2023 Hololive New Year Cup

The 2023 Hololive New Year Cup was the fourth edition of the Hololive Mario Kart tournament series which took place on January 7, 2023.

Group draw

Thirty-six members were scheduled to participate and were divided into three groups of twelve. Towa used the roulette wheel to distribute participants into their groups. However, before the tournament, Haachama and Lamy announced that they could not participate due to health issues. Fubuki would later be transferred to Group B before the tournament.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Natsuiro Matsuri	Roboco	Tokino Sora
Nekomata Okayu	Sakura Miko	Aki Rosenthal
Tokoyami Towa	Hoshimachi Suisei	Ookami Mio
Houshou Marine	Shirakami Fubuki	Yuzuki Choco
Momosuzu Nene	Yozora Mel	Oozora Subaru
Sakamata Chloe	Nakiri Ayame	Usada Pekora
Kazama Iroha	Tsunomaki Watame	Shirogane Noel
Watson Amelia	Himemori Luna	Takane Lui
Ouro Kronii	Gawr Gura	Hakui Koyori
Moona Hoshinova1	Kobo Kanaeru	Kureiji Ollie
Anya Melfissa	Kaela Kovalskia	Pavolia Reine
		Vestia Zeta

¹ On the day of the tournament, Moona was unable to connect to Nintendo Online. Therefore, she was unable to participate in the tournament.

Qualifying Rounds

Group A

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Okayu	62	1	12	3	8	20	1	12	32	2	10	42	3	8	50	1	12	62	[1]
2	Marine	52	2	10	1	12	22	4	7	29	1	12	41	6	5	46	5	6	52	[2]
3	Iroha	43	7	4	4	7	11	3	8	19	7	4	23	2	10	33	2	10	43	[3]
4	Matsuri	42	4	7	7	4	11	5	6	17	6	5	22	1	12	34	3	8	42	[4]
5	Chloe	38	6	5	2	10	15	6	5	20	3	8	28	4	7	35	8	3	38	[5]
5	Towa	38	5	6	6	5	11	2	10	21	4	7	28	5	6	34	7	4	38	[6]
7	Kronii	33	3	8	5	6	14	7	4	18	5	6	24	9	2	26	4	7	33	[7]
8	Anya	16	8	3	8	3	6	9	2	8	9	2	10	10	1	11	6	5	16
9	Nene	15	10	1	9	2	3	8	3	6	8	3	9	7	4	13	9	2	15	[8]
10	Amelia	9	9	2	10	1	3	10	1	4	10	1	5	8	3	8	10	1	9
			Peach Gardens		Sweet Sweet Canyon			Dolphin Shoals			Toad Harbor			Mario Circuit 3			N64 Rainbow Road

Group B

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Suisei	70	3	9	1	13	22	3	9	31	1	13	44	1	13	57	1	13	70	[9]
2	Fubuki	53	6	6	2	11	17	1	13	30	5	7	37	4	8	45	4	8	53	[10]
3	Miko	48	2	11	4	8	19	2	11	30	2	11	41	7	5	46	10	2	48	[11]
4	Ayame	45	1	13	8	4	17	8	4	21	3	9	30	2	11	41	8	4	45	[12]
5	Watame	42	8	4	3	9	13	6	6	19	7	5	24	5	7	31	2	11	42	[13]
6	Gura	36	9	3	5	7	10	4	8	18	4	8	26	8	4	30	6	6	36
7	Luna	35	4	8	7	5	13	7	5	18	8	4	22	6	6	28	5	7	35	[14]
8	Mel	27	11	1	6	6	7	5	7	14	9	3	17	11	1	18	3	9	27	[15]
9	Roboco	27	5	7	9	3	10	10	2	12	11	1	13	3	9	22	7	5	27	[16]
10	Kobo	17	7	5	11	1	6	11	1	7	6	6	13	9	3	16	11	1	17	[17]
11	Kaela	14	10	2	10	2	4	9	3	7	10	2	9	10	2	11	9	3	14
			Twisted Mansion		Yoshi Circuit			Dragon Driftway			Boo Lake			Excitebike Arena			Dolphin Shoals

Group C

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Subaru	66	2	12	2	12	24	6	7	31	8	5	36	1	15	51	1	15	66	[18]
2	Mio	63	5	8	1	15	23	3	10	33	2	12	45	5	8	53	3	10	63	[19]
3	Lui	56	1	15	3	10	25	10	3	28	9	4	32	2	12	44	2	12	56	[20]
4	Koyori	52	4	9	8	5	14	1	15	29	6	7	36	6	7	43	4	9	52	[21]
5	Reine	46	6	7	5	8	15	8	5	20	1	15	35	8	5	40	7	6	46	[22]
6	Aki	43	3	10	4	9	19	5	8	27	10	3	30	4	9	39	9	4	43	[23]
7	Ollie	39	7	6	6	7	13	7	6	19	4	9	28	3	10	38	12	1	39	[24]
7	Pekora	39	8	5	9	4	9	4	9	18	5	8	26	7	6	32	6	7	39	[25]
9	Sora	36	11	2	10	3	5	2	12	17	3	10	27	9	4	31	8	5	36	[26]
10	Noel	28	10	3	7	6	9	11	2	11	7	6	17	10	3	20	5	8	28	[27]
11	Zeta	16	9	4	11	2	6	9	4	10	11	2	12	11	2	14	11	2	16
12	Choco	8	12	1	12	1	2	12	1	3	12	1	4	12	1	5	10	3	8
			N64 Rainbow Road		Mute City			Merry Mountain			SNES Rainbow Road			Yoshi Circuit			Yoshi Valley

Final Rounds

Zako

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Kronii	69	5	8	3	10	18	7	6	24	1	15	39	1	15	54	1	15	69
2	Nene	68	3	10	2	12	22	1	15	37	2	12	49	6	7	56	2	12	68	[28]
3	Noel	58	1	15	1	15	30	3	10	40	3	10	50	10	3	53	8	5	58	[29]
4	Mel	52	2	12	6	7	19	5	8	27	4	9	36	4	9	45	6	7	52	[30]
5	Roboco	47	4	9	9	4	13	2	12	25	7	6	31	5	8	39	5	8	47	[31]
6	Kaela	43	7	6	7	6	12	8	5	17	8	5	22	2	12	34	4	9	43
7	Amelia	36	8	5	5	8	13	10	3	16	9	4	20	7	6	26	3	10	36
8	Sora	34	6	7	10	3	10	4	9	19	10	3	22	3	10	32	11	2	34	[32]
9	Anya	30	10	3	11	2	5	6	7	12	5	8	20	9	4	24	7	6	30
10	Zeta	25	9	4	12	1	5	9	4	9	6	7	16	8	5	21	9	4	25
11	Kobo	17	12	1	4	9	10	12	1	11	12	1	12	11	2	14	10	3	17	[33]
12	Choco	13	11	2	8	5	7	11	2	9	11	2	11	12	1	12	12	1	13
			Excitebike Arena		Toad Circuit			Mute City			Tick Tock Clock			3DS Rainbow Road			Paris Promenade

Tsuyo

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Suisei	65	1	15	2	12	27	3	10	37	3	10	47	2	12	59	7	6	65	[34]
2	Marine	581	3	10	10	3	13	2	12	25	1	15	40	10	3	43	1	15	58	[35]
3	Mio	581	2	12	4	9	21	1	15	36	11	2	38	1	15	53	8	5	58	[36]
4	Okayu	53	5	8	1	15	23	8	5	28	6	7	35	7	6	41	2	12	53	[37]
5	Iroha	46	6	7	11	2	9	6	7	16	2	12	28	5	8	36	3	10	46	[38]
6	Subaru	37	11	2	5	8	10	7	6	16	5	8	24	8	5	29	5	8	37	[39]
7	Lui	36	4	9	12	1	10	9	4	14	7	6	20	4	9	29	6	7	36	[40]
8	Miko	31	7	6	8	5	11	4	9	20	4	9	29	12	1	30	12	1	31	[41]
9	Matsuri	282	12	1	3	10	11	5	8	19	12	1	20	9	4	24	9	4	28	[42]
10	Fubuki	282	8	5	7	6	11	12	1	12	10	3	15	3	10	25	10	3	28	[43]
11	Koyori	282	10	3	6	7	10	11	2	12	8	5	17	11	2	19	4	9	28	[44]
12	Ayame	24	9	4	9	4	8	10	3	11	9	4	15	6	7	22	11	2	24	[45]
			Mario Circuit 3		Berlin Byways			Peach Gardens			Big Blue			Mushroom Gorge			Baby Park

¹ On countback, both talents won twice and finished 2nd twice, but Marine had a higher place finish (3rd) than Mio (4th).

² On countback, both Matsuri and Fubuki finished 3rd once, but Matsuri had a higher place finish (5th) than Fubuki (7th). Koyori's highest place finish was 4th.

External links

• Group Draw Stream
• Main event stream on Towa's channel