"The future of virtual entertainment is here"
Idol Corp, often shortened to idol, is a Virtual YouTuber agency based in Israel, which was founded to provide "a supportive and encouraging environment, empower their talents to be bold and explore their creativity." It is led by Aviel Basin, their CEO and founder.
The Virtual Youtuber generations consist of:
- idolEN Genesis (formerly known as idol Origin/idolHE): The initial starting group of VTubers, based in Israel, that debuted around May 10th of 2022. The group consists of Kattarina Qutie and Nikki Rei, with former members Lily Sin, Emi Suika, and Neo Sparkles, who all graduated on amicable terms. On March 17, 2024, the branch was folded into EN proper.
- E-sekai: idol's first EN generation, which debuted around November 20, 2022. The group consists of Yuko Yurei, Juna Unagi, Rin Penrose, Pochi Wanmaru, and Fuyo Cloverfield.
- Star: A side project of EN, consisting of only one member, Riro Ron, who debuted on February 16, 2023 and was terminated on November 28th.
- Endless: idol's second EN generation, which debuted around June 14, 2023. The group consists of Roca Rourin, Poko Rakun, Kai Saikota, Coni Confetti, and Momo Otako.
idol's Official Page
, YouTube channel and Twitter Account.
idol contains the following tropes:
- all lowercase letters: Although some pages refer to the company and group as "Idol Corp.", its official, stylized name is "idol", all in lowercase.
- Artifact Title: idol's initial group started out as idolHE, short for Hebrew, owning to their origin in Israel. However, due to the very niche market for Hebrew VTubers, along with the success of idolEN, they would choose to rebrand idolHE as idol Origin, and later idolEN Genesis to better integrate them with the now predominately EN-catering agency.
- Breakout Character: Rin Penrose, member of idol's first EN generation, who rapidly gained followers via her funny shorts and ended up as idol's most successful VTuber, whose subscriber count outnumbers everyone else's combined.
- Cast Herd: Compared with some of the bigger agencies, idol doesn't have many talents, with only 11 active talents as of now. Even so, the cast is separated into three generations (Genesis, E-Sekai, Endless).
- Cast of Snowflakes: All members have some unique designs and backstories, all designed by the talents themselves with the help of professional artists hired by idol.
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink: While every character has a human-like appearance, their origins and designs vary. There are normal humans like a mafia boss or a member of royalty, and then there are eels, dragons, and aliens.
- Idol Singer: Subverted. Although most, if not all, of its members can sing or produce music-related content, the purpose behind idol's brand name isn't this trope, according to its CEO.
- Multinational Team: Based out of Israel and their first generation was originally a separate branch known as idolHE containing only Israeli members. The EN branch, which is currently the only branch, contains members from not only the US and UK but also France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico etc. in addition to the two remaining members of the HE branch.
- Omniglot: Due to the Multinational Team nature of idol, there are bound to be members able to speak in multiple languages. Every member can speak in English, while there are also members who have some fluency (if not completely fluent) in Hebrew, Spanish, Russian and many other languages.
