Skyleigh R. Quick-Arzoomanian, better known as HimeAhri (born June 5th, 1997), is an American content creator, primarily known for cosplaying and live streaming on Twitch. She currently resides in Orlando, Florida, where she was born and raised.

HimeAhri
Personal information
Born
Skyleigh R. Quick-Arzoomanian

June 5, 1997
WebsiteHimeAhri.com
Twitch information
Also known asAhri, Sky, Ahripop, MomoSweetCosplay
Channel
Followers12.3K

Career edit

Quick-Arzoomanian has been a small content creator since she was a young teenager. In 2012, she debuted on social media as a cosplayer under the username "MomoSweetCosplay". She changed her username numerous times afterward. Following a few years, she rebranded and changed her username to "Ahripop", where she gained a larger platform, as well as public attention due to newly sprouted controversies. According to some of her old websites, she also aspired to create makeup and beauty content and sell prints and artwork.

She now goes by the username “HimeAhri”, which translates to Princess Ahri.

She began live streaming on Twitch in 2016, where she primarily played League of Legends and commonly without a webcam. She currently live streams on Twitch as both herself and as a VTuber, as well as creates cosplay content through photoshoots and short videos for her social media pages. She also posts on YouTube, including vlogs and funny videos highlighting her gameplay.

Her primary form of content creation is through cosplay. She regularly posts photos of herself in different cosplay and elaborate outfits. She also sells photosets on her website and on Fansly, which features exclusive content that are not uploaded onto her social media pages. Prior to committing to being a full-time content creator, she worked in retail and as a hostess. A love of cosplay sparked her interest in pursuing it as a career.

Quick-Arzoomanian expressed that she enjoys being a smaller content creator due to the close connection she has formed with her followers. She is an aspiring musician and is currently working on music.

Live Streaming & Twitch edit

In the past, she used to live stream on Instagram and upload Q&A videos, unboxings, and ASMR videos to YouTube. She also used to live stream herself drawing, dancing, singing, and collaborating with friends and other small content creators on Twitch. She would also host giveaways, raffling out gifts, such as anime figurines, to her followers.

On Twitch, she is known for her exuberant, rambunctious, and humorist personality by her community. Her staple gestures during livestreams are burping, speaking in different accents, and eating while gaming.

She hopes to have her own custom VTuber model someday in order to livestream more continually and comfortably.

Personal Life edit

Quick-Arzoomanian refers to herself as "Ahri", which is inspired by the League of Legends champion Ahri. She was born in Orlando, Florida, where she currently lives. Quick-Arzoomanian shared that she used to visit New York frequently during her childhood in the summertime, which she considers a state she has "partially lived in", as her father is from and used to live there.

Her highest degree is a high school diploma. She shared that in the past, she considered enrolling in college to pursue a formal education in music. She has also shared numerous times in the past that she has considered quitting cosplay as a full-time career and cosplay in general.

She is currently in a relationship. She shared in an Instagram Q&A that her boyfriend was originally a follower and an active member of her community. They grew close while playing video games together. They have been dating since 2023 and she went public with their relationship via a video posted in February 2023.[1]. Prior to going public, he was featured in some videos on her YouTube and Instagram.

She is the oldest sibling among three younger brothers, all of which are her half-siblings. She has one brother on her maternal side and two brothers on her paternal side.

Quick-Arzoomanian is biracial. She is of White/European and Middle Eastern/Caucasian (Armenian) descent. Quick-Arzoomanian's mother is of White/European descent and her father is of Middle Eastern/Caucasian (Armenian) descent. She has been transparent about her struggles of understanding, navigating, and embracing her racial identity.

According to Quick-Arzoomanian, she battles mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has shared that her presence on social media at a young age, including being involved in various controversies and “being canceled” has both contributed to and elevated these mental health disorders. She also claims to have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Quick-Arzoomanian shared that her parents split while she was a baby. She was largely raised by her mother and emphasized her prolonged strained relationship with her father, which has recently begun to transform to a more positive relationship.

In addition, Quick-Arzoomanian has a passion for music. As a child, she played the viola and was a member of the chamber orchestra in Florida. She can also play the violin and piano, but has stated she is less skilled in those instruments. She credits her father for her interest in music.

She is a fan of Disney and the Harry Potter series. She belongs to both the Slytherin and Hufflepuff houses in the Harry Potter series.

Online Controversies & Scandals edit

Since early 2014, she has undergone various online scandals, primarily focused on her racial identity and her appearance in photos posted on her social media accounts. She has been a target on online forums, including a now-deleted website titled Pretty Ugly Little Liar and LolCow (which is still active). This resulted in her going on a year-long hiatus and then redebuting on social media under the new username, "HimeAhri".

Throughout her career, Quick-Arzoomanian has gone on several hiatuses due to cyberbullying, alleged harassment, and mental health issues. In February 2022, she went on a month-long hiatus due to a conflict with a former friend and fellow content creator, as well as a split with a long-term romantic partner. In an attempt to redeem her reputation and clear up any alleged misconceptions, Quick-Arzoomanian decided to release a two-part statement in March 2022.

Statement One edit

In the first part of the statement, she wrote that she took the month-long hiatus to heal from online and offline stressors and to rehabilitate her declining physical and mental health. She also chose to highlight the longest-standing controversy that has impacted her career, which is her racial identity and appearance in photos. Since 2014, she has been inculpated for “Asian-fishing/East Asian baiting”[2].

The first part of the statement includes an overview of her familial background. To address the rumors of falsifying her race or concealing her true identity, Quick-Arzoomanian underscores that she is biracial, however, inherited more phenotypical traits from her mother than her father. She shared that her mother is White and her father is "mixed Asian", alluding to his predominately Middle Eastern/Caucasian heritage, along with distant Japanese heritage.

According to an alleged 23andMe report, Quick-Arzoomanian is of Northwestern European descent, which includes French, German, British, and Irish and West Asian & North African descent, which includes Armenian, Iranian, Caucasian, and Mesopotamian, Broadly Northern West Asian, Arab, Egyptian, and Levantine[3]. The alleged report shares she has very distant Japanese heritage[4]

Many scandals also centered on her appearance in photos, which is argued to be drastically different than her actual real-life appearance. Quick-Arzoomanian claims that she does edit her photos, much like others, however to not appear a certain race, but rather appear similar to a fictional character. This topic is still up for debate to many, especially the Asian American community. An example of an app she uses to edit is Snow.

She also opened up about her family history and the reason behind the confidentiality on her parents, especially regarding her father. She shared that her father has been abusive to her. It is implied that her was only verbally abusive.

A point of controversy is her pseudonym and username, both “Ahripop” and “HimeAhri”. Given that the name "Ahri" belongs to a League of Legends champion who is of Korean descent, many believe Quick-Arzoomanian is culturally appropriating Korean culture. This also spurs from the rumor that she pretended to have South Korean ancestry as a teenager. The statement also includes the backstory of a leaked GoFundMe page made by Quick-Arzoomanian, suggesting that she was raising money to under cosmetic surgery in South Korea. The public speculated that the surgery was to look “Asian” and undergo a severe form of “yellowface”.

To address changes in features, Quick-Arzoomanian shared in her statement, Instagram story posts, and on livestream that she has undergone cosmetic procedures. She shared that she has had a PDO thread lift, along with dermal fillers in various locations on her face, including her lips and cheeks. Quick-Arzoomanian shared that she has always experienced insecurities surrounding her physical appearance, especially her laugh lines, which she has had since birth. She shared that she is interested in further cosmetic procedures in the future.

Statement Two edit

In the latter half of the first statement and the second part of the statements, Quick-Arzoomanian addresses a recent scandal surrounding a former friend and fellow content creator in the cosplay community. The statement responds to a statement shared by the former friend, which was posted on X (Twitter). Quick-Arzoomanian shares that the former friend accused her of falsifying her racial identity and undergoing cosmetic procedures to appear less White and more “Asian”, as well as mimicry in physical appearance, foul mannerisms to men and other content creators, and infidelity. Quick-Arzoomanian has denied all of these allegations.

Other Ventures edit

  • Prior to her current website and Fansly, she had a Patreon account where she provided monthly subscriptions for exclusive content, including fansign photos of herself in cosplay and sneak peaks to future content.
  • Quick-Arzoomanian launched official merchandise in 2020, which has now been discontinued. All merchandise artwork and designs were created by her, which includes sweatshirts, sweatpants, beanies, face masks, backpacks, boxers, keychains, and stickers.
  • She was a part of Cosplay & Cars, an organization based in Florida that combines car events with cosplay. She was the designer of the original logo and character of the organization.
  • She was also a guest for Holiday Matsuri in 2022, which is a convention held annually in Orlando Florida. She has been attending this convention for many years.

References edit

  1. ^ "HimeAhri - Video with Boyfriend (Announcement)".
  2. ^ "Defining and Understanding Asian Fishing".
  3. ^ "HimeAhri - Statement One".
  4. ^ "Understanding The Difference Between Your Ancestry Percentages, Your Country Matches, And Your Genetic Groups".