EchoVerse Adds Illustrator Kiseki Hiiro And Video Creator Iza Saraba
EchoVerse's roster now covers illustration and video as well as singing, and the department store is attaching the new creators to a sake crowdfunding campaign that turns its first original song into a physical product.
Key Facts
- Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store's VTuber project EchoVerse adds two creators, Kiseki Hiiro and Iza Saraba, in October 2026.
- Kiseki Hiiro's first stream is scheduled for October 4, 2026 at 20:00, and Iza Saraba's for October 17, 2026 at 20:00.
- Kiseki Hiiro and Iza Saraba were selected through a second-round audition held in April 2026.
- Kaomin designed the character for Kiseki Hiiro and Kuga Funa designed the character for Iza Saraba, with Live2D models by Kanbutsu Himono and Iron Vertex.
- A crowdfunding campaign for sake brewed while listening to Hanayori Yoruha's song Bansoukou runs from October 1, 2026, with label designs by Kiseki Hiiro and Iza Saraba.
Reporting from 2 sources: MoguLive, PANORA.
Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store announced that two creators will join its VTuber project EchoVerse, with streaming debuts set for October 2026. Illustrator Kiseki Hiiro streams first on October 4 at 20:00, and video creator Iza Saraba follows on October 17 at 20:00. Both were chosen through a second-round audition held in April 2026, which sought expressive people working from techniques in illustration, music, and video. Character design for Kiseki Hiiro comes from Kaomin and for Iza Saraba from Kuga Funa. Their Live2D models were produced by Kanbutsu Himono and Iron Vertex. EchoVerse's first-generation member Hanayori Yoruha debuted in September 2025 and released a first original song, Bansoukou, in June 2026. The two new members will each design a label for a sake crowdfunding project tied to that song, running from October 1 with all affiliated creators taking part.
The second-round audition was held under the theme of creating next-generation creators, and it sought people who would keep transmitting their own worldview, starting from techniques and sensibilities in illustration, music, and video.
- Kiseki Hiiro: an illustrator who loves clothing above all else, makes gorgeous and powerful works, and sometimes slips into Kansai dialect when she gets close to someone.
- Iza Saraba: a video creator and artist described as a comet grazing the night sky, leaving works behind and departing again, with a strong spirit of inquiry and a habit of trying to put in her mouth everything she sees.
The sake crowdfunding carries the project name Hanayori Yoruha's singing-voice-brewed sake "Bansoukou," billed as a special bottle where music and art resonate. It runs from October 1, 2026, with Hanayori Yoruha joining the two new members as participating creators.
Character design for Kiseki Hiiro is handled by Kaomin, and for Iza Saraba by Kuga Funa. Their Live2D models were produced by Kanbutsu Himono and Iron Vertex respectively. With the two new creators, the project expands its range from song to illustration and video, turning the story born from "Bansoukou" into something that can be held as flavor and packaging.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.