{"rewrite":{"id":"r_64679d7099ba23e73581bd39","clusterId":"c_120cfc46f7e85d9d2e76f67f","slug":"tobariq-opens-2nd-generation-auditions-and-sets-baacharu-collaboration","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"TOBARIQ Opens 2nd-Generation Auditions and Sets Baacharu Collaboration","summary":"MBS Innovation Drive and UpLand opened applications on the 27th for the second generation of TOBARIQ, the male VTuber project the two companies run together. Applicants must be 18 or older, high school students are excluded, and any gender may apply. The same announcement detailed the residents in the key visual, set a collaboration between the four first-generation members and Baacharu, and opened pre-orders for key visual acrylic stands at 1,900 yen from 23:00 on October 26, 2026.","whyItMatters":"The second-generation call lands about a month after the four first-generation members debuted, so the project is recruiting a new cohort before its founding group has much streaming history behind it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe audition terms ask for a schedule commitment: at least two streams a week plus one planned video, or five streams a week, from a home set up for recording. The posting lists preferences rather than requirements, among them singing, games or an instrument, a reversed body clock, daily conversation in English, and what it calls a funny guy, self-declared.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four first-generation members, a month past debut, will collaborate with Baacharu, billed in the announcement as the world\u0026#39;s first male VTuber. Dates and project content are unannounced. Key visual acrylic stands run 1,900 yen across five types, pre-orders from 23:00 on October 26, 2026 at TOBARIQ OFFICIAL STORE.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"TOBARIQ is a male VTuber project, yet its second-generation call accepts applicants of any gender. The age rule is explicit: high school students are barred.","twitterPost":"TOBARIQ is a male VTuber project, but its second-generation auditions accept any gender. 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