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Laplus Darkness

Laplus Darkness appears in a Red Bull Virtual Ambassadors campaign with Botan Shishigami and in a Kawakami Sangyo Tokyo Game Show 2026 exhibit pairing her name with a Sharp Plasmacluster gaming air purifier. A HoloCure Ver.0.8 update adds the Secret Society holoX roster to the fan game.

Synthesized from 3 Yomimono stories · updated Sep 22

Laplus Darkness shows up in three separate Hololive-adjacent projects across August and September 2026, and in none of them is she the sole subject. On August 19, the unofficial fan game HoloCure confirmed that its Ver.0.8 update, scheduled for mid-autumn, will add nine playable characters: all four Hololive 5th Generation members and all five Secret Society holoX members. The developer cited scheduling as a reason the release may take time. The update expands the roster from 47 to 56 characters.

Twelve days later, on August 31, Laplus Darkness and Botan Shishigami were named Red Bull Virtual Ambassadors. The collaboration campaign runs from September 1 to September 30 at Don Quijote, Apita, PiaGo, You Store, and Robin Hood stores nationwide. Buyers of a 250ml 6-can pack receive a pouch, and purchases of 12 or more cans enter a lottery for an original jacket through the majica app. The two held a commemorative stream on August 31.

On September 19, Kawakami Sangyo returned to Tokyo Game Show 2026 with its compact soundproof room line, adding two models to the ONE-Z series: the ONE-Z mini wide, which extends the width of the existing ONE-Z mini by 676mm to 1954mm, and the ONE-Z NEST, a loft-bed-integrated unit. Reference exhibits include a Sharp Plasmacluster gaming air purifier with Laplus Darkness illumination and a 120mm Sharp fan for use inside the rooms. The purifier and fan are shown as references, not as products with a confirmed release.

Key facts

Red Bull campaign appointment
Laplus Darknesss and Botan Shishigami were named Red Bull Virtual Ambassadors. ↗
Red Bull campaign dates and stores
The campaign runs from September 1 to September 30 at Don Quijote, Apita, PiaGo, You Store, and Robin Hood stores nationwide. ↗
Red Bull campaign goods
Buyers of a 250ml 6-can pack receive a pouch; purchases of 12 or more cans enter a lottery for an original jacket via the majica app. ↗
Commemorative stream
A commemorative stream by the two airs August 31. ↗
HoloCure Ver.0.8 roster
The update adds all four Hololive 5th Generation members and all five Secret Society holoX members as playable characters. ↗
HoloCure Ver.0.8 schedule
Ver.0.8 is scheduled for mid-autumn, with the developer citing scheduling as a reason the release may take time. ↗
HoloCure roster size change
The update expands the playable roster from 47 to 56 characters. ↗
ONE-Z series additions
Kawakami Sangyo added the ONE-Z mini wide, which extends the width of the existing ONE-Z mini by 676mm to 1954mm, and the ONE-Z NEST, a loft-bed-integrated unit. ↗
TGS2026 reference exhibits
Reference exhibits include a Sharp Plasmacluster gaming air purifier with Laplus Darkness illumination and a 120mm Sharp fan for use inside the rooms. ↗

Timeline

Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.

Facts

Announced
collaboration with Sharp still short of a product release (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-19
Announced
appointed Red Bull Virtual Ambassador · 2026-08-31
Noted
The appointment extends Laplus Darknesss's promotional run beyond the Tochigi Mirai Ambassador role · 2026-08-31

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Oct 6

Red Bull and hololive Card Game Run Lawson PR Card Giveaway From October 6

Red Bull Japan is running a collaboration campaign with the hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME at Lawson stores nationwide from October 6 to October 19, 2026. Customers who buy two eligible Red Bull products receive one original PR card. The four card designs feature VTubers Shishiro Botan and Laplus Darkness, two designs each, including visuals of them holding Red Bull cans.

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Sep 19

Kawakami Sangyo Brings Wider ONE-Z And Laplus Air Purifier To TGS2026

Kawakami Sangyo returned to Tokyo Game Show 2026 with its compact soundproof room line, adding two models to the ONE-Z series: the ONE-Z mini wide, which extends the width of the existing ONE-Z mini by 676mm to 1954mm, and the ONE-Z NEST, a loft-bed-integrated unit. Reference exhibits include a Sharp Plasmacluster gaming air purifier with Laplus Darkness illumination and a 120mm Sharp fan for use inside the rooms.

Aug 31

Hololive's Laplus Darknesss and Botan Shishigami Named Red Bull Virtual Ambassadors

Hololive members Laplus Darknesss and Botan Shishigami have been appointed Red Bull Virtual Ambassadors. A collaboration campaign runs from September 1 to September 30 at Don Quijote, Apita, PiaGo, You Store, and Robin Hood stores nationwide. Buyers of a 250ml 6-can pack receive a pouch; purchases of 12 or more cans enter a lottery for an original jacket via the majica app. A commemorative stream by the two airs August 31.

Aug 19

HoloCure Ver.0.8 Adds Nine Hololive Characters in Mid-Autumn

The unofficial fan game HoloCure will add nine playable characters in its next update, Ver.0.8, scheduled for mid-autumn. The roster includes all four Hololive 5th Generation members and all five Secret Society holoX members. The developer cited scheduling as a reason the release may take time.