>>108619237>Since the second half of the 1980s, popular Japanese anime has been shown in Indonesia, making it a country with a high awareness of Japanese pop culture for some time now, not just anime.Kinda strange that they vaguely mentioned this instead of the more relevant AKB48 expansion, but then again I think considering who the target of this article are, it's apt to mention that instead of the some solo effort from the king of heisei idol group.
>Based on this data, from Generation 3, which debuted in March 2022, onwards, we have reflected Indonesian culture and trends more in our audition methods and visuals. As a result, hololive became far more well-known locally with Kobo Kanaeru following in the footsteps of Moona Hoshinova and Kureiji Ollie, becoming the fastest hololive ID to reach 1 million subscribers on her YouTube channel, reaching the milestone in just four months after her channel was created. So in the end, even Kobo highly localized strategy was more of a top-down directive rather than a bottoms-up idea? Kinda doubt about that, but if you want to claim that as a success story, then go ahead.
>On the musical front, songs like Kobo Kanaeru’s “Oh! Asmara” and Moona Hoshinova’s “Perisai Jitu” are characterized by their Indonesian pop influences, making them highly acclaimed locally in Indonesia.Good move from them to mention both of the songs instead of the fandom favorite like High Tide or ALICE&u, because as much as how critically acclaimed the songs are, the influence are rather limited.
>Kobo Kanaeru also appeared in a commercial for the Honda BeAT, a popular scooter in Indonesia. A fusion of live-action and 3D elements, the commercial was nominated at the YouTube Works Awards Southeast Asia 2025, winning Best Collaboration: Brand & Creator. On top of this, 2025 also saw a domestic collaboration with Pocky. hololive ID has played a considerable role in not only promoting local companies within the Indonesian market through such campaigns as receiving hololive ID photo cards when purchasing products, but has worked with international companies achieving similar success as well.Kek, they knew that they have limited success stories in terms of exploring wider and more mainstream recognition, but decided to spin all that they have into a big achievements under the management belt.
All in all, it's a good fluff piece if you're presenting it to the investors who relatively unaware with ID scene, but even the most clueless stakeholders will eventually asks the more technical questions about how to achieve something and what not, because all they cared if whether their invesment is wisely used to give them the best returns possible.
The question is, will this (and whatever the next piece of article) be enough to convince them to give a go ahead for a full throttle towards Indonesia? I guess only time will tell
