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>Charlotte, succubus bear, celebrated her bearthday on 5/4 with a subathon.
>BlaiseBug, formerly of EIEN, rebrands as Hemmingbell with a new model.
>Indie idol group EONIA released an official website and merch for their fourth anniversary.
>As part of her 4th anniversary on 5/23, Isla Coleman of EONIA will have her first solo 3D concert "Diamond Pulse".
>Iida Pochi debuts her 3D model with a concert.
>Nachoneko will reveal her 3D in 5/24 on her Twitch channel.
>Otsuka Ray and her daughter make 300K subs on Youtube, and also reaches rank #2 for monthly vtuber subscription rankings, according to some JP vtuber ezine or other.
>Tob joins Mythic Talent.
>Tob get suspended on Twitch after a wave of reports orchestred by a 2views who didn't like that she was streaming in the "Artifact" category. Notably, the reason for the suspension was left blank by Twitch. She has since been unbanned after 9.5 hours.
>Fallen Shadow, or Shondo, announces that she's joining Mythic Talent.
>Dokibird returns from her brief break and showed up on Bettel's birthday stream to apply as a replacement for his brother.
>saba, new name in the indie scene, posts her first Twitter message and what appears to be a BGM on YouTube.
>German indie Kitsunero got doxxed, and has since alerted the authorities.
>Féileacán Cú, formerly Fulgur Ovid of Nijisanji, is ISO video editors/clippers to edit his streams down to mid to short form content and to create compilation videos.
>Weather Planet's Amagai Ruka reaches 500K subscribers on Youtube, with their first song surpassing 1M views.
>Maid Mint has announced she is reducing frequency of her streams to 3 times a week and not posting schedules until September because of her voice deteriorating due to sickness and not resting her voice enough.
>Di, /choc/ dice queen and TTRPG design vtuber, announces a hiatus so she can undergo treatment for thyroid cancer.
>Vampeaches is going on hiatus to have a second brain surgery.
>Hizuki Hino is graduating on 6/28.
Region-Locked
>Nene Amano will be performing at Anime North's MosoMatsuri on 5/24. Customized penlights will be on sale at the MosoBox booth.
>OffKai continues to post announcements, including having KizunaAI as a guest.
>The OffKai Live 2025 "Neon Summer Dreams" concert will feature Yumemi, Boko Boko Tomoko, ObkatieKat, Unnämed, Nerissa Ravencroft, and KizunaAI. Hazumi and Toma will be the masters of ceremonies.
>Yuuki Sakuna has a collab cafe in collaboration with Three Village. It ran in Tokyo from 4/26 to 5/16, and is now open in Osaka and Hakata from 5/16 to 5/28.
>Parasuto held their "one man live" at Duo MUSIC EXCHANGE in Tokyo, on 5/17.
>Anime Bako announces a KizunaAI pop-up shop, from 5/17 to 6/8 at the HMV & BOOKS of SHIBUYA an SHINSAIBASH... but also online.
>Vivid V will hold their first anniversary festival, at esports Style UENO on 8/2.
>Orizuru VTuber Fest, a big VTuber festival in Hiroshima, will be held on 8/30 with the participation of multiple mid sized corpos like VEE or MEWLIVE and indies as well.
>VIPcafe & .LIVE 3 days long "school festival" themed event announced from 9/5 to 9/7 at the Tokorozawa Sakura Town.
Other
>Chocola, who makes vtuber merch on Etsy, had her store suspended for sexual depictions of minors. The minors in question being Mint Fantôme and Nimi Nightmare. Mint herself @Etsy'd, denying the charges of either her or her character being underage and the account has since been reinstated.
>Official PROJECT IM@S VTuber idol group vα-liv and enogu virtual idol group is going to do a collaborative stream, half of it will be broadcasted on each group's official channels. Details will be announced soon.
>VEE is going to start a program titled "VEELLAGE CHALLENGE" to take on various challenges with fans.
>"vortex CORE" 3DAYS ONLINE LIVE, with several vtubers and vsingers including indies and corpos, will be held from 6/9 to 6/11.
>Vack-ON!!, another live online concert with several vtubers, will hold its 7th edition on 7/6.
>Several ID Vtubers participating in singing songs for the upcoming game, Troublemaker 2: Beyond the Dream. The game will be released on Q3 2025.
Local
>Laimu is the overall champion of the Indiecar 16th series with 379pts, a feat achieved without reaching first place on any of the races. She's followed by Dokibird at 298pts, and Nimi Nightmare at 288pts. Olivia Monroe won the oval classification, and Iida Pochi won the road/street classification.
>/vt/ won their round of 16 match against /biz/ 3-4, but got eliminated right after in their match against /c/, 5-1. /co/ is the champion of the 2025 4chan Spring Babby Cup.
>/HAHA/'s Buffgoon wins Ogey Calibur 2
>Lord of the Board 4 announced to open sign-ups in mid-June.
>HFZ DARK's 4th Anniversary will take place next weekend.
