Phase Connect
>Amanogawa Shiina debuted her new outfit on 12/14.
>Chisaka Airi shared that she's (was?) operating without a contract, in addition to Amanogawa Shiina and Fujikura Uruka, and possibly others. This doesn't appear to stop them from continuing business as usual.
>Phase Connect held their "Project: Wish - First Transmission" concert on 12/21, which was also streamed at Anime Weekend Atlanta and Holiday Matsuri, and had the following four announcements.
>Runie Ruse will release her album "Casual Blasphemy" on 12/31.
>"Phase Awards" will be held on 12/30 @ 8p ET.
>Anya Nyabyss, who had her debut postponed, will debut on 1/17.
>Phase Con 2026 will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Burlingame, California, on 6/13-14. Do note that a large Soccer World Cup match will be held at the same time in the Bay Area, so secure your hotel early.

Other Corpos
>Lumina Project, Thai corpo not to be confused with Luminara, debuted five new talents under the "Mutelu" group name, between 12/18 and 12/20.
>PANDAVVA unveils their first two of their five talents, Nakula Nalendra and Sadewa Sagara.
>Allen Yolbars of Snowdrop debuted his 2.0 model.
>AKA Virtual's SOL.4CE group will be continuing as indies starting from 2026, as the talents choose not to renew their contract.
>FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION terminated Nema Filluna, citing a violation in her contract.
>FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION EN terminated Nix Voltare with a bulleted list of factors, including the latest known issue of canceling a scheduled trip to Japan without prior notice.
>Variance Project terminated Fangsie Fido, citing multiple issues including public breach of NDA and confidential information. Hunii went live shortly after that, sharing that she'll move on and continue streaming as an indie with this identity.
>Yena Youngblood and Cersea Soulstorm of ChromaSHIFT made their 3D debuts on 12/19. Ruby Runeheart postponed hers to a later date due to a foot injury. This editor still has no idea what the situation is with Mia Melonya, but she'll be part of Yena's 3D NYE event.
>Yena Youngblood is hosting a New Year's Eve countdown program, featuring a full 3D concert with guests, starting from 12/31 @ 10p ET.
>Aoi Sakura, part of her own re;BON agency, shares that due to error in communication and rushed work with her mama, in which she snapped, she'll be retiring her current model.
>Aoi Sakura announced a new single titled "Ao no Mama", Xmas merch, a new outfit/model with a new mama, and a re;BON Party to be held on 2/28.
>Avallum & Ravanis, two groups part of FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION EN, released their original song "Where do we go" on 12/14.
>Virtual Pulse's "46Notes" released their debut song, "Wonderland Invitation".
>Fuku Lian of Prism:NOVA released her cover of "FANSA" by HONEYWORKS.
>DEXTER released their group cover of "HOLY FLAG" by HONEYWORKS.
>Rex Arcadia of DEXTER released his cover of "IRIS OUT" by Kenshi Yonezu.
>Eizie Aletha of Aurora Project and Justin Williams of UKOI Virtual released their cover of "Fond Memories" by Kobo Kanaeru.
>Airi Cordelia of AKA Virtual released her new original song, "Be My Christmas Date?".
>Sera Kesera of Lucid and Ivaela Daemoni released their cover of "Fatal" by GEMN.
>As part of a sponsorship for Android's "circle to search" feature, KizunaAI released a "Homecoming Remix" of her original song, "Hello, Morning".
>Amikoto Ash, Tsunano Toro, and Sakuraha Rua of ASTRALINE released a 3-part Christmas audio drama.
>StelLive held their first festival concert "STAR TRAIL" on 12/20. The stage unfortunately had issues with its screens that delayed the event by 10 minutes. The first 27 minutes are available for free on YouTube.
>Brave Group's Uniraid! will be holding their first fan meeting on 2/21-22 with the theme "magic school", details TBD.
>Liliana Vampaia of VOGI will be the VA for Rama Irama, in the upcoming game "No Straight Roads 2".
>Cerenity Cosmica of V&U debuts a new talk/news show, "Talking Down the Rabbit Hole".
>Ao WuWu from V4Mirai got her account hacked by cryptocurrency scammers. It has since been restored.

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Indies
>Castella Eri redebuted on 12/19.
>Fuzuki Miki redebuted on 12/20. Katsuhiro Harada of Tekken fame also showed up.
>OhItsPiper redebuted on 12/23.
>Rina Gure debuted on 12/23.
>Chio Chompi redebuted on 12/27.
>BunnyAyu, previously also known as Bunny_gif, will (re)debut as a VTuber on 1/16.
>Yuno Hanaki of MieLune will debut her 2.0 model "Luminous Bellflower" on 1/5.
>Shitagai Nora and Ogiya Miruku, who recently left Shinshougumi, announced that they'll continue their activities together as a unit.
>Ayane Hylo comes back from graduation and announces she'll return "sometime in febuary" (sic).
>Bao the Whale temporarily returns to stream on 12/20 with a new model, lore video, and a music video for her cover of "BIRDBRAIN" by Jamie Paige. She's now on hiatus until February.
>Unnämed announces that they're going on an indefinite hiatus starting from 12/21 due to health issues. They held one last stream to debut a new outfit and do a Totsu with various corpo and indie guests.
>Ada Campbell, ID Songstress, is going on an indefinite hiatus due to health issues.
>Rei Bubbles graduated on 12/24, citing health reasons and her internship in Japan.
>Shinma graduated on 12/29 (GMT/JST).
>June Vermilion graduates on 12/29. Social accounts will be rebranded on 12/30.
>The BEASTIEZ release a group cover of "Monster" by Kira, featuring an original rap section made by Ekkomori.
>Nene Amano released a 3D MV for her new original song, "Kimi dake no tenshi da mon!", produced with Minnie P. Yamane and soon available at karaokes in Japan.
>Petite Sabrina, Tris Fushimi, and Prism:NOVA's Thalia Symphonia released their cover of "Bittersweet" by WONWOO X MINGYU.
>Skylarka released their 2nd full-length album, "Somnorine".
>Mint Fantôme is the guest vocalist for A-One' latest Touhou Eurobeat single, "The Night of the Chupacabra".
>Mint Fantôme is part of Siivagunner's Baka Mitai tribute album for the track "Serpent Eater".
>Victoria Roman of Densetsu.EXE joined the Sonic Rumble creators program and will be having "Sonic Sundays".
>Féileacán Cú will be the VA for Drake Ridion, in Nochi Studio's upcoming otome game "Zip Up".
>Hanamiya Rica and CyberStep announced "Rica Mode", an ASMR visual novel developed by Rabbitfoot and releasing in Summer 2026.
>Moomi Star released a new lore video, titled "Reunion".
>Minu Hana held her birthday karaoke concert with guests on 12/20.
>Chibidoki wins the "Cross Worlds" cup, an official event hosted by SEGA on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. She's notably the only VTuber to participate.
>Dokibird reaches 100k YouTube Subscribers.
>Kitsunero is currently demonetized on YouTube for ban evasion, despite having never been banned.
>Pipi Slayer is now managed by Future Legends.

Region-Locked
>More Fun is holding a collab café with holoEN's "Advent VS Justice" in Tapiei, Taiwan, from 12/24 to 1/31.
>Beard Papa's is collabing with holoEN's Justice for limited-edition cream puffs, starting from 1/6 across the USA.
>VTuber Fan Events will hold CyberFeverLive at Anime Los Angeles on 1/9, for a big karaoke on the main stage with The BEASTIEZ, Ironmouse, V4Mirai talents, and "a special guest".
>IKKiCon announces that they'll hold VTuber M&Gs, guests TBD. The con will be held on 1/10-12 in Round Rock, Texas, USA.
>Round1 announces exclusive merch from hololive SUPER EXPO 2025 bonus stage, with a "hololive Kouyasai x Round1" collab starting from 1/12.
>hololive's Juufuutei Raden will be available as an audio guide for four exhibitions at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art from 1/20 to 3/15.
>AZKi of hololive will be part of the TUBEOUT! concert in Taipei, along with Taiwanese VTubers Lily Linglan and Earendel, on 2/7.
>OU-EN, a Taiwanese café, is collabing with hololive from 2/27 to 3/27, featuring Koseki Bijou, Ninomae Ina'nis, Yukihana Lamy, and Juufuutei Raden.
>OshiUplink announces Juna Unagi as a guest. The con will be held on 5/2-3 in Toronto, Canada.

(cont'd)

Other
>Following a previous report of Miyamura Yūko (re)debuting as her own VTuber, VTuber NewsDrop published their interview with her on Seiyuus and VTubers, recorded in early March 2025.
>Japanese singer Kokia introduced her VTuber/VSinger persona, KoKii.
>Peak hosted a limited-time concert in-game featuring Ironmouse, BBNO$, and VanillaMace. A special Ironmouse wig was also available, even though it was supposed to be hidden for her.
>ShioriPon, MD, raised $10025 USD for Watsi and the World Surgical Foundation Philippines.
>Irina Kuma hosted the Loli Awards 2025 on 12/28. Sameko Saba is the loli of the year.
>Obake Pam held her 450+ guests VTuber Christmas Concert on 12/24.
>Luminara hosted their Sonic Racing Invitational on 12/27, with Velky ranking first place.
>Bunny Bumkin shares her "Hate Raid Panic Button" for Stream Decks.
>Neuro-sama breaks the Twitch Hype Train record, again, at 99% of level 123, with almost 119K new subs and just over a million bits (~10K USD).
>A preprint article "The Circulate and Recapture Dynamic of Fan Mobility in Agency-Affiliated VTuber Networks" was published by a graduate student of the University of Tsukuba, analyzing the retention of indie and corpo VTubers.
>VirtuaCon, which was supposed to happen on 12/20-21 for free on Twitch, actually didn't following multiple VTuber stepping away after reports of heavy genAI use and possible crypto/NFT schemes. All social accounts went silent on 12/16.
>Concerns about the "Mythos" talent agency are ramping up as many of their talents are either MIA, graduated, or being neglected by the company (notably Hades and Aphrodite).
>Blue Archive cancels sponsored streams with Ironmouse, Zentreya, CDawg, and Gigguk after backlash from fans, mostly related to CDawg's previous comments around gacha games and lolis.
>Siliconera interviews Mint Fantôme, Phoebe-chan, and Victoria Roman about their idol group Densetsu.EXE.
>DLSite's parent company viviON is launching their own credit card service in partnership with JCB. Limited-edition cards themed after viviON and Aogiri High School, a VTuber group that they also own, will be issued.
>Virtunix opens their official online store on Shopee.
>AMCandlery, who makes candles and melts for various VTubers, might be forced to go under bankruptcy as Nerin Serene struggles to pay rent.
>Brave Group US' official store is increasing the shipping fees towards the United States for items sent from Japan.
>Brave Group and Live Planet open auditions for a new joint project called DUAL DORM IDOL.
>Whicker Butler opens auditions for their 2nd generation, which appears to be 2 female and 1 male chuubas.

Merch Listings
>OU-EN CAFE x hololive, merch & early bird package pre-order - Until 12/31.
>otaku.shop x holoEN "Advent VS Justice" - Until 12/31.
>Sayu Sincro//Nisity New Years - Until 1/13.
>Amane Kanata Graduation Merch - Until 1/13.
>Amane Kanata 1st Solo Live "LOCK ON" Blu-ray - Until 1/19.
>Houshou Marine The Captain's Lovely Cheeks Merch - Until 1/19.
>Inugami Korone Christmas Merch, with Puppet Korone - Until 1/26.
>Taito Gear & Goods' DRESSTA Ironmouse - Until 1/26.

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>>108121680
Emiliya Fell shows off her 3D model.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jcLYZ9Sjs

The music covers and other related content from the producer YAB will be unprivated starting on January 1, 2026.

All comments regarding the videos will be locked.

https://x.com/ANYCOLOR_Inc/status/2005526776370651220

>>108124050
Correction: January 6, 2026.

>>108124050
So, what eventually happened with him

>>108126017
as written in the tweet anycolor is still in the process of suing his ass off. jp legal system moving at a snails' pace is a big issue (lulu's case took 4 years to solve).