NHOT BOT



NHOT BOT, also known as Virtual Cinderella Project (バーチャルシンデレラプロジェクト), was a Chinese-Japanese idol VTuber group. The group was a joint collaboration between Rino Sashihara, Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SonyMusic), and bilibili.

The group regularly released songs with lyrics written by Rino Sashihara, stream on YouTube and bilibili, and hold live performances in various venues around the world.

As originally conceived, the group was disbanded on 31 March 2023, after over a year of active operation.

Background
The group, then branded as Virtual Cinderella Project, unveiled itself on 15 December 2021. On the same day, the first three members were announced, all of whom are veteran VTubers (Kagura Mea, Hanazono Serena, Hiseki Erio). The audition for the other three members was opened on the same day as well, and lasted until 17 January 2022.

2022
On 7 April, the other three members were revealed (Amane Luna, UzuMe, Seira Mint). They have debuted on 26 April.

The group released their first original song, Ashita Kimi No Te Wo Nigiretanara, on 15 April. On 8 August, the group released their second original song - NHOT BOT.

On 25 May, the group announced their first live performance at Spotify O-EAST. The performance took place on 13 June.

2023
On 6 January, the group announced that they will be holding a graduation live concert to conclude the group's activity on 31 March 2023.

On 31 March, the group's final concert took place. It was held on NHOT BOT's bilibili channel. Following the event, Amane Luna and Seira Mint retired, while the rest of the group became independent VTubers.

Trivia

 * The name of the group, means they are neither animated nor human. They are neither meet nor not meet, meaning that they are a new and precious existence, and they were named “Not BOT = NHOT BOT”.

Media

 * virtual-cinderella.jp - Website
 * @VCP_jp_ - Twitter account
 * NHOT BOT オフィシャル【公式】バーチャルシンデレラプロジェクト - YouTube channel
 * NHOT_BOT_Official - bilibili channel
 * @vcp_jp - TikTok account