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X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Game Characters, and Real Artists Together in September

The event marks one of the largest cross-company and cross-media collaborations in Japan's VTuber and character entertainment space, organized by the same company behind the long-running GirlsAward fashion event.

Key Facts

  • Award Inc. will hold the fashion show and music live event X VORDER RUNWAY on September 27 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1-4 in Chiba.
  • All 14 performers will wear limited costumes designed by illustrator Mika Pikazo, known for work on Fire Emblem Engage and VTuber designs.
  • Five collaborative segments have been previewed, including a duet between KAF and Suisei Hoshimachi.
  • The fastest lottery pre-sale for venue tickets opened on June 30 and runs through July 12.

Reporting from 6 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, KAI-YOU, Inside, and 2 more.

X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Game Characters, and Real Artists Together in September

Award Inc. announced on June 30 that it will hold the fashion show and music live event X VORDER RUNWAY on September 27 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1-4 in Chiba. The event is described as a world-first, large-scale entertainment show where VTubers, game and anime characters, and real artists perform together across communities and dimensions. All performers will wear limited costumes designed by illustrator Mika Pikazo, known for work on Fire Emblem Engage and VTuber designs. The lineup includes VTubers Suisei Hoshimachi, HIMEHINA, Karubi Akami, Hinano Tachibana, Sara Hoshikawa, and virtual singer KAF. From games, Chun-Li from Street Fighter 6, Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4 Revival, and Haruka Amami, Chihaya Kisaragi, and Miki Hoshii from The Idolmaster will appear. Real artists Utaha from Wednesday Campanella and Nanawo Akari are also on the bill. Five collaborative segments have been previewed, including a duet between KAF and Suisei Hoshimachi. The fastest lottery pre-sale for venue tickets opened on June 30 and runs through July 12.

All 14 performers will wear costumes designed by Mika Pikazo, who previously worked on character designs for Fire Emblem Engage and the VTubers Kaguya Luna and Hakos Baelz. The fashion designs will be released later as a newly drawn key visual by Pikazo.

The event is organized by Award Inc., the company behind the long-running GirlsAward fashion and music event. Award said the event aims to create content that can be proud of globally from the domestic entertainment market, and eventually to cross national borders and expand worldwide as an entertainment originating from Japan.

Five collaborative segments have been previewed:

  • "V": HIMEHINA × Karubi Akami × Hinano Tachibana × Sara Hoshikawa × Suisei Hoshimachi - a fashion show and live stage by VTubers crossing agency boundaries.
  • "True Story -Revival-": Rise Kujikawa × Sara Hoshikawa - a collaboration delivering Rise Kujikawa's popular song newly recorded for Persona 4 Revival with Persona-loving VTuber Sara Hoshikawa.
  • "Koishisa to Setsunasa to Kokorozuyosa to 2023": Chun-Li × KAWAII CLUB × Hinano Tachibana - a self-cover version of Ryoko Shinohara's song used as the theme for the Street Fighter II: The Movie animated film.
  • "GO MY WAY!!": Haruka Amami × Chihaya Kisaragi × Miki Hoshii × Karubi Akami × KAF × KAWAII CLUB × Hinano Tachibana - a fashion show and live stage by three Idolmaster series idols with additional performers.
  • "Isseifuubuu": KAF × Suisei Hoshimachi - a dream collaboration song by two divas of the V world.

Ticket prices are 16,500 yen for reserved seat SS, 14,300 yen for reserved seat S, and 11,000 yen for reserved seat A. Doors open at 14:00 and the show starts at 15:30.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 6 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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