Emirichu Bio | Wiki
Emirichu (Full name: Emily Sim) is a Korean-American YouTuber storytime animator, illustrator, comedian, and voice actor. Her art is characterized by her anime-style illustrations and her animation memes.
Emily runs the YouTube channel Emirichu, where she publishes anime-styled content for over 3.27 million subscribers. She is also popular on Instagram and has close to 610k followers on her account, emirichuu. She is present on Twitter as Emirichu (@EmirichuYT) and has over 490k followers on her account. Emily also runs the website www.emirichu.com, where she hosts her official merchandise.
Emirichu Age
Emily was born on August 27, 1995, in New York, United States. She is 27 years old.
Emirichu Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Emirichu Family
She was born in New York to parents of South Korean descent. Emily is a second-generation immigrant and her parents were born in South Korea and moved to the U.S in the 80s. She described her parents as ‘super religious’; her dad is a pastor and the family attended church together.
Emily is the youngest of three siblings; her two older brothers are named John, who is 11 years her senior, and Josh. John later moved to South Korea and is married and has two children. Her parents also later moved back to the country. The family later moved to California when she was 15.
Emirichu Boyfriend | Daidus
Emily began dating Daidus, a fellow animation YouTuber on October 10th, 2019. Although, the two never revealed it to the public. On April 1st, 2020, Emily posted ship art of her and Daidus’s personas, confusing many fans.
She later confirmed that they were dating when she was interviewed on stream by Shystarfall. Previously, Emily lived in San Diego, California. In March 2022, she and Daidus moved to Tokyo, Japan, and have lived together since then. She has conversational knowledge of Korean.
Emirichu Education
At the age of 15, Emily’s family moved to California, and attended high school there. Throughout her childhood, she struggled with her Korean identity. She developed an interest in anime and drew manga during this time period. This was what inspired her anime-like illustrations.
Later, Emily attended college to pursue teaching and worked part-time as a youth development teacher during this time, as well as a camp counselor for the summer. Close to her graduation, she realized that her passions did not truly lie in teaching
Emirichu YouTube
She created her self-titled YouTube channel in June 2011. However, the oldest video hosted on Emily’s channel is “It’s Not Like I Like You! Animatic (COMPLETE),” which she released in mid-2017. She is known for sharing storytime content narrated through animated anime-styled videos.
She also publishes comedy content on her channel which has received praise from the viewers. The most-watched video on Emily’s channel is Childhood Crushes 2, which she posted in 2019. In February 2022, she came out with her second channel, Emirichu VODS. On the channel, Emily posts video game content mixed with a bit of her own animation style.
Emirichu VTuber
On February 27, 2022, Emily debuted as a Virtual YouTuber, or VTuber, using a model drawn by sasuchi95 and rigged by KiraOmori. In her lore, her VTuber persona is a part-time worker at a strawberry café. So far, she has only posted 2 videos on her new channel. Both her channels have a combined subscriber count of over 81.8k.
She has collaborated with other storytime animators such as TimTom, Wolfychu, Tabbes, ChillyPanda, TheAMaazing, and TJ Toons and is good friends with CDawgVA.
Emirichu Merch
She also runs the website www.emirichu.com, where she hosts her official merchandise. With her increasing fame as an online animator, Emily also started getting other commercial opportunities. She sells merchandise like pins, sweaters, stickers, hoodies, caps, and t-shirts which have become a fashion statement among his fans.
Emirichu Religion
She grew up in a very religious environment. Emily’s father worked as a pastor and her family used to visit the church on a regular basis. However, she does not hold much fondness for religious beliefs.
She had conflicts with her personal beliefs and those of Christianity; for example, she was appalled that a leader at a seminar retreat believed that gay people can only go to heaven if ‘they didn’t act on their sinful desires.
Emirichu Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Emily’s estimated net worth is $750,765.
Who Is Emirichu
Real name Emily Sim is a 27-year-old Korean-American YouTuber storytime animator, illustrator, comedian, and voice actor. Her art is characterized by her anime-style illustrations and her animation memes.