/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

Here's the round-up for today.

Hololive
>Hoshimachi Suisei is featured as an artist on Sukima Switch's 20 Year Anniversary Tribute Album, singing a cover of "Golden Time Lover".
>Pavolia Reine will showcase the 3.0 of her Live2D on 5/30 @ 3p ET.
>HoloEarth announces the v0.8.0 update, consisting of "enemy combat mechanics & more survival features", to be releeased in mid-June.
>Kanade Izuru and Astel Leda announce they will debut new outfits on 6/1.

Nijisanji
>CAPSULE announces the OU-EN + NijiEN collab cafe, taking place 8/1 to 9/15.
>Anycolor issues a Cease & Desist request to Raziel Warmonic, likely regarding the document she published regarding Luca (and other livers') activities, both in relation to her and otherwise. Readers are advised to google "Streisand Effect".
>The Virtual Talent Academy announces it is opening auditions for new talent until 6/24. Included in the audition listings is an option to audition as a "pair" talent.
>Users of r/Kurosanji discover that Selen Tatsuki's TikTok had not been shut down as of 5/28. It was summarily shut down within a couple of hours.

Other Corpos
>HACHI, a vsinger with RK Music, will appear in the 9th episode of Jellyfish Can't Swim At Night.
>DolLive, a JP corpo, announces that 7 of its talents will be leaving the company. 6 will become independent, while the 7th will graduate.
>The White Crow Project, a JP organization, announces that it will be closing. 5 of the 6 current talents will become independent.
>Inuchiyo Kokona of Hoshimeguri Gakuen, will graduate at the end of May. Certain merch items will be refunded.

Indies
>Usui Clear, rocket enthusiast JP indie, will appear at the Hokkaido University Engineering Festival.
>TsunDream, the quintet of talents formerly of Tsunderia's 3rd Generation, announce pajama-themed chibi models for the entire group. While the other members of TsunDream are currently indies, Chikafuji Lisa is currently signed to idolEN.
>Lumia Sorayuki, longtime JP indie, celebrates her 5th anniversary on 5/31.
>Tomari Mari, JP indie formerly affiliated with upd8, is interviewed by Comic Natalie to commemorate the release of the 5th volume of the manga "I Started vtubing because I was heartbroken, and I was popular with older sisters".
>PokoPea announce that their Shibuya TSUTAYA shop will remain open until 7/31, extending the close date from the originally planned 6/3.
>Raimi Ricotta, local rat girl of FlaVR, will have a Meet & Greet at OffKai Expo.
>Sayu Sincro//nisity will be hosting a Meet & Greet at OffKai Expo.
>Shimotsuki Shake, a JP indie with a focus on food, will retire on 6/9.
>Tange Kotoe announces an AIVOICE synthesizer release of her own voice.
>CottontailVA, EN indie, announces a 1/7th scale figurine from Novel Horizons.

Corrections
>The previous round-up mistakenly referred to an indie as Sayu Sin//cronisity. It is supposed to be spelled Sayu Sincro//nisity.

Here's the round-up for today.

Hololive
>Calliope Mori returns to streaming on 5/27 @ 9p ET, following her knee surgery. She announces a new album, "PhantoMime".
>Holostars JP & UPROAR!! release a collab MV of an original group song: "Kaleido Parade" on 5/25, celebrating Holostars' 5th Anniversary.
>Gavis Bettel, Machina X Flayon, Banzoin Hakka, and Josuji Shinri will have their 3D showcases and a follow-up 3D collab in June.
>Cover's Q4 Investor's Meeting Transcript has been released, in both Japanese and officially-translated English. Readers are advised to read the report in full themselves. An extremely abridged summary of the report indicates that Cover still considers itself in its "growth phase", does not feel that expanding their talent roster is currently the best path of growth going forward, and will be continuing experiments with Holoearth and other projects. They still expect to grow about 20~30% for FY 2024.

Nijisanji
>Alban Knox announces that he will be going on an extended hiatus "to pursue personal projects and growth". There is no confirmed return date, but he is expected to resume activities in late September/early October. He intends to pursue singing classes, Japanese study, and other aspects he intends to overhaul, to be "the Alban he should've been from the beginning".
>Tsukino Mito, Kuzuha, and Sasagi Saki will have a collab in KNIVES OUT, from 5/31 to 6/13.

VShojo
>StreamCharts reports that Michi Mochievee is the #1 Indonesian streamer on Twitch, with 907k watch hours. The next-highest ID streamer had roughly 24k watch hours reported.
>Matara Kan interrupts Wrestletuber 2024 as an additional surprise competitor.

Phase Connect
>Phase Invaders celebrates their 1 year anniversary. In addition to the expected merch drop, a group cover of "Party!!" and a short video celebrating the anniversary are also released.

Other Corpos
>Lua Asuka of Production kawaii announces a free solo live concert on 6/9. The setlist will include 2 new original songs. The preceding week will consist of a number of event streams celebrating her birthday.
>The Inside Sisters, a trio of vtuber correspondents for Inside Games magazine, announce that they will transition to independent talent under new names, but will retain their existing channels.
>Harry, CEO of NEXAS, removes the 11 months in 2023 he spent as AnotherBall's Growth Lead from his LinkedIn profile. For those unaware, AnotherBall is the parent company of AniLive, the app used by NEXAS to stream to iOS devices.
>Chiaki Katsumi of PixelLink, reaches 10k subscribers on Youtube.
>Shirahoshi Awawa of Varium returned from hiatus on 5/27.
>vα-liv, the Idolm@ster vtuber group, will appear at FUURYUFES 2024, on 6/22.
>Aogiri HS will have a collaboration with Village Vanguard, a JP bookstore specializing in "nerd merch", from 6/1 to 6/23.
>VESPERBELL, a group under RK Music, announce their 4th Anniversary Live, taking place on 6/23.
>Lilia of Algorhythm JP announces a 3-track EP in celebration of her birthday on 6/21. One of the tracks will be selected by fan vote.
>Yuko Yurei of idolEN announces her graduation on 5/31, following a 5-day marathon stream that started 5/27. Her donothon goals will be fulfilled, with some scheduled for release after her graduation. Reason for graduation is not clarified, just that it is "respecting her wishes".

Indies
>Omi_VT, an EN indie, releases a duet cover of "Nobody Loves Me" with VShojo's Michi Mochievee.
>Lord Aethelstan announces he will depart from MSM Talent after he concludes his current sponsorship obligations.
>Aruvn, an EN indie commonly theorized to be the 4th leaked member of NijiEN's Krisis wave, states he will be addressing "some narratives about [him] that happened a year ago" following OffKai Expo.
>Mikeneko's single, "World End", ranks #1 and #4 in the Philippines and German iTunes stores, respectively.
>Leon Daihyou, a notable JP indie, hosts LEAGUE OF LEON, a competition in League of Legends, on 5/27.

Other
>Merryweather and Buffpup defeat Lucy Pyre and Shylily in the Wrestletuber 2024 Day 2 Opening Match.
>Wrestletuber 2024 concludes, with Gavis Bettel of Holostars EN winning the tournament, then immediately losing it to Unnämed, a surprise entrant, due to a countout. However, Dokibird confirmed on Twitter that they will recieve a belt as a consolation regardless. Wrestling enthusiasts note that belts cannot typically change hands due to a disqualification (such as a countout).
>RK Music opens vSinger auditions from 6/1 to 6/30. Applicants must live in Japan and speak Japanese.

Local
>Lord of the Board 3 has announced that sign-ups will open on 5/31 @ 12a ET, and will be open for 2 weeks.
>VGTC Sign-ups close on 5/31 @ 11:59a ET.

Obituaries
>Warumono, a small Indonesian indie, was pronounced deceased on her Instagram account on 5/22. The report was confirmed by their vtuber mama. No specific cause of death was declared, but Warumono had previously been struggling with long-term stomach troubles.

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Indies
>oshiSPARK announces ticket sales for a "Virtual Vacation" concert, featuring Bao, Mint Fantome, Utano Pandora, and Miori Celesta on 7/5 at the El Rey Theater.
>Vexoria the Sun Eater, giantess lamia lewdtuber, returns from her hiatus and celebrates her birthday with a new outfit.
>Reya, Empress vtuber, creates an interactive theatre play where Twitch can roll dice and throw things from the audience.
>Saruei, notable French /lig/ger, releases her "Teen Saruei" model, and also announces new merch, with pre-orders open as of 5/18.
>Bao the Whale's original song "52-hearts" hits 1m Youtube Views.
>Waffle In A Toaster, longtime indie of 3.5 years, graduated on 5/18. She cites reaching the limit of her character and wanting to pursue different goals as her reasons for graduating.
>Olivia Monroe, high-energy pink girl known for her role in the Yapping Singularity of 2024, suffers a Supraventricular Tachycardia event as part of her ongoing heart issues. Readers should be advised that SVT is not typically a dire condition, but it tires out the afflicted. Olivia is also known to currently be in treatment for the condition.
>Yura Rikudou, formerly of PRISM, announces a 3D Model, an original song, a phone wallpaper, and 2 free voice packs.
>Kaiten Tsuzuri announces a 15-year hiatus to avoid stalkers, doxxing, and other antis.
>CookieSwirlC teases an upcoming new outfit.
>Mint Fantome will be performing at Anime North's Truck Rave on 5/25.
>Kyou, ASMR Office GILF, is denied her appeal of the deletion of her Youtube channel, citing "kissy noises" as "too sexual" for the platform, despite previously approving it.
>Takeshi Okamoto, associate professor at Kindai University and a VTuber under the name of Zombie Sensei, has written a paper about the characteristics of media communication in VTuber content tourism, using the collaboration between Nijisanji's Suo Sango and Shima Spain Village as the main topic. It was published in the March issue of the Kindai Applied Sociology Review, Vol.12, No.02.
>Kashiko Mari, a JP indie, will have a live concert at Akihabara Entas on 8/31.
>Rica debuts on Twitch. If you close your eyes, you can hear the echoes of a certain blonde vampire being banned from Youtube.
>Shigure Ui releases a figure via Furyu Hobby Mail for pre-order.
>Nyaruchuu, Local Caramel Idol, debuts her 2.0 model on 5/25 @ 6p ET.
>Dokibird, along with the rest of Team Brawlpro, win the Sajam Slam Tekken 8 Tournament. Evo announces that the winners will be provided with flights and accomodations for Evo 2024. All Sajam Slam 2 participants will also recieve free registration for Evo, regardless of placement.

Other
>Gamer's Outreach charity annoucnes the 2024 Vtuber Summer Slam running from 6/26~6/30.
>NicoNico announces a vtuber week event from 5/26~6/1.
>WSS, a JP advertising agency for vtubers, holds a mahjong tournament featuring several vtubers.
>OffKai Expo will feature a concert of 6 vtubers from across the industry.
>The current draft revision of Indonesian Broadcasting Law would, if passed, require content creators to verify TikTok and Youtube content with the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission.

Local
>Ogey Calibur concludes, with Team {{{BIGGER}}}, consisting of /vtai/, /wAIfu/, /ag/, /swarm/, and /hag/, taking the victory.
>Ayamy wins Round 7 of IndieCar.
>Kitanya wins Round 8 of IndieCar.
>Shiki wins Round 9 of IndieCar.
>Delutaya wins Round 10 of IndieCar.
>Shylily wins Round 11 of IndieCar.
>Filian wins Round 12 of IndieCar.
>Shigure Ui wins IndieCar Series 13, marking her first win since IndieCar's inception in May 2021.
>VGTC Sign-ups will close at the end of May.
>VTRP will return on 6/2 for Formula Holo's 13th & 14th rounds.

Corrections
>Previous reporting mistakenly referred to Zaion LanZa as a "Graduated" talent. She was terminated.

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Here's the round-up for today.

Hololive
>Mio's hiatus is extended indefinitely due to protracted health issues. As a result, her appearances in GAMER FES and MUSICVERSE are cancelled.
>Watame will take Mio's place in MUSICVERSE.
>Cover releases their Q4 Report. Readers are advised to read up on Smock Clock anon's write-up of the report, if not the report itself.
>A new chapter of the Hololive manga will release in June.
>HoloEarth announces limited-stock avatar items. Sold out items may be restocked.
>HoloEarth releases a few videos of Administrative Support AI Mithra guiding users through Alternative City v1.
>Kronii and Ina will be hosting a STAGE on 5/26.

Nijisanji
>NijiEN will have their first 3D Concert in the US on 6/10, during Anime Expo.
>ChroNoir will also have a concert with Anime Expo.
>Bonnivier Pranaja of ID announces his graduation, effective immediately, likely due to ongoing health issues.
>The Nijisanji subr*ddit has been restricted to mod-only posts. All user posts have been nuked.
>Nijisanji JP will hold a collab with Coco's Restaurant, a cafe in Japan.
>Cover launches Magical Girl HoloWitch, a mixed media project featuring Hololive talents. A PV will be released on 5/16.

VShojo
>Henya announces she will have her 3D Showcase before the end of May. The exact date is unconfirmed.

Other Corpos
>VAllure tease the footwear (or lack thereof) of their first generation's talents.
>VAllure's first generation will debut on 6/1.
>idolEN's new debuts each debuted with their own individual songs.
>Shirahoshi Awawa of Varium announces she will be taking a hiatus.
>STPR acquires Bittersweet Entertainment Co.
>Eileennoir of Algorhythm Project announces that they will be leaving the company and going completely independent.
>Urokomi Sui of Neo-Porte announces that they will be graduating on 6/17.
>VSPO releases an updated policy regarding online harassment.
>RK Music announces a debut schedule for 5/25, the same day the new KMNZ members debut, as well as the Voice Spark Live.

Indies
>Saruei and Megalodon spread awareness of an ongoing scammer named Math, who falsely claims to be their managers and reaches out to smaller vtubers to get clients.
>Vienna will debut her new model on 5/17 @ 3p ET.
>Yuzu, moth vtuber, debuts a Pajama outfit.
>Sinder announces a Youtooz Figure, available as of 5/17.
>Nyanners announces a Youtooz Figure, available as of 5/21.
>Nihmune announces that she is the songwriter for a song to be used in a Honkai Star Rail MV.
>Meat announces a new line of merch with Uwu Market, featuring a custom blanket of her chat mascot, a new acrylic stand, a night light, and a phone charger.
>Lord Aethelstan returns from his month-long hiatus.
>Layna Lazar forced to go on hiatus following her PC dying.
>Grape, dragon vtuber, announces on stream that she will be leaving MSM Talent, citing differences in goals. Readers will note that MSM Talent doesn't really exist to leave FROM, but the announcement is still important.
>Moriko "BatAtVideoGames" Kyoho, known for posting Among Us Cock in official Capcom channels, announces she will be splitting VODs and edited videos between two different Youtube channels.
>Ohmonah, an apparel maker, announces upcoming collabs with girl_dm_ and Randon.
>Zettai Angel Kurumi, a JP indie, opens a crowdfunding program for her 1st EP. At time of writing, it has reached 225% of its goal.
>Mikakunindōbutsu Umapi, a JP indie, announces her solo birthday event, to take place on 7/17.
>Kurumizawa Momo opens a crowdfunding project for her 3D Model. At time of writing, it has reached 126% of its goal.
>Shiki Miyoshino, formerly of PRISM Project, announces she will be streaming on AniLive.
>marimari_en, handsome fish princess /lig/ger, enters a partnership with GamerSupps.
>Nyana Banyana, local insane loli, announces a 3D Concert with "multiple anime grills singing and dancing" on 5/26 @ 6p ET.

Other
>AniLive opens the Niyori Cup, an in-app event where the winner will be gifted art from Niyorinyori.
>Brave Group signs a business partnership agreement with StelLive, a Korean vtuber company.
>Shaka, notable JP streamer, announces a Street Fighter 6 tournament.

Local
>Amiya Aranha wins the Indie 500 for the second year in a row.
>Saruei wins the Indie Grand Prix.
>As a reminder, VGTC signups close at the end of May.

Corrections
>A previous round-up stated that 2 members of idolEN's Encore debuted. Enya Ignis was mistakenly assumed to have already debuted at the time of writing, but she debuted with the other two.
>A previous round-up mistakenly stated that KMNZ teased 3 new talents. Only 2 new talents were teased, as one of the talents in the trailer was an existing talent.

Here's the round-up for today.

Hololive
>Kay, the dev of Holocure, states that Update 0.7 will be closer to an "expansion" than an "update", and asserts it will keep Kaela busy for at least two streams.

Nijisanji
>Toru Koshimizu will have their 3D debut on 5/17 @ 8a ET.
>Fuwa Minato will release their first mini-album, "Persona", on 9/4.
>Fuwa Minato will also have his first Solo live on 12/8.
>Petra reaches 500k Youtube subs. Anon in an interview stated "I guess hitting 500k once wasn't enough".

Other Corpos
>Kyui Yona and Hinata Lima of HareVare will graduate on 5/18 and 5/19. They both intend to transfer to another project belonging to Brave group. Readers should be advised that HareVare is a "training" program.
>AVATAR2.0 Project, a JP group, announces they will be shutting down operations as of the end of this month. The talents will choose to either go indie, graduate entirely, or be transferred to another corpo.
>Palette Project, a JP virtual idol group, announces 6 new members, who will begin their debuts on 5/17.
>PixelLink releases a teaser for their new generation, PixelChronicle, which consists of 4 new talents.
>Hanabasami Kyo of Re:AcT releases her 7th single.
>KMNZ, a JP group, teases 3 new members for their group, who will be revealed on 5/25.
>idolEN debut the two members of Encore, the previously leaked Chikafuji Lisa and Shabel Tonya.

Indies
>ASMR enthusiast and GyaruCast member Kumo Kuddelmuddel had her Patreon account terminated on her 3rd anniversary. Patreon cited ToS violations for the termination, and Kumo is attempting to recover the account now. The content itself is not lost, and will be distributed on other platforms for the time being.
>Clear Usui, rocket autist/idol chuuba, will have a collaboration with the EarthCARE satellite launch in May.
>Bugbugh, an EN spider Vtuber, debuted on 5/11. A random commentor stated "I wish Spiders were real."

Other
>KAMITSUBAKI FES '24 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, a music event involving a number of vtubers, will be held on 8/8.
>A Minecraft JP event will be held on 5/18 and 5/19, involving a number of vtubers.
>GamerSupps, longtime sponsor of Everybody, condemns AI-generated images, particularly those used in the creation of the label for their newest flavor, "Strawberries & Cream". As a result, this flavor will not be restocked for the forseeable future.
>AniLive, the Vtubing App used by NEXAS, releases in Open Alpha on the Apple App Store as of 5/12. Android will be coming "up next" when it's ready.
>AniLive also runs a promotion giving away $50 Visa Gift Cards to winners that install AniLive and screenshot their profile with the Alpha banner. Asked their opinion, Anon stated "I guess anybody in the Closed Alpha can get fucked, huh."
>Dokibird announces Wrestletuber 2024, an event in WWE 2k24 involving indies, IdolEN, former PRISM talent, VShojo, Phase Connect, and Holostars EN. The event will take place on 5/25 and 5/26, involving created wrestlers from both talent and fan submissions.

Local
>Lisa and Tonya step down from IndieCar and will transfer to CorpoCar in Season 6. Talent Freedom 100 winner Tomoe Umari and part-time driver Monarch will enter the IndieCar in their stead.
>The first weekend of Ogey Calibur concludes, with Phase Coffee leading in the group points. Brackets for the event will occur next weekend, starting 5/17.

Notes from the Desk:
>An archive of past round-ups is currently being built.

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Special NEXAS/AniLive Section
>NEXAS debuts 26 talents on a new app, AniLive, over the weekend of 4/26~4/28.
>While there were no offical restreams on other platforms, there was at least one endorsed restream on Twitch.
>On 4/29, Harry, CEO of NEXAS, was found editing comments on the vtuber wiki regarding NEXAS, particularly editing out the involvement of Captain (CEO of AniLive's parent company, AnotherBall), and attempting to remove some of his Twitter remarks from the wiki. It should be noted that the edit to remove Captain was confirmed to be a valid edit by Captain himself.
>On 4/30, Harry was interviewed by Merryweather, who vocalized many concerns of NEXAS. The full details of this interview will be broken down in the upcoming NEXAS expose, but he has promised that NFTs, AI, and Cryptocurrency are not in any way affiliated with nor the intent of NEXAS.
>This interview was followed by an impromptu interview with Clotho, the spearhead talent, who discussed some of his own streaming setup and what he's learned while in NEXAS.
>NEXAS intends to investigate more options for streaming going forward.
>Currently, AniLive as a platform is still in Closed Alpha, with it not possible to donate or purchase coins. When the current stock of free coins runs out, users will be limited to coins from daily log-ins, so long as those continue to function. This means talents will be without any way to earn income on the platform.

Indies
>Parasi, rabbit /lig/ger, is issued a 2-week ban on 4/29 for "racist" remarks. Anon stated "A mildly-racist rabbit vtuber? This is getting out of hand; now there are THREE of them."
>Sayu announces a new model debut on 5/4.
>PokoPea, a duo of JP indies, release PokoPea Land for Android and Meta Quest, as previously revealed on their 1st Anniversary video.
>Team renniesaurus takes 2nd place in the Stardew Valley Community Challenge on Twitch Rivals.
>Hanya of Aussie Indie coalition Vershion returns to streaming after over a month of internet issues.

Special MSM Section
>MSM Talent, the agency that handles a number of large EN Indies, has been discovered to not be officially licensed as a business, and does not have an active LLC.
>The previous LLC was forfeit to the state of Maryland due to failure to pay taxes over 7 years.
>Previously, the company's staff were staff at X1 Talent, which closed due to not paying talent.
>MSM Talent was also in charge of handling Grimmi's hot sauce company, but the website for said company has no business information and is using a template for the licensing.
>Further invesitgation by anons reveals that the owner of MSM Talent, Seth Weinstein, has a trail of scorned business partners, contract dispute litigations, and unanswered speeding tickets dotted around the United States.

Obituaries
>Astrid Andromeda, a space-themed EN indie, was announced deceased on 4/29. She died of complications due to a severe infection that affected her heart. She died surrounded by loved ones.

Other
>Koito Ria, better known as Mikeneko, better known as Michael Cat, worse known as Nazuna, better known as The Menhera Formerly Known As Uruha Rushia, better known as The Undisputed International Vtuber World Champion-Queen Of The Girlfriend Experience, has her debut as a singer/musician cancelled by Pony Island. Pony Island claims the cancellation was due to "production issues".
>Motion Graphic Creators 100 announces the 2024 100 Filmmakers Award, with multiple notable vtuber entries up for vote.
>DYES IWASAKI, famous cool guy, releases an album featuring several vtubers.
>Machi Korieta, a VTuber from the Women's Research University Group, announces her graduation.

Local
>/brg/ (Battle Royale - NEXAS General) becomes the fastest unpinned thread on the board during NEXAS debuts.
>NASFAQ's TrialDev announces that Mel will be transitioned to a non-adjusting coin after her next subtick hits the market. This will effectively mean her price will only go up after her next major downward adjustment.

Corrections
>Previous reporting on the VTuber Racing Project mistakenly referred to Formula Holo as "HoloCar".
>A previous round-up stated that AZKi took Pekora to a location "near the infamous suicide forest". This was completely incorrect, due to a combination of translation and geographical errors. Apologies for any confusion.
>Previous reporting mistakenly stated the date for the IdolES debut relay as 5/5. It is actually 5/3.
>A previous round-up mistakenly referred to Maria Marionette as "Marie".

Notes From The Desk
>Briefs of NEXAS-related information will be included as normal. The expose has taken on more detail than would be reasonably included in a summary, so the summary will be updated with the NEXAS-related news that was being witheld as part of that expose.
>There is now an Obituary section as part of the template for these posts. I pray it is rarely, if ever, needed.

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Other
>The US Federal Trade Commission announces that it intends to ban all Non-Compete Agreements for non-senior executives. As most vtubers under a corpo are considered "independent contractors" in their contracts, this is not expected to make significant impact on its own.
>FANBOX, that site you use for lewd drawings of anime women, published a user report for its 6th anniversary, revealing that vTubers make up 18% of the userbase, second only to Illustrators.
>Chokaigi 2024 will be hosting a "Vtuber Chatting Festival" with more than 100 vtuber guests you can buy tickets to chat with.
>The roster for "Pros In Cons" has been updated completely, with vtubers from a variety of indies and small corpos.
>Tobyn Jacobs, known for having the best explanation for his giantess fetish followed by "I don't have a giantess fetish", prints cardboard cutouts of every vTuber signed under Mythic.
>Popona, an official vtuber of SEGA, announces that they are seeking vtubers and streamers for a Sega Game Tournament.
>A bar in Ikebukuro will be opening next month that allows you to sit and chat with real-time holo projections of vtubers. Readers are advised to check the title of the cyberpunk novel they are in before engaging in holograms of virtual women.

Local
>Polka scores her first Formula Holo win in the Dutch Holo Prix.
>Mococo wins the Italian Holo Prix, for her second win in this year's HoloCar World Championship.
>Miko maintains her point lead in HoloCar after Round 12.
>Rounds 1 & 2 of IndieCar's 13th Series will begin 5/3 @ 8p ET.
>2024's Talent Freedom 100 will take place on 5/4 @ 10a ET.
>2024's Indie 500 Qualifiers will take place on 5/5, with the main race taking place on 5/12.
>Ogey Calibur signups close.
>Squared Circuit holds its first test episode on 2k23.

Corrections
>The previous round-up indicated that "Pros in Cons" took place on 4/4. This is a typo: The correct date is 5/4.
>Previous reporting indicated that KyOresu debuted with 3 models. This was a joke, referring to her IRL face ("RTX Model") as an additional "model". We apologize for utilizing humor here.
>Previous reporting mistakenly stated that Koseki Bijou was of HoloCouncil. She is of ADVENT.
>Previous reporting failed to mention that the /#/ Album is AI-generated.

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Here's the round-up of the news for today.

Hololive
>FANDING, a Korean creator coordinator, announces they will be sponsoring a Hololive Campus Festival in Korea.

VShojo
>Haruka has a collab with the voice cast of Baldur's Gate 3 on 4/21 @ 1p ET.
>Ironmouse begins walking on a treadmill. She can currently maintain a shaky gait for less than 5 minutes.

Small Corpos
>Carro Pino of .LIVE releases two Original Songs on 4/20 and 4/21, at 6a ET.
>Re:AcT Gaming releases the teaser for their 2nd generation of talents.
>RE:NEGADE of HEYU, previously reported as going on indefinite hiatus, will now be graduating on 4/30 due to "financial challenges".

Indies
>Peaky Hikers, a JP Indie duo, are hosting a campaign to promote vtubers with less than 1k subs but 100+ videos uploaded, which will be compiled into a promotion stream. However, they are currently short on applicants.
>Isekaijoucho, a JP Vsinger, hits 400k Subscribers on her YT Channel.
>Suou Patra, ASMR Tutor, collabs with Capcom's online lottery service, Capkuji.
>HimeHina, a duo you've definitely heard of before, reaches 900k subs on YT.
>Tomoe Umari, local horse /tactical/+/choc/ vtuber, announces that she has been diagnosed with severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and will be pursuing therapy for treatment. She wishes to continue encouraging the Umarmy.
>GENESIX, an ID agency, give an update on the VA for Divya Peashy, accusing her of hijacking agency accounts, embezzlement, and having an affair with her manager, among other offenses.
>Snuffy announces her 3 year anniversary stream on 4/20.
>Coqui will stream on her birthday: 4/23.
>Silvervale and Sinder announce their new GamerSupps flavors. In an interview, Anon asks "These aren't going to make me shit so hard I cum or something, right?" Readers experiencing symptoms such as these are advised to see a doctor and/or move to Germany.
>Nihmune, aka Numi, and Lucy Pyre released a cover of "Daisy".
>Leaflit and her studio, Angelsword, are announced as guests at Brook Con.

Other
>Shirobeats and Louverture will be releasing a massive vtuber collab album "Witching Hour", out on 4/26.

Local
>The /vt/ League Academy will be streamed on 4/20 @ 12p ET on the /vt/ League Cytube.
>Formula Holo round 9 & 10 will take place on 4/21 @ 11a ET.

Corrections
>The previous round-up mistakenly referred to Tenkai Tsukasa as a Niji talent. He is an indie.

Here's the round-up for today

Hololive
>HoloX get a collab with Duel Master Play's starting on 4/25.
>Bijou, Kiara, Kaela, Altare, and Bettel are announced as guests at Offkai Expo.

Nijisanji
>The teams for the Nijisanji x J1 League collab is unveiled.
>Vox announces his return stream, which will double as a new outfit reveal, on 4/22 @ 9a ET. This will be his first Youtube stream on his own channel since 1/26.

VShojo
>Continuing the Security Officer arc, a new skit is released on Youtube and Twitter (formerly "X (formerly "Twitter (formerly "X (formerly "Twitter (formerly "X (formerly Twitter)")")")")").

Phase Connect
>Muyu Muu celebrated her birthday on 4/15. Merch offerings include a mug, a dakimakura, keychain, acrylic plate, and a voice pack.

Small Corpos
>Norio will hold a birthday party stream on 4/16 @ 7a.
>Yumekawa Kananu of Re:AcT starts a music-focused channel.
>Tounin Shino of GAMABOOKS will "retire from her position as bookseller" (read: Graduation) on 4/30.

Indies
>Asahi Nina, a JP indie, wins the Majhong Soul 5th Anniversary.
>Natsume Eri's solo exhibition has been postponed due to issues.
>Camila was banned by Twitch for unknown reasons.
>Nihmune, better known as "Numi", releases a Minecraft server for use by a variety of vtubers.
>Saurei announces a "Teen Saru" model that will debut on 4/18.
>Bao releases a cover of Idol by Yoasobi
>Bao also is announced as a guest at Offkai Expo.
>Dokibird announces a collab in Content Warning with Snuffy, Han Byeol, and Limeaclicious, scheduled for 4/16.
>Zuma, known Rat, will be redebuting, celebrating her 2yr partner anniversary, and her birthday, all in the same day: 4/19 @ 9a ET
>Nyaru will make an appearance at Brook Con 2024, holding a concert at the event.
>Bodega Rrat will debut her 3D model on her 3rd streaming anniversary, to take place on 4/21.
>Moriko "BatAtVideoGames" Kyoho, known bane to MonHun accounts everywhere, announces the rescheduled date for her Super Mario World hack race against Simpleflips, extremely shouted-out Twitch streamer. The race will take place on 4/20.
>Sayu's Gunpla charity stream raised $6,071 USD for the World Wildlife Fund, not to be confused with the wrestling promotion by the same acronym.
>Koopa Fortuna, local turtle mom, returns 4/15, and is actively streaming at the time of writing.
>Leaflit, local slime adventurer, releases an album titled "Beep Boop Weeabop", available everywhere music can be listened to.
>Egg, a vtuber artist (not to be confused with Egg ch, another indie that is actually just an egg), announces the debut of her model on 4/20.

Other
>The full list of all team members for the 6th Rakuten eSports cup has been released.

Here's the news round-up for today.

Hololive
>Korone celebrates her 5th anniversary with a new outfit, merch, and a new Original Song, "TROUBLE "WAN"DER!"
>Gura streamed.

Nijisanji
>Elira Pendora's return stream was uneventful, primarily discussing JRPGs. She intends to stream without a set schedule for a week or two.
>Nijisanji EN AR Live "COLORS" Pastel Stage & Vivid Stage showed a complimentary viewing, consisting of a 17~18 minute sampling of Pastel Stage. The complimentary viewing was subsequently privated, and limited to those that buy tickets to the entire show. The event is listed as a "pre-recorded livestream" that "differs from the planned contents [sic] which were scheduled to be streamed in April 2023, as the AR parts feature a live band along with newly recorded videos". It is for stream only.
>Fulgur Ovid was stated to not be able to perform at the AR Live due to health reasons, but was still featured as part of the talking segments. Readers are advised to do background research on this subject.

VShojo
>The Secret VShojo Japan Vacation meet & greets are being held at the Animate store in Akihabara on 6/8.
>Ironmouse announces a Dungeons & Dragons stream of "Throne of Heresy" to raise money for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
>A new video, titled "The VShojo Security Experience" is posted on Twitter (formerly "X (formerly "Twitter (formerly "X (formerly Twitter)")")").

Phase Connect
>The teams for Phase Wars 2 are announced (Joker, Spiral, Blaze). Viewers can also sign up to join a team themselves.
>Lumi attempts to break the Girl Talk Yapping Singularity Duration record in a collab with Runie, along with resident indie windbags Olivia Monroe and Nekrolina. The quartet had a Content Warning collab lasting 4 hours and 52 minutes, of which roughly 40 minutes was gameplay. Anon stated afterwards "I think my eyes are still tinted pink. I can smell the makeup aisle, and feel the bright lights..." Please make sure to pass your thoughts and prayers to Anon in this trying time. The Abyss is not always black.

Small Corpos
>Prism:NOVA, a new ID group, announces the two talents that they will debut with. Debuts will be on 4/20 and 4/21, at 9a ET both days.
>Two new talents from RancomTeam, a small ID corpo, will debut on 4/14 at 8a and 9a ET.
>V4Mirai hosts a Q&A with Lunalia, their newest generation.

Indies
>Dokibird recieves a custom-made Wingman model from Hyte and IBUYPOWER, with messages of encouragement from Dragoons within the company.
>Tadayoi Lina, a JP indie, will cease all activities on her account as of 5/14.
>Sayu posts the incentives for her 8-hour gunpla-building charity stream, starting on 4/14 at 12a ET.
>Mikeneko begins streaming on Bilibili.

Local
>Clash of Chuubas' penultimate episode was scheduled for 4/13 @ 10p ET. However, due to unforseen complications possibly involving anteaters, it has been postponed indefinitely.
>NASFAQ hosts their routine gamble on how long Gura's streak will last this time.

Corrections
>A previous report mentioned a "sleepy time flavor", but failed to properly identify the flavor(s) in question. The specific product is GamerSupps AFK Sleep Support Supplements.

Here's the news round-up for today.

Hololive
>Sakura Miko reaches 2 Million subscribers on Youtube, becoming the 9th Hololive talent to do so.
>Suisei reaches 1 million listeners on Spotify.

Nijisanji
>Elira Pendora announces she will return to streaming on 4/12. Asked their thoughts, Anon stated "God I hope she spits on me and tells me to kill myself 'like that purple dragon whore failed to do'. That'd be hot."

Small Corpos
>The VA of Meedy Audia, of ID Corpo Genesix, has stepped down. Her model has been placed on hiatus, potentially pending a VA replacement. Non-Indonesian readers are advised to do more research on this topic if it sounds strange to you.
>The VA of Divya Peashy, also of Genesix, has been caught violating company policy, and is now mediating with the company lawyers.
>Mira Firdayanti of Virtunix, announces her return to streaming after about 3 years. She will debut on 4/14.
>Project Livium, an ID group, announces that it has garnered 42.5m Rupiah (roughly $2,683.44 USD) in donations from their Ramadan charity programs. It will be donated to a local orphanage in Bandung.
>EVREN, an ID group, also completed their own Ramadan charity drive, garnering 13.65m Rupiah (roughly $861.86 USD) in donations, for a local orphanage in Madiun.
>V4Mirai, who recently debuted their 3rd generation, announces auditions opening.

Indies
>Ayamy, known for being Yozora Mel's mother and (You)r girlfriend, is confirmed as a guest at AnimeCentral.
>Reiyuguigui, indie of large size, has been sponsored to co-stream the first Triple-I Initiative livestream, which will feature games made by independent developers.

Other
>NexonJP will be debuting their first Virtual Employee, a vtuber by the name of Hirano Minato, to debut on 4/12.

Corrections
>A typo in the previous round-up left out that Altare's tickets sold out in 15 minutes.

Here's the news round-up for today.

Hololive
>Hololive Academy Voice Pack -Entrance Arc- is now on sale.

Phase Connect
The Pippa x luwud collab hoodie has been released for pre-order.

Small Corpos
>Nene Amano of Kawaii reaches 300k subs on Youtube.
>V4Mirai announces a series of watchalong partners for their new gen's debuts.
>Neo-Porte announces that there has been a defect found within Yui Hizuki's birthday battery charger, where a Micro USB Type-B cable was included instead of the advertised USB Type-C cable. Neo-Porte will be sending out new cables to all purchasers of the goods.
>CONNECT V, a JP group, announces their first fan event on 4/26.
>STPR Inc announces that they can and have taken anonymous users to court over slanderous internet comments.

Indies
>Nekomiya Hinata, formerly of NoriPro, announces a gaming jersey, to be released on 4/6.
>Anny debuted her new swimsuit outfit. Unfortunately, no anon could stop masturbating long enough to answer to requests for comment.
>Juniper debuts a new model based on Racing culture. The "cars go fast" kind, not the "crime statistics" kind.
>Bao, Vienna, Yuzu, Numi, Trickywi, and Sinder form a new group, named Girliepop. You will definitely not forget this name in a month.
>Bao teases a musical project with Jun Misui, which will be released on 4/6 @ 3p ET.
>Fanguu, notable Cavewoman, returns to streaming after being away on a trip to Japan for most of a month.
>Utano Pandora will have her first 3D Concert, PandoRadio, on 4/6 @ 11a ET.
>Filian, notable Filipino Boy, and MariMari_EN, known fish princess and Mario Kart queen, watched ONE Fight Night 21, which opens the opportunity for more sponsored MMA/Sports watchalongs for vtubers.

Local
>/#/ releases their monthly rankings for March, ranking vtuber channels on Youtube by their median peak concurrent viewers. Readers are advised to do further reading on this subject, as it is very telling of potentially major shifts in viewership markets.
>VGTC announces some updates to their rules and submissions. Entries will close on 5/31, and liveries must be approved by 6/30.
>Mozzu of V-Dere leads CorpoCar West after 8 rounds.
>Michiru of Phase JP leads CorpoCar East after 8 rounds.
>CorpoCar East/West's finals will be streamed on 4/7 @ 11a ET.

Corrections
>It was previously mentioned that Kitanya would be debuting a new model in the coming week, however the debut will be of a png initially, then a low-poly model, then an L2D model, as each is completed.

Here's all the news since April 1st.

Hololive
>Flare celebrated her birthday on 4/2. The merch sold out in minutes.
>Suisei's newest single, Bibidiba, enters the JP Billboard Top 100 at #27, beating her previous record of TEMPLATE (#97) and GHOST (#99), but not the overall vtuber record (Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous @ #21).

Nijisanji
>Kuzuha, Salome, and Kanae will be part of a collaboration with ASAP CLUB, an energy drink.
>NijiPuppet will release their next wave of merch on 4/4, consisting of Ex-KR members. Anon says "There's still Koreans in the company?"
>Luca's Birthday merch for 2024 includes a signed charm, with a distinctly different signature. This corroborates previous elements of Raziel's document, but does not outright confirm their full contents.

VShojo
>Matara Kan is scheduled to host a panel at OffKai Expo, alongside a returning Mint Fantome.

Phase Connect
>Himemiya Rie is suspended from Twitter (formerly "X (formerly Twitter)") due to her April Fools' prank of pretending to be Hatsune Miku. This was previously reported in the April Fools' roundup.
>Fujikura Uruka celebrated her birthday on 4/1.

Small Companies
>VERSEn integrates its talents into VEE.
>MaiR of ALIVE MUSIX reaches the crowdfunding goal for her national tour.
>MAHA5, an ID corp, announces a gaming peripheral collab with Fantech.
>Nekoyama Sena of YumeLive will debut a new model on 4/6.
>Neo-Porte announces the rescheduling of the 3D Debuts of their 1st Gen talents. They will take place on 4/14, 4/20, and 4/21.
>Shibuya HAL of Neo-Porte is announced to be on the 22nd episode of AWA Stage.

Indies
>Zou Kageno will be publishing a "Vtuber Ghost Stories" book, featuring Norio, Inari Iroha, and Kazuya Seto.
>Olivia Monroe, notable ballerina and pink woman, was hospitalized on 4/1 due to an issue of extremely low blood pressure. She has since returned home and will be seeing a heart specialist. She is expected to return to streaming later this week.
>Uwo's Lab, formerly known as uwu_to_owo, debuted his official Live 2D Model on 4/1.
>Juniper Actias will be debuting her new model on 4/5.
>Kitanya, known for being "here" (maybe also /here/), is retiring her current "Hero" Tanya model, and will be debuting a new "Feesh" Tanya model next week. This is a normal occurrence, as Kitanya changes her model roughly once a year.
>Mint Fantome will be having her return stream on 4/4.
>Mint will be at OffKai, in the panel with Matara of VShojo.
>Beribug launches her first merch line with V-Oshi.
>OniGiri had a collab with Petra of NijiEN.
>Shindigs, notable vtuber overlay creator, is interviewed by PC Gamer about his overlays and the stuff that other people make on the internet.
>Chiroru, a JP vtuber fan of the Hanshin Tigers (a JP baseball team) reaches 110k subscribers.
>Bao announces she will be attending VeXpo.
>Aogiri High School closes their official FANBOX, and replaces it with a Ci-en account. If you don't know what Ci-en is, it's FANBOX but for streamers.
>kyOresu, a semi-notable EN vSinger, announces she will be debuting as a vtuber on 4/20.
>Hoshikage Lapis, a JP indie, wins the V-TIPS virtual triathlon, and the prize of a 3D Model.
>EVREN, an ID indie circle(?), announces that Neisa Voetius (a former ID indie) will be joining them as staff.

Other
>New Chilla's Art game.
>Mahjong Soul hosts a vtuber tournament for its 5th anniversary
>Weebcon happened! No extremely notable events occurred. Pretty much just normal con stuff.
>Legal Mindset, a legal youtuber, announces that he has been hired by idol Corp to rewrite their contracts in a way that benefits the talents over the corpo.
>DLsite announces suspension of VISA and MasterCard payment processing.

Local
>/#/ releases their monthly round-up of tables and charts for the month of March.
>A /wasp/ discord leak reveals that members of that discord are responsible for various raids, attacks, and other schizo activities on multiple threads.
>Yubicraft celebrates their 3rd anniversary, and plans some sort of party for this weekend.
>NASFAQ confirms big mooner is REAL, and Lui is the buy of the day. Mori also takes a dive just before her birthday live.

Corrections
>In our April Fools' coverage, Hachi, a JP vSinger, was mistakenly identified as an indie, despite being signed with RK Music.

Here's today's round-up of the news.

Hololive
>Mori announces her birthday live, No Downtime, for 4/4.
>holoIndie announces 2 additional titles: WOWOWOW KORONE BOX (releasing 4/12) and Miko In Maguma (releasing 4/26)
>Baelz's album reaches 1.28m Spotify streams globally.
>NePoLaBo have a collab with GiGO Entertainment. No details of the collab have been announced.
>holoE3ro release a new 3D MV of a new original song.
>Kobo released her 5th Original Song on 3/27.
>Ina announces a new outfit.

Nijisanji
>Shirayuki Tomoe reveals a new outfit on 3/30, and also announces her intent to quit her job next month to begin full-time focus as a vtuber.
>Shima Spain Village announces a collab Suo Sango and Hyakumantenbara Salome, featuring "churro plushes" of their favorite churro flavors.

Small Corpos
>Shiranami Ramune of VSPO celebrates her birthday with merch.
>Socks Vtubing Agency intends to debut their first talent "this summer".
>Aogiri High School, a JP group under Brave, announces a stuffed toy collab with elcoco Land.
>Carro Pino, a JP under .LIVE, takes part in a "Girls Werewolf Party" collab with various Seiyuus on AmiAmi Channel.
>Izumi Yunohara and Hikari Hira of 774 Inc. aid in the Virtual Kurayoshi PR campaign.
>Yugasaki Rene of 774 Inc. revealed her redesign. "No underboob; I'm unsubscribing" says Anon.
>MaiR began a crowdfunding campaign for a nationwide tour, but the video has been privated.
>Cafe VPI confirms a 2nd generation of 6 talents, beginning debuts on 3/31 @ 5a ET.
>Aglio Olio E Peperonciono's 3D debut is confirmed for 3/31 @ 7a ET.
>PRISM Gen 4 debut outfits on 3/28. At time of writing, only Sara Nagare had completed her outfit reveal, but Anon can be heard saying "thank god she didn't nerf the tits".

Indies
>Tsukimachi Nyamo, a JP indie, manages to sell 4000 units of her first voice pack.
>Filian is getting sponsored to watch MMA matches once a month.

Here's an additional news round-up to wrap up the thread.
For the OP baker: The previous round-up was 4998 characters, so you'll have to figure out how to trim it down for one post.

Phase Connect
>Pipkin Pippa announced she intends to go to Japan on a business trip sometime in the next few months.
>Phase Connect announces that they will be doing a merch crossover with luwud. Fishman lets slip that it includes a "MEGA IDOL Pippa" hoodie.

Small Corpos
>A google doc traced back to the personal account allegedly held by Pochi Wanmaru, soon-to-be ex-Idol talent, indicates that she has been mistreated by the company for not giving people refunds nor allowing her to work on donothon goals. This account has been found to have multiple inconsistencies with past information, so consider this a story-in-progress while we wait for Idol's response.

Indies
>In our ongoing coverage of the Tora sexual assault allegations, another woman comes forward alleging that he had sex with her while she was a consenting adult, giving all sexual abuse victims, and women in general, a bad name.

Other
>Further elaboration on the previous Japanese banking changes: Many major companies in Japan rose salaries in 2024 by 5.28%, the highest pay hike in 33 years. Still not entirely sure what impact this wil have on vtubing.
>Investigations by anons show that VShojo has more watch hours in the month of March compared to NijiEN. However, VShojo is mostly on Twitch, while NijiEN is on Youtube, and comparisons between the two are murky at best. Take this comparison with some salt.

Sports
>CorpoCar West & East will begin 11a ET on 3/23. V&U is included in the race, but Serafi has been removed from the roster due to no longer streaming with the company.
>Clash of Chuubas confirmed for 3/23 @ 11a ET. CoCOP confirms that it will be "a long stream".

Markets
>Fauna and Suisei's coins are expected to see a massive price hike in the next day or two, as their birthday celebrations cause massive spikes in the viewership.