Taiwan's Springs Spread Launches AI VTuber Harusaki Chino Project
The project frames viewer interaction as a growth mechanism, positioning the AI VTuber as a co-created character rather than a fixed persona, which the company says cannot be achieved by technological novelty alone.
Key Facts
- Springs Spread LLC announced the Harusaki Chino AI VTuber project on August 23.
- Harusaki Chino's YouTube debut is scheduled for autumn 2026.
- Harusaki Chino's birthday is April 6, and she does not remember her age.
- Springs Spread established an AI research and development division at its Japan branch in 2024.
- Springs Spread is headquartered in Taiwan with a Tokyo office in Shinjuku Ward.
Reporting from 2 sources: MoguLive, PANORA.
On August 23, Springs Spread LLC, a Taiwan-headquartered company with a Tokyo office in Shinjuku Ward, announced the launch of an AI VTuber project centered on Harusaki Chino. The character is described as an AI VTuber born from a white daisy flower, still learning about human hearts and culture. Her YouTube debut is scheduled for autumn 2026, with the official channel and social media gradually releasing information ahead of that debut. Her setting involves a single white daisy blooming by a sacred spring, whose memory revived within the servers and sea of information beneath the city. Her birthday is April 6, and she does not remember her age. Her motifs include white daisies, spring breeze, sacred spring, and electronic information. Her personality is gentle, a bit airheaded, and curious, and she sometimes pauses mid-thought with phrases like "Hmm..." or "Let me think a moment..." The project treats AI not as something that answers everything correctly, but as a being that meets people and continues learning words and emotions. Conversations, game failures, and viewer-taught words serve as triggers for her growth. Planned activities after debut include talk streams, game streams, project videos, viewer-participation projects, and collaborations with VTubers and creators. The company established an AI research and development division at its Japan branch in 2024, and this project is an initiative of that division.
- MoguLive reports the company is also considering event exhibitions, joint projects with companies and creators, and original merchandise down the line.
- PANORA lists her planned activities as casual chat, games, planned videos, and viewer-participation content, with healing and entertainment pitched as equal halves of the format.
- PANORA frames the project around three stated features: a "growing AI VTuber" developed with viewers, a healing-plus-comedy tone, and live guest collaborations that produce "interactions that cannot come from a script alone."
- The official YouTube channel is @harusakichino, the official X account is @harusakichino, and her profile and links live at lit.link/harusakichino.
- Both outlets describe her as still "studying human hearts and culture," with growth triggered by stream conversations, game failures, and words taught by viewers.
- PANORA describes the concept as treating AI not as "something that answers everything correctly," but as a being that meets people and keeps learning words and emotions.
- Springs Spread built its business around design, R&D, and manufacturing before opening the AI division at its Japan branch in 2024, and this project is that division's new initiative.
- Guest collaborations are meant to draw out guests' individuality through Chino's simple questions and reactions, creating live entertainment co-created by an AI VTuber and humans.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.