Re:AcT

Re:AcT, formerly known as KAGAYAKI STARS (KAGASTA, カガスタ for short), is an agency of Virtual YouTubers created by mikai inc.

As of February 2022, the agency has over 1.273 million total subscribers on YouTube. Hanabasami Kyo has the highest subscriber count out of the agency with over 300,000 subscribers.

2018
On 2 May, auditions for KAGAYAKI STARS were announced. Auditions ended on 20 May.

On 5 June, it was announced that the first few members of KAGAYAKI STARS would be debuting during late June to mid July. Early designs and sketches of the VTubers were then shown throughout the month, including Inuki Matoi, Mizugame Mia, Kirahoshi Uta, Eleki Antares, Kurama Tsumugi, and Koto Miyuri. In addition, a couple days later after the group announced the debuts of the members, on 7 June, it was announced that two male members would be debuting as well.

KAGAYAKI STARS' first members to introduce themselves were Inuki Matoi, Kirahoshi Uta, and Miyuri Koto, that posted their first tweet on 29 June.

On 6 July, three more members, Eleki Antares, Usami Yuno, and Kurama Tsumugi made their introductions on Twitter. Additionally, Inuki Matoi, Kirahoshi Uta, and Koto Miyuri debuted on YouTube.

Poemu Saotome most likely introduced herself on Twitter around 8 July. This day was also when the first generation of KAGAYAKI STARS was established.

Based on unofficial fanmade wiki entries and posts from fans, KAGAYAKI STARS' first male unit, SuiSay, were established on 10 July, and its first three members were Orio Koya, Mikage Lux, and Hoshikuzu Len, debuted on 12 July.

On 13 July, Kurama Tsumugi and Saotome Poemu debuted on YouTube.

On 20 July, Eleki Antares debuted on YouTube being the last member of the first generation to debut. Additionally, a second audition for KAGAYAKI STARS was held, with the deadline being 31 July.

On 31 August, KAGAYAKI STARS announced ten new numbers, nine of them (Tadase Ciel, Ushio Tia, Futari Mai, Hanabasami Kyo, Shishigami Leona, Tenbin Hakari, Yagiri Mei, Mizugame Mia, and Yumekawa Kanau) being the group's second generation, and one of them (Minato Minami) being an additional member of SuiSay. They were scheduled to debut on 14 September.

On 3 September, the first original song was released under KAGAYAKI STARS, "Honjitsu wa Seiten nari" (本日は星天なり), composed by TOKOTOKO. The song had two versions, one sung by Kirahoshi Uta and other by Hoshikuzu Len.

On 8 September, the short version of the song "KAGAYAKI STARS!!," sung by the first generation was released. It is also considered KAGAYAKI STARS first original song, despite "Honjitsu wa Seiten nari" technically being the first.

On 14 September, on the same day aforementioned new members debuted on YouTube, a new member, Uni Unico, debuted as a "KAGAYAKI STARS trainee."

On 28 September, the full version of the song "KAGAYAKI STARS!!" was released. The song is no longer available on YouTube, but it can still be listened to on an archive of the old KAGAYAKI STARS website.

On 15 October, a new male unit, METEO, was announced. Its members consisted of Kogami Yukari and Yuiga Kohaku. The unit officially debuted on YouTube on 19 October.

On 31 October, KAGAYAKI STARS' second original song, "Haunted Party Night" (ホーンテッド・パーティナイト), performed by second generation was released.

On 3 December, it was announced that KAGAYAKI STARS would be changing its name to "Re:AcT" due to changes in its management policy. KAGAYAKI STARS was a virtual talent agency that specialized in idols, Re:AcT on the other hand would be a varied virtual talent agency. "KAGAYAKI STARS" would continue as a project, but the talents belonging to the project would be divided into different divisions and work as individuals by principle. "Due to the different characteristics of each talent, we intend to change the way we market each talent, and after discussions with each talent, we will assign them to different divisions." It was also announced that five talents would graduate; Kurama Tsumugi and Saotome Poemu on 3 December, and Orio Koya, Hoshikuzu Len, and Mikage Lux on 31 December, meaning that SuiSay would be disbanding on that date as well. Re:AcT's website, was updated with different divisions/categories, Kirahoshi Uta, Shishigami Leona, Tadase Ciel, Futari Mai, and Hanabasami Kyo in "music," Inuki Matoi and Tenbin Hakari in "idol," Asami Yuno, Ushio Tia, Koto Miyuri, Mizugame Mia, and Yumekawa Kanau in "multitalent," Yagiri Mei in "game," Kogami Yukari, Minato Minami, and Yuiga Kohaku in "mens," and Uni Unico in "trainee."

2020
On 1 December, Re:AcT launched three music labels: ReAliz, kaleidscope and sinkirow.

2021
On 27 October, Re:AcT announced two new members: Kulaku Lie and Sumeragi Rose, with a scheduled debut for 3 November. On the following day, Re:AcT's Twitter account teased an important announcement stream.

On 30 October, during the said stream, Re:AcT announced that ex-upd8 member Kashiko Mari, would join the agency. The music label has also received an overhaul in concept, now each talents are explicitly assigned to a label, as well as the addition of fourth label named "parfait."

2022
On 27 March, Re:AcT announced two new members: Makou Lisa and Ayamo Nono, with a scheduled debut for 2 April. Along with the two, Re:AcT also announced that ex-SKYCOLOR Project member Usuwa Suu would be affiliated with the agency effective on the same date.

On 7 August Re:AcT assign label unit to Tsubasa Gradation group

On 12 August Re:AcT announced new 5 members: Kuryu Isana, Bisui Syuka, Coucourua Creil, Otogi Nemu And Mikoshi Taran. These members are from audition from platform Mix Channel. Named this generation as Re:Mixx

Members
Since summer 2020, new talents of Re:AcT often debuted without the agency numbering or grouping them; in October 2021, talent units have been reorganized according to the music label; the following is listed by the current units, and the non-label units are noted along with the each talent.

Other Members
The following is the talents who have retired (or in Eleki Antares's case, became an independent VTuber) prior to the October 2021 reorganization (in Shirane Yuki and Hekina Ail's case, their retirement was already announced before the reorganization).


 * Takigami Rito - On 10 April 2020, her contract with Re:AcT was canceled following multiple violations of contract.
 * Kirahoshi Uta - After being on indefinite hiatus since December 2020, on 30 June 2021, Re:AcT announced that she officially retired from her activities.
 * Izumo Meguru - On 1 June 2021, Re:AcT announced that she would retire from her activities on 30 June.
 * Shirane Yuki / Hekina Ail - On 20 October 2021, Re:AcT announced that they would retire by the end of 2021 due to personal reasons.
 * Kazami Mikan - On 27 September 2022, Re:AcT announced that she would retire by the end of October 2022 due to personal reasons.
 * Inuki Matoi - On 13 December 2022, Re:AcT announced that she would retire by the end of February 2023 due to personal reasons.

Sugar Stella
Sugar Stella were transferred from Re:AcT to another office under mikai inc., STeLLa, on 30 September 2020. See the page Sugar Stella for more information on the group.

Discography
Main Article: List of Re:AcT Songs.

Websites

 * Re:AcT website
 * Re:AcT公式 - Official Booth store
 * Re:AcT Schedule - Re:AcT Schedule

YouTube

 * 【Re:AcT /リアクト】公式チャンネル - Main channel
 * Re:A projecT - Re:A projecT channel

Twitter

 * @Re_AcT_ - Twitter account
 * @Re_AprojecT - Re:A projecT's Twitter account (suspended)

Further readings

 * Re:AcT非公式Wiki - Unofficial Re:AcT Wiki (Japanese)