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 amount of subscribers for the VTubers on YouTube and bilibili are 2.6 million and 3.5 million respectively with four of the VTubers coming in on the top 10 spot for VTubers on bilili. They are 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 batch of hololive VTubers called hololive Fantasy (ホロライブファンタジー). Application 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.

By 25 December, the 4th batch was announced.

On 23 April 2020, hololive's English Twitter account, announced the begin of auditions for English speaking Vtubers and that their official site now support said language.

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 is the following:

Holostars 1st Gen

 * Hanasaki Miyabi
 * Kagami Kira
 * Kanade Izuru
 * Arurandis
 * Rikka

Holostars 2nd Gen

 * Astel Leda
 * Kishidou Tenma
 * Yuukoku Robel

Holostars Manager

 * Daidou Shinove

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