This major update is expected to complete its full rollout by the end of 2026, though delays are possible. A maintenance notice will be posted before the update goes live. Thank you for your patience.

hitorino is dedicated to reimagining the virtual idol — a highly randomized, emotional, and emerging form of entertainment — in a modern, civilized way. We hope to bring it into a modern framework and, through openness, transparency, and standardized operations, place as much of it as possible under public oversight. For the first time in the virtual idol industry, we aim to build an audience-first, principled user experience grounded in common sense.

This time, hitorino brings a large-scale update that effectively addresses pain points from past programs and delivers a higher-quality viewing experience.

Official Website

The official website has been rebuilt on a modern front-end stack with a responsive design that balances performance and aesthetics, delivering a high-quality, smooth, and efficient browsing experience.

• Unified cross-platform design: The art direction and interface language stay consistent across programs, the website, phones, and tablets, for a pleasant and elegant experience.
• Smart language selection: The display language is automatically matched based on browser language or IP location — no manual switching required.
• RSS feed: New RSS subscription support.
• Global CDN acceleration: Access optimized for regions worldwide.
• All-new Program Center: In addition to viewing each program's technical details (static 2D or Live2D) and runtime as before, a Steam-style gallery has been added for browsing programs.
• All-new Submission Center: A fully automated submission center with anonymity options that publicly shares submission statistics and production progress to stay transparent with viewers.
• When submitting, you can choose options such as nickname anonymity and content anonymity;
• After submitting, you can immediately see your submission ticket number on the page;
• You can opt in to automatic email notifications when a program enters production and approaches release.

"Read This Page Aloud" feature

• (Accessibility) All-new accessible program preview: The accessible program pages now include a read-this-page-aloud feature;
• Online customer support: New live support feature.
• Exclusive pages: For active community members, volunteers, fan creators, and paid members — credential-gated access to exclusive resources and content.

Virtual Idols

General

Introducing the third generation of virtual idols, featuring international-caliber voice acting and high-spec post-production and operations, with support for Live2D and 3D (including full-body motion capture).

• Full YouTube adaptation: A dedicated global visual interface, viewer statistics, and exclusive visual icons designed for the platform.

Live Streaming

• All-new streaming interface supporting more advanced features.
• Restream Center: Push streams to multiple platforms and accounts simultaneously, with real-time cross-platform/account comment sync and blocked-word filtering.
• Time zone conversion, heart rate display, and more.
• Real-time translated subtitles: Automatically generates translations for global viewers per platform, with blocked-word filtering.
• (Accessibility) Real-time text captions: Synchronized text content for deaf/hard-of-hearing and global viewers (powered by a local Whisper model).
• (Accessibility) Real-time scene descriptions: On-screen scene descriptions for blind and visually impaired viewers (powered by a local VLM). Both scene descriptions and captions are text-based and can be read aloud or printed on a Braille dot-matrix display in real time on a dedicated page.

Visuals & Graphics

• Second-generation female characters: Remade Live2D models.

• Second- and third-generation female characters: Remade 3D models with support for complex expressions.

• 2D programs now support native 4K UHD resolution.
• Currently available only for 2D program types (including Live2D).
• All 2D visual assets (including but not limited to key art, Live2D illustrations, model textures, and program UI) are built at native 4K resolution, ensuring detail and visual quality from the very source of creation.

Sound & Audio Post-Production

Renowned for outstanding audio, hitorino now takes another step forward. Character voices are more pleasant than ever — never harsh, never fatiguing — subtle yet resonant, bringing viewers a more comfortable listening experience. The same holds true even during live streams.

• Introducing a Hollywood-standard audio post-production pipeline (for both videos and live streams):
• Unifies the listening experience across different characters and recording environments, keeping loudness, reverb, and clarity consistent at all times.
• May not apply to certain characters.