Cycling Around Lake Biwa Becomes a VTuber Endurance Tradition
The Lake Biwa one-day ride has become an unofficial endurance rite for video VTubers, turning a punishing physical feat into a content format that signals belonging to a specific sub-community.
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A growing number of video-focused VTubers are attempting to cycle the roughly 200-kilometer course around Lake Biwa in a single day, a tradition that began as a punishment game for Peanuts-kun of the Poko-Pi group. The challenge has spread organically, with multiple VTubers taking it on each year, and at least one new VTuber chose it as her debut video.
The roughly 200-kilometer loop around Japan's largest lake normally takes two or three days, but VTubers keep attempting it in one. The trend started when Peanuts-kun, a member of the Poko-Pi group, took the ride as a punishment game after losing a match against Ponpoko-san. Despite being out of shape and unfamiliar with road bikes, he finished in a single day on willpower alone.
Other video VTubers followed. By 2025 the list included Tsukizuki Ibuki, Harusame Reijo, Hairpin Mamire, Omuraisu Shokudo, Eisei Light, and Inari Kana. Most recently, Nikuremon made the Biwaichi ride her very first video, saying she was motivated by the strong impression that VTubers equal Biwaichi. The endurance challenge has become a recognizable genre within the video VTuber scene, with participants often using 3D models but some Live2D VTubers joining as well.
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