FAV Gaming Adds Chinami Sourin as First Player in Women's Fighting Game Division
A VTuber label and a competitive team are sharing one player under two names, which tests whether an online persona can carry a separate offline identity in fights game events.
Key Facts
- FAV gaming announced on September 30 that it has formed a women's fighting game division called Girls Fighting Games.
- Chinami Sourin of the VTuber group Leisure Plan is the first player added to the FAV gaming women's fighting game division.
- Chinami Sourin will compete under the name CHINAMI at offline tournaments and events while continuing as Chinami Sourin for Leisure Plan activities.
- Chinami Sourin discussed the move in a YouTube livestream after the announcement, saying she wanted to broaden the scope of her activities.
Reporting from 2 sources: KAI-YOU, PANORA.
FAV gaming has created a women's fighting game division and named Chinami Sourin as its first player, the team said on September 30. She will compete under the name CHINAMI, while keeping the name Chinami Sourin for her activities with the VTuber group Leisure Plan. The team calls the new unit the Girls Fighting Games division. Sourin discussed the move in a YouTube livestream that followed the announcement, including a stream titled for Leisure Plan and her own name. She said she wanted to broaden the scope of her activities, according to PANORA. She will use CHINAMI at offline tournaments and events, a split the panels draw between her streaming work and her competitive appearances. FAV gaming announced the addition on the last day of September, and KAI-YOU and PANORA both carried the news the same day. No debut match, roster size, or event schedule was given.
The announcement names a two-name arrangement: Sourin continues under her Leisure Plan handle for streaming, and CHINAMI appears on brackets and event listings. PANORA places the news on September 30, and KAI-YOU places the team's notice on the same day, with the stream following the announcement. The new division is called Girls Fighting Games. Sourin described the reason for joining in terms of widening what she can do, a line PANORA carries from the stream. KAI-YOU describes the offline-tournament split as the reason for the second name, which suggests the team sees the division as a bracket-facing unit rather than a streaming label. Neither outlet names teammates, a debut date, or a first event. The two accounts agree on the facts: the division is new, Sourin is its first member, and she joins under a different name than the one she uses as a VTuber.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.