50 Fun Facts About Hololive

Which rabbit-eared Hololive talent appears in Death Stranding 2 because director Hideo Kojima enjoyed her streams?

Usada Pekora plays a prepper whose side quests reward a rabbit hat that makes hero Sam end his sentences with her verbal tic.

Borrowing a word from the Japanese idol industry, Hololive talents who retire from the agency are said to do what?

Graduate is the term VTubers commonly borrow from idol groups, and several Hololive farewells have ended with a final concert stream.

Which shark-themed Hololive talent was the first VTuber to reach three million YouTube subscribers, in 2021?

Gawr Gura hit three million on 4 July 2021, less than ten months after her debut, and added a fourth million the following June.

Which Hololive talent's Doom playthroughs led Doom Eternal to hide a logo reading Doog as an easter egg?

Inugami Korone, a dog from a city bakery in her lore, later became the official Sonic the Hedgehog brand ambassador in Japan.

Hololive's first tie-up with a US professional sports team was a July 2024 theme night with which baseball club?

Los Angeles Dodgers marketers were courting Japanese fans after signing Shohei Ohtani, and the theme night returned for the 2025 season.

Which virtual idol began streaming in September 2017 as the very first Hololive talent?

Tokino Sora's first stream, on Niconico, is remembered as having about 13 viewers, and she passed a million YouTube subscribers in 2022.

Which Hololive pirate captain, who owns no ship, was the first VTuber invited onto Fuji TV's FNS Music Festival?

Houshou Marine sang on the show in December 2023 and, a month later, passed three million subscribers to become Japan's most-subscribed VTuber.

Which Japanese tech company, started by Motoaki Tanigo in 2016, owns the VTuber agency Hololive Production?

Cover Corporation began with augmented and virtual reality software, then listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2023.

Which Hololive English rapper, billed as the Grim Reaper's first apprentice, signed with EMI Records in 2022?

Mori Calliope's lore says modern medicine made reaping slow, so she became a VTuber to harvest souls instead.

The man who started Hololive says his virtual idol agency was inspired by characters such as which Vocaloid?

Hatsune Miku was the example he named, and by March 2017 his company was demonstrating real-time avatar motion capture for interactive live streams.

Which Hololive English phoenix, born in Austria, dreams of owning a fast food chain?

Takanashi Kiara's profile insists she is no chicken or turkey, and her designer, huke, is the creator of Black Rock Shooter.

Which Hololive singer, famed among fans for her Tetris skill, was the first VTuber to perform on The First Take?

Hoshimachi Suisei started in 2018 as an independent creator who drew and rigged her own first model, and Forbes Japan named her to its 30 Under 30 list in 2025.

Which figure in Hololive's history is known to fans and the press by the nickname Yagoo?

The founder, Motoaki Tanigo, was named one of Japan's top 20 entrepreneurs by Forbes Japan in its January 2022 issue.

Which name was given to the first generation of Hololive English, five talents who debuted in September 2020?

Myth debuted a reaper, a phoenix, a priestess of the Ancient Ones and a shark, alongside a detective who had set out to investigate rumours about Hololive.

AREA 15, a trio who debuted in April 2020, opened a Hololive branch for speakers of which country's language?

Indonesia's branch added a second generation, holoro, that December and a third, holoh3ro, in March 2022.

Which white-haired Hololive fox belongs to both the first generation and the Gamers group, which she leads?

Shirakami Fubuki became leader of Hololive Gamers when it formed in December 2018, and she is credited with popularising the agency's daily streaming schedule.

Which virtual YouTuber, credited with starting the trend in 2016, is cited as a likely inspiration for Hololive?

Kizuna AI posted her first video in November 2016 and remained YouTube's most-subscribed VTuber until 2021.

Which rival VTuber agency, owned by Anycolor, is named as the major competitor of Hololive Production?

Nijisanji launched in 2018 to promote Live2D models and live streaming, rather than the pre-made 3D clips that early VTubers had popularised.

Which free Hololive fan game by Kay Yu takes its survive-the-horde gameplay from Vampire Survivors?

HoloCure was downloaded 50,000 times on its first day in 2022, overloading its leaderboard server, and reached Steam the following year.

Which Hololive maid's farewell concert in August 2024 drew about 750,000 concurrent viewers?

Minato Aqua's final stream peaked at 749,854 viewers, the most-watched VTuber broadcast on record at the time, ending a six-year career.

Which Hololive English illustrator plays a priestess of the Ancient Ones who gained the power to control tentacles?

Ninomae Ina'nis got her powers from a strange book in her lore, and her designer, Kuroboshi Kouhaku, has an affinity for Lovecraft and octopuses.

Which Hololive talent's fans are known as 35P, a number that is read aloud as her given name?

Sakura Miko calls herself an elite shrine maiden, and Tokyo's government made her one of its tourism ambassadors in 2023.

Which fourth-generation Hololive dragon came to Japan as a language exchange student and retired in 2021?

Kiryu Coco's profile lists her at 180 cm, or seven metres in dragon form, and says she keeps her human shape by sheer willpower.

Which Hololive talent's lore says she is being raised by an old woman who runs an onigiri shop?

Nekomata Okayu was the third member of Hololive Gamers, and got her job offer on the very day she interviewed with the company's president.

Nakiri Ayame, Hololive's kimono-clad prankster and student council president, is which creature of Japanese folklore?

Oni girl Nakiri Ayame hails from the Underworld Academy, where she likes to tease people with will-o'-the-wisps.

Nanashi Mumei, who debuted in Hololive English as the Guardian of Civilization, is portrayed as which bird?

Owl and traveller, Nanashi Mumei is said to have witnessed countless events and forgotten many of them; her fans are called Hoomans.

All six talents of which country's Hololive branch retired in late 2020 after a wave of harassment and boycotts?

China's branch streamed on Bilibili, where the agency had signed a deal in 2019 to open 15 channels and broadcast alongside YouTube.

Which Hololive angel from the Celestial Academy was known for a grip strength of over 50 kg?

Amane Kanata's grip beat the average adult man's and wrecked several objects on stream; her song Fallen Wing was co-written with Toby Fox.

Which first-generation Hololive talent, who aims to be a top idol, speaks English after studying in Australia?

Akai Haato, known to fans as Haachama, studied in Australia and briefly the Philippines until December 2020.

Which Hololive English rat, billed as chaos itself, has a birthday that falls on leap day, 29 February?

Hakos Baelz is described as a performer looking for her next stage who sometimes gets swept up in her own storm.

Which Hololive talent, whose vast powers are sealed away by shackles, established Secret Society holoX?

La+ Darknesss no longer remembers when or how the shackles got there, and a crow has long been her companion.

Which Hololive rain shaman lives in the topmost room of a lighthouse and wants her Rain Master title back?

Kobo Kanaeru must prove to her family that she can keep their shaman service afloat, which is why she turned to virtual marketing.

Which early Hololive talent's profile says she arrived from a distant wasteland with no memories?

Roboco-san is a robot who debuted in March 2018, and her own profile admits that rumour calls her broken instead.

Shishiro Botan of Hololive's fifth generation is described as a lazy, game-loving white example of which animal?

Lion though she is, Shishiro Botan prefers lazing around, and her profile says she hoards powerful healing items even at the end of a game.

Yuzuki Choco, a second-generation Hololive talent, holds which job at the fictional Underworld Academy?

School nurse Yuzuki Choco is so popular that students keep turning up for check-ups, and she gets in trouble for leaving sweets on her desk.

Shiori Novella and the rest of Hololive English's 2023 generation, Advent, share which backstory?

A prison break freed all five: an archiver, a living jewel, a demon of sound and twin guard dogs who had been sealed in The Cell.

Idol Showdown, a 2023 fan-made title with Hololive talents as its playable characters, belongs to which genre?

Fighting game fans saw its ninth character unveiled at Evo 2023, and some talents offered to record voice lines for their own fighters.

Which illustrator, who later became a popular VTuber herself, designed Hololive's Oozora Subaru in 2018?

Shigure Ui began streaming as a virtual YouTuber in May 2019, and a song from her debut album went viral in 2023.

Which Hololive zombie became a VTuber after finding her old home had been turned into a ramen shop?

Kureiji Ollie is a high school girl risen from her grave, and her profile warns viewers to turn the volume down because she tends to scream.

Which Hololive talent is a circus performer who hopes to become ringmaster of the whole VTuber world?

Omaru Polka wows crowds with acrobatics in her lore, and her natural charm is said to gloss over her occasional mess-ups.

Todoroki Hajime, a former backup dancer in Hololive DEV_IS, named a 30-minute song after which nickname of hers?

Bancho means a boss or delinquent gang leader, the persona she plays, and the song loops samples of her voice over a trap beat.

Juufuutei Raden, Hololive's licensed museum curator, has big dreams in which traditional Japanese stage art?

Rakugo, a form of verbal comedy, caught her interest during the pandemic, and she now writes her own skits.

Hololive's first full-agency concert, staged at Tokyo's Toyosu Pit in January 2020, carried which title?

Nonstop Story drew 3,000 fans in person and tens of thousands more online, with AZKi and all 22 talents who predated the fourth generation on the bill.

Which Hololive record label, formed in 2019 around the singer AZKi, was dissolved after she joined the main branch?

INoNaKa Music lost its only other artist within months, and the wind-up announced in December 2021 was completed in April 2022.

Before starting the company behind Hololive, Motoaki Tanigo developed video game characters with which firm?

Sanrio was his partner while he worked at the content company Imagineer, and he launched several startups before this one.

Anya Melfissa, a sleepy gamer in Hololive's holoro trio, is the human form of which ancient weapon?

Keris blade turned girl, she was given human form through a mystical ritual performed by her master, and long solitude left her apathetic towards people.

Hololive Production revealed its first English-speaking male group in July 2022 under which name?

Tempus debuted that same week under the Holostars English banner, three years after the first Japanese Holostars generation.

The Hololive AREA 15 talent who came from a magical forest is which kind of animal?

Squirrel habits define Ayunda Risu, who got lost in the human world and became a VTuber to repay the kind big sister who took her in.

Which discontinued metaverse project cost Hololive's parent company a 3.3 billion yen impairment in 2026?

Holoearth's virtual stages and effects were folded into a new at-home streaming app for talents after the project was shut down.

Which five-member group debuted in September 2023 as the first unit of Hololive DEV_IS?

ReGLOSS performs together as a musical group, and its first single was Shunkan Heartbeat.