How to Find and Follow Japanese VTuber Schedules and Announcements
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How to Find and Follow Japanese VTuber Schedules and Announcements

By WVR Editorial Team Inoue
October 24, 2026 4 Min Read
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Last reviewed: 2026-10-24

Japanese VTubers rarely announce streams in one place. A schedule may sit on the agency’s website, in a talent’s post on X, on YouTube itself, or all three. This guide shows overseas fans where the official sources are, how YouTube’s own tools help, and what to double-check before you rely on a time. It covers the schedule side only; for time conversion see our JST time zone guide, and for paid features see Super Chat vs membership.

Start with the agency’s own schedule pages

Large agencies publish an official schedule. The hololive production site has a SCHEDULE item in its English navigation (hololive.hololivepro.com/en/schedule). When we opened it, the page body contained a single link labelled “holodule”, pointing to schedule.hololive.tv; we did not open that destination, so we cannot describe how it displays times.

NIJISANJI offers two official pages in English. The streams page (nijisanji.jp/en/streams) shows a weekly grid, with each day split into four six-hour blocks, previous and next week arrows and a talent filter; logged-in users can filter to favourite talents. The calendar page (nijisanji.jp/en/calendar) lists merchandise releases, birthday goods and voices, music releases, live events, broadcasts and recurring programmes by date. Neither page stated a time zone in the version we saw, and the calendar showed dates but no times, so confirm the zone before you plan around a slot.

MoguLive also mentions a NIJISANJI schedule service called “Itsukara.link”, which merges all livers’ upcoming streams into one calendar and has iOS and Android apps with push notifications and a favourite-liver setting. MoguLive did not give its web address, so search for it by name rather than trusting a random link.

Follow announcements on X and official news pages

News pages carry the confirmed details of events and special broadcasts. hololive English, for example, posts announcements that list start times in PDT, UTC and JST and link to each talent’s channel, and it tells fans to check its official X account (@hololive_En) for the latest updates. MoguLive notes that many NIJISANJI livers also tweet a summary of their week’s streams, and that some do collaboration streams or broadcast on other platforms such as bilibili or Twitcasting, so following a talent on X is often the quickest way to learn about a schedule change.

Use YouTube’s own tools

YouTube Creators’ example of a Premiere; Premieres are one way talents release a video at a fixed time.

  • Reminders: YouTube Help says to tap “Notify me” to be told when a live stream or Premiere goes live. MoguLive adds that subscribing alone only gives limited notifications; choose “All” notifications on the bell for every stream.
  • Premieres: a Premiere lets a creator and viewers watch a new video together. The watch page is public beforehand, viewers can set a reminder (a notification about 30 minutes before, per YouTube Help), and chat replay is available afterwards. Viewers can rewind, but not skip ahead of the live point.
  • Community posts: posts appear in the Posts tab or on the Home tab of a channel, and may reach the Subscriptions feed. YouTube Help says the feature is not available in Germany.
  • Members-only streams: creators can restrict live chat to members while everyone still watches, or restrict a video to certain membership levels, in which case only those members can watch it.
  • Archives: streams shorter than 12 hours can be archived automatically, and YouTube Help says a longer stream may not be captured at all. Creators can later set an archive to private or delete it, so do not assume a stream will always be available afterwards.

A practical routine

  • Pick one official schedule page for each agency you follow and bookmark it.
  • Follow each talent’s main X account and turn on the bell for their YouTube channel.
  • Before a big event, read the official news post, which usually lists the time in several zones.
  • Check whether the stream is public, members-only or a Premiere before you wait up for it.
  • Remember that archives are optional: if a stream matters to you, watch it live or save the archive link early.

FAQ

Where is the official hololive schedule? On the SCHEDULE page of the hololive site, which links to “holodule” (hololive.hololivepro.com/en/schedule).

Where is the official NIJISANJI schedule? The streams page and the calendar page at nijisanji.jp/en/streams and nijisanji.jp/en/calendar.

How do I get a reminder? Tap “Notify me” on the upcoming stream or Premiere (YouTube Help).

Can I watch a members-only stream without joining? No. Only members at the right level can watch a members-only video, although members-only chat on a public stream still lets everyone watch.

Will the stream be available later? Usually if it was under 12 hours, but the creator can make it private or delete it.

What we could not verify

We did not open the destination of the holodule link, so we cannot describe its time zone or layout. We also could not verify the features of third-party schedule trackers, so this guide does not recommend any.

Sources

Reviewed by WVR Inoue on October 23, 2026. See our editorial standards.

Thumbnail: YouTube Premieres by YouTube Creators on YouTube. Shown via YouTube; all rights belong to their owners.

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