On 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (“Geha”) board, a thread about the growing number of highly educated people entering the VTuber industry blew up. Posters cited concrete examples — a streamer with a PhD in science, others holding teaching licenses, and two Nijisanji talents said to hold medical licenses — with some declaring VTubing a “winner’s career” (a Japanese term for a job that puts you among life’s “winners”). At the same time, others questioned why these people aren’t using their expertise, and skepticism arose over how long the tip-based (superchat) economy can even last, turning the thread into a broader debate about the industry’s future.
Calling her "useless" — look at her subscriber count. That'd already put her in the top tier ("above the cream") even by Nijisanji standards!
Well, Nijisanji's the one losing here. Hololive has gone into a total runaway solo victory. High-career talent obviously goes to Hololive since it treats people better, and it's already partnered with government ministries and the police and fire departments — there's no room left for Nijisanji.
They lost. It's "Owarisanji" now (a mocking nickname meaning "Nijisanji is finished").
What was her "previous life" (VTuber slang for her identity before this persona) called?
Natural selection's already happening. What's getting the most attention right now is VTubers safe enough for kids to watch. There's no place left for the outlaws from the Niconico livestream generation, and in that sense even Hololive's more adult-oriented side is on shaky ground.
Her resume is kind of a mess lol. Does anyone know why she got all the way to earning a teaching license but never actually became a teacher?
After all that tax money spent turning her into a science PhD, I wish she'd put it to use in education…
A lot of people end up with a teaching license as a freebie since the required courses overlap with the credits needed for it.
A teaching license is basically a bonus you can pick up along the way, so plenty of people just grab one.
As for the PhD, I can only assume she flopped at job hunting back when she was a master's student.
Anyone can get a teaching license just by taking the required university credits. Actually getting hired to teach is a separate exam/process after that.
Like a consultant who peddles garbage advice?
> There's no place left for the outlaws from the Niconico livestream generation
Come on now… by that logic, Hololive's Gen 0 through Gen 5 would be half wiped out lol. Only Gen 6 and later would survive…
Even within Gen 6, isn't everyone except "Tsuno-gaki" (lit. "horned brat," a member's nickname) on shaky ground too?
What's fallen isn't Sony or Japan — it's just your own life.
Blaming everything else is the basic survival skill of the bottom rung: "I fell because the country fell!!" That kind of other-blaming mindset.
It'll keep going. There's no retirement age. You just want it to end.
The people doing it understand that better than anyone — that's exactly why they're busting their asses to earn while they're still popular.
Drop 100,000 yen at pachinko once and suddenly you're "rich"? Cut it out.
Then again, people who blow money on brand-name goods are the same story.
Feels like more streamers are asking fans to buy merch instead of sending superchats these days.
Given the age of the person behind the avatar, it'd honestly be worrying if she weren't married by now.
Is the only thing that stuck with you that she got criticized? What about the actual problems people raised?
Looking at actual reality, isn't it more that the poorer people are, the more they think "as long as I make money, anything goes"? Stuff like joining hangure (semi-organized crime crews) or taking "yami baito" (shady, often crime-linked gig jobs).
"Using criticism to improve things" is the last lecture anyone glued to the Geha (console-war) board should be giving. Your "criticism" has already gotten people arrested, and you still haven't learned?
Both Hololive and Nijisanji fans should realize they're equally hated by otaku from other fandoms.
Probably pays better than actually working as a doctor.
Background and key points of this discussion
VTubers earn income through superchats (tips), merchandise sales, and corporate sponsorships, and top earners reportedly make far more than the average salaried employee. The thread pointed to streamers with science PhDs, teaching licenses, and even medical licenses, sparking debate between those who saw the influx of highly educated people as “winners not using their expertise” and those who lamented it as “wasted potential.” The rivalry between Hololive and Nijisanji over which agency has the upper hand was also tangled into the discussion, and it’s worth noting much of it is impressionistic, without solid statistical backing. There was also talk that as tipping has grown less generous than before, a shift toward merchandise sales is underway, hinting the underlying income structure itself may be changing. Note that the individual backgrounds (past jobs, education) raised in the thread are unverified claims based on posters’ comments, not confirmed facts.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “[Good News] VTubers These Days Have Basically Become a High-Education, High-Income Winner’s Career“.
