KemoV
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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. Currently five members of the group are active on YouTube; each Virtual YouTuber also has a social media presence with a Twitter account.
Members
KemoV currently has 4 generations consisting of 5 members. "Generation" in KemoV usage differs from the term's usage in Kemono Friends (see Glossary#Generations). It corresponds to the common usage in the grouping of Virtual YouTubers, i.e. as batches where the members of a batch debut at the same time.
First Generation
This consists of 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. 3D models, with full-body motion capture technology, was used employed in the first livestream. Afterwards, regular livestreams continued to feature the 3D models from the torso up.
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Second Generation
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.
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Third Generation
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.
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Fourth Generation
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.
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Trivia
- 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, 2021.
- 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 date, March 25, 2022.
- Park staff is the name KemoV members always 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 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.
References
- Official news on PPP ONLINE LIVE ~ Sekai Penguin no-chi Dai Kanshasai ~
- Live Like A Live2 info site
- Kemono Friends V Project official website
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| Second Generation | Island Fox | ||||
| Third Generation | Coyote | ||||
| Fourth Generation | Dire Wolf | ||||