Tokushima VTuber Aoi Sorano Takes Grand Prize at Prefecture Shokuiku Video Contest
The prize puts a local VTuber's work into the prefecture's own shokuiku promotion, with the winning video scheduled for use on the prefectural website and at events.
Reporting from 1 source: KAI-YOU.
Aoi Sorano, a Tokushima Prefecture local VTuber, won the Grand Prize at the prefecture's Shokuiku Video Contest. She received the certificate and a supplementary prize at a ceremony on the main stage of Tokushima Shokuiku Festival 2026 on October 17, and reported the award on her own X account. The festival ran at JR Hotel Clement Tokushima and other venues, with the winning works screened there.
The award ceremony took place on the main stage of Tokushima Shokuiku Festival 2026, which ran on October 17 at JR Hotel Clement Tokushima and other venues and screened the contest's winning works. Sorano operates under the slogan "A blue sky for everyone's hearts! A Tokushima overflowing with indigo!" and began full-scale activities in 2021, introducing the prefecture's tourist spots, food, and events on YouTube and X. Her work has moved offline as well, with appearances at Awa VTuber Fest in the prefecture, a collaboration cafe in Tokushima City, and a theatrical production in Yoshinogawa City, where she became a public relations supporter in 2025.
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