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Creative label KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO announced on June 19 that it will join the international charity event VTuber Summer Slam 2026 (VSS), organized by the US nonprofit Gamers Outreach. As part of the initiative, four affiliated artists-Rima, Koko, Kakyoin, and Hiyashi-will stream themselves playing the cooking action game Overcooked! 2 on the KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO official YouTube channel. The stream, titled Games for Every Kid: Charity Stream for Hospitalized Children, is scheduled for June 25 from 23:00 to 1:00 JST. It will be conducted primarily in English with Japanese translation. Donations collected during the stream will fund the delivery of GO Karts, mobile kiosk terminals equipped with game consoles, monitors, and controllers, to children's hospitals worldwide. VSS is a 10-day charity marathon running from June 19 to June 28, 2026, where VTubers globally raise funds to support hospitalized children. Gamers Outreach, founded in 2007, deploys GO Karts to over 500 medical facilities across 15 countries, providing more than 7.7 million gaming experiences annually.
2h ago
VTuber Mitsuba is collaborating with the online lottery service TaPrize from June 19 to July 13, 2026. A total of 27 items across 6 prize categories, including a T-shirt and mini canvases, are available as TaPrize exclusives. Each play costs 700 yen, and there are no losing tickets.
2d ago
KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO's virtual music unit Kuusou released its first EP 'CYAN' on June 17, 2026, featuring five tracks produced by HIDEYA KOJIMA with lyrics by YUC'e, Pon, and NEFFY. The lead track 'Run Sugar' music video dropped the same day. The unit will hold its first solo virtual mini-live 'Kuusou Palette' on June 27.
Jun 10
KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO announced on June 10 that its music unit Kuusou will hold its first solo virtual mini live, titled "KUUSOU VIRTUAL MINI LIVE 'Kuusou Palette'," on Saturday, June 27, 2026. The main performance will be streamed for free on Kuusou's official YouTube channel starting at 19:00 JST. Paid multi-angle tickets, priced at 2,000 yen, will be available on the platform Z-aN, allowing viewers to watch from multiple perspectives. Kuusou is a unit formed by virtual singer CIEL, who is affiliated with KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO and sang the theme song for the theatrical anime "Pompo: The Cinéphile," and singer-songwriter Sooda, who gained attention through the unit Amayadori and has 160,000 TikTok followers. The unit debuted at CIEL's solo live "RETURN TO SUNNY - Saisei -" in late 2025 and released their first song "Transparent Meteor Rhapsody" in January 2026. The mini live will feature the first performances of songs from their debut EP "CYAN," which releases on June 17, as well as a new song not included on the EP.
Jun 4
Virtual singer Kaf held her "Shukusei in Hong Kong" concert on May 30, 2026, performing 29 songs over two hours and 40 minutes with guests Rime and Isekaijoucho. The set was based on her March 2026 5th one-man live "Shukusei / Shin'ai" and included two songs sung in Chinese. No streaming was available for the event.
May 31
d Anime Store began a limited-time unlimited streaming of 'KAMITSUBAKI WARS 2026 Kamitsubaki Yokohama Decisive Battle IN Pia Arena MM' on June 1, 2026. The two-day live event from February-March 2026 featured virtual artist group V.W.P on Day 1 and virtual singer KAF on Day 2. The streaming runs through August 31, 2026.
May 18
Virtual singer Isekai Joucho performed a full re-staging of her 2021 online debut concert "Anima" at Zepp Haneda on May 2, 2026, as the second day of a two-day solo live event. The setlist and staging remained faithful to the original, but the live-house setting and her evolved vocal technique gave the material new weight.