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By<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/a>Chang-Hyun Choi<\/em><\/strong><\/a> for<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>JQ magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. Photos courtesy of <\/em><\/strong>COVER Corp.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am so glad that hololive or also vtubing in general can give such talents that maybe might be overlooked otherwise, a stage to shine on and a place to be in.\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last week hololive production<\/a> returned to New York City, featuring showcases of their world-renowned virtual talents or \u201cvtubers,\u201d who combine VR\/AR technologies<\/a> with a wide range of online and in-person experiences, such as streaming, music, fan meetings, concerts, and much more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In NYC, these vtubers captivated thousands of fans with their hololive English 3rd Concert -All for One-<\/a> at the historic Radio City Music Hall on August 23 and 24, along with the hololive STAGE World Tour \u201925 -Synchronize!-<\/a> at the Javits Center as part of Anime NYC<\/a>, the East Coast\u2019s largest anime convention, on August 22. In addition, various interactive experiences were held as part of hololive Meet throughout that weekend, combining unique fan meetings and karaoke with virtual visits from hololive vtubers from across the world. The fans arrived in the city equipped with merch promoting their favorite talents, ready to show off their passion by cheering loudly and waving their penlights at these events.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this exclusive interview, JQ <\/strong>had a special opportunity to chat with Takanashi Kiara<\/a>, an idol phoenix vtuber of hololive English and one of the pioneers of the English vtubing world. She shared with us her thoughts and impressions about performing at the hololive English 3rd Concert -All for One-, along with her experiences in NYC with other hololive members.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We really appreciate this opportunity to speak with you. First could you introduce yourself to our readers?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi, I\u2019m Takanashi Kiara, from hololive English -Myth-, which is the first generation. Together with four of my colleagues at the time, we basically created the branch, hololive English. I\u2019m from Austria actually, in Europe\u2013not Australia, very important to note that. I was born and raised in Austria, so I speak German, but there\u2019s no German branch so I\u2019m in the English branch. I also speak fluent Japanese because I lived in Japan for a while, so people know me as, like, the multilingual, talkative, dancing entertainer that I am. And I really like to also do a lot of fun streams and bangin\u2019 music. So, check it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This weekend was the hololive English 3rd concert All for One. For you, this wasn\u2019t your first time performing at such a concert. In fact, you\u2019ve performed at all three of them. What was your impression of All for One as a veteran of these hololive English concerts?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well first of all, it was really awesome to come back to New York because I really enjoyed my time here last time. And then last time we already had a great venue but this time the venue was even bigger, even more legendary and well-known. Personally, being from Austria, I don\u2019t really know many venues here but even I have heard of and have seen the Radio City Music Hall. So, it\u2019s actually quite the honor to be there and something I will probably forever be able to show to my friends and my family and be like, \u201cLook where I was standing in front of this ocean of fans that have so much love and passion for us!\u201d It\u2019s just amazing seeing the passion every time and they\u2019re all such a great crowd, so supportive, and this time I could share the stage with Justice, our new generation. It was their first time and it was so cute and lovely to see them, see their excitement. They were really nervous and it was also super cute to see, but then they did their best and gave it their all and I feel like a very proud parent. It\u2019s kinda tacky or cheesy to say that, but a lot of things have happened over the past five years, so with all the change that\u2019s been going on and I\u2019m not going to lie, certainly things that make me feel a little bit lonely or sad, seeing some of my gen mates not being on stage with us anymore, compared to last year. Last year Myth was still standing there with five people and now we were only standing there with three people. But I definitely got cheered up and motivated thanks to the energy of not just Justice, but my kohai in general, so I\u2019m really grateful for that. It\u2019s giving me new life basically, new energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the note of seeing Justice perform for the first time, you\u2019ve also seen the other generations of hololive English debut on the big stage. Can you comment on any differences in seeing Justice here compared to those previous experiences?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to say Justice is so unique, they have such great charms, they\u2019re so funny, they\u2019re such great entertainers. The things they bring to the table are just endless, like seeing Elizabeth belt out notes that are like\u2026her voice, her voice is the voice of a century<\/em> I would say. It\u2019s mind-blowing to me that such a talent is on stage with me together and I feel honored to be with her there, too. And also all the other members too, like Cecilia suddenly bringing out her violin and stuff. That was magical and beautiful, and fascinating. And then Gigi with her incredible energy that never ends and her charm, her wit. She\u2019s just such a great comedian and she acknowledges that, too. And Raora\u2019s the cutest cat ever. I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time with her backstage and bonding so much with her. I feel like we get along so well because we\u2019re both culturally from the same area and I can really feel that connection. I hope that people can feel that charm and that unique personality from her as much as I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it\u2019s incredible and I\u2019ve been saying this these past days, but I am so glad that hololive or also vtubing in general can give such talents that maybe might be overlooked otherwise, a stage to shine on and a place to be in. And I feel the same way for me, like I\u2019m really glad that I got such a great opportunity. I was really lucky to join hololive in a time where the world was scrambling and it changed my whole life. And this seems to have also changed the lives of my kohai and I\u2019m really, really happy to see them succeed like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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In terms of performances, what was your favorite collaboration or solo spot of the weekend?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was really, really excited to perform and MC with IRyS this time. More and more, management has been kinda choosing to put me and IRyS together several times in the past year or so and it\u2019s been a pleasure. She\u2019s such a great singer, she\u2019s so silly, I love her. She\u2019s really unique and spending time with her is a blast. So it was easy to work with her for planning out the MC and everything and then executing it. But for \u201cCHIMERA,\u201d one of my original songs, management suggested us to do this song together and I\u2019m glad she was open to doing it. It\u2019s not the first time we performed a song of mine and there seems to be a lot of synergy there and I had such a blast. I think it was a great way to hype up the crowd, slaying everybody in the process of it. It\u2019s a pleasure to slay our fans like that. And that was for me one of the biggest highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if we\u2019re talking about other people, I am super biased, because Kronii chose to sing my song \u201cDO U\u201d on the second day, which I think was also a big highlight for any KFP [name for fans of Kiara] who heard it. I think they understand, we\u2019re probably on the same wavelength there, for me and my fans, that hearing another member choosing to sing my song on a solo performance\u2026I\u2019m so flattered and so honored and that made me so happy. And I can\u2019t, I can\u2019t stop thinking about it. I screamed when I was watching backstage, I lost my mind, I was running around clapping, jumping. And yet even the first time when I saw it on the setlist I was like, \u201cWhat?! I can\u2019t believe? What, are you for real? Is this real? Is this a typo? Did you really choose to do my song? Oh you\u2019re so sweet, oh my God, I love you~!\u201d. So, big ups to Kronii, thank you Kronii, I love you, she did so well. She was really sexy, and she used her special charming, alluring voices in her repertoire to make us all fall in love with her all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Related to Kronii singing your song \u201cDO U,\u201d a lot of the setlist for All for One this year contained tributes to other hololive members and songs. Do you have any thoughts on that general direction for the live show this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We definitely wanted to; with this concert we wanted to keep it to hololive songs. In the past we had covered songs from outside of hololive, which was also really hype, of course. But I like the idea very much of just doing hololive songs, because we have so much to choose from, so many bangers, songs that you know, that leave people with earworms, so why not? And it shows unity, it shows love and family and that is very fitting for the theme for the concert All for One, which is unity, I would say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the existing discography, members are also bringing it to new heights where you get to hear a different voice, a slightly different interpretation, and that\u2019s just so wonderful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to go to a lot of idol concerts, specifically from the idol agency Hello! Project<\/a>, and they also had concerts where they shuffled members and they shuffled songs. And I remember as a fan in the audience, hearing legendary, nostalgic songs sung by newer\u2013or just generally other members, was just always like\u2026it was just so mind-blowing and always so much fun, and it always gave it a fresh new twist. And so we kind of did something along the lines there and I love it. I love to see it and I hope the fans enjoyed it as much as small little Takanashi Kiara did when she was standing in a seat in the front row at the Hello! Project concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You brought up your past self being in the audience cheering and seeing your idols for the first time. What did you think about the newest hololive fans and the newest KFP that had a chance to see you at All for One? Is there anything you\u2019d like to tell them in particular?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure that at every one of these concerts, there\u2019s always a fan who\u2019s there for the first time, who\u2019s at a hololive event for the first time, and I cannot continue recommending it enough for people to experience something like this. So many people who come to our concerts have not really been in this kind of culture, in this kind of sphere before, and maybe don\u2019t even go out that much usually, maybe don\u2019t go to concerts usually. I don\u2019t go to concerts either if it\u2019s not an idol concert. But these kinds of concerts are always very welcoming of newcomers and if you\u2019re even slightly a fan of someone, I think you can have the time of your life there. It\u2019s so easy to enjoy and I think there\u2019s a place to be here for everybody. I hear from so many fans how these experiences have made them come out of their shells more and meet so many new people, and the memories they make are just irreplaceable. Same for us of course on stage, too. So I\u2019m just really happy that it keeps on growing, the audience keeps on growing, seeing new faces in the audience is so lovely. I hope that I will forever see new faces. I mean, it\u2019s going to be hard to remember everybody but I\u2019m trying my best to engrave it into my brain, so please keep on coming to see us on stage. We\u2019re gonna do our best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alongside experiences for the new fans, there were also treats for older fans who already know many of your songs. One of the many interesting things was your musical medley with your original songs \u201cPERFUME\u201d and \u201cTASTY.\u201d Many hololive members have been putting out their own medleys to show off a lot of songs. Can you share any thoughts on your song selections?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think in a way it was pretty predictable because usually when there\u2019s a concert coming up, I would always choose\u2026usually the most recent song that I would have released at that point in time. But in this case between fes [hololive fest] that was the last big concert in Japan and this EN [English] concert, between that time, I released two new songs and I was like, \u201cHmmm, I cannot choose between those two; I want to do both.\u201d And especially last fes there were so many members doing medleys, so I felt, like, well\u2026you know what? Maybe it\u2019s my time to do one? This is the perfect opportunity. And I think that actually those two songs mash up really well. They both have, like, a sweet but sexy energy, so it matched perfectly. And I hope people were pleasantly surprised when the transition started between the two songs. I have already heard a lot of comments from people saying that they didn\u2019t expect it, even though I feel like it was to be expected. So I think in the future, you know, when I have too many songs that haven\u2019t been performed on stage yet, that I want to give some time to shine. One might be able to expect a medley again, you know? We\u2019ll see, we\u2019ll see. I\u2019m really glad I could do both songs in one performance. I hope everybody has earworms now from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s great to hear you\u2019re so inspired by medleys at fes. When I first heard them, I was surprised by this new way to hear all these songs mashed together. There are even other examples of members singing their medleys together.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, I think you\u2019re talking about Calli and Lui, who did a unit at fes and they were together medleying each other\u2019s songs. Maybe something I could do in the future, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To ask a more general question, how do you feel about this trip to NYC? Was there anything that surprised you? Did you learn something new during this trip?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that comes to mind is when we were backstage and having some down time. So we had a piano somewhere between all the rooms. At one point when I saw the piano, I dragged Cecilia over to it and I was forcing her to play. Because everyone knows Cecilia plays a lot of instruments, we had fun with that. But at some point, most of us were hanging out in the backstage room and I hear in the distance, I hear the piano being played again. But we were like, \u201cWho is it this time? Who\u2019s playing? It must be Cecilia, right?\u201d Everybody was curious about it I guess, and then we ran over\u2026and it was not Cecilia<\/em>. Most of us were shocked because most of us didn\u2019t know that Hakos Baelz played the piano so fluently, so well, so skillfully. With her playing the piano, she looked like the most sophisticated lady I\u2019ve ever seen. How can she have so many skills? It\u2019s incredible. We were all stunned by the beauty that was in front of us at that moment. And so that was quite a surprise. You find out things when spending time like this together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Normally, we\u2019re scattered across the globe. I mention this sometimes but like the JP [Japanese branch] members, they\u2019re all in one country, the ID [Indonesian branch] members, they\u2019re all in one country\u2013usually I mean, though maybe somebody like Zeta moves to Japan now\u2013but in general they\u2019re all in one country. The thing is, with EN members, we\u2019re all over the world. Some live in America, or in Canada, or in Japan, or in several countries in Europe, or in Australia, etc. So for us to meet up, it takes a lot. Maybe times have changed, and a lot of members live in Japan now so they can meet up in Japan a lot, but it\u2019s still special when all of us get together because that\u2019s a really rare thing to happen. And then that\u2019s when the real bonding begins and I always cherish that and await that, especially because Myth was created during a time when the pandemic kept us all apart and I think we really felt that struggle. Because friendships definitely grow faster when you\u2019re able to meet in person and it changes so much. Whenever I meet someone in person, I feel like our friendship level grows at a 500% higher rate. I wish we could have more of these moments, but maybe that\u2019s what makes it even more special because when we do meet up it\u2019s always like a little school trip. Like whenever we all get into one elevator we squeeze, we squish into one elevator, and then we squish into one car that transports us to the venue. And then we all eat at the restaurant together and go sightseeing together. It\u2019s like a little school trip and it makes me feel young again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You\u2019ve had many opportunities over the years to go to these super gatherings of hololive members. Have there been any new traditions or anything a group of you promise to do when you meet up that has been going on for multiple meetings?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that seemed new this time was when girls were bored backstage, they would do bottle flip challenges. And then when YAGOO [nickname of COVER Corp. CEO Motoaki Tanigo] or any other staff came into the room, they would make them also do the bottle flip challenge several times in a row. Stuff like that. I think there\u2019s always something new, but also traditions continuing. For example, Kronii taking a nap somewhere or Calli ordering Raising Cane\u2019s for all of us to feast on. She loves that so much and she loves to share that with everybody. And also in both of the concerts last year and this year, we had JP and ID guests. It\u2019s so fun for once to turn the tables around where we\u2019re hosting them instead at fes where the JP members are hosting us and perhaps they will show us around and treat us to a nice dinner and so on. But here we\u2019re trying to be good senpai, the good hosts, and we\u2019ve been trying our best to keep our guests, our ID and JP guests, comfortable and let them have fun. It\u2019s really quite the honor and pleasure to show them around. I\u2019m about to go hang out with Subaru-senpai and we\u2019re gonna go do some sightseeing so I\u2019m really excited for that. Subaru-senpai has been enjoying New York a lot, Towa-senpai of course, too, and the ID members. It\u2019s so great to see them happy and mesmerized by the community that we have created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you again for the opportunity to learn about your time here, Kiara, and the time you\u2019re spending with others. Myth, you and all the other members are an inspiration to the fans. It\u2019s fantastic to attend these events and see everyone working so hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you so much, too, it\u2019s been a pleasure. I like sharing my thoughts and memories, so it was an honor. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Special thanks to Alex Rushin, Annmarie Sairrino, hololive production, COVER Corp. and associates for interview assistance. For information and updates on Takanashi Kiara\u2019s recent musical releases, streams, and contents, <\/em><\/strong>click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. For additional information about hololive, <\/em><\/strong>click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. For more JQ articles, <\/em><\/strong>click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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