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VEE Project

Kujo Ringo To Return to Indie VTubing Activities on April 30

VEE Project has also recognized Ringo's contributions to the VTuber project, and that they fully support her future activities moving forward.

Brave Group Featured

Brave group Announces New Members to Leadership Roster

Among those appointed is REALITY Studios' founder Kosuke Sugiyama, who joins Brave group as an independent auditor.

Sony Music Virtual

Sony Music Japan to Move VERSEⁿ Talents to VEE Project Amidst Project Changes

SMEJ assures that there will still be separate story-based contents based on these talents, and are still separate from other content projects from VEE.

VShojo

VShojo's Ironmouse Included as Speaker for IDF's 2024 PI Conference

She will be joining on the first day of the conference in a panel discussion titled "Meet the stars of "Compromised," centered around IDF's upcoming documentary film.

Hololive English

Mori Calliope To Perform Ending Theme of "Suicide Squad ISEKAI" Anime

The song is titled "Go-Getters" and is produced alongside GIGA and TeddyLoid.

Kizuna AI

Kizuna no Allele's 'Alleles Project' To Cease Content Production by April

The XR project based from the "Kizuna no Allele" series will cease producing new content by April this year.

Hololive

Hololive Launches Animated Commercials, Centered on 'New Daily Life' Brand Message

Each commercial featuring Hoshimachi Suisei, Houshou Marine, Tokoyami Towa, and Sakamata Chloe is narrated by popular voice actress Kana Hanazawa.

Nijisanji

NIJISANJI Announces Debut of "3SKM" Unit

The "3SKM" unit is composed of VTuber talents Kitami Yusei, Kaisei, and Sakaki Ness.

Project Kavvaii

Project Kavvaii Announces Graduation of Lunetide Generation

In a separate statement provided to VTuber NewsDrop, Project Kavvaii stated that Airi and Mikazuki's IP will still remain as part of the VTuber project's ecosystem.

Project Kavvaii

Project Kavvaii Launches Official Webtoon of Lunetide Generation: Here's How It's Done

Only on NewsDrop: We take you behind-the-scenes of the webtoon's creative direction and insights from the people that have worked on the piece.

Nijisanji EN

ANYCOLOR's Riku Tazumi Addresses Latest NIJISANJI EN Fiasco

Riku Tazumi has addressed key points of criticism to the agency following its termination fiasco. Here are the details:

Music

Koito Ria (Mikeneko) To Make Her Pony Canyon Debut

Her artist debut will be under her new alias Koito Ria, the name being given to her when she signed as a talent under VOICE-ORE in June this year.

Brave Group

Brave Group, idol Announce Strategic Business Partnership

Both companies will continue their business efforts in English-speaking territories, as well as their consolidated e-commerce operations.

Project F

Remaining Project F Talents Leave Agency Following Management Fiasco

The remainder of the agency's talents have announced their departure from the agency and will become independent VTubers.

Brave Group

Brave Group Closes Series D Funding Round With ¥3.11B Raised

Brave Group has also secured a loan from the Shizuoka Bank as well as issuing new shares to both existing and new investors, and repurchasing shares.

Brave Group

Brave Group Continues Overseas Expansion With Bangkok, Shenzhen Offices

The new offices are part of the company's goals following its recent ¥1.99B funding injection earlier this year.

Industry

The VTuber Awards 2023 Winners to Be Recognized December 16

VTubers are nominated in more than 20 categories, and voting is until December 11.

Industry

Chinese Regulators To Remove Anonymity of Influencers After Reaching Follower Threshold

It is worth noting that the anonymity removal will only apply to influencers doing content primarily on professional fields such as social and current affairs, military, finance, law, and medical topics.

Industry

VTuber Agency Sedai One Closes Operations

Sedai One, a VTuber agency catering to the Spanish-speaking audience, has abruptly ended its operations, removing its YouTube and X pages in the process. This comes after one of their talents, Aono Nemo, left the agency Tuesday, October 31. In a statement posted on X before its account gets removed,

Brave Group

HIMEHINA is Now Part of Brave Group

Operating company Studio LaRa integrates management with major VTuber player; affirms no change in creative freedoms

Japan

Whale Taylor Establishes Music Production Company, Debuts VTuber Lineup

"Infinity Goal" will be focused on blending live streaming activities and doing more music-related projects.

Graduation

Playasia's Aka Mana to Graduate on September 15

In her quick announcement stream, she stated that she has been thankful for all the fans that had supported her all this time.

Hololive

Hololive's Blue Journey to Release First Album, Announces First Live Concert

Blue Journey, a music project from hololive production, is set to release their first album titled "Dawn Song" on September 6.

Research

Nem x Mila Launch New Survey to Explore Lifestyle of Social VR Users

Topics such as community and economy were added as requested by Social VR users in their preliminary survey.