Angela Don, better known as AriaSaki or Aria, is a Canadian Twitch streamer. Previously a cosplayer for League of Legends, Aria began streaming in 2014 and befriended several members of OfflineTV and Friends through the cosplay and gaming scene. An avid lover of food, Aria also has several cooking streams, and previously resided as a caretaker and personal chef for OfflineTV. Despite not being an official member, Aria is heavily involved in OfflineTV's activities and is often featured in some of OfflineTV's official videos.
Background[]
Aria choose her name because of the anime Sister Princess where her favorite character was Aria. Since 4th grade, she uses the name Aria everywhere.[2]
Aria is of Vietnamese descent. Her Vietnamese name is Linh An.[3] She can speak in a southern Vietnamese dialect.[4]
Career[]
Aria created her Twitch channel on May 12, 2014. She was a casual streamer, interested in League of Legends and cosplay. Following a cosplay of Wicked Lulu (a character from League of Legends) for Anime Expo 2014, she planned to meet up with fellow cosplayer Sachie. Sachie introduced Aria to LilyPichu, Uguubear and Jummychu. Lily at that time wanted to have pink hair and Aria offered to dye it for her.[5] Aria also independently met Sykkuno at Anime Expo.
Her friendship with Lily gave Aria the opportunity to meet streamers and people connected to League e-Sports. In second half of 2014, after her parents kicked her out the house for playing too much League of Legends, Aria moved in with Lily and Uguubear. In early 2015, Aria joined CLG as a cook and moved to the CLG team house. At that time Scarra also lived there.
In January 2016, Aria joined NRG as Assistant GM and chef.[6] In June 2016, she left NRG after harassment from co-owner Gerard "Atlas" Kelly.[7]
Between 2016 and 2017, Aria streamed mostly League of Legends and Overwatch. Her streams were getting 100-200 concurrent views and her followers count grew from 15K to 31K. On August 30, 2017, Aria received sub button, but not Twitch partnership.
In February 2018, Aria was house sitting OfflineTV House while everyone was in Taiwan. Streaming from OfflineTV House and collabs with her friends, gave Aria a massive boost to her viewership. Her concurrent views jumped from 100-200 to 600-900. Aria did cooking streams together with OfflineTV and Just Friends. In March 2018, Aria became partnered streamer on Twitch.[8]
In December 2018, Aria joined OfflineTV as a cook, but in April 2019 she left, because everyone had different schedules and it was easier just to order food.
In mid October 2020, Aria lived in OfflineTV House for few weeks.
Between November 2021 and December 2022, Aria was a content creator for Immortals.[9]
Throughout late 2021 - early 2022, Aria streamed late-night kitty cams of her cat Mayo taking care of her kittens. With the exception of Alfredo and Buki, Aria gave away the kittens once they were capable without the care of Mayo.
Roommates[]
- 2014 - LilyPichu and Uguubear
- 2016 - LilyPichu
- 2017-2018 - Hanubuu
- 2018-2019 - Luxx and Cheery for few months
- 2019 - Starsmitten
- 2020 - Kkatamina for few months
Trivia[]
- Aria was the one that came up with the name of XChocoBars's cat Hazel.
- Aria has supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).
- Several OTV friends' cats were the offspring of Aria's cats Mayo and Kisa. Notable kitties are Emily's cat Powder, and QTCinderella and Ludwig's cat Coots.
Gallery[]
(Anime Expo 2014)
Emilia and Rem
(TwitchCon 2016)
(FanimeCon 2018)
References[]
- ↑ How Tall Are The Girls in OfflineTV and Friends (Video). OTV COPIUM (2020-12-25). Retrieved on 2021-07-24.
- ↑ AriaSaki (2020-01-07). Name origin. Twitter.
- ↑ AriaSaki (2020-01-07). Vietnamese name. Twitter.
- ↑ AriaSaki (2020-01-07). What dialect of Vietnamese do you speak?. Twitter.
- ↑ AriaSaki (February 20, 2021). Q&A: How I met Lily and Miyoung. YouTube.
- ↑ @NRGgg (January 3, 2016). We are happy to announce our new Assistant GM & chef. Twitter.
- ↑ AriaSaki (June 22, 2020). Twitter thread. Twitter.
- ↑ AriaSaki (March 27, 2018). 24 HR STREAM ON MARCH 30th-31st TO CELEBRATE PARTNERSHIP AND MY B-DAY!. Twitter.
- ↑ AriaSaki (November 16, 2021). WOO!! Surprise!!!!! AWIA X IMT. Twitter.
AriaSaki (December 10, 2022). m a free agent now that's craaaaaaaaazyy. Twitter.