#vttourney2026

#VTTourney2026 Tournament Rules thread! Here are the proposed rules for the 2026 tournament. Thoughts? Opinions? Shitty takes? Make it known before August 1st! Rules: Nominations will run from Aug 1 - Aug 8. Total number of nominations will determine seeding. Nominations submitted outside of the official nomination thread will not be counted. Users can submit up to 5 nominations. Nominations can only be for talents active in 2026. Talents that have rebranded (eg: Gura/Saba, Amelia/Dooby) are counted as 1 entrant. Dual acts (eg: FuwaMoco) will be counted as 1 entrant. Dual personas (eg: Neuro/Evil Neuro) are counted as 1 entrant. Tournament WILL complete in 2026. Schedule will be based on total entrants. Voting will be conducted via the Poll system. Tie will be broken by digital coin flip.

Final #VTTourney2026 standings: 1st - Jelly Hoshiumi 2nd - Komachi Panko 3rd - Amanogawa Shiina

We have a winner! Upsetting reigning champion Panko 88 to 59, Jelly takes the crown for the #VTTourney2026 ! Thanks for to all who participated and made this fun. We'll see you next year! Jeil Jitler

#VTTourney2026 – Final Match! Komachi Panko vs Jelly Hoshiumi / Jerry This is it, the final match! 48 hours to determine who gets the crown for 2026, and who has to settle for 2nd place again. Panko has cruised through the tournament so far, not really facing much competition, but Jelly has had an absolutely meteoric rise through the bottom half of the bracket to find herself here in the finals. Jelly matches have actually gotten MORE votes than Panko matches, so don’t count her out. Will Panko get 3 in a row, or is this the Jear of Jerry? Let’s find out!

#VTTourney2026 – Consolation Match Amanogawa Shiina vs Kizuna Ai These two contestants lost two brutal matches and now find themselves facing off once more in the fight for 3rd place. Shiina suffered a hefty loss to Panko last round, and Kizuna didn’t do any better against Jerry, but that doesn’t mean they can’t put up a fight for 3rd. Shiina overcame SmugAlana, Mint, Shiki, and Kasii while Kizuna beat Grimmi, Aruru, Sleepy, and Amiya. Who will take 3rd, and who will take their second loss of the week? Will Phase have a 1-3 sweep, or will OG Kizuna ruin the trifecta?

#VTTourney2026 - Quarterfinals Match 4 Grevillea Grimoire / Grimmi vs Kizuna Ai The last match of the quarter finals has relative newcomer Grimi facing off against the original vtuber that started it all, Kizuna! This match is starting late, so the summary is shortened, but who will punch their ticket to the semis?

#VTTourney2026 - Quarterfinals Match 3 Jelly Hoshiumi / Jerry vs Tenma Maemi The 3nd quarterfinal wraps up the Phase girls with a truly tough decision between Jelly and Tenma. Tenma has previously won, Jelly has come close before, but only one can advance to the semifinals! Autism or alcoholism, and no option to vote against Phase. Jelly barely beat All Bones Jones last round, whereas Tenma cruised to victory over Nitty. Tenma won’t have it easy though, as Jelly has the top voted match of the tournament so far, so there’s a lot of momentum behind her 4’8” frame.

#VTTourney2026 - Quarterfinals Match 2 SmugAlana vs Amanogawa Shiina The 2nd quarterfinal sees indie SumgAlana take on Phase’s Shiina. Stylistically these two couldn’t be more different, and there’s a fox girl Friday buff potentially at play here too. Shiina army of kukies has arguably been more active during the tournament though, so who will come out on top?

#VTTourney2026 – Quarterfinals Match 1 Komachi Panko vs FallenShadow / Shondo The quarterfinals kick off with what could easily have been the final match any other year, but the bracket is a cruel mistress. Panko Manko takes on Shondo in a battle of the small menhera women. Phase vs Indie, Italian vs Britbong, pettan on pettan crime. Will Panko continue on her way to another championship, or will it finally be Shondo’s year?

#VTTourney2026 - Round 4, Match 7 FuwaMoco vs Grevillea Grimoire / Grimmi No summary is available for this match at this time.

#VTTourney2026 - Round 4, Match 5 All-Bones Jones vs Jelly Hoshiumi / Jerry A male? In round 4? ABJ continues to defy the odds by making it this far, but he faces a tough opponent in Jelly. Neither really need introducing or explaining, but which one will come out on top? One thing is for sure, this is the autism showdown.

#VTTourney2026 - Round 4, Match 6 Tenma Maemi vs Nitya Nil Former winner Tenma takes on GREEN WOMAN in this Phase-on-Phase showdown. Both bring a certain ESL charm to the match, with very different audiences. Will the kanpaniki show up to support their alcoholic hag, or will the green tide surge ahead?

#VTTourney2026 - Round 4, Match 2 Inugami Korone vs FallenShadow / Shondo Inaugural tournament winner Korone returns to take on a higher-seed Shondo. Both have instant recognition and fanbases all over Fedi, but this one will require some very hard choices to be made. The top half of this bracket is an absolute nightmare to be in with almost every heavy hitter in it, and this match is no exception. JP Hololive vs Britbong EN, which debuff will hurt more?

#VTTourney2026 - Round 3, Match 16 Eepy Sleepy / Project Sleepy vs Kizuna AI The final match of round 3 has two very different kinds of debuffs at play. Sleepy gets the Phase debuff, while Kizuna gets the JP debuff. Both had relatively easy matches last round, but only one can win this one. Will the Phase newcomer beat the OG vtuber?

#VTTourney2026 - Round 3, Match 13 Sawa Grape / Sawa-sama vs FuwaMoco This match is going to be fun. Sawa takes on FMC in a showdown of two diametrically opposed personality types. Sawa, former Fedi gremlin herself, couldn’t be more different than FMC. Will that play in her favor or will FMC pull out another narrow victory?

#VTTourney2026 - Round 3, Match 7 Amanogawa Shiina vs Miyoshino Shiki Kuukies and Dew, what a bracket. Tsurupettan Shiina goes up against a surprisingly supported Shiki who overcame Kei / Polka last round. Will the Phase bias ruin Shiina’s run, or will the married woman debuff kick in?

#VTTourney2026 - Round 3, Match 5 Kaneko Lumi vs SmugAlana Busty Lemon Whore vs busty dual model fox. SmugAlana didn’t have a lot of competition last round, but this round should prove to be a close match.

#VTTourney2026 - Round 2, Match 27 Grevillea Grimoire vs Pipkin Pippa Grimmi gets a very interesting matchup for her first appearance in the tourney. She’s an indie primarily streaming on Twitch, specializing in horror games. Her canonical birthday is in 1917, so hag lovers rejoice. She debuted in 2022, and interestingly is a JRPG character and not technically an anime girl. You’ve probably already made up your mind about Pippa. Contentious, love her, hate her, she’s back again. A loser in her own doujin, but a winner of her last match. Most famous for the foot picture and arguably the reason Phase got off the ground so well.

#VTTourney2026 - Round 2, Match 26 - Battle of the Twins Neuro & Evil vs Fuwawa and Mococo Abyssgard Vedal’s proud creations, Neuro and her alter personal Evil Neuro finally have their time to make their own run. Both flavors of Neuro are AI, making this the one and only non-human entry. She was born out of a project to teach a computer to play Osu!, but now she streams all kinds of games, has her own original music, and more. FuwaMoco are the 2nd half of the battle of the twins, bau bau. The sisters were cut from their former agency, but signed with Hololive and debuted in 2023. They immediately proved the dual-talent act was in demand as they’ve garnered 1.37 million YouTube subscribers. Famously brand-safe, they have some mixed reception on Fedi.

#VTTourney2026 - Round 2, Match 22 Shiori Novella vs Kirsche Shiori starts us off in what promises to be a tough match. One of Hololive’s premier EN girlfailures, she debuted in arguably their most popular generation of EN talent in 2023 alongside Bibo, Nerizzler, and FMC. She WILL yap. Kirsche… oh Kirsche. Divisive is an understatement, as is popular in the right-wing adjacent crowd. You probably already know if you love or hate her. Host of Foxu News, technically still an indie, has taught more streamers about yabs than probably anyone else.