Juufuutei Raden Becomes ReGLOSS’s First Pokipoki Queen on Pocky Day

HOLOLIVE — Juufuutei Raden won the first ReGLOSS Pokipoki Championship on Wednesday, taking the title of Pokipoki Queen in a Pocky Day special that put three members of the hololive unit through three games. Raden finished with 40 points, ahead of Otonose Kanade at minus 10 and Ichijou Ririka at minus 30.

The stream, held on Nov. 11, the day the Japanese snack Pocky is celebrated, opened with the news that Todoroki Hajime would sit out because her throat was not in top form, a decision announced on the unit’s official X account. The other three introduced themselves and named their favorite Pocky flavors, among them almond and strawberry, before the contest began.

“I’ve practiced a lot for this day, so I’d say it’s a natural result.” — Juufuutei Raden, after winning

The first game, Balance Pocky, had pairs of members balancing a stick upright on one palm, with 20 points to each winner. After 30 seconds, interfering with the opponent’s stick was allowed. Raden won both of her matches for 40 points, Kanade took the match against Ririka for 20, and Ririka finished with none. In the second game, a timing challenge in which each member pressed a button at what she judged to be exactly 11.11 seconds while the others tried to throw her off, Kanade came closest at 11.70 seconds and earned 30 points. Raden stopped at 11.93 for 20, and Ririka took 10. That left Raden on 60, Kanade on 50 and Ririka on 10.

The last game, a test of not laughing or blushing while talking on assigned themes, cost 20 points each time a member gave in and pressed the button. The members laughed within moments, and the themes, which included the nicest thing a fellow member had said to them and a past blunder they had forgotten, were largely abandoned. Raden was announced the winner and struck a Pocky pose for the camera at the host’s request. Ririka said she may not have won the title but would not have lost a contest to see who ate Pocky most happily.

Between games the members relayed several announcements. The karaoke chain Karaoke no Tetsujin will hold a ReGLOSS collaboration at 10 stores from Nov. 26 to Dec. 27 in its first half, with a second half from Dec. 29 to Jan. 29, and room reservations open at 6 p.m. on Nov. 12. They also said the unit’s AR live will be held on Nov. 29 with guests Ohtora and Real Akiba Boyz, and that the Hololive Wacha-Wacha School Festival will run on Nov. 14 and 15.