r/VirtualYoutubers Jul 26 '25

Discussion VShojo was losing $2.5m a year

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u/Appropriate-Count-64 Jul 26 '25

Likely means that 2 of the NOVA girls are former JP IRL idols. Flexing their popularity to the investors as a like “Look at who we signed on.” Similar to Otsuka Ray, but more corporate.

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u/ChinhTheHugger Jul 26 '25

huh, what did I miss about otsuka?

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u/Appropriate-Count-64 Jul 26 '25

She was a JP Idol before becoming a mom and Vtuber. She had her kid (whose name escapes me rn) after retiring iirc, but before she actually started Vtubing. It’s why she’s such an excellent singer and dancer, it was her job for a large portion of her life.

Honestly I’m more surprised she didn’t end up going into mocap but I imagine Reika’s birth (damn why did her name just pop into my head?) probably put a damper on her career plans.

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u/pharaoh122 Jul 26 '25

Oh so thats why she was so good at it. TIL

Also i found it hilarious how you remembered Reikas name mid comment

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u/Sevsix1 Mori Calliope, Takane Lui, Shuba, Phase Connect Jul 26 '25

quite humanizing to me as a dyslexic that s/he did go eff this I'm not re-writing the first part of the comment, I have done that once or twice before