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 July 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.

On 8 September, hololive's English Twitter account introduced the first members of "hololive English" and a new hololive English channel created to promote their content, with a creation date of September 7th.

On 25 October, hololive China announced it would be disbanding. All members were given the option to either retire permanently, or continue as an indie VTuber.

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 that launched on 19 May 2019. Currently, AZKi is the only VTuber affiliated with the label as Hoshimachi Suisei, who 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 3rd Generation
Also known as hololive Fantasy (ホロライブファンタジー).

hololive 5th Generation
Also known as holofive (ほろふぁいぶ).

hololive ID 1st Generation
Also known as Area 15.

hololive EN 1st Generation
Also known as -Myth- or holomyth.

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

Holostars 3rd Generation
Formerly known as TriNero (トライネロ) before Tsukishita Kaoru's retirement, now known as MaFia (魔フィア).

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

Websites

 * hololive Official Website (English)
 * hololive Official Website (Japanese)
 * Holostars Official Website

YouTube

 * hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group - hololive's official YouTube channel
 * hololive English - hololive English's official YouTube channel
 * hololive Indonesia - hololive Indonesia's official YouTube channel
 * ホロスターズ公式 - Holostars' official YouTube channel

Twitter

 * @hololivetv - hololive's official Twitter (Japanese)
 * @hololive_En - hololive's official Twitter (English)
 * @hololive_Id - hololive's official Twitter (Indonesian)
 * @hololive_Kr - hololive's official Twitter (Korean)
 * @hololive_In - hololive's official Twitter (Indian)
 * @holostarstv - Holostars' official Twitter

Other

 * /r/hololive - hololive's official Subreddit
 * hololive's Official Merchandising Store on Booth.pm
 * hololive's Official Profile on Pixiv.net

Further Readings

 * Hololive Production on English Wikipedia
 * Hololive Fan Wiki