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Nakama Virtual is an agency of Virtual Youtuber (VTuber) or Virtual influencer based in Indonesia. This agency was formed with the aim of providing unique entertainment content that can make viewers happy, happy, cool, and comfortable when watching the content, either live (live-streaming) or not (Video on Demand).
This agency is managed by Nawala Karsa Indonesia, a--subsidiary of Ayukawa Media Nusantara--Japanese pop culture news site founded by Syahrian Naufal Alfarizy on August 31, 2017.
Technology[]
The talent Virtual Youtuber Nakama Virtual uses models as a medium for interpreting their personas, and uses facial motion capture technology that already exists in the commercial sphere, namely PrPrLive, and VTube Studio.
History[]
2020[]
On September 6, 2020, Nawala Karsa's Digital Content division held its first live streaming Virtual Youtuber on the platform YouTube[1], by hooking up with Virtual Youtuber indie Nuabutcher. Livestream with Nuabutcher stopped on 26 September 2020.
Through its official website[2], Nawala Karsa Indonesia announced on November 1, 2020, that they have officially formed Nakama Virtual agency. On the same occasion, Nakama Virtual announced a series of social media links such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (unmanaged). Nawala Karsa then open auditions to the public] to join as a Virtual Nakama talent on November 2, 2020, [3].
On December 24, 2020, Nakama Virtual through YouTube Nawala Karsa Indonesia officially announced four talents that will be sheltered by Nakama Virtual, in the form of an announcement video[4]. The four talents are Dedy Fortemus, Shirageshi Nana, Naka Ramatya, and Freundin Felin.
2021[]
All Nakama Virtual talents upload their introductory videos simultaneously[5] on January 11, 2021, at 16.00 WIB on the YouTube platform with the interval between premiere 15 minutes video. Nakama Virtual talents Freundin Felin and Naka Ramatya made their debut on January 16, 2021,[6], then talents Shirageshi Nana and Dedy Fortemus on January 17, 2021.
On March 31, 2021, the talent of Freundin Felin expanded to the platform Twitch, and managed to gain status as a Twitch Affiliate on April 11, 2021,[7] which allows Freundin Felin to earn additional revenue from advertising features, subscribers, and bits from Twitch.
On December 17, 2021, Nakama Virtual announced the first generation graduation will be held on January 1, 2022.[8] Different with another first-generation member that graduated but the character for them, only Freundlin Felin's voice actress has resigned but the character itself is opened for another voice actress. [9]
Members[]
Generation 0[]
This generation is counted from September 2020, before the official Nakama Virtual agency was announced.
Generation 1[]
This generation is counted from November 2020, after the official Nakama Virtual agency was announced.
Terminated[]
Generation 2[]
This generation is debuted simultaneously from 29-31 March 2022.
- Nowaru
- Kousei Akira
- Hyu
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/uMw8p1avhY0. (n.d.).
- ↑ https://nawalakarsa.id/event-rilis-pers/nawala-karsa-resmi-form-tim-hasil-nakama-virtual/. (n.d.).
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CHEODZ8hYO6/. (n.d.).
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lT1LczwpFb8. (n.d.).
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NakamaVirtual/status/1348464669502156800. (n.d.).
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NakamaVirtual/status/1349739680976269313. (n.d.).
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NakamaVirtual/status/1381023219084328968. (n.d.).
- ↑ Nakama Virtual. (n.d.). Pengumuman Kelulusan Talenta Nakama Virtual Generasi 1.
- ↑ Pengumuman Pengunduran Diri & Audisi Pemeran Suara Freundin Felin. (n.d.).