Haconect is selling Chamako birthday goods and voice products on its official BOOTH store from October 23 to November 22, 2026. The full set costs 10,000 yen and includes a B2 silk suede wall hanging drawn by Usasa, an A5 acrylic panel with a handwritten signature, an acrylic charm, and two birthday voice tracks. Standalone options range from a 500 yen voice set to a 5,000 yen acrylic panel set.
Kobato Takanashi will hold the online 3D live "Kobato Takanashi Birthday 3D LIVE 2026 ~COLORFUL TOY BOX~" from 21:00 on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Fifteen guest VTubers will appear, all with 3D models, bringing the total to 16 3D performers. The theme is a toy box, with singing, dancing, and comedy segments, and a major announcement is planned at the end.
Chugai Mining will sell the fourth round of Yowamushi Pedal LIMIT BREAK "BIRTHDAY FLOWER" goods early at its Animate Girls Festival 2026 booth on November 7 and 8 at Ikebukuro Sunshine City. The lineup uses new art of six characters in white suits holding bouquets: Sakamichi Onoda, Shokichi Naruko, Junta Teshima, Sangaku Manami, Yasutomo Arakita and Toichiro Todo. Pre-orders are open on Chugaionline, with purchase bonuses at the venue and online.
F:NEX, the hobby brand run by FuRyu, is taking pre-orders for a 1/7 scale Nachoneko Birthday ver. figure based on an original illustration by Natsuki Amashiro and produced under her supervision. The pre-order window runs to December 4, 2026, at 29,975 yen with tax. Delivery is scheduled for June 2027. Hennyano motifs are tucked into the hairpins, slippers, and a front-facing pocket.
Nijigen no Mori's GRAND CHARIOT Hokuto Shichisei 135° will offer an Uzumaki Naruto Birthday Collaboration Drink from October 10 to November 10, 2026. It is limited to guests staying in the two NARUTO collaboration rooms, Hokage no Bessou and Akatsuki no Cocoon, and comes with a Nijigen no Mori-exclusive postcard. Room rates start at 50,518 yen and 53,543 yen per person.
Edia announced on October 8, 2026 that it will release the Nintendo Switch game Re:BIRTHDAY SONG ~Love-Singing Grim Reaper~ another record for S on February 25, 2027. The standard and download editions are 8,580 yen, and the special edition is 15,180 yen, all prices including tax. The title is a Switch port of the PS Vita game Re:BIRTHDAY SONG ~Love-Singing Grim Reaper~ another record, released in 2016.
REJECT Inc. will open its REJECT Official Fan Club on October 3, 2026 at 12:00, the esports organization announced on October 1. The service launches as Ver.1.0, with priority ticket sales for events featuring REJECT-affiliated VTubers as its first benefit. Fighting games, FPS, mobile titles, and streamers will be added to the eligible communities later. AsobiDas Inc. operates the club. Membership costs 6,050 yen for an annual plan or 550 yen monthly, both tax included. Members also receive exclusive content planned several times a month, a digital membership card that moves through Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum ranks, and digital handwritten birthday messages scheduled to begin in January 2027. Priority sales do not apply to every REJECT-related event. Availability will be stated separately in each eligible event's own announcement, and the club notes priority access does not guarantee a ticket win or purchase.
Illustrator and VTuber Shigure Ui held her first solo live in about one year and eight months, "SHIGURE UI Birthday Live 'Wishing Umbrella'," at K Arena Yokohama on May 30, 2026. The 23-song, two-hour-fifteen-minute show featured new costumes, a sub-stage on the arena's upper levels, and surprise appearances by Hololive members Houshou Marine and Poko-Pei.
Illustrator and VTuber Shigure Ui held her birthday live "Wishing Umbrella" at K Arena Yokohama on May 30, 2026, co-organized with agency INCOLORE. The show featured a new circus-themed costume, first live performances of songs including "No thank Cute!" and "Paint it delight!", and guest appearances by Houshou Marine, Ponpoko, Peanuts-kun, Amagasa, and Shigure Ui's favorite idol Shigure Fuyuko from Straylight. Archive tickets are on sale until June 16.
Koji Suzuki, the novelist who created the Ring horror franchise and helped launch the J-horror boom in the west, died in a Tokyo hospital on Friday. He was 68. His 1991 novel Ring spawned films, manga, and spinoffs, and his other works include Dark Water, Spiral, and Loop.