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: ''For the main Japanese branch which shares the same name, see [[Hololive Japan]]''

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''Hololive''' (ホロライブ, ''stylized as '''hololive''''') is the all-girl [[w:VTuber|VTuber]] group created by [[Cover Corp]].

'''''Hololive''''' (ホロライブ, ''stylized as '''hololive''''') is the all-girl [[w:VTuber|VTuber]] group created by [[Cover Corp]].

The name originally referred to the streaming app developed by [[Cover Corp]] before being used for its all-female VTuber agency. Hololive is currently one of the biggest VTuber agency in the world with some of the most subscribed, watched and superchatted VTuber channels on Youtube.

== Predecessor ==

In 2017, [[Motoaki Tanigo]] and [[Ikko Fukuda]] created a two-way livestreaming app that allows to viewers to view virtual livestream using AR technology.<ref> Hirota, Minoru (19 May 2017). "[https://panora.tokyo/28438/ 'Dare de mo bishōjo' no mirai ni mata ippo VR de enjite, sumaho de etsuran, o sawari mo!? na demo ga wadai" 「誰でも美少女」の未来にまた一歩 VRで演じて、スマホで閲覧、おさわりも!? なデモが話題] [One step closer to the future where anyone can be a beautiful girl. Performing in VR and watching – even touching?! – on a smartphone.]. PANORA (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2020.</ref>.

In 2017, [[Motoaki Tanigo]] and [[Ikko Fukuda]] created a two-way livestreaming app that allows to viewers to view virtual livestream using AR technology.<ref> Hirota, Minoru (19 May 2017). "[https://panora.tokyo/28438/ 'Dare de mo bishōjo' no mirai ni mata ippo VR de enjite, sumaho de etsuran, o sawari mo!? na demo ga wadai" 「誰でも美少女」の未来にまた一歩 VRで演じて、スマホで閲覧、おさわりも!? なデモが話題] [One step closer to the future where anyone can be a beautiful girl. Performing in VR and watching – even touching?! – on a smartphone.]. PANORA (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2020.</ref>

Their company was approached by future Cover employee, [[A-chan]] who wanted to let her friend, the future [[Tokino Sora]], to become the promotion girl for the app in exchange for borrowing Cover's equipment for use in her activity.

In the 7th of September 2017, Tokino Sora debuted on [[w:Niconico|Nico Nico Douga]] to an audience of 50 of which 13 were viewers not related to the company. One month later, their livestream app, now named ''hololive'' was released on the Appstore and Google Store.

On the 7th of September 2017, Tokino Sora debuted on [[w:Niconico|Nico Nico Douga]] to an audience of 50 of which 13 were viewers not related to the company. One month later, their livestream app, now named ''hololive'' was released on the Apple Appstore and Google Playstore Store.

== Hololive (Japan) ==