A VTuber (Japanese: ブイチューバー, Hepburn: BuiChūbā) or virtual YouTuber (バーチャルユーチューバー, bācharu YūChūbā) is an online entertainer who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics. Real-time motion capture software or technology are often—but not always—used to capture movement. The digital trend originated in Japan in the mid-2010s, and has become an international online phenomenon in the 2020s. A majority of VTubers are English- and Japanese-speaking YouTubers or live streamers who use avatar designs. By 2020, there were more than 10,000 active VTubers. Although the term is an allusion to the video platform YouTube, they also use websites such as Niconico, Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and Bilibili.
VTubers are associated with Japanese popular culture and aesthetics, such as anime and ...
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以大嘴鳥為形象的VTuber,名為菜姬
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The logo of Hololive Production – Japanese virtual YouTuber agency operated by Cover Corporation
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Gif of my avatar waving. See File:Immanuelle.png for info on its creation
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Kizuna AI, a Japanese virtual YouTuber.
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ロート製薬公式ユーチューバーである根羽清ココロ。自身のチャンネルの動画のスクリーンショット。
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The logo of Nijisanji – Japanese Virtual YouTuber group
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This is a one-way "translation arrow" icon, drawn by myself in the style of, and modeled after :Imag...
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The logo of VShojo – virtual YouTuber (VTuber) talent agency in the United States
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Fushimi Gaku livestreaming in Japanese, with the YouTube live chat on the right. The title of the vi...
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Icon for the WPVG project; used almost solely by {{WPVG icon direct}} and through there by 100,000+ ...