X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Idols, And Fighters To One Makuhari Stage
The event tested whether a runway format plus individually designed costumes can hold a lineup assembled across VTuber agencies, game and anime characters, and real-world acts, rather than the shared-costume group live that has been the standard for cross-agency events.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
Award held X VORDER RUNWAY at Makuhari Messe's Exhibition Halls 1-4 on September 27. The event combined a fashion runway with a music live, with performers including Suisei Hoshimachi, HIMEHINA, Sara Hoshikawa, Kaf, Chun-Li, Rise Kujikawa, Haruka Amami, Chihaya Kisaragi, Miki Hoshii, and Nanawo Akari, among others. Mika Pikazo designed every costume, and Kohei Tanaka handled the theme song Kousaku OMNIVERSE.
The runway was the part with no obvious template. Every performer walked in front of the audience to present a costume, virtual talents included, and the staging let the crowd see the designs from the sides and back rather than only head-on.
Costumes were not a shared group uniform. Each was built around its wearer's motif and color, with Mika Pikazo designing all of them. Kohei Tanaka wrote the official theme song, Kousaku OMNIVERSE.
The setlist crossed the same lines as the roster, pairing VTubers, virtual singers, game and manga and anime characters, and real-life talents in combinations that ignored agency affiliation.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) にじホロぶいすぽっ！、765プロ、B小町、春麗など夢の共演！「X VORDER RUNWAY」は全てが交差するライブイベントだった