{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6591a41e9b64c101166127a5","clusterId":"c_317a2b5ae6d08f45227d296a","slug":"x-vorder-runway-brings-vtubers-game-characters-and-real-artists-together-in-september","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Game Characters, and Real Artists Together in September","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAll 14 performers will wear costumes designed by Mika Pikazo, who previously worked on character designs for \u003cem\u003eFire Emblem Engage\u003c/em\u003e and the VTubers Kaguya Luna and Hakos Baelz. The fashion designs will be released later as a newly drawn key visual by Pikazo.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFive collaborative segments have been previewed:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u0026#34;V\u0026#34;: HIMEHINA × Karubi Akami × Hinano Tachibana × Sara Hoshikawa × Suisei Hoshimachi - a fashion show and live stage by VTubers crossing agency boundaries.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u0026#34;True Story -Revival-\u0026#34;: Rise Kujikawa × Sara Hoshikawa - a collaboration delivering Rise Kujikawa\u0026#39;s popular song newly recorded for \u003cem\u003ePersona 4 Revival\u003c/em\u003e with Persona-loving VTuber Sara Hoshikawa.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u0026#34;Koishisa to Setsunasa to Kokorozuyosa to 2023\u0026#34;: Chun-Li × KAWAII CLUB × Hinano Tachibana - a self-cover version of Ryoko Shinohara\u0026#39;s song used as the theme for the \u003cem\u003eStreet Fighter II: The Movie\u003c/em\u003e animated film.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u0026#34;GO MY WAY!!\u0026#34;: Haruka Amami × Chihaya Kisaragi × Miki Hoshii × Karubi Akami × KAF × KAWAII CLUB × Hinano Tachibana - a fashion show and live stage by three \u003cem\u003eIdolmaster\u003c/em\u003e series idols with additional performers.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u0026#34;Isseifuubuu\u0026#34;: KAF × Suisei Hoshimachi - a dream collaboration song by two divas of the V world.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTicket 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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mika Pikazo designing all costumes gives X VORDER RUNWAY a unified visual identity across VTuber, game, and real-artist performers. The event's structure asks whether a single illustrator's style can bridge those worlds.","twitterPost":"Mika Pikazo's costume design for all performers is the thread tying VTuber, game, and real-artist acts into one show.","threadsPost":"X VORDER RUNWAY's costume design by Mika Pikazo is the key structural choice. One illustrator's style will dress every performer from Suisei Hoshimachi to Chun-Li to Nanawo Akari. That visual unity is what makes the cross-community lineup cohere as a single show rather than a variety bill.","newsletterBlurb":"Award Inc. announced X VORDER RUNWAY, a fashion show and music live event on September 27 at Makuhari Messe. The lineup includes VTubers Suisei Hoshimachi and HIMEHINA, game characters Chun-Li and Rise Kujikawa, and real artists Nanawo Akari and Utaha. All costumes are designed by illustrator Mika Pikazo.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2121011.html\",\"title\":\"Suisei Hoshimachi and Chun-Li Also! VTubers, Game/Anime Characters, and Artists Cross Boundaries to Gather at \\\"X VORDER RUNWAY\\\"\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260630i\",\"title\":\"Suisei Hoshimachi, Nanawo Akari, Haruka Amami, Chun-Li and others to perform together. 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