New VSPO logo as of 31st December 2022 (global ver)
New VSPO logo as of 31st December 2022 (JP ver)
Old VSPO! logo used between 2019 and 2022
VSPO! (ぶいすぽっ!), an abbreviation of "Virtual eSports Project", is a next-gen Virtual eSports-focused agency that houses multiple esports teams: Lupinus Virtual Games (LVG), Iris Black Games (IBG), and Cattleya Regina Games (CRG) as well as several solo members. VSPO! bringing together dedicated members who are seriously committed to gaming, aiming to promote the greatness of esports by engaging in VTubing, participating in esports competitions and producing a variety of media, including anime and manga.[1]
The agency is operated by Virtual Entertainment Inc, which itself since 2022 is owned by the holding company Brave Group.
As of December 2024, the agency has in total more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube, making it the third most subscribed VTuber agency in Japan after hololive production and NIJISANJI.
History[]
Background[]
The first project was called "0.2 second story". "Manager 1" scouted Kaga Sumire, and Kaga Sumire invited Kaga Nazuna, who debuted as "Kaga Sisters" in 2018. Kaga Sisters", Kogara Toto and Ichinose Uruha joined to form the gaming team "Lupinus Virtual Games (LVG)". Iris Black Games (IBG) and Cattleya Regina Games (CRG) were then formed. On 15 May 2020, a call for new project names began, and on 7 July 2020, the project name was changed to "Virtual eSports Project (VSPO!)" on 7 July 2020.
VSPO! YouTube channel was created in 2 January 2019 and its Twitter account was created in the same month. Their first tweet was on 4 January. Their official website open on 25 December 2020.
2018[]
On 11 October, the first and second member of LVG, Kaga Sumire and Kaga Nazuna, made her video debut.
On 20 October, Kaga Sumire and Kaga Nazuna, made her stream debut.
2019[]
On 17 April, VSPO! announced the third member of LVG, Kogara Toto.
On 20 April, the last member of LVG, Ichinose Uruha, made her debut.
2020[]
On 7 February, VSPO! announced a new team: Iris Black Games (IBG).
On 14 March, the first member of IBG, Kurumi Noah, made her debut.
On 2 July, VSPO! announced a new team, Cattleya Regina Games (CRG).
On 4 July, the first member of CRG, Tosaki Mimi, made her debut.
On 16 July, the second member of CRG, Asumi Sena, made her debut.
On 14 August, the second member of IBG, Tachibana Hinano, made her debut.
On 15 August, the last Member of CRG, Hanabusa Lisa, made her debut
On 18 October, the last member of IBG, Kisaragi Ren, made her debut.
2021[]
On 9 January, VSPO! announced an affiliation with ex-Busokanojo member Kaminari Qpi as solo member.
On 16 April, Yakumo Beni made her debut as a solo member.
On 9 June, VSPO! celebrated reaching 1 million total subscribers of all its member.
On 14 September, VSPO! announced the addition of Aizawa Ema to the roster.[2] She made her debut on 18 September as a solo member.
On 23 September, VSPO! announced the addition of Shinomiya Runa to the roster.[3] She made her debut on 26 September as a solo member.
On 27 September, VPSO! released a statement article in relation to Yakumo Beni's VALORANT smurfing controversy.[4][5]
On 29 September, Riot Games's Japanese management team released a statement on VALORANT's Japanese official Twitter account, announcing that it was detected that several members of teams that are participating the VALORANT VICTORY CHALLENGE tournament scheduled for the following day, namely from VSPO!, Crazy Raccoon and ZETA DIVISION, were using smurf accounts to increase their co-players' rank using competitive mode, as well as being involved in a game with them; according to the statement, while these acts does not necessarily violate the Terms of Service of VALORANT, both of which are still considered highly discouraged acts, as it breaks the impartiality in competition.
VSPO!'s management team also revealed the details on the issue, in which Yakumo Beni had a contact with Rion (Crazy Raccoon), who confirmed that he would join Beni's game after her invitation on Twitter; and later joined by Zepher (also from Crazy Raccoon). After several matches, they were joined by another Crazy Raccoon member, Francisco, and CR Ojiji, the CEO of the team. It was later discovered that all members of Crazy Raccoon involved, minus CR Ojiji, were using smurf accounts.
Later on the same day, both VSPO! and Crazy Raccoon released their respective reports on their investigations regarding the issue, and both teams announced to take several measures:
- Both Yakumo Beni and Zepher's activities would be suspended for a month.
- It was discovered that Kaga Sumire was also invited by Rion to play VALORANT once, despite Sumire usually not playing the game, and Rion was using his smurf account in the match. Sumire's activities would be suspended for two weeks.
- CR Ojiji would take a fifteen-percent cut in salary for a year, and delete all accounts for the game.
- Rion was discovered to be letting his brother playing on his account multiple times. His activities would be suspended for three months, and he would delete all accounts for the game.
- Francisco was only given a warning from Crazy Raccoon, as he did not use smurf accounts habitually.
- It was announced that Crazy Raccoon received a report from Amatsuki, an utaite (internet singer) and streamer who joined the team in July 2021, saying that he was also involved in a match that his co-players were using smurf accounts. Like Francisco, he was only given a warning from the team, as he had limited knowledge on eSports and was still inexperienced as a competitive player.
- All involved talents' pre-existing and newly created accounts would be under inspections by the management team for VSPO! and a third-party inspection committee led by lawyers for Crazy Raccoon for a year.
Both teams apologized for inconveniences and disturbances caused by the controversy, and announced that they would strive to avoid further similar issues.
On 10 November, VSPO! announced their new official channel on Niconico.[6]
On 16 November, VSPO! members' Youtube subscribers count reached 2 million in total.
On 27 November, VSPO! held their first project on Niconico, "Final Battle to Decide the Remote Bistro Queen" (リモートビストロクイーン決定戦). It was hosted by member Kisaragi Ren and Neo-Porte's Shirayuki Reid, with Tonakaito (a streamer) as the remote chef. All members participated in this project and were made into three groups.
On 17 December, VSPO! held their second project on Niconico, "Ideal Christmast Date Show" (理想のクリスマスデート品評会). It was hosted by indie Vtuber Virtual Gorilla with Guilty (a streamer) as guest. Members who participated in this project were Tachibana Hinano, Hanabusa Lisa, and Kaminari Qpi.
On 24 December, VSPO! as a whole (except for the 2 new members) released a song cover of halyosy's Blessing in commemorative of VSPO! members' two millions youtube subscribers in total.
On 29 December, VSPO! had a collaboration event with GEO, "Who is the Number 1 Gamer in VSPO!" (ぶいすぽっ！令和3年最後の特別企画ゲームNo.1は誰だ！). It was hosted by casters Taiga Kishi and OooDa.
On 30 December, VSPO! held an event sponsored by Riot Games, a VALORANT match between VSPO Team vs Caster Team.
2022[]
On 18 January, VSPO! held their third project on niconico, "Remote Hot Spring Tour" (リモート温泉 見学旅) with Tonakaito (a streamer) as the tour guide and Shibuya HAL (Neo-Porte) as the guest host. Members who participated in this project were Aizawa Ema, Kaga Nazuna, and Kurumi Noah.
On 19 February, VSPO! held their fourth project on Niconico, "VSPO! Remote Stylist" (ぶいすぽっ！リモートスタイリスト) with Nyantako (an illustrator and streamer) as the host and Alelu (DTN) as the model. Members who participated in this project were Tosaki Mimi, Yakumo Beni, Kisaragi Ren, and Shinomiya Runa.
On 17 March, VSPO! held their fifth project on Niconico, "VSPO! Quiz Derby 2022" (ぶいすぽっ！クイズダービー2022) with Taiga Kishi as the host and Kaminari Qpi as his co-host. Members who participated in this project were Aizawa Ema, Asumi Sena, Hanabusa Lisa, and Kaga Sumire while the guests were Arisaka (CR), Utai Meika, Shirayuki Reid, and Gorilla.
On 7 April, VSPO! members' Youtube subscribers count reached 3 millions in total.
On June 7, Brave Group announced the acquisition of Virtual Entertainment Co., Ltd. the company behind VSPO!. [7] Although the business management department and system department will be integrated, the business operation will be operated independently with the discretion of each company as before. After this, Brave Group will be the holding company of Virtual Entertainment which will continue to manage VSPO!.
On 21 June, Nekota Tsuna made her debut as the fifth solo member. Her first stream was held on 24 June.[8]
On 11 August until 14 August, VSPO! held their first ever offline event in a collaboration with Kanda Myojin Shrine, Kanda Myojin Shrine Summer Festival.
On 22 August, VSPO! announced the addition of their sixth solo member, Shiranami Ramune to the roster. She made her debut on 25 August 2022.[9]
On 31 December, VSPO! announced their decision to change their logo by releasing a PV. On the same day, they also released a short version of their upcoming new original song MV called 「for Victory!」 which will be released mid February 2023.
2023[]
On 24 January, VSPO! announced the opening of audition for their new training program "VSPO! Kenkyuusei Seido" (研究生制度, VSPO! Research Student System), which would make an additional pathway to be a VSPO! member other than direct recruitment.[10]
On 26 January, 774 inc. and VSPO!'s Twitter accounts announced that Komori Met would graduate from the former on 31 January and join the latter on 1 February.[11][12][13]
On 18 February, VSPO! released the full version of their original song, "for Victory!". The song was written/composed by Hige Driver.
On 27 February, VSPO! announced a collaboration with Pacific Racing Team for the current season of SUPER GT.
On 13 March, VSPO! announced a collaboration with Curry Meshi-kun, a cup noodle brand.
On 8 May, VSPO! announced the 3D debut schedule for the members except for Shiranami Ramune and Komori Met, whose 3D models were still being worked on. Kurumi Noah, Hanabusa Lisa, and Kaga Sumire had their 3D debut on 12 May; Shinomiya Runa, Aizawa Ema, and Ichinose Uruha on 22 May; Yakumo Beni, Kisaragi Ren, and Tosaki Mimi on 2 June; Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto, and Tachibana Hinano on 9 June; Nekota Tsuna, Asumi Sena, and Kaminari Qpi on 17 June.
On 18 June, VSPO! announced that independent Twitch streamer Koimeno Akarin (濃いめのあかりん) would join VSPO! as a new member and debut as Yumeno Akari (夢野あかり). Her debut stream would be held on 21 June at 20:00 JST.[14]
On 12 August, VSPO! announced at the Summer Comiket of this year and hours later on Twitter, that it has opened its first overseas branches: VSPO! EN, focused on the English speaking market, and VSPO! CN focused on the Chinese market, which were the branches chosen in its expansion. Auditions for both were opened on the same day.[15][16]
On 5 September, VSPO! EN officially opened their audition for its first generation.[17]
On 14 October, the 3D models of Shiranami Ramune and Komori Met were unveiled.
On 31 October until 5 November, VSPO! held their first solo offline event, "VSPO! Culture and Sports Festival", in a rented elementary school at Kawachicho, Ibaraki Prefecture.
On 21 November, VSPO! announced that Yano Kuromu would join the roster as the ninth solo member. Her debut stream would be held on 24 November 2023.[18]
From 31 December to 1 January of the following year, their third offline event, "VSPO! Year-end countdown" was held in Akihabara.
2024[]
On 1 February, VSPO! released three cover music videos sang by all 19 members. "Mr. Music", "Tell Your World", and "Hikaru nara" (光るなら).
On 17 March, VSPO! announced the addition of their tenth solo member, Tsumugi Kokage to the roster. She made her debut on 19 March 2024.[19]
On 18 March, 3D model was unveiled of Yumeno Akari.
On 30 April, VSPO! announced the addition of their eleventh solo member, Sendo Yuuhi to the roster. She made her debut on 2 May 2024.[20]
On 23 June, VSPO! EN announced debut of their first group, featuring Remia Aotsuki, Arya Kuroha and Jira Jisaki.[21]
On 14 July, VSPO released a promotional video on their BiliBili account teasing the launch of their Chinese branch.[22]
On 11 August, VSPO! CN announced the debut of their first group, featuring Kohari Aya, Shirasaki Tsuyuri, Pafi, and Sen.[23]
On 22 August, VSPO! EN announced the addition of two new members, Narin Mikure and Riko Solari to the roster.[24]
On 31 October, VSPO! announced the addition of two new members, Choya Hanabi and Amayui Moka to the roster.[25][26]
On 24 December, VSPO! celebrated reaching 10 million total subscribers of all its member.
On 31 December, VSPO! held their fourth offline event "VSPO! Year-End Countdown" in Akihabara.
2025[]
On 24 April, VSPO! CN announced the addition of a new member, Hinata Haru to the roster.[27]
On 22 and 23 March, VSPO! held their fifth offline event, "VSPO! SHOWDOWN Powered by RAGE" at the Ryogoku Kokgikan Sumo Hall in Tokyo.
On 4 May, VSPO! announced that they will hold their first ever VSPO! Fest on 22-24 November 2025 in LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay.[28]
Members[]
Lupinus Virtual Games[]
| Kaga Sumire | Kaga Nazuna | Kogara Toto | Ichinose Uruha |
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Iris Black Games[]
| Kurumi Noah | Tachibana Hinano | Kisaragi Ren |
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Cattleya Regina Games[]
| Tosaki Mimi | Asumi Sena | Hanabusa Lisa |
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Solo Members[]
| Kaminari Qpi | Yakumo Beni | Aizawa Ema | Shinomiya Runa |
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| Nekota Tsuna | Shiranami Ramune | Komori Met | Yumeno Akari |
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| Yano Kuromu | Tsumugi Kokage | Sendo Yuuhi | Choya Hanabi |
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VSPO EN logo
VSPO! English[]
VSPO's English branch. The first wave debuted on June 30 2024.
| Remia Aotsuki | Arya Kuroha | Jira Jisaki |
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VSPO CN logo
VSPO! China[]
VSPO's Chinese branch, officially known as the 卟㕵电竞 Project (E-Sports Project). They debuted on August 28 2024.
| Kohari Aya | Shirasaki Tsuyuri | Pafi | Sen Ikuiku |
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Video Clips[]
- 0.2 Second Story
- VSPO! New Logo Animation PV
- for Victory! (short ver.)
- Global Audition Animation PV
- VSPO! Sports Festival Animation PV
- Mr. Music
- Tell Your World
- Hikaru nara (光るなら)
eSports Results[]
| Date | Event | Game Title | Results | Member(s) |
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| 2018/10/20 | VTuber Saikyou Tournament | PUBG:BATTLEGROUNDS | Champion | Kaga Sumire, Kaga Nazuna |
| 2019/8/28 | A-SCRIM Group B | PUBG:BATTLEGROUNDS | Champion | Kaga Sumire, Kaga Nazuna, Kogara Toto, Ichinose Uruha |
| 2020/7/24 | Rage×Legion Doujou Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Ichinose Uruha |
| 2020/8/29 | 1st Crazy Raccoon Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kaga Sumire |
| 2020/11/1 | 2nd Crazy Raccoon Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kaga Sumire |
| 2021/3/26 | R6 STREAMER CUP#2 | RAINBOW SIX SIEGE | Champion | Kaga Nazuna, Asumi Sena |
| 2021/6/26 | KAGAYAKI CUP | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kurumi Noah |
| 2021/9/30 | ABEMA presents VALORANT VICTORY CHALLENGE vol.2 supported by GALLERIA | VALORANT | Champion | Kaga Nazuna |
| 2021/10/9 | 7th Crazy Raccoon Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kurumi Noah |
| 2022/1/30 | Crazy Raccoon Cup Rainbow Six Siege presented by X-MOMENT | RAINBOW SIX SIEGE | Victory | Kaga Sumire, Tachibana Hinano |
| 2022/2/12-13 | 2nd Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) | VALORANT | Champion | Shinomiya Runa |
| 2022/2/26 | R6 Royal Flush by X-MOMENT | RAINBOW SIX SIEGE | Champion | Kaminari Qpi |
| 2022/3/31 | R6 Royal Flush TDM | RAINBOW SIX SIEGE | Champion | Kaga Nazuna |
| 2022/9/18 | 9.5th Crazy Raccoon Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kaga Sumire, Ichinose Uruha |
| 2022/11/12-13 | 4th Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) | VALORANT | Champion | Kurumi Noah, Tachibana Hinano |
| 2022/12/3 | 2nd Rakuten esports Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kurumi Noah, Shiranami Ramune |
| 2023/4/15 | VTuber Saikyou Tournament Season 5 | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kurumi Noah, Tosaki Mimi |
| 2023/7/15-16 | 5th Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) | VALORANT | Champion | Ichinose Uruha, Nekota Tsuna, Shiranami Ramune |
| 2023/8/13 | 1st Crazy Raccoon Cup | Project F | Champion | Tosaki Mimi |
| 2023/9/2 | 4th Rakuten Esports Cup | PUBG:BATTLEGROUNDS | Champion | Kogara Toto |
| 2023/10/1 | PLAY ALIVE : Apex Legends Vol.7 | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Ichinose Uruha |
| 2023/11/11-12 | 7th Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) | VALORANT | Champion | Nekota Tsuna |
| 2023/11/19 | VTuber Saikyou Tournament Act. 1 | VALORANT | Champion | Hanabusa Lisa, Komori Met |
| 2023/12/30 | Beginners League of Legends The k4sen #1 | League of Legends | Victory | Hanabusa Lisa, Shinomiya Runa |
| 2024/1/26 | Beginners League of Legends The k4sen #2 | League of Legends | Victory | Kurumi Noah |
| 2024/4/5 | SCARZCUP Apex Legends vol.3 | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Tachibana Hinano |
| 2024/4/11 | Beginners League of Legends The k4sen #3 | League of Legends | Victory | Kisaragi Ren |
| 2024/5/12 | 4th Crazy Raccoon Cup | Street Fighter 6 | Champion | Kurumi Noah |
| 2024/5/24 | REJECT FIGHT NIGHT Round3 | Street Fighter 6 | Champion | Kurumi Noah |
| 2024/7/4 | 8th Crazy Raccoon Cup | VALORANT | Champion | Ichinose Uruha, Yakumo Beni |
| 2024/7/26 | HALVALO Act.1 | VALORANT | Champion | Kaga Sumire, Ichinose Uruha |
| 2024/8/29 | Syaruru Cup LoL Koshien | League of Legends | Champion | Tosaki Mimi, Shiranami Ramune |
| 2024/9/23 | Yamamoto Sayaka Cup | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kurumi Noah |
| 2024/10/18 | SCARZCUP Apex Legends vol.4 | APEX LEGENDS | Champion | Kurumi Noah |
| 2024/11/25-26 | 9th Crazy Raccoon Cup (Day1, Day2) | VALORANT | Champion | Shiranami Ramune, Yumeno Akari, Tsumugi Kokage |
| 2024/11/27 | TFT Katsuobushi Cup: Set 13 powered by Riot Games ONE | VALORANT | Champion | Asumi Sena |
| 2024/12/21-22 | LEAGUE of LEON powered by Riot Games (Day1, Day2) | League of Legends | Champion | Kaga Sumire, Tosaki Mimi, Sendo Yuuhi |
| 2024/12/23-24 | Devil Clutch Cup (Day1, Day2) | VALORANT | Champion | Tsumugi Kokage |
Trivia[]
- The founder and CEO of Virtual Entertainment Inc. which operates VSPO! is Hoshi Kazuyoshi,[29]
who is often referred to by VSPO! members as "Unei 1" (運営 1, Manager 1). - VSPO! has a recurring game show series called VSPO! Gekilow (ぶいすぽ激ロー, VSPO Gekiro), featuring the VSPO! members and various guests (typically VTubers from other agencies and professional gamers/streamers with connections to VSPO!), who are often invited to join and collaborate (or co-host) remotely with the girls for the show. This is typically split-streamed between YouTube on the agency's official channel (free segments) and NicoNico (paid segments).
- Virtual Entertainment is extremely protective of their talents, and actively monitors derivative works created in their likeness. Specifically, explicit artworks featuring them is forbidden according to their guides on derivative works and is subject to legal action.
External Links[]
Websites[]
Media[]
- VSPO!(JP) - YouTube channel
- VSPO!(JP) - Twitch channel
- VSPO!(EN) - YouTube channel
- VSPO!(EN) - Twitch channel
- ぶいすぽっ！ - NicoNico Channel
- @Vspo77 - Official Twitter account
- @vspo_mgr - VSPO! Manager Twitter account
- LupinusVG公式 - LVG's Bilibili channel
- 卟啵电竞 - BiliBili channel
References[]
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