Ren Kisaragi (如月れん) of VSPO! has announced that he will take part in the fourth E36 STREAM GUILD CUP, a team tournament for the game Pokémon Champions. The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 7, 2026, starting at 19:00 JST, and will be broadcast on the YouTube channel of the organizer, ENTER FORCE.36.
At a glance
- Event: E36 STREAM GUILD CUP (4th edition)
- Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 19:00 JST (10:00 UTC; 05:00 US Eastern; 02:00 US Pacific; 11:00 Central European Time)
- Game: Pokémon Champions
- Format: team battle; each team’s captain has world championship experience, and teams run coaching streams
- Broadcast: ENTER FORCE.36 YouTube channel
- Confirmed participant: Ren Kisaragi (VSPO!), reported to be on the same team as Kou Uzuki (Nijisanji)
What was announced
According to the news site VTuberNews, which cites posts from the organizer and from Kisaragi dated October 25, the tournament is held by ENTER FORCE.36, which runs an online community for streamers and viewers called STREAM GUILD. The event is a battle for the title of Guild Master. The report says that each team has a captain with world championship experience, and that each team will also hold coaching streams. It does not describe the bracket, the match format or the number of teams.
Ren Kisaragi announced his entry, and the headline of the VTuberNews article states that he is on a team with Kou Uzuki of Nijisanji. The report does not list the other participants or team names. The organizer states that the event is not hosted or sponsored by The Pokémon Company.
Background
Cross-group team events like this are common in Japan’s VTuber gaming scene, where members of different agencies appear together on community-run broadcasts. This one is organized outside any agency. Pokémon Champions is the game used for the event, and the report does not describe its rules in detail. A separate item in the same week concerned Pokémon UNITE, which Japanese esports media reported will end service on March 23, 2027. That is a different game and is not part of this tournament.
What it means for overseas viewers
The broadcast is on YouTube, so it should be available worldwide. The start time falls in the early morning in North America and the late morning in Europe. Commentary is expected to be in Japanese, although the sources do not state this, and no English-language broadcast has been announced. Viewers who want to follow the matches may be able to use the archive if one is kept, but the sources do not say whether the stream will be archived.
The embedded video is from VSPO!’s official channel (VSPO! SHOWDOWN 2026 DAY 2) and is included as an example of the group’s tournament coverage. It is not a clip from this event.
What we don’t know yet
- The full list of teams and participants
- The bracket and match format
- Whether the stream will have English commentary or an archive
Related
Sources
- VTuberNews: Ren Kisaragi entered in E36 STREAM GUILD CUP (Oct 26, 2026)
- VSPO! official YouTube: VSPO! SHOWDOWN 2026 DAY2
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