Hololive



Hololive Production (ホロライブプロダクション Hororaibu Purodakushon), or simply known as hololive (ホロライブ), is an agency of Virtual YouTubers created by Cover Corp.

As of November 2019, the total number of subscribers for the VTubers on YouTube and bilibili are 2.6 million and 3.5 million, respectively, with four of the VTubers getting into the top 10 spots for VTubers on bilibili: Shirakami Fubuki (2nd), Minato Aqua (5th), Natsuiro Matsuri (7th), and Akai Haato (9th). (Last updated on April 2019 for bilibili top 10 spots)

History
On 13 June 2019, they announced the start of the audition for the third generation of hololive VTubers, called hololive Fantasy (ホロライブファンタジー). Auditions started from 13 June until 23 June with the screening starting and ending a day later and the interviews from 14 June until 28 June. During hololive karaoke party on 7 July, two of the members, Usada Pekora and Uruha Rushia, were announced.

On 25 December, the fourth generation was announced.

2020
On 20 March, hololive's Twitter account announced auditions, which were held from 20 to 30 March, for two new members.

On 23 April, hololive's English Twitter account announced the beginning of auditions for English speaking VTubers and that their official site would support said language.

On 3 July, hololive Indonesia Twitter account announced auditions for its second generation, from 3 to 19 July.

On 6 August, hololive's Twitter account announced the introduction of its fifth generation, none of whom were members open for audition during March.

Inonaka Music
Inonaka Music (イノナカミュージック; also shortened as INNK MUSIC) is a music label under hololive launched on 19 May 2019. Currently, AZKi is the only VTuber affiliated with the label as Hoshimachi Suisei, which started activities under Inonaka, was transferred to the main hololive group on 1 December 2019.

Holostars
Holostars (ホロスターズ) is a male-focused spin-off of hololive.

Members


The actual roster of VTubers endorsed by hololive are the following:

hololive GAMERS
hololive GAMERS (ホロライブゲーマーズ)

hololive 3rd Gen
Also known as hololive Fantasy (ホロライブファンタジー).

Holostars 2nd Gen
Also known as SunTempo as of 28 Jun, 2020.

Holostars 3rd Gen
Formerly known as TriNero (トライネロ).

Events

 * HOLOLIVE x TSUKUMO Virtual Chocolate Meeting for Valentine's day 2019.
 * Bilibili hololive fanart competition
 * See more at List of minor events.

Video clips

 * ShinySmileyStory (SSS) hololive's first theme song (sample version)
 * holo no graffiti (Translated short animations featuring hololive members that update every Sunday)
 * hololive x Azur Lane PV