Six Holostars Members End Streaming Activities on Same Day
Half of Holostars' roster graduates on the same day, seven years after the group's first debut, following a management restructuring that severely limited their activities.
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ARAWA Creator Program Opens for VTubers With 100,000 Yen Reward
The program offers VTubers a structured way to earn activity funds while producing 3D content using only a smartphone and a VRM model, lowering the barrier to high-production-value video creation.
PANORA
Digital Gear Releases MV Featuring VTuber NEPHLA and Voice Actress Moe Toyota
The MV marks a cross-promotional push for both Digital Gear's in-house music production and Leader Electronics' new recording hardware, with a live demo at a major industry expo.
ASCII.jp
Nijisanji Vocal Unit Nornis Ends Activities
The dissolution of Nornis, one of Nijisanji's most prominent music units known for its vocal strength and orchestral live, signals a shift in focus for both Inui Toko and Machita Chima toward their individual activities within the agency.
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VTuber Marie Android's Self-Made Game Gets Steam Release Date
The announcement marks the culmination of Marie Android's years-long solo game development project, with a Steam release and Comiket demo appearance now set.
MoguLive
Peaky Hikers VTuber Duo Teams With Ikaho Onsen for Trading Card Tour
The event extends Peaky Hikers' local tourism promotion model into a gamified physical-collectible format, deepening their role as regional ambassadors beyond digital content.
KAI-YOU
ViviON Blue Kuji Online Lottery Launches With Aogiri High School Pajama Party Goods
The launch marks ViviON's first foray into a guaranteed-win lottery model for its 2D goods store, using its own VTuber group as the debut property.
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Dengeki Hobby Web Lists May 2026 Hololive PV Ranking
The monthly ranking provides a direct measure of which hololive merchandise announcements, collaborations, and figure releases generated the most reader engagement on Dengeki Hobby Web in May 2026.
Dengeki Hobby Web
33 VTubers Compete in V-Cas Campaign for Dragon Blood: Slayers Academy
The campaign pairs a major mobile RPG launch with a structured VTuber promotion, using competitive streaming metrics to drive visibility and downloads.
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Chukyo TV VTuber Otsuta El Ends Activities After Eight Years
Otsuta El's retirement marks the end of an eight-year run as one of the earliest corporate-affiliated local VTubers, a role that bridged TV broadcasting, municipal tourism promotion, and the emerging VTuber scene in Japan.
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Nijisanji's Roco Kaburaki Self-Released a Short Novel Game on June 5
A Nijisanji talent independently built and shipped a free game in roughly three weeks, handling all creative work herself, and used a co-stream to show the result directly to fans.
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Hololive Vtuber Tsunomaki Watame Named Ambassador for Sheep-Free Pillow Brand
The appointment pairs a sheep-themed Vtuber with a pillow brand that promises sleep so good you do not need to count sheep, and Watame's personal use of the product gave the collaboration a natural fit beyond the visual pun.
KAI-YOU
Itasha Bikes From Hololive, Nijisanji, and Uma Musume Pack ARCChampionship 2026
The event shows that itasha bike culture has grown to match car itasha in scale and fan dedication, with VTuber and gacha-game themes dominating the scene.
Inside
Super Kaguya-Hime! Pays Homage to Kiryu Coco With Graduation Stream Image
The deliberate visual callback confirms the film's production team is aware of and engaging with VTuber culture, specifically honoring one of Hololive's most iconic graduates.
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Hololive's MiComet Teams With JOYSOUND for Collab Goods and Karaoke Rooms
This collaboration marks one of the most extensive physical merchandise rollouts for a Hololive unit at a national karaoke chain, with two distinct visual lines and a voice-recorded prize that directly involves the talents.
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Anime Times Launches First Official VTuber Miruko Hoshinomiya
The move marks the anime streaming service's first foray into VTuber operation, leveraging its corporate backing to create a branded virtual talent.
PANORA
Akashic Production to End Operations on June 30, 2026
The closure of a small but distinct VTuber production leaves only one of its five talents active, marking another contraction in the indie VTuber space.
MoguLive
Nijisanji's Roco Kaburaki Releases Self-Made Novel Game
A Nijisanji liver independently developed and released a free game from scratch, demonstrating how VTubers can leverage their skills to create original content outside of streaming.
Denfaminicogamer
NoriPro VTuber Inuyama Tamaki Gets Unicorn Costume Plushie Mass Release
The plushie marks the first mass-produced merchandise for Inuyama Tamaki's unicorn costume, a design previously shown only at a live event, and is sold by a new hobby manufacturer founded by veteran figure planners.
PANORA
Shigure Ui Holds Birthday Live at K Arena Yokohama With Multiple Guest Performances
The concert marks Shigure Ui's first full-band live performance and her largest birthday event to date, drawing on deep connections across VTuber and idol music scenes.
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Razz Production Livers to Teach at Human Academy VTuber Course in 2026
The expanded curriculum, including a new monthly seminar for first-years, shows Razz Production deepening its institutional role in formal VTuber education beyond the single-year arrangement of 2025.
PANORA
Live2D And NIJISANJI Launch Higuchi Kaede Fan Art Contest
The contest directly involves the VTuber as a judge and offers Live2D software licenses as prizes, signaling a structured pipeline between fan creators and the Live2D ecosystem.
PANORA
VRChat Doujinshi Event Business Trip VRC Creative Club 3 Set for September 27
The event's rapid growth, from 204 circles and 4,500 visitors in April 2026, shows sustained demand for offline gathering points among VR and metaverse creators, while the planned venue improvements acknowledge the physical limits of that growth.
PANORA
Nijisanji Opens Devilish Nightmare Merchandise Sales June 5
The Devilish Nightmare drop is a coordinated merchandise release across a six-liver unit, with both standard character goods and apparel from the Nijinui and Nijipappet series, signaling a themed push rather than a single-liver item.
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