VOISING Helps Yoyogi Animation School Launch VTuber Singer Course
The course formalizes a pipeline from a major anime school into a specific agency's talent development system, blending education with direct industry placement.
Key Facts
- The Singer Course is an elective within the VTuber Department at Yoyogi Animation School, available to students advancing to their second year from the April 2027 enrollment cohort onward.
- VOISING Inc., a 2.5-dimensional idol agency founded in October 2022, cooperated in developing and operating the course's educational program.
- Special lecturer Taka Iwanaga, former COO of Ichikara (ANYCOLOR) and current executive officer at VOISING, will give lectures on talent development and content production.
- The Yoyogi Animation Group was formed in March 2026 through the management integration of Yoyogi Animation School, VOISING, Utaite Inc., and ASOBI GOD Inc.
- VOISING manages four idol groups: Ireisu, Stapola, Chronova, and Black Flap.
Reporting from 2 sources: MoguLive, PANORA.
Yoyogi Animation School has established a new Singer Course within its VTuber Department, developed in cooperation with the 2.5-dimensional idol agency VOISING. The course is an elective available to students advancing to their second year, starting with the April 2027 enrollment cohort. The curriculum builds on the existing VTuber Department's streaming and content creation skills, adding training in singer activities and music expression. VOISING, which operates four idol groups, contributed its production and talent development expertise. Special lecturer Taka Iwanaga, a former COO of Ichikara who helped launch the Nijisanji project and now an executive officer at VOISING, will deliver lectures. The course is part of the Yoyogi Animation Group, formed in March 2026 through the integration of Yoyogi Animation School, VOISING, Utaite Inc., and ASOBI GOD Inc. The school cited the growing number of VTubers who gain fans through singing as the reason for the new course.
Special lecturer Taka Iwanaga is a former director and chief operating officer of Ichikara Inc., now ANYCOLOR Inc., and helped launch the Nijisanji project. He is scheduled to give lectures from the perspective of talent development and content production.
The course includes planned programs such as special lectures on singer and 2.5-dimensional idol activities, entertainment industry lectures by VOISING personnel, special corrections on works and activities, and opportunities for exchange with active industry creators. Program content is subject to change.
VOISING was established in October 2022. It operates four 2.5-dimensional idol groups: Ireisu, Stapola, Chronova, and Black Flap. Its mission is "MAKE THE WORLD YOUR OSHI: To the world you can support."
Yoyogi Animation Gakuin has produced over 120,000 graduates over 47 years and operates nine campuses nationwide. The Yoyogi Animation Group was formed in March 2026 through the management integration of Yoyogi Animation Gakuin, VOISING, Utaite Inc., and ASOBI GOD Inc.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.