Amagami Konomi Takes First in Chao Girls' Favorite VTuber Ranking
Konomi is the first winner of the ranking who is not from Hololive, breaking a two-year run of Hololive talents at the top, and the win follows her drawing-focused Shorts content that built support among young Chao readers.
Key Facts
- Amagami Konomi placed first in the favorite VTuber category of the Chao Girls' Favorite Things Ranking 2026, published in the October 2026 issue of Shogakukan's Chao magazine.
- She finished second in the same ranking in 2024 and 2025, behind Hololive's Usada Pekora and Houshou Marine respectively.
- Konomi posted her thanks on X on September 4, 2026, saying she was very happy to finally reach the top spot she had quietly aimed for.
- She debuted as a VTuber in December 2022 and joined Million Production in April 2023 as a 0th-generation creator.
- She wrote a nine-page manga one-shot, 'Bazure Kono Cafe Jikenbo!?', in the October 2025 issue of Chao.
Reporting from 2 sources: KAI-YOU, PANORA.
Amagami Konomi, a VTuber signed to Million Production, took first place in the favorite VTuber category of the Chao Girls' Favorite Things Ranking 2026, published in the October issue of Shogakukan's shoujo manga magazine Chao. She had finished second in the same ranking in both 2024 and 2025, so the win is her first in three years of being listed. On September 4 she posted on X that she was very happy to finally reach the top spot she had quietly aimed for, and thanked fans. Konomi debuted as a VTuber in December 2022 and joined Million Production in April 2023 as a 0th-generation creator. She also works as an illustrator, designing her own avatar and Live2D model, and posts making-of videos on YouTube Shorts. In the October 2025 issue of Chao she wrote a nine-page manga one-shot. The previous two winners of the ranking were Hololive's Usada Pekora and Houshou Marine.
Konomi's support among young readers grew from her YouTube Shorts, where she films the making of her own avatar and Live2D model. Chao introduced her as a drawing-specialized VTuber and ran an interview with her on its Chao Plus website in 2024. In the October 2025 issue she wrote her first manga, the nine-page one-shot 'Bazure Kono Cafe Jikenbo!?', about a girl who solves friends' problems with illustrations.
The 2024 survey that seeded the ranking covered 1,000 readers, mostly upper-grade elementary school girls. Konomi has worked as an illustrator since around June 2020, and she debuted as a VTuber in December 2022. Her agency, Million Production, held its first agency-wide live, 'Million Story,' at Zepp Shinjuku on May 9, 2026.
In her September 4 post she said she would keep making content that people of all ages can enjoy. Accounts differ on whether she joined Million Production in April 2023 as a 0th-generation creator or helped found the agency that month.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.