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 a Virtual Idol agency consisting of Virtual YouTubers supported and created by Cover Corp.

As of November 2019, the total number of subscribers for the VTubers on YouTube and bilibili are 2.6 million and 3.5 million, respectively, with four of the VTubers getting into the top 10 spots for VTubers on bilibili: Shirakami Fubuki (2nd), Minato Aqua (5th), Natsuiro Matsuri (7th), and Akai Haato (9th).(Last updated in April 2019 for bilibili top 10 spots). As of 2021, hololive's total number of subscribers on YouTube surpassed the mark of 27 million with its branch in bilibili inactive since October 2020.

## History

### 2016

Cover Corp was formed June 13st, 2016, by Motoaki Tanigo, who formerly created games with Sanrio at the content company of Imagineer. The company first focused on virtual and augmented reality software, which was funded by Tokyo VR Startups and Recruit.

### 2017

At the end of March, Cover Corps showcased a tech demo of a program that enables real-time avatar motion capture and two-way livestreaming.

During this year, Tanigo was inspired to create a virtual idol group, similar to AKB48. He also stated that his idea was inspired by other virtual characters such as Hatsune Miku.

On September 7th, Cover Corps debuted their first VTuber, namely "Tokino Sora". 3 months after, Cover opened auditions for its second VTuber, "Roboco".

### 2018

On March 4th, Roboco debuted as Cover's second VTuber. A month after, Cover released an update for their 'Hololive" app, which removed its AR feature, but added a feature that allows mapping of a user's facial movement onto animated avatars in real-time. This enabled in-home auditions, which allows Cover to open auditions for five new characters that would become Hololive's first generation of VTubers.

The first generation debuted from May to June. A second generation followed on August to September.

On December 15th, Cover then debuted AZKi, a VTuber not affiliated in a generation, who focuses on music.

A group of VTubers focusing on let's plays, known as "Hololive Gamers", debuted on December to April 2019.

A daily 3D anime short featuring Sakura Miko was released on December 25th, titled "Miko no Tsutome!". Due to its success, a second series titled "Holo no Grafitti", began its weekly release in YouTube a year after.

### 2019

On January 8th, Hololive announced that they have signed a contract with Bilibili, a Chinese streaming platform, where they would open 15 channels that would simultaneously stream there and on YouTube. They later opened audition for their Chinese branch of Hololive VTubers.

On May 19th, Cover formed a music label, titled "Inonaka Music" (stylized as INNK Music), with AZKi and Hoshimachi Suisei joining as its members.

The first generation of Holostars, a male branch of Hololive VTubers, made its debut from June 8th to October 20th.

On June 31st, 2019, Cover Corps announced the start of the audition for the third generation of hololive VTubers, called hololive Fantasy (ホロライブファンタジー). Auditions 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.

On December 2nd, Cover consolidated all of its agency under a unified brand named "Hololive Production". During the same month, a second generation of Holostars made its debut. Hoshimachi Suisei was also transferred to the main Hololive branch at the same day, leaving AZKi as its sole member.

On 25 December, the fourth generation of Hololive was announced.

### 2020

On January 24th, Hololive held its first concert in Toyosu Pit, called "Nonstop Story (ノンストップ・ストーリー)". The live concert featured everyone from Hololive up to its third generation.

On 20 March, hololive's Twitter account announced auditions, which were held from 20 to 30 March, for two new members.

An Indonesian branch of Hololive, titled "Hololive Indonesia" was announced on April 6th, and debuted its first generation at the same month.

On April 23rd, hololive's English Twitter account announced the beginning of auditions for English speaking VTubers and that their official site would support said language.

On 3 July, hololive Indonesia Twitter account announced auditions for its second generation, from 3 to 19 July.

On 6 August, hololive's Twitter account announced the introduction of its fifth generation, none of whom were members open for audition during March.

On 8 September, hololive's English Twitter account introduced the first members of "hololive English" and a new hololive English channel created to promote their content, with a creation date of 7 September.

On 30 November, hololive's official Twitter account announced the start of auditions for VSingers for hololive English, auditions are open until 29 January JST.

On 1 December, hololive's Indonesia Twitter account announced the debut dates of its second generation members.

On 21-22 December, hololive had its online second virtual concert "Beyond the Stage" with Tokino Sora, Roboco, Sakura Miko, Hoshimachi Suisei, AZKi, and everyone from Hololive 1st Generation, Hololive 2nd Generation, Hololive GAMERS, Hololive 3rd Generation, and Hololive 4th Generation.

With the retirement of Rosalyn on 27 December, hololive China officially ended its activities.

### 2021

On 12 February, hololive English Twitter account announced the audition for its second generation, with the audition going from 12 February to 26 March.

On 17 February, hololive released a teaser video of "hololive Alternative". The singer of the video was Mori Calliope, as she also mentioned she wrote the lyrics of the song. Rumors from fans reveals it would be either an upcoming video game, anime or a manga series from hololive.

On 6 July, the hololive English channel teased it's first VSinger, IRyS during a small introductory video. She debuted on 11 July.

## 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 that launched on 19 May 2019. Currently, AZKi is the only VTuber affiliated with the label as Hoshimachi Suisei, who started activities under Inonaka, was transferred to the main hololive group on 1 December 2019.

## Holostars

**Holostars** (ホロスターズ) is the male Vtuber group of Hololive Production, initially operating under a separate agency. Auditions for the group began on 27 May 2019, and they began their activities in June as three members made their debut in advance.

### 2019

On 2 September 2019, the agency added three more members to the roster, formally establishing Holostar's 1st Gen. One of the new members' identity was kept secret until 17 October, who was revealed to be Rikka. The Holostars Youtube channel also posted a PV of the 1st Gen members, confirming Rikka's addition to the group.

On November 2019, they announced their second generation featuring 3 new members, which started their debut on 7 December.

On 2 December 2019, Cover announced that it would be merging all of its VTuber agencies and music label to form "Hololive Production." However, the male Vtuber group continues to operate under the name "Holostars".

### 2020

On 3 May, they released a trailer announcing their third generation and a preview presentation of their 3 new members, naming them "TriNero". However, TriNero started debuting on 29 April.

On 29 June, it was announced Holostars second generation of VTubers would be named "Sun Tempo" instead .

### 2021

On 1 March, they announced Holostars first program on YouTube, which was transmitted on 4 March.

## Members

The actual roster of VTubers endorsed by hololive are the following:

### Hololive

#### Hololive 3rd Generation

Also known as **Hololive Fantasy** (ホロライブファンタジー).

#### Hololive 5th Generation

Formerly known as **holoFive** (ほろふぁいぶ) before Mano Aloe's retirement, now known as **NePoLaBo** (ねぽらぼ).

#### hololive 6th Generation

Also known as  **Secret Society holoX** (秘密結社holoX; pronounced "holo-kks").

### hololive Indonesia (ID)

#### hololive ID 2nd Generation

Self-styled as **holoro**, a portmanteau of "hololive" and "*loro*" (Javanese for "two").

### hololive English (EN)

#### hololive EN 1st Generation

Also known as **-Myth-** or **holomyth**.

#### hololive EN 2nd Generation

Also known as **Hololive English -Council-**

#### hololive EN 3rd Generation

Also known as **Hololive English -Advent-**

### Holostars

#### Holostars 2nd Generation

Also known as **SunTempo** as of 28 Jun, 2020.

#### Holostars 3rd Generation

Formerly known as **TriNero** (トライネロ) before Tsukishita Kaoru's retirement, now known as **MaFia** (魔フィア).

## Events

* HOLOLIVE x TSUKUMO Virtual Chocolate Meeting for Valentine's day 2019.
* Bilibili hololive fanart competition
* Hololive x Joypolis HAPPY PARTY

## Gallery

By 成海七海hololive Summer '19 Illustration
(by 成海七海)hololive summer scenes*Azur Lane* x hololive Collaborationhololive 1st fes. Nonstop Storyhololive 1st fes. Nonstop Story
## 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

## External Links

* hololive Official Website (English)
* hololive Official Website (Japanese)
* Holostars Official Website
* hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group - hololive's official YouTube channel
* hololive English - hololive English's official YouTube channel
* hololive Indonesia - hololive Indonesia's official YouTube channel
* ホロスターズ公式 - Holostars' official YouTube channel
* @hololivetv - hololive's official Twitter (Japanese)
* @hololive\_En - hololive's official Twitter (English)
* @hololive\_Id - hololive's official Twitter (Indonesian)
* @hololive\_Kr - hololive's official Twitter (Korean)
* @hololive\_In - hololive's official Twitter (Indian)
* @holostarstv - Holostars' official Twitter
* /r/hololive - hololive's official Subreddit
* hololive's Official Merchandising Store on Booth.pm
* hololive's Official Profile on Pixiv.net

1. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, April 15). *ホロライブYouTubeチャンネル登録者数合計100万人突破のお知らせ* [Press release]. Retrieved from https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000055.000030268.html
2. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, June 13). *VTuber事務所ホロライブ3期生「ホロライブファンタジー」オーディション実施のお知らせ* [Press release]. Retrieved from https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000073.000030268.html
3. ↑ [hololive ホロライブ]. (2019, July 7) 【第3部16:10~】ホロライブカラオケ女子会：猫又おかゆ, 戌神ころね, 星街すいせい (, 友人A)　【 #ホロカラ女子会 】 [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/C9ZZr-pbBMg
4. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, December 25). *ホロライブ4期生「天音かなた」「角巻わため」「桐生ココ」「常闇トワ」「姫森ルーナ」デビュー決定のお知らせ* Retrieved from https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000196.000030268.html
5. ↑ hololivetv (2020, March 20) 【🎉速報🎉】
ホロライブ《キャラあり》オーディションが開始しました。
3月20日(金)〜3月30日(月)まで応募を受付いたします！！
皆様のご応募をお待ちしております！！
🔽応募はこちら🔽

https://hololive.tv/characteraudition

	1. ホロライブ

	1. VTuberオーディション [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1240911816399572992
6. ↑ hololive\_En (2020, April 23) [⚠Grand announcements⚠]

#hololiveaudition #holoEN #hololive
English speaking VTuber Audition🗣 begins NOW!
Apply now!

https://en.hololive.tv/audition

AND with that being said, the English version of our homepage 🖥 has also been released! Please take a look!

https://en.hololive.tv [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1253249150533029888
7. ↑ hololive\_Id (2020, July 3) 🎉PENGUMUMAN PENTING🎉
Audisi hololive Indonesia generasi ke-2 telah resmi dibuka!
Pendaftaran akan ditutup pada 19 Juli 2020 23:59 WIB
Kami tunggu partisipasi kalian, ya!
🔽Formulir Pendaftaran🔽

 https://forms.gle/41NzzwasW8sewgCq9
🔽Detail Audisi🔽

 https://hololive.tv/indonesia

	1. holoID [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_Id/status/1278961696300691456
8. ↑ hololive\_En (2020, July 3) [🎉Important Announcement🎉]
hololive Indonesia is now holding auditions for their 2nd Generation!
Registrations close on July 19, 11:59 PM WIB.
Looking forward to your application!
🔽Registration🔽

https://forms.gle/41NzzwasW8sewgCq9

🔽Audition details🔽

https://hololive.tv/indonesia

	1. holoID [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1278973174734962691
9. ↑ hololivetv (2020, August 6) 【🎉🎉 速報 🎉🎉】
／

#ホロライブ から「ホロライブ5期生」の
デビューが決定‼✨✨
＼
🔽詳細はこちら🔽

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000267.000030268.html

	1. ほろふぁいぶ

#ホロライブプロダクション [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1291207699930050560
10. ↑ [hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group] (2020, August 6) 【#ほろふぁいぶ】ホロライブ5期がデビュー！！本日よりTwitterにて活動開始！！[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/F76OBO9W7ZY
11. ↑ hololivetv (2020, September 8) 【🎉🎉 速報 🎉🎉】
／

#ホロライブ から英語圏グループ
「ホロライブEN」のデビューが決定‼✨
＼
🔽詳細はこちら🔽

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000296.000030268.html

	1. holoMyth #hololiveEnglish
#ホロライブプロダクション [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1303531339220566019
12. ↑ hololive\_En (2020, September 8) [🎉Major Announcement🎉]
Check out the full video here: https://youtu.be/8c4\_22LjGQo

The time is close.

#holoMyth #hololiveEnglish [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1303535254993395713
13. ↑ [hololive English] (2020, September 8) Hololive English -Myth- Debut PV : Time is Close #holomyth [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/8c4\_22LjGQo
14. ↑ hololivetv (2020, November 30)【🎉お知らせ🎉】「ホロライブEnglish」、次代のVTuber（VSinger）オーデションを開催いたします!! 🔽詳細はこちら🔽 https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000322.000030268.html… #ホロライブEN #ホロライブプロダクション #オーディション [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1333245944662347776
15. ↑ hololive\_Id (2020, December 1) 🎊PENGUMUMAN DEBUT🎊 hololive Indonesia generasi 2 akan segera debut! Ollie @kureijiollie- Jum'at, 4 Desember 20:00 GMT+7 Anya @anyamelfissa- Sabtu, 5 Desember 20:00 GMT+7 Reine @pavoliareine- Minggu, 6 Desember 20:00 GMT+7 Yuk kita sambut mereka dengan hangat! #holoIDebut [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_Id/status/1333606749564186628
16. ↑ hololive\_En (2021 February 12) [🎉News🎉] Second round auditions for hololive English to begin!! You can apply from today, Friday, February 12, 11:59 AM JST✨ 🔽Info🔽 JP: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000363.000030268.html… EN: https://reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/li242u/press\_release\_second\_round\_auditions\_for\_vtuber/… #ホロライブ #hololive #hololiveEN [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1360061826629705738
17. ↑ "hololive Alternative" Teaser PV [Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlZYG2NVaqo
18. ↑ 【Mori Calliope】 Talks About Hololive Alternative And Her Singing in The Teaser PV [Video File] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohjM6kw2nto
19. ↑ https://youtu.be/xx9G-XrxLR4
20. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, May 19). *VTuber事務所「ホロライブ」にAZKi、星街すいせいが新規加入！！音楽レーベル「イノナカミュージック」が始動！* [Press release]. Retrieved from https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000067.000030268.html
21. ↑ 星街すいせい、イノナカミュージックからホロライブへ転籍. Retrieved from https://www.moguravr.com/vtuber-hosimati-suisei/
22. ↑ suisei\_hosimati (2019, November 28) 💫いつも応援して下さる皆様へ💫 [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/suisei\_hosimati/status/1200286537750962178
23. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, May 27). *カバー株式会社、男性VTuber事務所「ホロスターズ」設立のお知らせ* [Press release]. Retrieved from https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000072.000030268.html
24. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, September 2). *男性VTuber事務所「ホロスターズ」に3名が新規加入！「ホロスターズ1期生」が本格始動！！* [Press release]. Retrieved from https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000123.000030268.html
25. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, October 17). *男性VTuber事務所「ホロスターズ」のシークレット枠「律可」がついにデビュー！*. Retrieved from https://panora.tokyo/archives/1104
26. ↑ [holostars ホロスターズ - VTuber Group]. (2019, October 17).【ホロスターズ】1期生プロモーション [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW9bPYAW\_IE
27. ↑ Cover Corporation. (2019, December 12). *カバー、ホロライブ・ホロスターズ・イノナカミュージックの総称を「ホロライブプロダクション」に統一*. Retrieved from https://panora.tokyo/archives/2844
28. ↑ 【#TriNero​】ホロスターズ3期生デビューPV [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmcdE7TaeII
29. ↑ 【#TriNero​】ホロスターズ3期生デビューPVのNG集 [Video File]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6X3bSXW\_Q
30. ↑  【#SunTempo​】ホロスターズ2期生紹介PV【デビュー半年】 [Video File]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k89a9cdIaP0
31. ↑  男性VTuberグループ「ホロスターズ」、初の公式番組がYouTubeにて発足決定！ [Notice] Retrieved from: https://cover-corp.com/20210301-2
32. ↑ 【新番組始動！】　初回生配信で1期生が…！　【ホロスターズ】 [Video File. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8f1CZeWKU
33. ↑ Sakura, M. [Miko Ch. さくらみこ] (2020, October 21) 【#さくらみこ復帰LIVE】ただいま！２周年&復帰LIVE🌸I'm back Miko Live【hololive3DLIVE/さくらみこ】[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/\_SWjDWUBDio?t=92
34. ↑ hololive\_En (2020, June 27) [🎉3D Debut🎉] 10 minutes till the big event! Come #JointhefutureJP, watch Kiryu Coco in 3D #桐生ココ3D, and show the world the unstoppable nature of holoForce #ホロふぉーす [Tweet] Retrieved from https://twitter.com/hololive\_En/status/1276845326066790401
35. ↑ [Pavolia Reine Ch. hololive-ID] (2021, February 27) 【Brunch Stream】Eating OOOO Pizza...?【hololiveID 2nd generation】[Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/fo1k9ulxmnQ?t=454
36. ↑  [ホロスターズ公式] 【#SunTempo】ホロスターズ2期生紹介PV【デビュー半年】 [Video File] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/k89a9cdIaP0