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As one of the most popular professionally organized Vtuber groups, hololive already has legions of fans of its popular Vtubers, including a steadily growing fanbase outside of Japan (thanks in no small part to the tireless work of translators).
Although rumors about an English-speaking Vtuber group had already been circulating, today Cover Corporation made it official:
Hololive English gets their debut
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Beginning today, September 9th, hololive English (Twitter) begins their activities! The new members Ninomae Ina’nis, Takanashi Kiara, Watson Amelia, Mori Calliope, and Gawr Gura have been announced, their Twitter accounts are live (and some of them already active) and they're scheduled to hold their first YouTube streams back-to-back this weekend, September 12th and 13th.
(Cover Corporation kindly gave us permission to use their English press release, which is also posted on their official Reddit community.)
According to the release, hololive English is an "all-girl VTuber group under COVER Corporation aimed at the English-speaking audience. Their activities include live streaming on platforms such as YouTube and interacting with fans on Twitter. The talents perform using intricate 2D and 3D avatars provided by the company."
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Cover Corp. has a mythical concept for their fledgling English group. Their members all "hail from worlds of legend," which is made clear in their promotional video hinting at the "legendary lore surrounding the new talents":
Member Profiles
So, who are these legendary ladies? Let's take a look at their profiles:
Mori Calliope (森 美声)
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"The Grim Reaper's first apprentice. Because the world's medical system advanced so dramatically, she became a VTuber to collect souls. It seems that the lost souls vaporized by the wholesome relationships of VTubers flow through her as well. In the end, she's a gentle-hearted girl whose sweet voice contradicts the morbid things she tends to say, as well as her hardcore vocals."
YouTube Debut:
Takanashi Kiara (小鳥遊 キアラ)
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"An idol whose dream is to become a fast food shop owner. She is a phoenix, NOT a chicken or turkey.
(Very important)
She works extremely hard since she will be reborn from ashes anyway."
YouTube Debut:
Ninomae Ina'nis (一 伊那尓栖)
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"One day, she picked up a strange book and then started to gain the power of controlling tentacles. To her, tentacles are just a part in her ordinary life; it has never been a big deal for her. However, her girly mind does want to get them dressed up and stay pretty.
After gaining power, she started hearing Ancient Whispers and Revelations. Hence, she began her VTuber activities to deliver random sanity checks on humanity, as an ordinary girl."
YouTube Debut:
Gawr Gura (がうる・ぐら)
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"A descendant of the Lost City of Atlantis, who swam to Earth while saying, "It's so boring down there LOLOLOL!" She bought her clothes (and her shark hat) in the human world and she really loves them. In her spare time, she enjoys talking to marine life."
YouTube Debut:
Watson Amelia (ワトソン・アメリア)
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"She heard strange rumors surrounding Hololive online: talking foxes, magical squirrels, superhuman dogs, and more. Soon after beginning her investigation on Hololive, and just out of interest, she decided to become an idol herself! She loves to pass her time training her reflexes with FPS games, and challenging herself with puzzle games.
It's elementary, right?"
YouTube Debut:
After the five members make their debut streams on their respective channels, they'll have their first collaboration stream:
YouTube Collaboration Debut Stream:
If you look at their Twitter accounts, you'll see that they're already actively interacting with fans, posting images and even videos offering sneak peeks, so check them out!