{"rewrite":{"id":"r_100514822d07448000259af0","clusterId":"c_344981447a49d69bf2906a0b","slug":"sasazaki-kiki-joins-nijin-project-school-drawing-event","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Sasazaki Kiki Joins NIJIN Project School Drawing Event","summary":"NIJIN Inc.'s Project School held a summer vacation drawing exchange on August 28, 2026, with VTuber Sasazaki Kiki as instructor. Elementary and junior high students from across the country were split into three groups and drew together on a shared canvas in real time. Kiki visited each room, spoke to children individually, and answered questions on character design, illustration work, and keeping a YouTube channel going.","whyItMatters":"Project School books VTubers as instructors and uses a drawing tool as the draw, which tells you the program is buying reach through the hobbies children already hold rather than through curriculum.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe event ran online at the end of summer vacation, with a picture chat tool that let every participant draw on the same canvas at once. Children were divided into groups A, B, and C, and Kiki moved between the rooms to draw alongside them and talk to each child directly.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA whole-group Q\u0026amp;A took up the second half. Asked how she comes up with character designs, Kiki described using dress-up makers and combining favorite elements through trial and error. Asked about the most fun part of drawing, she named facial expressions. Talk also turned to games the children are playing, including Splatoon, Final Fantasy 14, and ENDER MAGNOLIA. When one participant who runs a YouTube channel said video ideas were hard to sustain, Kiki advised keeping one easy idea that can be continued without overdoing it.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Sasazaki Kiki's NIJIN Project School session put character design and YouTube channel questions in front of elementary and junior high students, not an audience of subscribers.","twitterPost":"Sasazaki Kiki spent the NIJIN Project School session on character design and channel advice for students, not on performing for subscribers.","threadsPost":"Sasazaki Kiki took questions on character design, illustration work, and running a YouTube channel at the NIJIN Project School drawing event. The instruction was one-to-one across three student groups, which is a different job from making videos for a subscriber base.","newsletterBlurb":"NIJIN Inc.'s Project School ran a summer vacation drawing event on August 28, 2026, with VTuber Sasazaki Kiki as instructor. Elementary and junior high students from across the country drew together on a shared canvas across three groups, and Kiki spoke with each child individually. The second half was a whole-group Q\u0026A covering character design, illustration, and advice for a participant who runs a YouTube channel.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/434/4434637/?rss\",\"title\":\"[NIJIN Project School] Popular VTuber Sasazaki Kiki, with over 300,000 subscribers, excites elementary and junior high school students online! Summer vacation special \\\"Drawing Exchange Picture Chat Event\\\" held on August 28\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4661,"outputTokens":665,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789371864,"createdAt":"2026-09-14T07:39:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T07:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T07:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_344981447a49d69bf2906a0b","canonicalTitle":"【NIJINプロジェクトスクール】登録者数30万人超の人気VTuber・佐佐咲キキさんと小中学生がオンラインで熱狂！夏休み特別企画「お絵かき交流絵チャットイベント」を8月28日に開催","representativeArticleId":"a_b86f81c5b1a79f6d0a9d22fa","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"NIJIN Project School\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Sasazaki Kiki\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-14T05:42:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-14T05:42:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T07:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/434/4434637/?rss","title":"【NIJINプロジェクトスクール】登録者数30万人超の人気VTuber・佐佐咲キキさんと小中学生がオンラインで熱狂！夏休み特別企画「お絵かき交流絵チャットイベント」を8月28日に開催"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["NIJIN Project School"],"studios":[],"people":["Sasazaki Kiki"],"type":"event","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}