{"rewrite":{"id":"r_99dbc292c8ec06da15652c36","clusterId":"c_5631a0e5254f0fd921d49042","slug":"iriam-hosts-collab-event-with-home-economics-dragon-for-its-25th-anniversary","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"IRIAM Hosts Collab Event With Home Economics Dragon for Its 25th Anniversary","summary":"V live communication app IRIAM will hold a collaboration event with the design series Home Economics Dragon, which marks its 25th anniversary in 2026. The event, named IRIAM x Home Economics Dragon, runs from August 18 to August 24, with participation applications opening on August 6. Participants must have streaming experience on IRIAM. During the event, users earn event points that determine rankings, with prizes such as the Black Cloth Armor (Apron) and Black Wing Carry Bag (Napsack) for winners. Additional rewards include streaming backgrounds and gifts for reaching point thresholds. A separate cooking class contest runs on X from August 11 to August 24, where users post photos of their own cooked dishes with the hashtag IRIAM Cooking Class Contest. The IRIAM operations team selects five winners per category, totaling 15, who receive a real Home Economics Dragon apron and a premium badge. Home Economics Dragon is a design series known from middle school sewing kits and napsacks, and remains widely recognized as a nostalgic dragon across generations. IRIAM is operated by IRIAM Inc., a subsidiary of DeNA, and has accumulated 6.4 million downloads since its October 2018 launch.","whyItMatters":"The collaboration pairs a nostalgic school-supply design with a modern streaming platform, tapping into cross-generational recognition to draw both former students and current Vtuber audiences into the app's events.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Home Economics Dragon IP is owned by SUNWARD Co., Ltd., which also develops the Little Hof Dog and Skip Bunny character series. SUNWARD describes its business as character IP planning, licensing, and sales promotion, and says it has produced many products that colorize children\u0026#39;s school lives.\n\nThe premium badge given to cooking contest winners has a name: the Crimson Crest (紅蓮の紋章). The real apron prize is the same Black Cloth Armor (Apron) item offered to event ranking winners.\n\nIRIAM\u0026#39;s mission is \u0026#34;to cast magic that connects hearts.\u0026#34; The app lets a user stream as a character from a single illustration, with no character modeling work, and listeners can send comments and gifts that feel like sitting next to the streamer.\n\nDeNA, IRIAM\u0026#39;s parent company, was founded in March 1999 and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market under code 2432. Its stated mission is to deliver delight beyond imagination to each person.\n\nThe participation period opens at 19:00 on August 6, and the event itself runs from 19:00 on August 18, with both ending at 23:59 on August 24.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"IRIAM is teaming up with Home Economics Dragon, the nostalgic sewing kit design, for a 25th anniversary collab event starting August 18. Prizes include a real apron and a premium badge.","twitterPost":"The Home Economics Dragon collab on IRIAM brings back school memories with a cooking class contest on X. Winners get a real apron and badge. Event runs August 18-24.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"IRIAM announces a collaboration with the 25th-anniversary Home Economics Dragon design series, featuring an in-app ranking event and a cooking class contest on X. 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