EIEN Project



EIEN Project (pronounced like A. N. Project) is a US-based VTuber agency. Its talents livestream on YouTube with English as their primary language. Its stated mission "is to spread Entertainment In Everlasting Narrations across the globe" (hence the EIEN acronym). It's implied that EIEN Project's name is also a reference to the Japanese word for "eternal" (永遠), which shares the same pronunciation. The infinity symbol in the project's logo is presumably a reference to this.

Pre-debut
EIEN Project was founded by former VTuber Eri (aka Moeri), who is CEO of the project. EIEN Project's origins are from when Eri was still VTubing, and was imagining various possible, drastically different new designs for her character. She ultimately opted to stick with her original design and not rebrand. However, with such designs in mind, she then thought: "Oh, I can create unique, fun, and cute new characters and support aspiring VTubers at the same time!". Eri also "knows how difficult it is for VTubers just starting out [...and] saw that there was so much talent that wasn't being recognized [and] wanted to shine a light to those aspiring VTubers."

On 12 Nov 2022, EIEN Project announced that auditions for its 1st generation were open, with a submission deadline of 11 December. The announcement video showed silhouettes of the VTuber models.

On 9 Feb 2023, Eri announced that she would be indefinitely suspending her activities as a VTuber, with her last stream on February 24, in order to focus on EIEN Project.

1st Gen Debut
On 11 Feb 2023, EIEN Project announced that their first generation (revealed to be named "Museia") would debut starting at 12pm PST on 25 February 2023. The video showed the names of the talents, showed their full-body portraits, showed brief text snippets of lore, and included brief audio from the talents.

EIEN Project announced that several VTubers would be hosting sponsored watchalong streams for the debuts: Kiichan, Mino Mieko, Pan,, Utano Pandora, , VividlyVIVI, Ywuria, Alethea Moirai, Milky Mew, and Silvi Mikazuki.

On 25 February 2023, the 4 talents in the generation debuted, in the following order: Kiki Lockheart, Riifu Evergreen, Kilia Kurayami, Skye Shinryu. As part of the debuts, each talent premiered a cover song. After the last debut, Museia held their first group collab stream, with a slumber party theme.

Post-debut
On 18 March 2023, EIEN Project posted a comedy "interview" with CEO Eri in her VTuber form.

As of shortly before the first generation's debut, EIEN Project is "already planning on a second generation".

On 9 April 2023, an official subreddit for the project was opened to the public.

On 28 April 2023, the project announced that talent Riifu Evergreen had unexpectedly submitted her resignation that morning. The project acknowledged that "Riifu had been struggling to abide by [her contract] for some time." On 4 June, the project's CEO released a statement with further details regarding Riifu's exit from the project.

2nd Generation
On 23 June 2023, EIEN Project announced that auditions for its 2nd generation were open, and would close on 23 July 2023. The announcement's video showed silhouettes of 5 characters and included the tagline: "The lost souls will find their haven." The characters of the 2nd generation will be from the same universe as the 1st generation and their lore will intertwine.

2nd Gen Debut
On 11 Feb 2023, EIEN Project announced that their second generation (revealed to be named "Haven") would debut starting at 12pm PST on 4 November 2023. The video showed the names of the talents, showed their full-body portraits, showed brief text snippets of lore, and included brief audio from the talents.

3rd Generation
On 25 June 2023, EIEN Project announced that production of their third generation had begun and that they "will be delivering in a timely fashion". All three generations constitute the "first chapter" of the project. The characters in these generations will be "from the same universe" and will "develop upon each other's lore".

Lore
The members of EIEN Project are beings from ruined worlds who seek a new home. They weave their stories into the fabric of time so that they may never be forgotten. In exchange, they will protect Earth and create memories that will forever remain in everyone's hearts.

1st Generation "Museia"
"Museia as a group has the overall theme of harmonizing and working together to make something beautiful. Museia's lore centers around a mysterious 'Being of Light', who plays a very important role in each member's lore!"

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Mascot
The project's mascot is Piichi, a chibi peach wearing a green-and-white bow.