Emiru

Emiru
Emiru in 2024
Personal information
Born	Emily Schunk (1998-01-03) January 3, 1998 (age 26) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupations	Twitch streamer Cosplayer
Organizations	Cloud9 (2020–2022) One True King (2022–present)
Twitch information
Channel	Emiru
Years active	2016 – present
Genres	Video games cosplay reactions IRL
Games	League of Legends Dark Souls Elden Ring Super Mario 64
Followers	1.7 million
Associated acts	Mizkif · Valkyrae · Pokimane · Sodapoppin · Cr1TiKaL
YouTube information
Channel	Emiru
Years active	2016 – present
Genres	Podcasting cosplay video games reactions
Subscribers	1.2 million[1]
Total views	546 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2021 1,000,000 subscribers 2024
Last updated: December 10, 2024

Emily Schunk^[2] (born January 3, 1998), known professionally as Emiru, is an American online streamer, YouTuber and cosplayer.

She is best known for her live streams on Twitch, where she broadcasts video game content, most notably in League of Legends early in her career, which transitioned to variety and cosplays. Her account has garnered more than 1,600,000 followers as of November 26, 2024. She is a co-owner of and a content creator for the gaming organization One True King.^[3]

Career

Emiru started streaming on Twitch in late 2015 while she was still in high school, playing League of Legends. She later became known for this along with her cosplays.^[4][5] She credits her friend for suggesting her to start streaming her League of Legends gameplay on Twitch emphasizing the potential for large donations.^[6]

On August 28, 2020, it was announced that Emiru had joined the esports organization Cloud9 as a content creator.^[7][8]

On January 2, 2022, it was announced that Emiru had joined gaming organization One True King as a content creator, resulting in the end of her contract with Cloud9.^[3][2] After her signing with One True King, she started to switch her content from League of Legends to variety.^[9] On March 2022, she was nominated for Best League of Legends Streamer at the 2022 Streamer Awards.^[10] In May 2022, she was represented by agency Ader Gaming.^[11] On August 7, 2022, Emiru reached one million followers on Twitch.^[12] Later that year on December 2022, she was nominated for Breakout Streamer at the 12th Streamy Awards.^[13]

On January 31, 2023, Emiru was announced as a new co-owner of the organization.^[14][15] On January 31, 2023, it was announced that Emiru would be hosting a new weekly podcast entitled Steak & Eggs Podcast along with fellow One True King members Asmongold and Tectone, with Episode 1 released on February 17, 2023.^[16][17] In August 2023, she was nominated for Streamer of the Year and Variety Streamer at the 13th Streamy Awards.^[18]

On February 2024, Emiru was nominated for Sapphire Award at the February 2024 Streamer Awards.^[19] Later that year in December 2024, she was nominated for Best Just Chatting Streamer and Streamer of the Year at the December 2024 Streamer Awards.^[20]

Personal life

Emiru was born in Wichita, Kansas,^[21] on January 3, 1998.^[21][22] She moved to Austin, Texas, in October 2021.

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	The Streamer Awards	Best League of Legends Streamer	Nominated	[10]
	12th Streamy Awards	Breakout Streamer	Nominated	[13]
2023	13th Streamy Awards	Streamer of the Year	Nominated	[18]
		Variety Streamer	Nominated
Feb 2024	The Streamer Awards	Sapphire Award	Nominated	[19]
Dec 2024	The Streamer Awards	Best Just Chatting Streamer	Nominated	[20]
		Streamer of the Year	Nominated

References

1. "About Emiru". YouTube.
2. technology; Education, Communication (January 3, 2022). "Emiru joins OTK streamer network as a content creator". InvenGlobal. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
3. "Emiru Joins OTK as Its Newest Content Creator". GlobeNewswire (Press release). January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
4. "Emiru – Streams List and Statistics". TwitchTracker. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
5. Tsiaoussidis, Alex (November 17, 2022). "Emiru claims multiple Twitch stars joked about 'grooming' her when she was in high school". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
6. Shaukat, Rahman (February 26, 2023). "Emiru and Asmongold Open Up About Their Motivations for Starting Twitch Streaming Careers". Game Rant. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
7. Nomis, John (August 28, 2020). "Cloud9 Welcomes Emiru as Streamer and Content Creator". Cloud9. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
8. Soba, Carly (August 29, 2020). "Emiru joins Cloud9 as its newest content creator". Daily Esports. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
9. "Emiru on League of Legends: "You don't really see that more fun, lighthearted side of League anymore"". InvenGlobal. June 27, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
10. Miceli, Max (February 22, 2022). "All nominees for QTCinderella's Streamer Awards". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
11. "Ader Gaming". Ader Gaming. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
12. Tsiaoussidis, Alex (August 8, 2022). "OTK queen Emiru hits a huge streaming milestone on Twitch". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
13. Escandon, Rosa (November 1, 2022). "YouTube's Streamy Awards Announce 2022 Noms". Forbes.
14. Miceli, Max (January 31, 2023). "One True King promotes Emiru to owner with appropriately hilarious announcement". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
15. @OTKnetwork (January 31, 2023). "It's been a long time coming... Welcome @emiru as new co-owner of OTK" (Tweet). Retrieved February 1, 2023 – via Twitter.
16. "Gaming podcasts are achieving high scores thanks to Patreon". Tubefilter. May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
17. @OTKnetwork (January 31, 2023). "Introducing @steakandeggs Our brand new podcast all about gaming, anime, pop culture and a whole lot more! Hosted by: @Asmongold @emiru @Tectone New episodes every Friday starting Feb 17th!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2024 – via Twitter.
18. "13th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
19. Michael, Cale; Taifalos, Nicholas (February 18, 2024). "Streamer Awards 2024: All results and winners for every category". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
20. "The 2024 Streamer Awards: All Nominations". Esports Illustrated On SI. November 12, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
21. Saha, Srijita (November 7, 2021). "Did Emiru and Dyrus Break up? Relationship between the two Twitch Streamers". OtakuKart. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
22. Emiru [@emiru] (January 3, 2020). "it's my birthday" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Twitter.

External links

• Emiru on Twitch
• Cloud9 bio Archived August 17, 2022, at the Wayback Machine