{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4d3fd95e1320e1290e0dc94b","clusterId":"c_507ddb04529c3d5b42d46bc7","slug":"echoverse-adds-illustrator-kiseki-hiiro-and-video-creator-iza-saraba","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"EchoVerse Adds Illustrator Kiseki Hiiro And Video Creator Iza Saraba","summary":"Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store announced that two creators will join its VTuber project EchoVerse, with streaming debuts set for October 2026. Illustrator Kiseki Hiiro streams first on October 4 at 20:00, and video creator Iza Saraba follows on October 17 at 20:00. Both were chosen through a second-round audition held in April 2026, which sought expressive people working from techniques in illustration, music, and video. Character design for Kiseki Hiiro comes from Kaomin and for Iza Saraba from Kuga Funa. Their Live2D models were produced by Kanbutsu Himono and Iron Vertex. EchoVerse's first-generation member Hanayori Yoruha debuted in September 2025 and released a first original song, Bansoukou, in June 2026. The two new members will each design a label for a sake crowdfunding project tied to that song, running from October 1 with all affiliated creators taking part.","whyItMatters":"EchoVerse's roster now covers illustration and video as well as singing, and the department store is attaching the new creators to a sake crowdfunding campaign that turns its first original song into a physical product.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe second-round audition was held under the theme of creating next-generation creators, and it sought people who would keep transmitting their own worldview, starting from techniques and sensibilities in illustration, music, and video.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKiseki Hiiro: an illustrator who loves clothing above all else, makes gorgeous and powerful works, and sometimes slips into Kansai dialect when she gets close to someone.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIza Saraba: a video creator and artist described as a comet grazing the night sky, leaving works behind and departing again, with a strong spirit of inquiry and a habit of trying to put in her mouth everything she sees.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sake crowdfunding carries the project name Hanayori Yoruha\u0026#39;s singing-voice-brewed sake \u0026#34;Bansoukou,\u0026#34; billed as a special bottle where music and art resonate. It runs from October 1, 2026, with Hanayori Yoruha joining the two new members as participating creators.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacter design for Kiseki Hiiro is handled by Kaomin, and for Iza Saraba by Kuga Funa. Their Live2D models were produced by Kanbutsu Himono and Iron Vertex respectively. With the two new creators, the project expands its range from song to illustration and video, turning the story born from \u0026#34;Bansoukou\u0026#34; into something that can be held as flavor and packaging.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"EchoVerse's two newest members debut as working illustrators and video creators, not idols. The sake label project tied to Hanayori Yoruha's Bansoukou puts their design skills on a product before their own channels launch.","twitterPost":"EchoVerse's two new members debut as working creators, and their first assignment is sake label design for Hanayori Yoruha's Bansoukou project, not their own channels.","threadsPost":"Both EchoVerse members come from the April 2026 second-round audition that looked for people working from illustration, music, and video techniques. Their first output is a sake label tied to Hanayori Yoruha's Bansoukou crowdfunding project, before either has a streaming channel.","newsletterBlurb":"Daimaru Matsuzakaya's VTuber project EchoVerse adds illustrator Kiseki Hiiro and video creator Iza Saraba, with first streams on October 4 and October 17. Both came through the project's April 2026 second-round audition. Hanayori Yoruha's song Bansoukou also anchors a sake crowdfunding effort that opens October 1.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"MoguLive\",\"url\":\"https://www.moguravr.com/echoverse-2nd-creators/\",\"title\":\"Daimaru Matsuzakaya's VTuber Project \\\"EchoVerse\\\" Welcomes 2 New Creators Debuting in October\"},{\"source\":\"PANORA\",\"url\":\"https://panora.tokyo/archives/158552\",\"title\":\"Illustrator \\\"Kiseki Hiiro\\\" and Video Creator \\\"Iza Saraba\\\" to Make Streaming Debut in October from Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store's VTuber Project \\\"EchoVerse\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9992,"outputTokens":1357,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1790855962,"createdAt":"2026-10-01T11:53:57.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T11:58:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T11:58:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_507ddb04529c3d5b42d46bc7","canonicalTitle":"大丸松坂屋百貨店のVTuber事業「EchoVerse」より、イラストレーター「輝跡ひいろ」、映像クリエイター「イザ・サラバ」が10月に配信デビュー","representativeArticleId":"a_2a2809ddae6ac0f9e4a1457f","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"EchoVerse\"],\"studios\":[\"Daimaru Matsuzakaya\"],\"people\":[\"Kiseki Hiiro\",\"Iza Saraba\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-01T03:35:28.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-01T07:20:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T11:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"MoguLive","url":"https://www.moguravr.com/echoverse-2nd-creators/","title":"大丸松坂屋のVTuber事業「EchoVerse」、新クリエイター2名が10月デビュー"},{"source":"PANORA","url":"https://panora.tokyo/archives/158552","title":"大丸松坂屋百貨店のVTuber事業「EchoVerse」より、イラストレーター「輝跡ひいろ」、映像クリエイター「イザ・サラバ」が10月に配信デビュー"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["EchoVerse"],"studios":["Daimaru Matsuzakaya"],"people":["Kiseki Hiiro","Iza Saraba"],"type":"announcement","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store's VTuber project EchoVerse adds two creators, Kiseki Hiiro and Iza Saraba, in October 2026.","Kiseki Hiiro's first stream is scheduled for October 4, 2026 at 20:00, and Iza Saraba's for October 17, 2026 at 20:00.","Kiseki Hiiro and Iza Saraba were selected through a second-round audition held in April 2026.","Kaomin designed the character for Kiseki Hiiro and Kuga Funa designed the character for Iza Saraba, with Live2D models by Kanbutsu Himono and Iron Vertex.","A crowdfunding campaign for sake brewed while listening to Hanayori Yoruha's song Bansoukou runs from October 1, 2026, with label designs by Kiseki Hiiro and Iza Saraba."]}