Though the biggest VTubers host concerts and events, most remain in the digital realm, livestreaming footage of themselves ...

...and also for me to be a piece of Japan and the world. Thank you very much.

Back in the 1990s, a hugely popular variety show in Japan featured a 22-year-old aspiring comedian having to survive solely on magazine sweepstakes, alone and naked in a small room for 15 months.