Other Corpos
>Sae Saotome of AKA Virtual announces graduation, effective 1/24. Notably, the other talents of her generation, Perfruor, had previously been released as VAs from the characters in August of 2025, but this is specifically marked as a "graduation" of the talent themselves.
>AKA Virtual unveils "CRIMSon", a new wave of 5 talents.
>Amarynn of AKA Virtual releases a cover of "bliss".
>Aogiri High School will perform the ED theme for "Miss Kanan Is Easy to Push Around", "Pop Snack Junky HUNNY".
>Inazuma Superspeed of MUGEN LIVE (under Brave), returns from his hiatus, and announces that he will be departing the company, transitioning to Independent activities as of 1/31.
>V4Mirai (under Brave) open auditions for new talent.
>V4Mirai (under Brave) announce that the "Sea Spirits" concert is now available on SPWN.
>VSPO! (under Brave) debuts a new wave of 2 JP talents.
>Following up a previous story, Akugaki Koa of ChromaSHIFT was unbanned on TikTok (previously being banned for being underage), but then was re-banned shortly after (again, for being underage, which she is not).
>ChromaSHIFT opens auditions for their next generation of talents.
>Shabel Tonya of ChromaSHIFT celebrates her 4th Anniversary on 1/24 with a concert, "Everlasting Wish".
>Cersea Soulstorm of ChromaSHIFT holds a stream tutorial on how to be a corporate vtuber.
>Fuyo Mafuyu of CozyCazt releases a cover of "BETSUNI".
>DEXTER celebrates their 2nd Anniversary.
>Foxyria Rosetta, formerly of EterLuna, announces that she has terminated her affiliate contract as of 1/4.
>Neko Mikki of HEIRS announces "Heartwave Festival", a charity concert benefitting Games for Love, which will feature her 3D debut and first EP, and opens the event to other vtubers to share the spotlight.
>HRCOME debuts a new wave of 3 talents.
>Luminara teases a project with Mythos and V&U, "The Arcane Trials", featuring 12 talents from the 3 corpos.
>iofiel Feliz of MagiSona releases a cover of "RUNTAH" with Damha.
>Reika Ayasa of MagiSona announces that she will be on a one-month hiatus, starting 1/15, from all livestreaming activities.
>Maudy Sukaiga of MAHA5 releases a cover of "Rising Hope".
>Hera Garalea of MAHA5 opens a Trakteer for a New Years' gift.
>Nonono Nono, a vsinger with Million Production, announces an indefinite hiatus as of 1/24, citing health concerns (physically and mentally).
>Hades of Mythos announces graduation, effective 1/27, citing that she opted to not re-sign with the company during their transition period to new management. In a follow-up statement, Hades states that it is not related to new management and is not related to faults of Mythos as a company.
>Suzumi Nemo of Nanashiku announces graduation as of 4/29.
>Aura Devania of Prism:NOVA releases a cover of "AA Subarashiki Nyansei".
>Kuromizu Kouki of Prism:NOVA reaches 15k Youtube Subscribers.
>Serika Cosmica of Prism:NOVA released a cover of "Bansanka" featuring Tris Fushimi.
>Devania Aura of Prism:NOVA releases a cover of "Aishite, Aishite".
>Devania Aura of Prism:NOVA announces they will graduate as of 1/31, citing a mutual agreement with the company.
>First Stage Production (under REALITY) announces that EndolphinMi will graduate as of 2/28.
>First Stage Production (under REALITY) comes under fire for allegedly blocking birthday gifts and other letters to former talent Nix Voltare. FSP staff claim they have not been able to establish contact, and have sent the presents and letters to the address on record with the company, with no guarantee of delivery, and ask that no further gifts or letters be sent to FSP for Nix Voltare. Readers are advised to form their own opinions on the subject, as the situation has largely devolved into hearsay.
>RK Music (under REALITY) announces that MEMESIA will be graduating, effective 1/31. No reason is cited. All content will remain public, except members-only content.
>Specialite (under REALITY) celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of their 1st Generation with a 3D Live on 1/24.
>Shikishima Aono of Ricorie Productions announces an indefinite hiatus to address health concerns.
>Socks Agency announces that they will be updating their gift handling policies in order to combat potential repeats of an incident where gifts for Yomi were stolen by porch pirates.
>Trillionstage debuts Bakuge Kikai, the 4th generation of 3 talents.
>Miichan Chuu of VCosmix unveils a new L2D model.
>Miichan Chuu of VCosmix opens a "Draw This In Your Style" Challenge.
>Hanamoegi Suiha of Vebop Project announces graduation, effective 1/30. She will continue as an independent talent.
>VirtuaReal, a CN-based company in partnership with AnyColor, debuts 4 new members on 1/14.
>Mitsuyama Haruka of Virtunix releases a cover of "Tenten Tengoku Jigokukoku" with Pipiyo Dayo.
>Mira Fridayanti of Virtunix releases her first cover, a cover of "Zenhoukou Bishoujo".
(cont'd)

Other Corpos (cont'd)
>Fumiko Runa of Virtunix debuts the 3.0 of her L2D model.
>Darlyne Nightbloom of Whicker Butler reaches 15k Youtube Subscribers.
>Oriana Solstair of Whicker Butler releases a cover of "Mou Koi Nante Shinai".
>Amare Michiya, Mihiro Kamigawa, and Vincent Cerberos of Yorukaze Productions release a group cover of "KICK BACK".
>Yumekairo announces 5 AI generated talents with AI generated L2D models and AI-generated "IRL" characters to match the anime design. Readers are advised that no, we don't get it, either.

Indies
>AIKO Community's remaining 3 talents announce the dissolution of the group, effective 1/20. Talents will continue as independent.
>As part of her 3rd Anniversary celebration on 1/23, Sammy Bollivien unveils the design for her 2.0 L2D model.
>As part of her birthday celebration on 1/16, Ironmouse releases a pair of T-Shirts available at Hot Topic. Younger readers should be aware that "Hot Topic" is where anime fans gathered in "Malls", places where teens would meet before group chats existed.
>As part of her Nioh 3 collab, GEEGA will debut a new outfit and updated lore on 2/6.
>Aya Aulya releases a cover of "Propose".
>Ayshi Syvlia announces that she will be reducing streaming activities for the forseeable future, only doing guerrilla streams due to real-life commitments.
>Bao the Whale releases an original song, "Gonna Be Ok".
>ChaCha, (You)r vtuber mom, comes under fire for making a joke that ICE kidnapped Filian.
>Charlotte Suzu unveils a new website meant to show off her work and the credits for her model and assets.
>Dokibird migrates her merch platform from Gamersupps to Noms.
>Dokibird unveils "DokiLond", a VRChat world for Dragoons and others.
>Eon of Stars, formerly SOL.4CE of AKA Virtual, redebut as a group on 1/24.
>florAtelier, upcoming EU-based indie group, announces Silvi as their 5th member.
>Hayama Marin debuts her 3D showcase on 1/16.
>HeartSync announces that its previously planned merger with Ikigai will no longer proceed as planned, citing a difference in direction and communication between the two groups. Talents under Ikigai (including an announced but undebuted talent) will continue under Ikigai.
>Himari is banned following a hate raid. At time of writing, the ban has expired, but the appeal was denied.
>Hoishi Aina, Swedish vtuber, will appear at Japan Impact (a Swedish convention), in a collab concert with Ochikobore. This concert will be streamed online.
>Hylo announces she will be returning to streaming activity on 2/1. Readers are advised that this is COMPLETELY UNRELATED to any graduation headline. This is DEFINITELY not a deincarnation.
>Inklypuff announces that she is 6 months pregnant, and intends to continue activity as long as she is physically able to.
>Ironmouse will hold a live video conference at Japan Impact on 2/14. The panel will be streamed online.
>Kiki Pyon-pyon of Katabasis and /vt/ local, is copystruck by somebody permitting the use of their content in the video, but claiming Kiki is a child that "may attract predators". At time of writing, she has deleted the video and reuploaded it with the claimant's content within.
>Mara Evantree, undebuted "feetuber", is banned from PayPal and skeb for reasons she cannot divine.
>Mayse ASMR celebrates her birthday on 1/21, changing her channel names to Mazy Mayse. No other content is expected to change.
>Michiyo Mao announces graduation, effective 2/21, citing deterorating mental health and a need for better work/life/school balance.
>Minoru Chise releases a cover of "Here".
>Mnksw Mon debuts the 3.0 of their L2D model.
>Mozumi Pichi of V-Dere announces a temporary hiatus due to health concerns.
>Nene Amano announces a limited run Youtooz plush of her Big Love Technician mascot.
>PANDAVVA, upcoming ID indie coalition, unveils the last 2 of its 5 initial members, to debut on 1/30.
>Penny Puffball opens a fundraiser for her 3D Debut, from 2/1 to 3/1.
>Peoni Astera, Wotagei & Anikura Evangelist Vtuber, will debut her 3D Showcase on 1/31.
>Putri Shiro debuts on 1/20.
>SaikenMD announces that he has applied for the YouTube Health Creator Residency program.
>Saruei unveils a new 3D model with high-fidelity tracking.
>Shiro Sazawa announces a hiatus as she moves out of an abusive home.
>ShyLily, a chuuba with huge assets in a revealing outfit, gets age restricted on Youtube after a stream involving egregiously-jiggly dancing capybaras — more at 11.
>Silvi releases a cover of "Ash Again".
>Tara Kaminarito, a chuuba with huge assets in a revealing outfit, gets banned from Twitch after her ASMR stream — more at 11.
>V-Dere open auditions for their 3rd generation. Readers confused about whether this is a corpo or not can continue to be as such.
>YukkoEX announces that they are on hiatus for a few months to recover from "bottom surgery".

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Region-Locked
>Carrier Con announces Oshi On Deck will return 3/21 on the USS Hornet Museum.
>FLOW GLOW of Hololive DEV_IS will collaborate with Family Mart.
>FLOW GLOW of Hololive DEV_IS will hold a series of pop-up shops in Tower Records locations in Japan.
>Gyukaku, a Yakiniku restaurant, collaborates with Hoshimachi Suisei for a special menu until 2/23.
>Hololive DEV_IS will hold a series of Pop-up stores in OIOI starting 2/7.
>HoloTakeover announces a cosplay gathering at Katsucon on 2/13.
>Kaida Haru of Nijisanji will hold a Solo Live, "Footprints", at the Tokyo International Forum Hall on 7/29.
>Kuzuha of Nijisanji hosts KZHCUP RUMBLE in STREET FIGHTER 6 at Yokohama Pacifico National Hall.
>Lauren Irosas of Nijisanji announces a Solo Live, "FACE", on 7/30 at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A.
>Oshi Vision, the "first VTuber focused event in London" will take place in Tottenmham Hale, London, on 6/14.
>Peoni Astera, GX Aura, and Emiliya Fell will collaborate with V-Idol Cafe in Gamers Heaven Bay Area from 2/9 to 2/14.
>re;BON Party will be held at docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBA on 2/8.
>Takanashi Kiara will appear at Hololive Meet Taiwan.
>Yoshinoya, a gyuudon restaurant, collaborates with Shirogane Noel for an App Points campaign.

Other
>2wintails, prolific vtuber artist and rigger, announces they are currently working on a customizeable L2D model, priced at roughly $135 USD.
>A "Gleekathon" Karaoke relay is to be hosted on 1/31, featuring 10 vtubers in a relay singing songs from "Glee".
>A peer reviewed paper regarding Neuro-sama has been published, covering various aspects of AI Livestreaming. PsydereVT, a vtuber with a Pscyhology PhD, covers the paper live on stream.
>A preprint paper for presentation at the ACM Web Conference 2026 investigates the impact of vtuber reincarnation. The researchers, looking at selected large vtubers who reincarnated, find that most previous audience members do not transfer over to the new incarnation, and the audience becomes more negative, judging by running a moderation LLM on chat messages. You can find the full paper here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.08972
>A website intended to track the menstrual cycles of vtubers is discovered by the greater vtubing community, to mixed response, trending towards irritation at the inaccuracy of the data.
>Chelly McBunny, Ahomika (of Oristarium), and Lily Ifeta (of Re:Memories) release a cover of "TAKEDOWN".
>Goodbean, a vtuber merch supplier, cancels all orders, closes all socials, and vanishes from the internet in general, claiming "tariffs" as the reason for not fulfilling orders. Readers are advised that the name for this is a "rugpull scam".
>GrooveCoaster releases a "Vtuber Music Pack" DLC featuring, you guessed it, a variety of Vtubers.
>In a follow-up to a previous story, Sasuga Reina finds herself at risk of ban, following a previously-reported incident with a Prime Sub Bot Raid causing her account to be compromised despite 2FA being enabled, and changing her payment information. At time of writing, this issue has not been publicly resolved, and said Prime Sub Bot raids are still occurring.
>Lea Listari hosts a Tarot-reading relay stream for various ID vtubers.
>Mythic Talent, prolific creator agency, gets involved with a "Million Dollar Fan" show, which has seemingly vanished off the face of the earth after being accused of being a scam.
>Petite Sabrina releases a cover of "Whiplash" alongside Violetta Calytrix, Karissa Sharlotte, and Alona Dryad (all of AKA Virtual)
>PLAVE (a Virtual Male unit) and VOLTACTION (of Nijisanji) rank 4th and 5th in Oricon's 2025 Newcomer Artist Sales Rankings.
>ROF-MAO, VOLTACTION, and Hayato Kagami (all of Nijisanji), as well as Hoshimachi Suisei (of Hololive) all make Oricon's 2025 Sales Rankings by Artist.
>StreamsCharts releases their Top 10 Vtubers by Watch Time for 2025.
>Twitch adds 2 emotes to those that participated in the Vedal/Neuro Hype Train records.
>Twitch has recently been pushing "Sponsorship" "Opportunities", where the platform (or sponsor) will gift a single sub to the streamer for every 5 the community gifts during relevant gameplay (which must be at least 5 hours to qualify). This gift sub is also subject to Twitch's normal cut.
>V-Dere hosted the V-Dere Idol Fest, a streaming event featuring V-Dere and over 25 other guests, from 1/19 to 1/25.
>VSPO! SHOWDOWN 2026 is announced to take place from 3/21 to 3/22.
>VTuber Rewind Indonesia releases a video celebrating top moments from 2025, as well as a new original song to commemorate, "Lawan Rasa Takut".
>Youtube removes .srv3 and .ytt format subtitles from videos. These formats were notable for being the sources of various caption types with visual flair, requiring actual skill and time to make properly. In a forum post, YouTube notes that this is temporary, with the reason being that they may cause video playback to fail for some viewers.

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Any board activities you want to share go here.

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>>108981251
>>108981213
>>Lauren Iroas announces his 1st Mini Album, "No One", to release on 4/22.
Forgot to add in the round-up report that Lauren Iroas announced his 1st solo live "FACE" that will be held on July 30, 2026.

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Post black corpo happenings here: bad business decisions, talent cliques, management mishaps, cryptic tweets, graduation letters, google docs, and other substantiated activity of dubious corporate legality and morality. Like the news anchor, add links to sources.

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>>108981251
Small timer Dianko Lastrea starting an OG Unreal Tournament game with a bunch of vtubers, January 31st, 8am PST:
https://xcancel.com/DiankoLastrea/status/2015891399699202161
Guest List: https://xcancel.com/DiankoLastrea/status/2015892197921488982#m
Waiting Room: https://youtu.be/Kj2XmL1l63s

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>>108981251
Nijisanji announced two new livers, Shirasa Ayane and Minamo Madoka, that will debut tomorrow (January 30, 2026).

https://x.com/nijisanji_app/status/2016798478840594929

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>>108981251
Hologra will be airing on Animax TV channel every week https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000558.000003633.html

>>108981251
https://youtu.be/D4mJQlRQELY
New hololive ramen voicepack released

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>>108981251
https://x.com/i/status/2016747652428550256
Mori and Nerissa having an interview with lotus juice, now seeking questions

>>108984279
That goes into >>108982157

>>108981230
>>AKA Virtual unveils "CRIMSon", a new wave of 5 talents.
Clarification: One of them talents joining CRIMSon is an existing talent named Selia Aisnith, thus she's redebuting under a new group much like Gema Gathika who joined MagniV last year.

>>108981251
Ironmouse reports that she is being impersonated by someone named DearSayton using a voice changer. Apparently this impersonator gathered over 40K followers on Twitch before their account was disabled, and it continues to exists on other services, including Discord:
https://xcancel.com/ironmouse/status/2014868338007052647

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>>108982157 (talent cliques)
Hades of Mythos, now again Hylo, talks about her time at "Walmart", suggesting that she may have left the company more due to inter-talent spats than due to the CEO or the company itself, which may explain why she's still leaving despite the CEO and ownership changeover:
https://archive.vn/xfuHu

>>108981270
Sameko Saba will be joining the "From Minto with Love" concert:
https://xcancel.com/oshiSPARK/status/2016194662990499967
Which is sadly, already sold out - though Streaming tickets are available:
https://akasupa.com/events/from-minto-with-love
(Holy shit, they could have doubled the ticket price, but I'm guessing her showing wasn't a sure enough thing for them to bank on before.)
[Fuck clipboard history.]

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>>108981251
https://x.com/Billboard_JAPAN/status/2016709096087703675
FLOW GLOW's new album reached top 7 in Billboard Japan's downlads.

Update to >>107713024 >>108542459
>Kitsu demonetized for ban evasion, despite never having been banned
One and a half months later, Kitsu finally has her monetization back:
https://xcancel.com/KitsuneroVT/status/2014925360828232063

Furechsia, >!(fka Sae Saotome from AKA Virtual)!<. is making her debut tonight (January 29, 2026) at 18:00 PST/21:00 EST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2NfZPZkPaY

>>108981251
So... This is a thing that exists: The Vtuber Ovulation Tracker:
https://xcancel.com/ShitpostRock/status/2016000965036671403
https://ovu.moe
(Notably, Vedal is on there.)

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>>108981286
Formula Holo and Stars Touring Car Championship 2026 seasons open this Saturday, 1/31 at 10 AM ET. First, it's the opening round of the STCC at Melbourne: a full qualifying round and race. Then it's the qualifying sessions for the first Formula Holo round of their season: first, the Challenge Series' New Zealand Challenge at Hampton Downs, and then the World Championship's Australian Holo Prix at Melbourne. Here's the waiting room for the live stream and don't be surprised to see some early stream scuff when it inevitably happens: https://youtu.be/d7WnUFtucm4

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>>108981251
Indie Vtuber Chongus Dongus/Mello Mutinus announces her graduation following a lengthy hiatus. She will be deleting and privating all of her social medias and has already mostly done so, so this tweet will likely go down in the next few days
https://x.com/ChongusDongus/status/2017043522117931162
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>>108981251
Cover Corp is launching a new project with auditions open https://x.com/cover_corp/status/2017055775752065107

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>>108981251
Varium 4th Generation Member Youduki Miruka announces her indefinite hiatus with no timetable on her return date.
https://x.com/varium_info/status/2016800545491874102

>>109002613
>Devis_en
>Mixed gen announcement
>Holo inhouse platform (kinda like that battle royale corpo)
Pick your poison

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>>108981251
https://x.com/i/status/2016995052598255912
Otomo keycaps now available from Mkro