and build some self-awareness. This makes it easier for her to tackle her goals, like her dream to release six musical covers in 2023 \u2014 despite not having a plethora of experience. \u201cIf I am coming in here and saying \u2018I am not a singer\u2019, that I don\u2019t pursue music, [I won\u2019t make it]. But [the] Nina who says \u2018I want to be a singer\u2019\u2026 I went to my vocal teacher twice a week. 30 minutes we\u2019re doing ear training, pitch training. 90 minutes a week we are singing. I am committing to six covers in genres I\u2019m not ready for, right? \u201c[The] Nina who decides \u2018my identity is a singer\u2019 will do things differently.\u201d That changing of mentality, and being self-aware, is how viewers can not only ace auditions but life itself. It doesn\u2019t have to be self-reflective. You can ask close friends, work colleagues, or family about their first impression of you, and what makes you stand out. If they have something negative to say, you can take action on it. \u201cIf you don\u2019t do this, you end up being not self-aware,\u201d she warned. \u201cI think we all lack self-awareness here and there, but especially if you\u2019re auditioning. \u201cI think it\u2019s really important to know who you are and who you\u2019re not. Because people will try to put a story on you. You\u2019re a villain, you\u2019re a sweetheart, you\u2019re dumb, you\u2019re kind, you\u2019re mean. Good for you if the story they assign for you is a positive one\u2026 but bad for you if people decide you\u2019re horrible and awful and any time you breathe it\u2019s to be mean or rude.\u201d It\u2019s not a one-off journey either. Nina admitted she \u201cbecame a worse person during quarantine\u201d, and it took some time following her NIJISANJI debut in late 2021 to overcome the defensive mentality she built up. Her personality shifted, her goals adjusted, and she had to be self-aware enough to catch onto it and grow. \u201cYour personality will always shift, it will change around,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it\u2019s up to you to sit down and reel it back in and think \u2018which way am I going? Do I want to be somebody who is defensive over every little thing? Do I want to be somebody who is abrasive over every little thing?\u2019\u201d How does this all relate to auditions? Well, it\u2019s all about the attitude you bring to streaming. If you make a positive impression on viewers, as well as agency staff, you will do well in auditions. If you don\u2019t, you will struggle. However, if you have the self-awareness to grow, you can make it in. Many VTubers have spoken about their plight of getting into agencies. Some have auditioned upwards of five, even ten times, to try and pursue their dreams at Hololive or NIJISANJI. Nina emphasized the fact \u201canybody can be a streamer, even if you look a certain way, even if you talk a certain way.\u201d But there\u2019s more to streaming than just being entertaining on Twitch or YouTube. \u201cGet rid of the idea that content is bad and content is good. Your first stream will probably not be as good as your 10th year of streaming. But there\u2019s so many variables that come into content and streaming, YouTube and YouTube videos. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen paintings being sold for millions of dollars and I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard people go \u2018I can draw that.\u2019 But it\u2019s not just art, it\u2019s also marketing and so many other things. I do believe, if you keep creating really good content, it can rise to the top. But you will also need some good marketing behind it. \u201cIt\u2019s not just your stream. It\u2019s not just what you do on stream, it\u2019s what you do off-stream. It\u2019s the friendships that you make and play together so you\u2019re always in people\u2019s psyches together. It\u2019s the plan you have for the next week. There\u2019s so much in it.\u201d And at the end of the day, being successful in streaming can be like math. It does require a degree of luck, but if you do your homework and pass the exam, you can make it somewhere. As long as your self-aware attitude shows growth, you can have a chance of making NIJISANJI or Hololive. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to be the best, you just need to pass. I think if the person is trying to stream and trying to take it seriously\u2026 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s bad streamers. People are learning, people are developing their skills, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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