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Hololive
>Flare celebrated her birthday on 4/2. The merch sold out in 10 minutes.
>Suisei's newest single, BIBBIDIBA, enters the JP Billboard Hot 100 at #27, beating her previous record of TEMPLATE (#97) and GHOST (#99), but not the overall vtuber record (Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous @ #21).
Nijisanji
>Kuzuha, Salome, and Kanae will be part of a collaboration with ASAP CLUB, an energy drink.
>NijiPuppet will release their next wave of merch on 4/4, consisting of Ex-KR members. Anon says "There's still Koreans in the company?"
>Luca's Birthday merch for 2024 includes a signed charm, with a distinctly different signature. This corroborates previous elements of Raziel's document, but does not outright confirm their full contents.
VShojo
>Matara Kan is scheduled to host a panel at OffKai Expo.
Phase Connect
>Himemiya Rie is suspended from Twitter due to her April Fools' prank of pretending to be Hatsune Miku. This was previously reported in the April Fools' roundup.
>Fujikura Uruka celebrated her birthday on 4/1.
Small Companies
>VERSEn integrates its talents into VEE.
>MaiR of ALIVE MUSIX reaches the crowdfunding goal for her national tour.
>MAHA5, an ID corp, announces a gaming peripheral collab with Fantech.
>Nekoyama Sena of YumeLive will debut a new model on 4/6.
>Neo-Porte announces the rescheduling of the 3D Debuts of their 1st Gen talents. They will take place on 4/14, 4/20, and 4/21.
>Shibuya HAL of Neo-Porte is announced to be on the 22nd episode of AWA Stage.
>VReverie, known for losing 6 talents in 3 months, announces a new generation of 5 vtubers, to the confusion of everyone.
>Socks Vtubing Agency CEO Florkofcrows did a Twitter AMA. Indicates that they will be releasing a trailer, among other important details. Readers are advised to look into the AMA for full details.
>AMPTAKxCOLORS, a JP vtuber group, announces an affiliation with STPR Inc, a JP entertainment company.
Indies
>Zou Kageno will be publishing a "Vtuber Ghost Stories" book, featuring Norio, Inari Iroha, and Kazuya Seto.
>Olivia Monroe, notable ballerina and pink woman, was hospitalized on 4/1 due to an issue of extremely low blood pressure. She has since returned home and will be seeing a heart specialist. She is expected to return to streaming later this week.
>Uwo's Lab, formerly known as uwu_to_owo, debuted his official Live 2D Model on 4/1.
>Juniper Actias will be debuting her new model on 4/5.
>Kitanya, known for being "here" (maybe also /here/), is retiring her current "Hero" Tanya model, and will be debuting a new "Feesh" Tanya model next week. This is a normal occurrence, as Kitanya changes her model roughly once a year.
>Mint Fantome will be having her return stream on 4/4.She will also attend OffKai, in Matara's panel.
>Beribug launches her first merch line with V-Oshi.
>OniGiri had a collab with Petra of NijiEN.
>Shindigs, notable vtuber overlay creator, is interviewed by PC Gamer about his overlays and the stuff that other people make on the internet.
>Chiroru, a JP vtuber fan of the Hanshin Tigers (a JP baseball team) reaches 110k subscribers.
>Bao announces she will be attending VeXpo.
>Aogiri High School closes their official FANBOX, and replaces it with a Ci-en account. If you don't know what Ci-en is, it's FANBOX but for streamers.
>kyOresu, a semi-notable EN vSinger, announces she will be debuting as a vtuber on 4/20.
>Hoshikage Lapis, a JP indie, wins the V-TIPS virtual triathlon, and the prize of a 3D Model.
>EVREN, an ID indie circle(?), announces that Neisa Voetius (a former ID indie) will be joining them as staff.
>MomatCookieBox will debut 4/4 @ 9p ET.
Other
>Mahjong Soul hosts a vtuber tournament for its 5th anniversary
>Legal Mindset, a legal youtuber, announces that he has been hired by idol Corp to consult their talent contracts, and offer suggestions to make the contract benefit the talent more.
>DLsite announces suspension of VISA and MasterCard payment processing.
>Ui-sensei's hit song crosses 90m views.
Local
>/#/ releases their monthly round-up of tables and charts for the month of March.
>A /wasp/ discord leak reveals that members of that discord (consisting only of female vtubers) are responsible for various raids, attacks, and other schizo activities on multiple threads.
>Yubicraft celebrates their 3rd anniversary, and plans festivities for this weekend.
>NASFAQ confirms big mooner is REAL, and Lui is the buy of the day. Mori also takes a dive just before her birthday live.
>VGTC organizers are investigating the possibility of moving the event up to June.
>Ogey Calibur Tournament sign ups open; will close on 4/19, or whenever all slots are taken.
Corrections
>In our April Fools' coverage, Hachi, a JP vSinger, was mistakenly identified as an indie, despite being signed with RK Music.
No speculation, drama, or dramatubers.
Want the source for this news? Read the last issue: >>72850394
Hololive
>Flare celebrated her birthday on 4/2. The merch sold out in 10 minutes.
>Suisei's newest single, BIBBIDIBA, enters the JP Billboard Hot 100 at #27, beating her previous record of TEMPLATE (#97) and GHOST (#99), but not the overall vtuber record (Tokyo Shandy Rendez-vous @ #21).
Nijisanji
>Kuzuha, Salome, and Kanae will be part of a collaboration with ASAP CLUB, an energy drink.
>NijiPuppet will release their next wave of merch on 4/4, consisting of Ex-KR members. Anon says "There's still Koreans in the company?"
>Luca's Birthday merch for 2024 includes a signed charm, with a distinctly different signature. This corroborates previous elements of Raziel's document, but does not outright confirm their full contents.
VShojo
>Matara Kan is scheduled to host a panel at OffKai Expo.
Phase Connect
>Himemiya Rie is suspended from Twitter due to her April Fools' prank of pretending to be Hatsune Miku. This was previously reported in the April Fools' roundup.
>Fujikura Uruka celebrated her birthday on 4/1.
Small Companies
>VERSEn integrates its talents into VEE.
>MaiR of ALIVE MUSIX reaches the crowdfunding goal for her national tour.
>MAHA5, an ID corp, announces a gaming peripheral collab with Fantech.
>Nekoyama Sena of YumeLive will debut a new model on 4/6.
>Neo-Porte announces the rescheduling of the 3D Debuts of their 1st Gen talents. They will take place on 4/14, 4/20, and 4/21.
>Shibuya HAL of Neo-Porte is announced to be on the 22nd episode of AWA Stage.
>VReverie, known for losing 6 talents in 3 months, announces a new generation of 5 vtubers, to the confusion of everyone.
>Socks Vtubing Agency CEO Florkofcrows did a Twitter AMA. Indicates that they will be releasing a trailer, among other important details. Readers are advised to look into the AMA for full details.
>AMPTAKxCOLORS, a JP vtuber group, announces an affiliation with STPR Inc, a JP entertainment company.
Indies
>Zou Kageno will be publishing a "Vtuber Ghost Stories" book, featuring Norio, Inari Iroha, and Kazuya Seto.
>Olivia Monroe, notable ballerina and pink woman, was hospitalized on 4/1 due to an issue of extremely low blood pressure. She has since returned home and will be seeing a heart specialist. She is expected to return to streaming later this week.
>Uwo's Lab, formerly known as uwu_to_owo, debuted his official Live 2D Model on 4/1.
>Juniper Actias will be debuting her new model on 4/5.
>Kitanya, known for being "here" (maybe also /here/), is retiring her current "Hero" Tanya model, and will be debuting a new "Feesh" Tanya model next week. This is a normal occurrence, as Kitanya changes her model roughly once a year.
>Mint Fantome will be having her return stream on 4/4.She will also attend OffKai, in Matara's panel.
>Beribug launches her first merch line with V-Oshi.
>OniGiri had a collab with Petra of NijiEN.
>Shindigs, notable vtuber overlay creator, is interviewed by PC Gamer about his overlays and the stuff that other people make on the internet.
>Chiroru, a JP vtuber fan of the Hanshin Tigers (a JP baseball team) reaches 110k subscribers.
>Bao announces she will be attending VeXpo.
>Aogiri High School closes their official FANBOX, and replaces it with a Ci-en account. If you don't know what Ci-en is, it's FANBOX but for streamers.
>kyOresu, a semi-notable EN vSinger, announces she will be debuting as a vtuber on 4/20.
>Hoshikage Lapis, a JP indie, wins the V-TIPS virtual triathlon, and the prize of a 3D Model.
>EVREN, an ID indie circle(?), announces that Neisa Voetius (a former ID indie) will be joining them as staff.
>MomatCookieBox will debut 4/4 @ 9p ET.
Other
>Mahjong Soul hosts a vtuber tournament for its 5th anniversary
>Legal Mindset, a legal youtuber, announces that he has been hired by idol Corp to consult their talent contracts, and offer suggestions to make the contract benefit the talent more.
>DLsite announces suspension of VISA and MasterCard payment processing.
>Ui-sensei's hit song crosses 90m views.
Local
>/#/ releases their monthly round-up of tables and charts for the month of March.
>A /wasp/ discord leak reveals that members of that discord (consisting only of female vtubers) are responsible for various raids, attacks, and other schizo activities on multiple threads.
>Yubicraft celebrates their 3rd anniversary, and plans festivities for this weekend.
>NASFAQ confirms big mooner is REAL, and Lui is the buy of the day. Mori also takes a dive just before her birthday live.
>VGTC organizers are investigating the possibility of moving the event up to June.
>Ogey Calibur Tournament sign ups open; will close on 4/19, or whenever all slots are taken.
Corrections
>In our April Fools' coverage, Hachi, a JP vSinger, was mistakenly identified as an indie, despite being signed with RK Music.
No speculation, drama, or dramatubers.
Want the source for this news? Read the last issue: >>72850394
