Vol. I . . . No. 303 Friday, October 30, 2026
Weekly The Week in VTubers No. 1 16 topics

Hololive Records Will Play K-Arena Yokohama for Two Days in January

Much of the week happened off the screen. Hololive Records set a two-day concert at K-Arena Yokohama for January, and Tsunomaki Watame said she will be on the bill.

hololive VTuber Group, from the stream
Hololive · Concert

hololive RECORDS MUSIC STAGE 2027 set for Jan. 9 and 10 at K-Arena Yokohama; Tsunomaki Watame to stand in

The hololive VTuber Group channel announced hololive RECORDS MUSIC STAGE 2027 for Jan. 9 and 10 at K-Arena Yokohama at the end of a DJ stage stream; the agency posted the announcement the same day. Tsunomaki Watame announced her Jan. 10 appearance after a co-op horror game stream with Usada Pekora, Mizumiya Su and Kanade, and later said on a seven-hour chat stream that she will stand in at the live and sing her own songs.

Hololive · Shop

Official shop in Tokyo Station to reopen in a new section after renewal

Hololive's official shop at Tokyo Station, hololive production official shop in Tokyo Station, is to reopen in a new section.

Nijisanji · Expo stage

NIJISANJI EN to exhibit and take the stage at AFA Singapore 2026 from Nov. 27

NIJISANJI EN will exhibit at AFA Singapore 2026, which opens on Friday, Nov. 27, and take the stage there.

Nijisanji · Prepaid card

ChroNoiR unveils a four-design prepaid card with Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos' Ouen Plus Card

ChroNoiR announced a four-design prepaid card made with Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos' Ouen Plus Card app, staging the reveal as a press-conference-style stream. The card has no printed number and can be issued as a physical card.

In Brief

.LIVE Rikumu and Three Others Hold a Last Chat Before Caracal's Graduation Live — Caracal will hold a graduation live on the 28th, preceded by a stream on the 27th. The four members of Vサンバ隊 (V Samba Squad), Rikumu, Caracal, Irodori Mayoi and Parutaru, gathered on Rikumu's channel for a roughly 90-minute chat stream. Our story (Oct. 22)

Hololive Ookami Mio takes a week off from Oct. 20 after the Hololive Koshien finals — Ookami Mio said she will take a week of leave from Oct. 20 through Oct. 26 and will not stream or appear in collaborations during it. She announced it on her morning show Asa Mio, which returns on Nov. 2. Our story (Oct. 18)

FIRST STAGE Lucien Lunaris holds his first 3D mini live on his birthday and debuts second original song "Monster" — Lucien Lunaris held his first 3D mini live on his birthday and debuted his second original song, "Monster." In his birthday stream he also showed a fan-made Pokémon-card zine and a crowdfunded Bubble Mew card, and announced a "Behind the Veil" series. Our story (Oct. 19)Our story (Oct. 19)

Nijisanji Inami Rai to release first mini album "Hero" and hold 3D solo live "Behavior" on his YouTube channel — Inami Rai's first mini album, "Hero," gets a digital release, with a 3D solo live, "Behavior," on his YouTube channel to mark it. Official (Oct. 24)

Nijisanji Hoshikawa Sara reveals preview video and song details for second mini album "Stella Note" — A preview video and track details went up for Hoshikawa Sara's second mini album, "Stella Note," and "圧倒的☆スター星" is out ahead of it, with a music video to come. Official (Oct. 18)

Riot Music Izumi Minami says a first full album is in the works and sets a one-man live for Feb. 12, 2027 — Izumi Minami said a first full album of self-composed songs is in the works and set a one-man live show for Feb. 12, 2027. Our story (Oct. 22)

Independents No. 18 lays out her first solo birthday fan meetings in Tokyo on Oct. 25 and Osaka on Nov. 1 — No. 18 detailed her Oct. 25 Tokyo and Nov. 1 Osaka birthday fan meetings, including first-ever in-person photo sessions, and announced a birthday video for Oct. 24. Our story (Oct. 18)

Mixstgirls Kotomiya Iori marks two years of memberships with a rainbow badge and a handwritten letter — Kotomiya Iori marked two years of channel memberships with a rainbow second-year badge and a handwritten letter to members. Our story (Oct. 22)

Hololive Hakos Baelz plays Tokoyami Towa in 1-2-Switch, then makes her Regalia announcement — Hakos Baelz played 1-2-Switch with Tokoyami Towa for 66 minutes, then made her announcement about Regalia at the end of the stream. Chat understood that Towa would appear as a guest. Our story (Oct. 21)

Independents Six guests carry Hoshiatsume's singing relay to the closing set, and the band announces a Dec. 5 final live — Hoshiatsume's singing relay carried six guests through more than four hours. It ended with a two-song set by the band and word of its Dec. 5 final live. Our story (Oct. 18)

Hololive Kazama Iroha completes every gold crown in Hololive Dreams on day 10 of her fishing challenge — Kazama Iroha caught the gold-crown sea urchin on day 8 of her fishing challenge and named the manta as her next target. On day 10 she caught the last gold-crown manta in Hololive Dreams, completing all gold crowns. Our story (Oct. 18)Our story (Oct. 22)

Nijisanji Onotora, Kanae, Igarashi Rika and Ibrahim put in long practice days for the Overwatch tournament — Onotora spent nearly nine hours on the first day of Overwatch tournament practice. Kanae, Shiina Yuika and Inami Rai held Team 03's first practice for #にじEX_OW, about seven hours, ending in a drawn practice game. Igarashi Rika said her team went unbeaten on scrim day one, and Ibrahim and Kuzuha practiced with a coach for over five hours. Our story (Oct. 18)Our story (Oct. 20)Our story (Oct. 23)Our story (Oct. 19)

Put together from the paper's stories, the agencies' announcements on their own sites, and the paper's calendar of events. The size and order of each topic are the paper's judgment of what happened, not of any agency's size. Weeks run Sunday to Saturday, Japan time (the figures by UTC dates).

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