This is a Japanese name; the family name is Sorashina.

Sorashina Sopia (宙科そぴあ) is a Japanese-speaking Virtual YouTuber affiliated with hololive, debuting in 2026 as a member of the unit ASOBI★MAWARI-TAI! (アソビ★まわり隊!) alongside Hyakuto Kyoko, Achichi Mela, and Suzuna Tsuzuri.

Basic Details: Original Name: 宙科そぴあ

Nickname(s): Sopitar (by Houshou Marine)

Debut Date: YouTube: 2026/09/24

Character Designer: Illustration: Siokazunoko Live2D: zearu

Affiliation: hololive

Personal Details: Gender: Female

Age: ??? 18+ in human years

Birthday: 13 June

Height: 153 cm (5'0")

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Fan Name: SopiCrew

Emoji: 📡

Profile: “My dreams are like the Big Bang! I take in knowledge like a black hole! I'm going to witness it all with my own eyes!”

A self-proclaimed genius astronaut with an undying love for science. The resident inspiration-type member of ASOBI★MAWARI-TAI! Fueled by a boundless intellectual curiosity that insists, "The world is unbelievably interesting!", she plots to recruit plenty of friends for joint research adventures. Start talking science, and she'll suddenly pop up from somewhere, staring at you with a glint in her eye.

Personality: Sopia describes herself as earnest, positive, and gentle.

Appearance Sopia is a short girl with a cute appearance. She has neck-length purple hair with distinctive yellow underlayer, and a unique "starlight ahoge" on the top of her head which somewhat resembles a question mark. She has bright, golden-yellow eyes. She also wears a pair of unique hair ornaments which resemble satellite dishes. It's hard to see, but her eyes contain tiny orbiting planets.

Her standard outfit is space-themed, resembling the top half of an astronaut's space suit paired with black shorts and purple gloves. The suit is edged with gold, lined with cyan quilting, and bright orbs on the sleeves. It is decorated with colorful transfers depicting rocketships, planets, and other space and science themed motifs. She wears white shoes with aquamarine detailing, and carries a ray gun in a holster attached to her leg.

History: Background: Sopia's unit ASOBI★MAWARI-TAI! was first teased on 7 September 2026 during the first broadcast of hololive Next, a news stream for the hololive VTuber agency.

Sopia's YouTube channel was created on 30 April 2026, while her Twitter account was created in May.

On 18 September, ASOBI★MAWARI-TAI!'s YouTube channel uploaded an introductory video for its members.[5] Sopia's first tweet was also made this day, asking "Hey, hey! Do you think aliens exist?" A personalized introductory video was also uploaded to her YouTube channel.

She made her debut stream on 24 September 2026 at 20:00 JST. She reached over 100,000 YouTube subscribers shortly before the debut stream, which reached over 146,085 viewers at peak. During the stream, Sopia wore a heart rate monitor, which peaked at over 150 BPM. She also ate a hot sauce with a heat rating of 550,000 scovilles as part of an experiment to test the effect of milk, for which she was able to cite scientific papers. She reached over 150,000 YouTube subscribers by the end of her debut stream.

2026: On 25 September, the day after her debut, Sopia reached 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. ASOBI★MAWARI-TAI! also held their first collab, and released their first original song "SAWAGE★GURUGURU TIME!" on the same day.

On 26 Septemnber, Sopia released her first solo cover song, "Wakusei loop" by NayutalieN.

On 13 October, she reached 300,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 19 October, Sopia celebrated her YouTube channel monetization and enabled Super Chat feature.

On 22 October, Sopia had her first official collaboration with other VTubers outside her generation, playing Minecraft with other hololive members.

On 24 October, Sopia opened her YouTube channel's membership feature.

Mascots and fans: Sopia's companion is known as "Dr. Kumamuu" (Dr.くまむーと), a small yellow alien wearing a mortarboard cap riding a blue and yellow UFO. Dr. Kumamuu is a tardigrade or water bear, a normally microscopic creature known for its ability to survive even in outer space. Dr. Kumamuu came to Earth but crashed his spaceship into a tree after being distracted by delicious-looking clouds. It would take some time to repair his ship, so he decided to explore exciting things with Sopia in the meantime. Sopia's fans are called "SopiCrew." Her membership is called "Sopia no Himitsu Kichi" (そぴあの秘密基地), meaning "Sopia's Secret Base."

Quotes: "Sopi sopi Sopia!" "Otsusopi!" "I have no interest in normal humans. If there are any aliens, Martians, extraterrestrials, or star pilots, come join me!" (referencing The Melancholy of Suzumia Haruhi)

Trivia: Name: The kanji for her surname, 宙科, appear in the middle of term "宇宙科学" (uchuu kagaku), meaning "space science." Her given name Sopia is a rare variant of Sophia, an European female given name originally derived from the Greek "sophia," "wisdom." It may be a reference to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an astronomy telescope project operated by NASA beginning in 2010.

Likes and dislikes: She's a big fan of science and space. She likes "to touch the interesting things of the world." She likes manga, anime, games, and music. Her favorite manga is Nichijou. Her favorite sweet is pudding. She likes traditional games. She enjoys board games, murder mystery, tabletop RPGs, Werewolf games, Pokémon, and quiz games. Her favorite Pokémon are Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, and Garbodor. She prefers the sea to the mountains, western food to Japanese, time to money, summer to winter, receiving 10 million yen a month to receiving 1 billion yen one-time (she did the math and it works out better after 8.33 years), Japan to abroad, and anime to dramas. Her list of favorite anime and manga are Nichijou, Mawaru Penguindrum, the Monogatari series, xxxHOLIC, Amagami SS, The Tatami Galaxy, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Teekyuu, Surumeika, Attack on Titan, Dangan Ronpa, Kill la Kill, Himouto! Umaru-chan, Kemono Friends, Pop Team Epic, Wasteful Days of High School Girls, CLANNAD, The Melancholoy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Dandadan, Usogui, and Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai. She would also like to watch Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Dr.Stone, STEINS;GATE, and Interstellar. She likes a lot of musicians and groups: Tokyo Jihen, Yumiko Shiina, Sousatei Reiron, Yakushimaru Etsuko, Midori, NUMBER GIRL, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Necry Talkie, POLYSICS, N'夙川BOYS, Base Ball bear, Yabai T-shirtsya-san, Maximum the Hormone, BUDDHA BRAND, m-flo, RIP SLYME, HALCALI, tofubeats, SUSHIBOYS, Creepy Nuts, Chanmina, Perfume, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, Dempagumi.inc, and Uesaka Sumire. Her favorite foods are pasta, carbonated drink, melon, sukiyaki, Saizeriya pudding, potato chips, and ramen. Her hobbies are playing and studying. Her oshi is the collective endeavor of mankind. She hates the feeling of shoes.

Goals and dreams: Her dreams include: To be a Virtual Science Idol that connects you with science and technology To find all kinds of exciting things that overflow the world together To collaborate with institutions of science and technology To appear on an NHK Educational Television program To open a virtual science museum To release an original song To host a real live performance.

Her plans include: A hololive quiz event A hololive science call-in event "The world that Sopia doesn't know," where she can learn new things An insect cooking event to determine which recipe is most delicious An on-location shoot exploring various exciting things She looks forward to being able to shoot everyone with her ray gun's "Sopi Beam" in 3D.

Miscellaneous: She is a self-proclaimed genius and astronaut. However, she has never actually been to space. She hopes to go one day. She describes herself as a "Virtual Science Idol." She speaks Japanese natively, and basic English. Her image colors are #7B85FF and #FFFE03. Her birthday of 13 June coincides with Hayabusa Day, celebrating the event on that day in 2010 when the Japanese space probe Hayabusa returned the first asteroid samples to Earth. The equation written on on her collar is a statement of the Einstein field equations, G μ ν + Λ g μ ν

κ T μ ν {\displaystyle G_{\mu \nu }+\Lambda g_{\mu \nu }=\kappa T_{\mu \nu }}. On her other lapel is a part of the Arecibo message, a radio signal sent into space in 1974. The two antennas hovering above her hair are parabolic antennas, concave dish-shaped antennas that are often used in radio astronomy. Her qualifications include a PhD in Science, she is also an Applied Information Technology Engineer, she has a teaching license (middle and high school mathematics), and a driver's license (automatic vehicles only). In her other streams, she specializes in Physics and about her PhD Science, the type of Science she is referring to is Natural Sciences. She shares her Live2D rigger with various hololive members, including Hoshimachi Suisei, Houshou Marine, and Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame. Her illustrator, Siokazunoko, previously drew VTuber models for Popu Nyarchfiend of re;BON and Specialite member Chinen Seira. She is older than Suzuna Tsuzuri (22 at debut), but younger than Hyakuto Kyoko (28). She believes in aliens. She hopes to one day travel in space, and to discover the medicine which grants eternal youth. She and Juufuutei Raden were childhood friends.

External links: Media: Sopia Ch. 宙科そぴあ ‐ アソビ★まわり隊! - YouTube channel Sorashina Sopia's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com @sorashina_sopia - Twitter account @sorashina_sopia - TikTok account アソビ★まわり隊! - YouTube channel (unit) @ASOBIMAWARITAI - Twitter account (unit)

Hashtags: #宙科そぴあ - General tag #SopiLive - Live tag #SopiArt - Fan art tag #SopiGoods - Merch #SopiVoice - Voice Pack #アソビまわり隊 - Unit tag

Statistics: Sopia Ch. 宙科そぴあ ‐ アソビ★まわり隊! - Social Blade YouTube stats Sopia Ch. 宙科そぴあ ‐ アソビ★まわり隊! - Playboard YouTube stats