Nijisanji

Nijisanji
NIJISANJI
Native name
にじさんじ
Niji-sanji
IndustryVirtual YouTubers
Livestreaming
FoundedFebruary 2018 (2018-02)
ParentAnycolor Inc.
Websitenijisanji.jp
Anycolor Inc.
FormerlyIchikara Inc.
Company typeKabushiki-gaisha
TYO: 5032
Industry
Founded2 May 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-02)
FounderRiku Tazumi
Headquarters
Akasaka, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
  • Riku Tazumi
  • (CEO & founder)
  • Shinya Tsurui
  • (CFO)
  • Takato Suzuki
  • (Executive Officer (YouTube Strategic and Media Produce Group))
  • Aki Iwakura
  • (Executive Officer (IP Marketing and Design Group))
  • Yosuke Kobayashi
  • (Executive Officer (VTuber Sales Group))
  • Masato Fujita
  • (Executive Officer (Engineering Group))
  • Yoshitaka Fumoto
  • (Executive Officer (Overseas VTuber Management Group))[1]
Total equity¥2,641,914,764 (2021)
Owner(as of March 27, 2023):
Riku Tazumi (44.4%)
Sony Music Entertainment Japan (5.47%)
Yuzuru Honda (4.90%)
Skyland Ventures KK (4.15%)
Bilibili (3.56%)[2]
SubsidiariesAtelier Colors[1]
Websitewww.anycolor.co.jp/en

Nijisanji (にじさんじ, stylized in all caps as NIJISANJI) is a virtual YouTuber agency owned by Anycolor Inc. (formerly Ichikara Inc.).[3][4][5] The agency was founded in 2018 with the purpose of promoting the use of Live2D models and streaming as opposed to the 3D and clips format popularized by Kizuna AI.[6][7][8]

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  4. ^ 「会社四季報」業界地図 2022年版 (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 2021. p. 44. ISBN 978-4492973301.
  5. ^ "コロナ禍で医療従事者として尽力し、配信者としても成長を続けるVTuber・健屋花那の挑戦". Real Sound (in Japanese). 2 April 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ 尖ったメンバーばかりのVTuberグループ"にじさんじ"の魅力を紹介. Dengeki Online (in Japanese). Dengeki. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. ^ にじさんじ・月ノ美兎がソロアルバム「月の兎はヴァーチャルな夢をみる」のリリースを発表. Panora [ja]. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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