FLO

FLO is an American YouTube odorite known for his natural, energetic dancing and bouncy original choreography. FLO's carefree, humble attitude and bouncy dance style encourage the fun aspect of dancing. Every dance cover features at least one Yoshi, whether in the background or as part of his outfit. His more recent videos utilize special effects to enhance the music and choreography.

Name
The name Florence originates from the name of one of his original characters. He later on changed his stage name to FLO.

Appearance & Personality
FLO has an animated, energetic persona and happy style.

For the first 2 years, FLO had long, wavy hair most often styled into a ponytail. He dressed in visual kei inspired outfits.

In fall 2014, he chopped his iconic long ponytail for a short, layered cut. His signature bangs remained in their similar layered frame. He dresses in colorful, happy fashion styles.

Dance Style
FLO is fluent in a wide range of dance styles, tackling each with his signature sharp, bouncy style. He is proficient in most cute, sexy, hip hop, and house styles. His original choreography entices a cute and bouncy flair with simple verses and more complex choruses, more often using unique moves rather than repetitive.

Orgin
His first video, an audition to the J-POP Summit 2012 Vocaloid Dance Contest, has reached over 2,100 views. Since making it as a finalist in J-POP Summit 2012, and even winning first place to his own surprise, he began posting covers on his YouTube channel.

Choreography Debut
In late 2014 he began posting his own original choreography as well, which has been covered by many other YouTube odorite. One of his most popular, "Rockbell," has reached over 12,000 views and has been covered by many odorite on both YouTube and Nico Nico Douga within a year after its original upload. Other commonly covered original choreography are "Dreamin Chuchu" and "I My Me Mine."

Nico Nico Douga Debut
In early 2015, Florence began uploading select covers into Nico Nico Douga, such as "Because It's Warm~♪", "Good Morning of Friday", and "PiNK CAT".

Iconic Performances
Kimagure Prince's "Heart Beats" has a special meaning to him, namely because of the hard work he put into improving it for J-POP Summit 2012. He took his winning first performance as a sign to continue uploading dance covers.

Awards & Recognition
Florence won first place during his debut in the J-POP Summit 2012 Vocaloid Dance Contest with "Heart Beats." As the 2012 champion, he returned the following year to guest perform "Dancing Samurai" as one of the judges for the J-POP Summit 2013 Vocaloid Dance Contest.

Dance Units

 * Member of Mugen Squid Squad
 * Member of eMpiRe
 * Member of 20beans
 * Member of PRiSMix
 * Former Member of Dance Masters United

Iconic Collaborative Projects
As part of eMpiRe, Florence won first place of the J-POP Summit 2015 Group Odottemita Contest with "Koshitantan"

Florence also participated in four years of E☆ri's YouDorite Original Dance September Project (#YODSP) both choreographing his own dances and covering other Youtube Odorite's choreographies. The first year he participated with his original choreography "Rabbit" and a cover of J0nquille's choreography "The Last Revolver". The second year he created "The Girl who Dashes through the Present" and "Shinjuku Sick" and covered J0nquille's "The Portrait Glassred Drew" and Ari.Ki's "Here and There" with Axe. The third year he created "Kitties" as well as a BADASS version and covered "FLASHBACK" by Zephyr. The fourth year he did not create any original choreographies but still covered ELM's #"Idola no Circus." His original choreography has also often been covered for YODSP. The YODS-Project brought together many YouTube Odorite.

In 2016, Florence collaborated as part of PRiSMix, winning the GARNiDELiA Special Award with "Gokuraku Jodo" at the J-POP Summit 2016 Odottemita Contest.

Trivia

 * J-POP Summit 2015 was one of his favorite performance experiences
 * He has an interest in sewing, jewelry making, drawing, and baking
 * He has a love for Yoshi, including inspiring Yoshi photos at the end of his dance covers, filming with at least one Yoshi in his covers, and running an inspiring Yoshi photo blog
 * He likes pumpkin cookies and chocolate chip cookies the most

Main

 * Twitter
 * Instagram
 * Tumblr

Other

 * Web Comic Twitter (Locked)
 * Inspiring Yoshi Tumblr
 * Web Comic Tumblr
 * Ask