A short post about Holostars and their current situation
Holostars is an all-male Vtuber group under hololive production that first established its JP branch in 2019 and later established an EN branch in 2022. They stream a variety of content ranging from Let’s Plays to handcam streams to karaoke streams, etc. They’ve also produced cover song videos, original music, and performed in 3D concerts
Over the years, Holostars has pushed Cover’s 3D technology to amazing directions such as:
featuring AR tech in a 3D showcase and continuing to feature it in a series of vlogs
having the first talent in all of hololive productions to feature 3D classical instrument tracking (and the first to do a 3D classical music live performance)
having the first talents in all of of hololive productions to perform 3D pole dancing live on stream
having the first talent in all of hololive productions to perform 3D figure skating live on stream
In addition to the different ways they've showcased what Cover’s 3D technology can accomplish, Holostars has also:
had the first Vtuber EVER in history to do a radio show with a seiyuu
won the Vtubers Fall Guys Sports Day Tournament
sold out tickets to all three of their Holostars JP concerts
peaked at approximately over 22k concurrent viewers on the first Holostars EN concert
made huge advancements in coding for the Hololive app
released an official horror visual novel [Steam] [Itch]
Throughout the years, Holostars managed to gain a small, but insanely dedicated fanbase that I’m sure you’ve all seen pop up on tumblr lately :)
On April 3, 2026, Cover announced that they’d be making “changes to Holostars’ management structure.”
This was, effectively, an announcement that they’d be downsizing the Holostars JP branch. While the terms of this announcement affect each Holostars JP talent differently, the basics of this announcement were that the Holostars JP branch:
No longer has access to Cover’s 3D studio*
No more group events, 3D concerts, AGF, OshaFes, StarColle
No more new merch or voicepacks
No more new outfits, accessories, model updates
No more new original song releases**
No longer has access to Cover-owned game servers, like the Holostars Minecraft server
No more new generations will debut in Holostars JP
And Cover will continue to take an undisclosed cut of their earnings
*However, talents outside of Holostars JP can invite them as guests in their 3D lives, so they are allowed into Cover’s 3D studio for those occasions. The most recent example is Hakka inviting Izuru, Shien, and Rio to his Mini 3D birthday live. Holostars JP talents are also allowed to access 3D studios from companies other than Cover as well. That said, one of the reasons people would join Cover in the first place is to have access to Cover’s technology and resources, so you can understand the huge angry backlash the company received for this decision **Holostars JP talents who are known to be musically-inclined, such as Izuru and Rikka, however, are still able to produce their own original songs
Any projects that were in development before the downsizing decision will still proceed as usual, e.g. Roberu’s latest outfit reveal and Miyabi’s 3.0 update. And currently, Roberu is still allowed to use the Cover 3D studio for his New Years’ tradition as one of the only exceptions
Here’s a collection of comments made about the Holostars JP downsizing situation:
EN subbed compilation of the Holostars JP talents’ comments
CN and EN subbed compilation of the Holostars EN talents’ comments
Jurard gave his comment when he returned from his break and revealed his new outfit
Ruze gave his comment after he returned from his break
Octavio wants Holostars fans to focus on what’s important
Goldbullet addressed the situation when he returned from his break and revealed his new accessories
Iofi will invite Shien to her future 3D live if she gets one
Towa told Astel to forget about their positions and reach out to her as a friend anytime
Bae wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Holostars JP
Elizabeth talked about how one of the first holo members she came across was Izuru
Ollie will always support Holostars
Sora shared her hololive productions group cover and praised everyone’s singing
Roboco shared her duet cover with Rikka
Suisei thanked everyone for 7 million views on her Cinema cover with Izuru and Astel
Laplus learned about the situation later and outright said Cover was leaving Holostars to rot
Akirose tells Aruran that she wants to save Holostars too
With all the curious, new eyes on Holostars JP following the decision, a few of the Holostars JP talents decided to make a strong, first impression. They inspired Shinri to get bolder too!
Oga also had some time to talk about his health when the downsizing decision was announced
Holostars is filled with unique, amazing talented men who have been working hard to be the best entertainers and/or idols they can be for several years. Cover Corp made a serious decision to strip away the bulk of their company resources from the Holostars JP branch, and the fans are trying their hardest to support Holostars more than ever now
Every Holostars talent needs as big of a viewership as possible. The Holostars JP branch especially needs to get as many viewers as they can since they’re currently the most heavily affected group
If you’re interested in Holostars for any reason, then I’d just like you to take a look at the talents page, click on any profiles that catch your eye, and check out their streams/covers. If you know someone who’d enjoy watching them, then please recommend Holostars to them
I want to focus on growing as big of an audience for Holostars as possible because once you have a huge enough audience, then you’ll naturally get more views, more likes, more comments for the algorithm to push them to even more people, more subscribers, more fans joining membership, more fans who can translate the talents and reach an even wider global audience, everything starts by having a massive audience first! More viewers means more potential fans and more options!!
tl;dr If you’re interested in Holostars, then please check them out and recommend them to people who’d enjoy watching them!! That’s honestly all I’m asking!!!
