What is Hololive?

By
Pranav Nalawade
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Over the course of the past year, Virtual YouTubers, or VTubers for short, have taken the internet by storm. In fact, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably familiar with a number of such VTubers yourself. Some prominent examples of popular VTubers include ‘Kizuna AI’,  who is often regarded as the first widely known VTuber, ‘Gawr Gura’, or ‘Projekt Melody’.

For the unaware, VTubers are just like your everyday YouTubers and streamers who play video games or entertain their audience. However, instead of using a facecam, they use a ‘virtual avatar’ while streaming, which many people find more interesting and entertaining.

Hololive 

Hololive Production, or simply Hololive, is a VTuber talent agency owned by Japanese company Cover Corp. Originally created in December 2019, the company currently manages a total of 52 active VTubers.

Some of the well-known members from the Hololive team include Gawr Gura, Inugami Korone, Shirakami Fubuki, Usada Pekora, and Mori Calliope. A lot of the talents also have their separate YouTube channels.

This rapid growth of VTubers over the past year has led many popular streamers and YouTubers like Imane “Pokimane” Anys and Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg to create virtual avatars of their own.

As of September 2020, Hololive-affiliated VTubers had more than 10 million combined subscribers on both YouTube and Chinese video platform Bilibili.

Also, a recent YouTube report shows that VTuber views have grown to over 1.5 Billion views per month by October 2020, which goes on to prove how much has the industry evolved last year. Needless to say, the rate of growth continues to escalate further this year.

Here’s a list of all Hololive YouTubers and talents:

NameGenerationDebutSubscribers
Tokino SoraHololive Generation 07 September 2017654,000
RobocoHololive Generation 04 March 2018536,000
Sakura MikoHololive Generation 025 December 2018868,000
Yozora MelHololive Generation 113 May 2018430,000
Shirakami FubukiHololive Generation 11 June 20181,250,000
Natsuiro MatsuriHololive Generation 11 June 2018830,000
Aki RosenthalHololive Generation 11 June 2018434,000
Akai HaatoHololive Generation 12 June 20181,020,000
Hitomi ChrisHololive Generation 13 June 2018Deleted
Minato AquaHololive Generation 28 August 20181,060,000
Murasaki ShionHololive Generation 217 August 2018636,000
Nakiri AyameHololive Generation 23 September 2018710,000
Yuzuki ChocoHololive Generation 24 September 2018525,000
Oozora SubaruHololive Generation 216 September 2018736,000
AZKiInonaka Music15 November 2018324,000
Ookami MioHololive Gamers7 December 2018586,000
Nekomata OkayuHololive Gamers6 April 2019872,000
Inugami KoroneHololive Gamers13 April 20191,330,000
Hanasaki MiyabiHolostars Generation 18 June 201954,500
Kagami KiraHolostars Generation 19 June 201954,000
Kanade IzuruHolostars Generation 122 June 201980,600
Usada PekoraHololive Fantasy17 July 20191,250,000
Uruha RushiaHololive Fantasy18 July 2019954,000
Shiranui FlareHololive Fantasy7 August 2019510,000
Shirogane NoelHololive Fantasy8 August 2019856,000
Houshou MarineHololive Fantasy11 August 20191,090,000
Yakushiji SuzakuHolostars Generation 17 September 2019Deleted
ArurandeisuHolostars Generation 18 September 201978,500
YogiriHololive China Generation 127 September 2019Deleted
RikkaHolostars Generation 120 October 2019111,000
CiviaHololive China Generation 11 November 2019Deleted
Hoshimachi SuiseiHololive Generation 01 December 2019 (was previously independent)756,000
Astel LedaHololive Sun Tempo7 December 201965,400
Kishido TemmaHololive Sun Tempo14 December 201950,600
Yukoku RoberuHololive Sun Tempo24 December 2019129,000
Amane KanataHololive Generation 427 December 2019674,000
Kiryu CocoHololive Generation 428 December 2019991,000
Tsunomaki WatameHololive Generation 429 December 2019751,000
Tokoyami TowaHololive Generation 43 January 2020507,000
Himemori LunaHololive Generation 44 January 2020464,000
Spade EchoHololive China Generation 130 January 2020Deleted
DorisHololive China Generation 23 April 2020Deleted
RosalynHololive China Generation 25 April 2020Deleted
Ayunda RisuHololive Indonesia Generation 110 April 2020376,000
Moona HoshinovaHololive Indonesia Generation 111 April 2020490,000
ArtiaHololive China Generation 211 April 2020Deleted
Airani IofifteenHololive Indonesia Generation 112 April 2020302,000
Tsukishita KaoruHololive TriNero29 April 2020Deleted
Kageyama ShienHololive TriNero30 April 202081,600
Aragami OgaHololive TriNero1 May 202079,400
Yukihana LamyHololive Generation 512 August 2020531,000
Momosuzu NeneHololive Generation 513 August 2020475,000
Shishiro BotanHololive Generation 514 August 2020670,000
Mano AloeHololive Generation 515 August 2020Deleted
Omaru PolkaHololive Generation 516 August 2020570,000
Mori CalliopeHololive Myth (English)12 September 20201,100,000
Takanashi KianaHololive Myth (English)12 September 2020801,000
Ninomae Ina’nisHololive Myth (English)12 September 2020798,000
Gawr GuraHololive Myth (English)13 September 20202,220,000
Watson AmeliaHololive Myth (English)13 September 20201,010,000
Kureiji OllieHololive Indonesia Generation 24 December 2020418,000
Anya MelfissaHololive Indonesia Generation 25 December 2020236,000
Pavolia ReineHololive Indonesia Generation 26 December 2020283,000