Connect

Inactive

2 former

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Connect (コネクト) was a Japanese Virtual YouTuber agency.

Former Members (2) No longer affiliated with this group — may still be active elsewhere

Tomomo Mimiko

Independent

Active

Still active (independent)

Uten Hiyori

Independent

Active

Still active (independent)

Timeline

2020

On 18 July, Connect announced the debuts of Tomomo Mimiko and Youri Ruruca later that day. On 19 July, Connect announced the debuts of Uten Hiyori and Inarizawa Kon later that day. On 20 July, Youri Ruruca uploaded her cover of Cosmology of NyanNyan (猫猫的宇宙論) by NayutalieN feat. Hatsune Miku. On 17 October, Inarizawa Kon did her last publicly available stream, a Craftopia game stream.

Background

On 12 July 2020, Connect teased the upcoming debuts of its first generation that same month.

Disbanding

On 21 October, Connect announced on Twitter that it would disband, with Tomomo Mimiko and Uten Hiyori continuing their activities as independent VTubers after receiving their character IPs. On 22 October, Connect tweeted a post-disbanding announcement, stating that Inarizawa Kon was found to have violated the terms of her character IP transfer, and that member information was implied to have been leaked as well. Her accounts have been suspended as a result. The next day on 23 October, Connect released more details, confirming that Kon had leaked internal information to specific viewers, constituting a breach of NDA. This effectively serves as a contract termination, and her IP will not be transferred to her.

Trivia

The agency's name is also written in katakana (コネクト, "connect"). This can be used to distinguish it from similarly named but later Japanese VTuber-related brands like CONNECT V, a Virtual YouTuber talk program on YouTube or CONNECT (こねくと), a VLiver agency established in 2024, whose talents stream exclusively on IRIAM.

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