History WebAnimation / Nijisanji

*** As of November 3rd, 2023, [=NijiUK=] has now been renamed to "zuttoღo" and has been declared as an official sub-unit, with new upcoming outfits to celebrate the official birth of zuttoღo.

** Though operated primarily as a streamer group (and not an "idol" group like hololive), Nijisanji has many members who are talented in singing, and they have released 4 albums of songs so far. They planned to perform in a 6-show national music concert tour called "Nijisanji JAPAN TOUR 2020 Shout in the Rainbow!" starting in February 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo show was cancelled and the second Zepp Namba show was exclusively streamed online. A "Tokyo Revenge" show was subsequently held at the Nijisanji Anniversary Festival in February 2021 alongside several other performances.

* TournamentArc: Nijisanji hosts tournaments for members to participate and go against each other from time to time. They've hosted many different types of tournaments, from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSSw6WoPlXc typing tournaments]] to games tournaments like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkSsBMac7wc&t=6s Splatoon 2]], TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EVw8i8zmBI Tetris 99]], and even a RockPaperScissors tournament with a 1,000,000 yen prize (provided by Kai Mayuzumi). These tournaments are usually hosted by either one of the members for smaller events, or by a staff member at the main channel for larger events.
** The largest of these tournaments is the annual ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' tournament originally organised by Touya Kenmochi. For the 3rd iteration in 2020, 77 members participated, or nearly three-quarters of the Japanese branch.
** The Nijisanji Koshien in 2020 was a tournament played in ''VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseball'', involving six teams with characters based on Nijisanji livers. The final holds the record for the Nijisanji stream with the most concurrent viewers at over 190,000. The Koshien was run again in 2021, this time with eight teams and some of the international branches added to the draft pool, and a third time in 2022. The fourth edition, which was held in 2023, saw the draft pool expand to ten teams.

* CanadaEh: By the time before Luxiem's debut, six out of the ten EN livers were based in Canada (Elira Pendora, Selen Tatsuki, Rosemi Lovelock, Nina Kousaka, Enna Alouette and Millie Parfait). At one point when all ten collaborated in a Mario Kart tournament, they ended up singing Canada's national anthem because there are so many of them who are from Canada. However, since then no new Canadian member was hired, with the closest one being the alien Ren Zotto who first landed on Canada[[note]]read:grew up in Canada[[/note]], but then later moved over to Australia and became a member of [=NijiAU=]. Although there used to be jokes about [=NijiEN=] being called [=NijiCanada=] at that time, unlike the later formed [=NijiAU=], the Canadians never formed a group based on their nationality like the Australians did.

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* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 119 active members and 41 former members (39 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).

* ''Fanfic/{{Nijipocalypse}}'': A ZombieApocalypse AUFic improvised by Luca Kaneshiro and Shu Yamino after playing ''VideoGame/TheComplex'' on-stream.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of July 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 184 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

%% as of 2023-08-28, JP 124/19, ID 11/8, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 34/4
* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 120 active members and 40 former members (38 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).

*** As of November 3rd, 2023, [=NijiUK=] has now been renamed to Zuttomo and has been declared as an official sub-unit, with new upcoming outfits to celebrate the official birth of Zuttomo.

** Historically, Nijisanji EN introduced new waves with a teaser video where each new member spouts a one-liner. Each group also debuted with a group song performed by the members of the wave. The eighth EN wave, Krisis, has neither the one-liners nor the song, only receiving a theme song (shared with two waves of the main branch) months later that was performed by Deron and Ren. The ninth wave, TTT, brings back the debut one-liners but, like Krisis, doesn't sing their theme (with it instead being performed by Enna and Maria). TTT is also the first mixed-gender EN wave that did not debut as a GenderEqualEnsemble, consisting of a man and two women.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of July 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 181 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

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* NIJISANJI EN: The English branch, which began activities in May 2021. Currently has 31 active members, and four former members.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While official English spellings are provided on the website, this doesn't extend to unit names. In particular, the unit consisting of Saegusa Akina, Fuwa Minato and Mayuzumi Kai has been spelt "Meshers", "Meschers", "Mesherz" and more by fan translators. When they had a hand lotion collaboration the name was written as "Mesher's". Incidentally, the name originates from the highlights in the members' hair, the Japanese term for which comes from the French word mèche.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of July 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 182 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

%% as of 2023-08-28, JP 124/19, ID 12/7, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 31/4
* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 121 active members and 39 former members (37 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While official English spellings are provided on the website, this doesn't extend to unit names. In particular, the unit consisting of Akina Saegusa, Minato Fuwa and Kai Mayuzumi has been spelt "Meshers", "Meschers", "Mesherz" and more by fan translators. When they had a hand lotion collaboration the name was written as "Mesher's". Incidentally, the name originates from the highlights in the members' hair, the Japanese term for which comes from the French word mèche.

%% as of 2023-08-28, JP 124/19, ID 13/6, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 31/4
* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 122 active members and 38 former members (36 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).

* FreakyFridayFlip: Sometimes shows up as a gimmick for 3D collabs, such as when Chaika and Yuika switched bodies during Rena's 3D debut stream, and the Ange/Mikoto collaboration stream in which both of them had to do various athletic tasks with switched bodies.

%% as of 2023-08-20, JP 124/19, ID 13/6, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 32/3

* NIJISANJI EN: The English branch, which began activities in May 2021. Currently has 32 active members, and three former members.

%% as of 2023-07-08, JP 124/19, ID 14/5, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 32/3
* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 123 active members and 37 former members (35 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).

** The Nijisanji Koshien in 2020 was a tournament played in ''VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseball'', involving six teams with characters based on Nijisanji livers. The final holds the record for the Nijisanji stream with the most concurrent viewers at over 190,000. The Koshien was run again in 2021, this time with eight teams and some of the international branches added to the draft pool, and a third time in 2022. The fourth edition, which was held in 2023, saw the draft pool expand to 10 teams.

** The Nijisanji Koshien in 2020 was a tournament played in ''VideoGame/LivePowerfulProBaseball'', involving six teams with characters based on Nijisanji livers. The final holds the record for the Nijisanji stream with the most concurrent viewers at over 190,000. The Koshien was run again in 2021, this time with eight teams and some of the international branches added to the draft pool, and a third time in 2022.

* BreakoutCharacter: After the massive success of Luxiem, the EN branch as a whole gained a lot more popularity and presence throughout 2022. The branch received much more merchandising and promotion than the ex-ID and ex-KR branches, third-party collaborations, and 3D plans involving more than half of the branch. All members of [=LazuLight=] have done their 3D debuts, and a 3D concert was planned for the first five waves of the EN branch, although it is currently post-poned. By contrast, ex-ID only got Hana Macchia's 3D model, and that was after her 3D debut stream had been delayed twice[[note]]She received her model alongside Elira for the NIJIFES 2022 event, but her proper debut was repeatedly delayed until late April 2023, by which time [=LazuLight=] had already made their 3D debuts.[[/note]]. As for ex-KR, as of the end of June 2023, none of them have 3D models yet.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of June 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 183 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

%% as of 2023-07-08, JP 124/19, ID 15/4, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 32/3
* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 124 active members and 36 former members (34 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).

** Nijisanji has operations in Japan (the agency's home country), Korea, Indonesia, China [[note]]The original Nijisanji China was operated by a Hong Kong company with (then) Ichikara license, receiving Nijisanji branding and tech. However, the group eventually closed down following mass retirements and the end of Ichikara's licensing. The current "official" Chinese branch of Nijisanji is a joint operation between ANYCOLOR and Bilibili known as [=VirtuaReal=].[[/note]], and within the Anglosphere; they also had an Indian branch that is currently inactive. The English branch alone has members residing in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, Sweden, and Japan. Meanwhile, the main Japanese branch would absorb the Indonesian and Korean branches.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of June 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 184 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

%% as of 2023-06-22, JP 124/19, ID 15/4, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 33/2

* NIJISANJI EN: The English branch, which began activities in May 2021. Currently has 33 active members, and two former members.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of May 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 181 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

%% as of 2023-06-22, JP 124/19, ID 15/4, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 30/2

* NIJISANJI EN: The English branch, which began activities in May 2021. Currently has 30 active members, and two former members.

The debut group consisted of only 8 members, but they became unexpectedly popular in Japan, and ANYCOLOR soon expanded Nijisanji into a massive [=VTuber=] organization. As of May 2023, Nijisanji has a total of 182 active talents, including members in foreign branches (with a further 46 members in an associated sister project in China). An overview of Nijisanji's branches are as follows:

%% as of 2023-06-15, JP 125/18, ID 15/4, KR 12/15, VR 46/9, EN 30/2
* Nijisanji: The main branch of Nijisanji. It currently has 125 active members and 35 former members (33 members who retired including the two from VOIZ, two members whose contracts were terminated).