Overview

This is a voting event to select the VTuber you believe will be the next big star, from among those with 200k subscriber or fewer on YouTube/Twich who signed up.
Show your support for your favorite VTuber by sharing fanart, posting encouraging comments, and Liking posts!

This event seeks to promote the growth of new stars and revitalize the VTuber scene, addressing the challenge of attention being few for new VTubers. Therefore, please note that we may prioritize entries that are striving under challenging circumstances such as indie or small group VTubers.

Social Media Hash Tags: #Charaforio #VTuberElection2025

Please use these social media tags when:

- VTubers: You apply for the event, or call votes for fans

- Fans: You post fanart, comments, and anytime you want!

Awards and Prizes

■Grand Prize (1 Winner)

1. Opportunity to gain video projects with Charaforio and Sanrio Virtual Festival (3 times, $2,000 USD per project)

Sanrio will officially commission video projects, including introducing Charaforio's new features, VFes publicity, and creator spotlight interviews.

2. Be displayed for a specified period on a large-scale outdoor digital billboards.
You will appear on giant outdoor video ads for a few weeks!

3. Brave group US, our partner may help you to make and distribute your brand new offcial merchandise!

■Other Awards

1. We will organize special awards, like the Most Emotional Illustration Award, which will be chosen by the judges based on distinctive criteria.
We may reach out to you regarding potential projects with Charaforio.

2. Brave group US, our partner may help you to make and distribute your brand new offcial merchandise for some additional VTubers!
New merchandise will be developed in discussion with the award winners. Kindly be advised that, depending on the discussions, there is a possibility that the merchandise may not be made available for release.
*Please note that this is not a collaboration with Sanrio characters to produce merchandise.

3. For all participating VTubers, we will present "Sanrio Virtual Festival 2025" tickets to watch special artist live stages!
Event Dates: Feb 9th - Mar 9th (Timeshifting performance on Mar. 16 and 17th)
*Application Deadlines : March 11, 23:59(PT)
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Event Phases

*Dates and times provided are in PT (Pacific Time, US West Coast).

■02.11.2025 (Tue) 7:00 PM - 03.18.2025 (Tue) 7:00 PM PT　VTuber Enrollment Phase
■03.25.2025 (Tue) 7:00 PM - 04.08.2025 (Tue) 7:00 PM PT　Preliminary Voting Phase
■04.15.2025 (Tue) 7:00 PM - 04.29.2025 (Tue) 7:00 PM PT　Final Voting Phase

■The results will be announced around mid-June 2025!

How to Participate in the Event (For VTubers)

For the information, please check the following page!

■VTuber Enrollment Phase

■Voting Phases

How to Participate in the Event (For Fans)

Please refer to this page!

Event-Related Inquiries

For any questions regarding event participation, please reach out using the form below.
Charaforio Inquiry Form

*Inquiries regarding this project, the judging process, or the results will not be accepted.

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