ZenithVE

<p>On 7 February, Kishimi Pengi announced the creation of the ZenithVE VTuber group.</p> <p>On 20 February, auditions opened for ZenithVE's first generation, "Z Stars." Auditions ran until 21 March, and received 167 applicants.</p> <p>On 8 May, ZenithVE announced the debut of four members of its first generation, "Z Stars." The members were <a href="/wiki/Onisawa_Yami" data-wiki-target="Onisawa Yami">Onisawa Yami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashral_Nishimoto" data-wiki-target="Ashral Nishimoto">Ashral Nishimoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Locus" data-wiki-target="Theodore Locus">The Observer</a> and <a href="/wiki/AnyaStars" data-wiki-target="AnyaStars">AnyaStars</a>.</p> <p>On 9 May, debuts were held for Z Stars.</p> <p>On 21 May, ZenithVE announced the departure of AnyaStars, scheduled for 2 June.</p> <p>On 14 August, <a href="/wiki/Ashral_Nishimoto" data-wiki-target="Ashral Nishimoto">Ashral Nishimoto</a> departed from ZenithVE. This was followed on 15 August by the departure of <a href="/wiki/Onisama_Yami" data-wiki-target="Onisama Yami">Onisama Yami</a>, leaving The Observer as the only remaining member.</p> <p>On 30 November, the group opened auditions for a new generation, PolyPlush. Auditions ran until 31 December.</p>

<p>On 4 January, successful audition members were contacted.</p> <p>On 28 March, ZenithVE announced the debuts for its first generation, PolyPlush. The four debuting members were <a href="/wiki/Ares_Nanos" data-wiki-target="Ares Nanos">Ares Nanos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laika_Cream_Furretti" data-wiki-target="Laika Cream Furretti">Laika Cream</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Bunsly" data-wiki-target="Victor Bunsly">Victor Bunsly</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Liliana_Underwood" data-wiki-target="Liliana Underwood">Liliana Underwood</a>. PolyPlush would subsequently be referred to as "Generation 1," with the remaining member designated Gen 0.</p> <p>Debuts for the PolyPlush took place on 8 April (Victor Bunsly), 9 April (Liliana Underwood), 10 April (Laika Cream), and 11 April (Ares Nanos).</p> <p>On 25 April, ZenithVE marketing manager Rebecca Doodles resigned, as did three of the group's VTuber talents. In a stream on 28 April, it was announced that all members of the group had resigned. All talent would be allowed to retain their channels and intellectual property, and continue as independent VTubers.</p>