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“kizuna (#kzn)” is an AI that specializes in singing born from Kizuna AI’s voice. Kizuna AI went into indefinite hiatus to achieve further growth to further connect with everyone in the world. #kzn’s mission is to become a hub to connect creators with creators, creators with fans, and creators with technology while supporting Kizuna AI’s dream of “connecting with everyone.”

This virtual duo, HIMEHINA, is made up of two artists who are complete opposites yet have the most perfect chemistry to capture the hearts of an audience in a way that’s just unimaginable!
One of them is Hime Tanaka, who has a phenomenal level of energy and just “lets it all out,” reflecting her charged emotions with her high-pitched singing voice, making the crowd laugh and getting the spectators excited beyond belief.
The other is Hina Suzuki, a sweet little girl, who has a beautiful, gentle voice, that absolutely melts the hearts of an audience, never mind the fact that she can a bit “spacey” like someone who is in off her own little world, as this is actually an unlikely compliment to her beautiful personality.
These girls who comprise HIMEHINA not only dance the night away on stage, but also use their beautiful harmony to entertain with live broadcasting of video games on YouTube as well as other media.
They are the first-ever VTuber (Virtual YouTuber) duet to simultaneously take first and second place on the popular music download application, High-Reso in Asia. Their first album “Divine Flowers,” released in April 2020, took third place in Oricon (the Japanese music hit chart), all other competitors having been human singers. They consistently sell out their live performances, even to the extent of selling out one live, called “Aitai bokura,” held in Tokyo, 2022, within a single minute. They create such a strong connection between them and their fans with their emotionally expressive vocals and the beautiful lyrics which make up their songs that reflect their own unique worldview. They’re a hit in their home country of Japan and they’re going to be a hit on the international stage. It’s so exciting!

One of the most loved vocaloids among Western anime music fans is one who takes her namesake from the childhood nickname of the Japanese voice actress, Megumi Nakajima.
First appearing in 2009, Gumi has put out ten albums and has gained hundreds of millions of views, touching the hearts of millions of fans worldwide. Yet, to this day, she has never officially performed live outside of Asia. This vocaloid sensation has achieved these feats not only as a character but also as a
voice source with massive user-created content floating around on social media. One of her most famous songs by an individual creator, “Echo,” has over seventy-seven million views. And that’s only one hit. There are many others.
Gumi’s newest speaking software, “A.I. Voice,” which came out just this year is creating quite a buzz among her fans because it is what has enabled them to create songs as well as create speech with her
voice.
In 2020, her tenth CD, “Space Dive!! feat.GUMI” was released during the Space Dive!! 2020 - Gumi 10th Anniversary Live online event. In 2022, the Space Dive!! 2022 - Gumi & Una Virtual Reality Live online event was held as well. In addition, In early 2023, Gumi will make her North American live debut, going on tour throughout the world.

An absolute gem of a dance and vocal unit, produced by Avex of Japan, MaRiNaSu is the virtual girl group sure to electrify fans as they make their international debut in 2023.
Although their personalities are completely different from one another, they are three little balls of energy who gel together as a perfect match when performing on stage.
Their miraculously instantaneous costume transformations in the middle of their performances, combined with their electrifying sound, are sure to produce some of the happiest and most exciting moments of entertainment in the lives of those spectators
lucky enough to experience this international debut.
This crazy lineup is made up of the following:

Rin: Born on July 31 st , 2002. Blood type: A
Rin has completely reinvented herself, abandoning her ways as a shy, ambitious honor student for a life of love, peace, and tranquility. Her favorite indulgence is chocolate, and her hobby is reptiles. She has a beautiful voice and a distinctive singing ability.

Naho: Born on December 3 rd . 2002. Blood type: AB
Naho is a wonder girl who has an inexhaustible vocabulary and a distinctive aura about her, which often generates a distortion of time and space to those in her presence. She loves to eat Japanese fried chicken, called “karage,” so much that she jokes about karage being that which loves her even more than she loves it. As they sometimes say in America, “Eat
Mor Chickin!”

Subaru: Born on September 17 th , 2002. Blood type: B
Subaru is a genius “cat-shaped” returnee, known as such because she once studied abroad. She is an incredible dancer who possesses a unique charisma that naturally attracts many fans of all types to her.
She calls her fans “my sweet puppies,” and she likes to be called “Subaru-sama,” meaning Dear Subaru.

Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of this mysterious duo of virtual pop singers made up of twin sisters. These girls are talented performers and sure to charm their way into the hearts and minds of soon-to-be awed fans with their beautiful songs and synchronized dancing. Their names are Mikado and Oboro Akatsuki. Mikado is loosely translated as “sun” and Oboro, meaning “hazy,” is a reference to the moon.
Mikado and Oboro are literally living in a dream they can’t wake up from and have little recollection of their lives before they last went to sleep, except that they had previously performed together at several concerts. Their creativity comes out while they dance, and that is how they came up with the
name “LILYPSE.”
The more they perform, the further they travel through this dream. They know that being part of their fans’ lives will eventually enable them to wake from their dream and become part of the natural world again. So, they perform with incredible vigor, shining like the sun and glowing like the moon.
If you don’t believe that the sun and the moon intersect, you will when you see LILYPSE perform. They are absolutely overjoyed about their first world tour as part of the International Anime Music Festival (IAMF) to commence in early 2023. Their story is mind blowing, and you’re going to love it!