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Brave group enters its 10th fiscal year with a management restructuring effective October 1, 2026, placing legal, HR, IT, and governance under one group-wide structure. Its VTuber-centered IP business runs across talent units, a trading card game, virtual-space events, and an alternate-reality label, with the Xross Stars TCG reaching Japan's top 10 by market share in its first year.
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Brave group marked its 10th fiscal year on October 1, 2026 with a management restructuring. Taku Kusakabe, Takashi Seno, and Akio Nishi joined as executive officers overseeing legal, human resources, and IT, while Kyuyeon Kim, Yutaka Takeda, and Yu Yamazaki moved to senior executive officer roles. The changes put legal, HR, IT, and governance under a single structure as the company pushes its VTuber-centered IP business in Japan and overseas.
The trading card game Xross Stars is the group's clearest commercial result. A Media Create survey covering August 2025 to July 2026 placed it in the top 10 for share of Japan's domestic TCG market one year after its August 22, 2025 launch. The game is a joint project between Game & Co., a Brave group subsidiary, and Samurai Kobo, which operates the esports team Crazy Raccoon, and it turns VTubers, streamers, and esports players into cards across agency lines. The first set featured 24 people, mainly from VSPO!, Crazy Raccoon, and Neo-Porte, and the roster grew to 72 talents through the fourth booster pack Grand Resonance. The third Challengers Cup in Osaka drew over 2,000 entrants on August 8 and 9, with Zekemi winning. The fifth booster pack, Ignition Vortex, is set for October 30, 2026.
Talent events run through the fall. Suzumia holds its first offline fan meeting on November 7 in Akihabara, and YUMENOS moves from interaction-focused fan meetings to a performance-led event on November 29 in Gotanda. HIMEHINA's world tour closes with the GRAND FINALE 2Days on October 3 and 4 at SGC HALL ARIAKE, tied to two merchandise releases: Trading Card Vol.2 and a collaboration cafe at SHIBUYA109 running October 1 to 19.
On the virtual side, RIOT MUSIC and Culture Entertainment co-plan the three-day VRChat festival ESPERA for November 20 to 22, and BEverse's Yofuke no netgod scouting show runs four episodes from September 16. BEverse's earlier GΔ59, a four-member VTuber group, launches its story through puzzles across social media, websites, and Discord.
Key facts
- Management restructuring date
- Effective October 1, 2026, the day Brave group entered its 10th fiscal year since its October 2017 founding. ↗
- New executive officers
- Taku Kusakabe, Takashi Seno, and Akio Nishi join as executive officers overseeing legal, human resources, and IT. ↗
- Senior executive officers
- Kyuyeon Kim, Yutaka Takeda, and Yu Yamazaki move to senior executive officer roles. ↗
- Xross Stars market share
- Ranked in the top 10 for share of Japan's domestic TCG market in a Media Create survey covering August 2025 to July 2026; specific ranking and share percentages were not disclosed. ↗
- Xross Stars launch and roster
- Launched August 22, 2025 as a joint project between Game & Co. and Samurai Kobo; the first set featured 24 people and the roster grew to 72 talents through Grand Resonance. ↗
- Ignition Vortex release
- The fifth Xross Stars booster pack, Ignition Vortex, is scheduled for October 30, 2026 with 16 leader cards, 8 new and 8 returning. ↗
- Suzumia fan meeting
- Suzumia's first offline fan meeting is November 7, 2026 in Akihabara, Tokyo, in two parts with listener-participatory showdown plans and quizzes. ↗
- YUMENOS event
- 'Shichisha Shichiyo - YUME NO FES 2026 -' is November 29, 2026 at CITY HALL & GALLERY Gotanda, with all seven members and ticket tiers from 18,000 yen Premium Ticket S to a 1,500 yen First-Time Ticket. ↗
- RIOT MUSIC ESPERA festival
- RIOT MUSIC and Culture Entertainment co-plan ESPERA in VRChat on November 20 to 22, 2026, with the first two days free and the final day ticketed. ↗
- GΔ59 launch
- BEverse announced GΔ59, pronounced 'Jigoku,' a four-member VTuber group of Yoiyami Mee, Chiaki Luna, Amagami Konkon, and Tsumetogi Rin, whose story unfolds through puzzles across social media, websites, and Discord. ↗
Timeline
- Oct 1, 2026 Brave Group Revamps Management as It Enters Its 10th Fiscal Year
- Sep 30, 2026 Xross Stars Booster Pack Vol. 5 Ignition Vortex Pre-Orders Open
- Sep 29, 2026 HIMEHINA Bubblin' Memories POP DINER Opens At SHIBUYA109
- Sep 28, 2026 RIOT MUSIC and Culture Entertainment Plan Three-Day VRChat Festival ESPERA
- Sep 25, 2026 HIMEHINA Trading Card Vol.2 The World of Parallels Announced
- Sep 18, 2026 Xross Stars Enters Japan TCG Market Share Top 10 One Year After Release
- Sep 14, 2026 BEverse Produces Yofuke no netgod Scouting Show For VRChat Talent
- Aug 28, 2026 YUMENOS Sets 'Shichisha Shichiyo - YUME NO FES 2026 -' for November 29 in Gotanda
- Aug 21, 2026 Xross Stars Osaka Cup Draws Over 2,000 Entrants, Zekemi Wins
- Aug 20, 2026 Suzumia VTuber Unit Sets First Offline Fan Meeting for November
- May 31, 2026 Brave Group Launches New VTuber Group GΔ59 Under Tokyo Kasou Project
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19h ago
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4d ago
Brave group Inc. changed the management structure of the company and its group companies on October 1, 2026, the same day it entered its 10th fiscal year since its founding in October 2017. The Tokyo-based company, led by Representative Director Keito Noguchi, appointed three new executive officers: Taku Kusakabe as CLO, Takashi Senoo as CHRO, and Akio Nishi as CIO. Kyuyeon Kim, Yutaka Takeda, and Yu Yamazaki moved up to senior executive officer, keeping their roles over IP Production, IP Platform and Solutions, and accounting respectively. Tetsuro Ogushi shifted from CRO to CGO, and Yuji Watanabe from CHRO to CGMO. At group companies, Yuki Oishi became a director of ENILIS and Kazunari Sugano a director of Neo-Porte. Brave group says the changes aim to speed up business expansion in Japan and overseas and deepen collaboration across the group.
5d ago
Game & Co. opened pre-orders on Wednesday for Booster Pack Vol. 5 of its trading card game Xross Stars, titled Ignition Vortex. The set goes on sale Friday, October 30, 2026. One pack holds eight randomly enclosed cards and costs 475 yen, while a 12-pack box costs 5,700 yen and includes a box purchase bonus. The set adds 16 leader cards: eight new leaders and eight returning ones, with returning leaders drawn in new illustrations and card text. The new leader lineup includes names such as Akizuki Kohaku, Selly, dtto., LEO, Aoi Sakura, Kamito, Shibuya Haru, and tttcheekyttt. Three leaders return from earlier sets: Shinomiya Runa from Vol. 3, Raijin from Vol. 4, and Kozumi Sena from Vol. 1. Game & Co. is developing the game as a joint project with Samurai Koubou.
6d ago
Studio LaRa will run a collaboration cafe called "HIMEHINA Bubblin' Memories POP DINER" on the 8th floor of the SHIBUYA109 Shibuya store from Thursday, October 1, 2026 to Monday, October 19, 2026, with hours of 10:00 to 21:00. The cafe is themed on the HIMEHINA WORLD Tour 2026 "LIFETIME is BUBBLIN," and the menu follows the tour's cities: San Jose Burger HIME and San Jose Burger HINA, Seoul-style Yakisoba, and Taipei Pineapple Pancake at 1,300 yen each, plus Fukuoka Amaou Soda and four other drinks at 1,000 yen each. Goods using newly drawn illustrations include Mini Character Acrylic Stands at 770 yen, Die-cut Aurora Stickers at 660 yen, and Clear Pouches at 2,200 yen, capped at two of each type per transaction. Digital numbered tickets are scheduled for distribution at the venue from October 1 to October 5, 2026.
Sep 28
RIOT MUSIC Inc. and Culture Entertainment Co., Ltd. will co-plan "ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-" in VRChat across three days: Friday, November 20, Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22, 2026. The first two days are free to attend; the final day requires a paid ticket. RIOT MUSIC handles production and operation, with XR creative studio MIGIRI Inc. handling live production. Performing artists, performance content, and ticket prices and sales methods are scheduled to be announced from October 2026, with updates posted on the official AdHoc X account. RIOT MUSIC launched its VRChat-focused efforts in February 2026 and has run music lives and talk events in the world "AdHoc." The company cites 50,000 cumulative visits to that world and more than 3,700 VRChat group participants as of September 2026. The festival's stated aim is to bring VOCALOID-centered internet music, VRChat-rooted music culture, and VTuber and virtual artist expression into one virtual space.
Sep 25
Studio LaRa announced on Friday that HIMEHINA Official Trading Card Vol.2 'The World of Parallels' will go on sale at the HIMEHINA WORLD Tour 2026 GRAND FINALE 2Days, held October 3 and October 4, 2026 at SGC HALL ARIAKE, and on the official EC site HIMEHINA MART. The set follows Vol.1 'Bubblin x Bubblin,' released in November 2025, and carries 80 card designs covering past, present, future, and parallel worlds. One pack costs 600 yen including tax and holds seven random cards, split across SSR (8 types), SR (12 types), R (19 types), UC (20 types), and C (21 types). Ultra-rare Genesis cards with foil stamping and handwritten signatures return from the first volume, and the No.1 'Kessen' card used as the main visual gets a Serial Numbered Card limited to 10 of each. Buyers at the tour venue who purchase 10 or more packs receive one Live Venue Limited Promo Card. Reservations on HIMEHINA MART are open, with cards scheduled to ship in late October.
Sep 18
The trading card game Xross Stars has ranked in the top 10 for share of Japan's domestic TCG market, according to a Media Create survey covering August 2025 to July 2026. The specific ranking and share percentages were not disclosed. Xross Stars launched on August 22, 2025 as a joint project between Game & Co., a subsidiary of Brave group, and Samurai Kobo, which operates the esports team Crazy Raccoon. The game turns VTubers, streamers, and esports players into cards across agency lines. The first set featured 24 people, mainly from VSPO!, Crazy Raccoon, and Neo-Porte, and the roster has since grown to 72 talents through the fourth booster pack Grand Resonance. Production is led by producer Atsutoshi Kubo of Game & Co. and chairman Daichi Takano of Crazy Raccoon, with Shota Yasooka as lead game designer and Sekappy as development partner. The fifth booster pack, Ignition Vortex, is scheduled for October 30 with 16 leaders, including Ryosuke Yamada of Hey! Say! JUMP under the streamer name LEO.
Sep 14
Brave group's next-generation content label BEverse has produced a new entertainment program called Yofuke no netgod, read as negoto. The show will run four episodes across three consecutive weeks starting Wednesday, September 16, 2026, on the official Yofuke no netgod YouTube channel. The first episode searches for unknown talent inside VRChat and sends them to the stage. MC Tontsukatan Morimoto and comedians and streamers including Omatcha form teams that travel through VRChat looking for participants with strong individuality, scouting people they want to see perform. Genres are open: singing, rap, dance, impressions, talk, and one-shot gags. Participants use their own avatars. Those who survive the competition win the title of first-generation netgod and a prize. Recording took place at Virtual Sanrio Puroland.
Aug 28
Brave group announced on August 22, 2026 that the men's VTuber project YUMENOS will hold its offline event 'Shichisha Shichiyo - YUME NO FES 2026 -' on Sunday, November 29, 2026, at CITY HALL & GALLERY Gotanda in Tokyo. All seven YUMENOS members will appear, delivering stages built around singing, games, acting, and talk segments that highlight each member's individual personality. The event marks a departure from past YUMENOS fan meetings, which centered on fan interaction, such as the February 2026 'YUMENOS FAN MEETING vol.1' that featured talk segments and planned activities. Premium ticket holders for the November event gain access to an after-talk with all seven members and a send-off plan where members see guests off. Ticket tiers range from the 18,000 yen Premium Ticket S and 12,000 yen Premium Ticket A, both including an acrylic shikishi with a reproduced signature, a limited voice message, and three limited acrylic cards, to the 8,000 yen Regular Ticket and a 1,500 yen First-Time Ticket for newcomers referred by existing ticket purchasers. The lottery application period runs from August 22 to August 30, 2026.
Aug 21
The third Xross Stars Challengers Cup 2026#03 OSAKA was held August 8-9 at OMM Exhibition Hall, the first Osaka stop among official events. Over 2,000 people entered the Booster Pack 4 "Grand Resonance" environment tournament. "Zekemi" won the championship, receiving a CHAMPION-spec foil-stamped playmat and the limited PR card "All-Star Combo." The event also announced Booster Pack 5 "Ignition Vortex," scheduled for release on October 30, 2026.
Aug 20
Brave group will hold the first offline fan meeting for the VTuber unit Suzumia, made up of Suz Nanohana and Mia Akaishiki, on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at a venue in Akihabara, Tokyo. The event runs in two parts and includes listener-participatory showdown plans and quizzes. Ticket lottery sales open today, August 20, at 20:00.
May 31
Brave Group's content label BEverse announced the first project under its creative initiative Tokyo Kasou: a new VTuber group called GΔ59, pronounced "Jigoku." The group consists of four members: Yoiyami Mee, Chiaki Luna, Amagami Konkon, and Tsumetogi Rin. The name combines the mathematical delta symbol (Δ), meaning change, with the prime number 59, intended to represent the unknown beyond transformation. The group's story will unfold through puzzles and clues scattered across social media, websites, and Discord. Character designs, group promotional videos, individual teasers, and debut music information will be released gradually. A debut livestream on TikTok LIVE and YouTube is planned for early May, along with the first "alternate reality" stream, an interactive format unique to Tokyo Kasou. TikTok operations and growth strategy for GΔ59 will be handled by Global Growth (GGTK), a company with experience in TikTok live commerce and creator management. BEverse has previously produced immersive titles such as Roblox's "Ao Oni Nightmare" and Fortnite's "Horror Forest - Liar In The Dark."