KemoV



Kemono Friends V Project, often abbreviated to KemoV Project or KemoV (Japanese: けもV, Hepburn: KemoV) is a Virtual YouTuber project announced in Official news on PPP ONLINE LIVE ~ Sekai Penguin no-chi Dai Kanshasai ~ on April 25th, 2021. There have been 11 members debuted and their Vtuber avatars are redesigned based on Friends from the Kemono Friends franchise. They livestream a variety of contents, notably gaming, chatting with viewers and singing. They also do collabs with various Vtubers outside KemoV.

A teaser showing new members was revealed at the end of Caracal's 3D debut stream on July 1st, 2022. Silhouettes of five new members were revealed. KemoV Twitter also announced it right after the stream. Their identities were later unveiled and they all debut in early September.

Members
KemoV currently has 11 members debuting in two phases. As KemoV Project does not use the term "n-th generation", common in Virtual YouTuber industry to call a group of Vtubers debuting at the same time, this wiki will use "Phase" to call the two groups of members. First Phase has six members including African Penguin, Humboldt Penguin, Island Fox, Coyote, Dire Wolf and Caracal, all debuted with 3D avatars; while Second Phase consists of the five new members of KemoV Next Project, all with 2D avatars.

First Phase
The very first two Virtual YouTubers whose debut was announced simultaneously with the start of the KemoV project. Their first collaborative livestream took place at 22:00 JST on April 26th, 2021, on African Penguin's YouTube channel. The livestream used 3D models with full-body motion capture technology. Afterwards, regular livestreams continued to feature the 3D models from the torso up. All the following First Phase members use 3D avatars as well. African Penguin graduated from the KemoV Project on May 21st, 2022.

An additional Virtual Youtuber, Island Fox, was announced in the Kemono Friends 3 livestream on June 7th, 2021. Her debut and first livestream was on 19:00 JST, June 11th, 2021.

An additional Virtual YouTuber, Coyote, was announced via the KemoV Staff Twitter on November 30th, 2021. Unlike the other KemoV members, she's primarily an English Virtual YouTuber, but still speaks in Japanese frequently each stream. Prior to the announcement, she made a series of tweets on her Twitter in-character. Her debut and first livestream was on December 4th, 2021 at 6:00 PM PST/December 5th, 2021 at 11:00 JST.

An additional Virtual YouTuber, Dire Wolf, was announced via the KemoV Staff Twitter on March 6th, 2022. Her debut and first livestream was March 19th, 19:00 JST.

An additional Virtual YouTuber, Caracal, was announced via the KemoV Staff Twitter on May 21st, 2022. Her debut and first livestream was May 28th, 20:00 JST.

Second Phase (KemoV Next Project)
Two Virtual YouTubers, Large-Spotted Genet and Geoffroy's Cat are unveiled via the KemoV Staff Twitter on August 25, 2022. They are two of five new members of KemoV Next Project. Debut livestream of Genet was on September 1st 19:00 JST while Geoffroy's Cat on September 2nd 20:00 JST. All the Second Phase members debuted with 2D avatars.

Three additional Virtual YouTubers, Brown Long-Eared Bat, Jungle Cat and Siberian Chipmunk are unveiled via Island Fox's livestream and KemoV Staff Twitter on 1st September. They are remaining three members of KemoV Next Project. Debut livestreams of all three is scheduled on September 9, 2022 starting from 20:00 JST. These three members form the Kemono Gamers (けものゲーマーズ), a gaming-focused team of KemoV.

Timeline
A timeline about major events of KemoV. See respective pages for the timelines of individual members.
 * April 25th, 2021: Kemono Friends V Project announced in Official news on PPP ONLINE LIVE ~ Sekai Penguin no-chi Dai Kanshasai ~.
 * September 19, 2021: African Penguin, Humboldt Penguin, and Island Fox represented KemoV at Life Like A Live! 2, a three day online virtual idol concert. KemoV performed on the September 19.
 * March 25, 2022: Humboldt Penguin, Island Fox and Coyote represented KemoV at Life Like A Live! 3, a three day online virtual idol concert. KemoV performed on the first day, March 25.
 * May 20, 2022: An online farewell event for the graduation of African Penguin was held, with Humboldt Penguin, Island Fox, Coyote and Dire Wolf joining the performance. For the time, KemoV released official goods for the particular occasion.
 * September 23, 2022: Humboldt Penguin, Coyote and Dire Wolf represented KemoV to participate in Life Like A Live! 4, a three day online virtual idol concert. KemoV performed on the first day, September 23 and the last day on September 25.
 * October 4, 2022: KemoV Twitter announced KemoV's first online live will be held on December 15. All the current 10 members will participate in the performance.

Trivia



 * Park staff is the name KemoV members use to call any staff members of KemoV Project in general.
 * Akamimi-san(アカミミさん) is a park staff member with a unique name. She helps run the KemoV Minecraft server and may join the game whenever KemoV members in need of assistance during a livestream or offline. Her in-game character's skin resembles Red-Eared Slider's design and has a shield with the character's stripy pattern.
 * There is an unstated rule that KemoV members should not kill animals during playthroughs. It was noticeable when Coyote tried to avoid killing any hostile animals when playing Elden Ring.
 * Though proclaimed as an e-sport team, 'Kemono Gamers', is more focused on gaming-based activities, instead of professional e-sports competitions.