Getting To Know Our Sister Organization: The Holofans Ensemble!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to the Holofans Orchestra official blog, where we bring you all kinds of topics related to the Holofans Orchestra. This time, we’d like to introduce you to our sister organization, the Holofans Ensemble!

ABOUT

The Holofans Ensemble (hereafter HFENS) is a project dedicated to performing Hololive original songs in a smaller ensemble format. Guided by the slogan, “Make a Holofans Circle from a Tone, Show Our Emotion with Harmony HFENS strives to create opportunities for likeminded fans to come together through a shared love of Hololive and musicmaking.

Unlike the Holofans Orchestra, which hosts one large-scale event each year, HFENS hosts numerous events throughout the year to meet the demand for more opportunities to engage in oshikatsu where "Hololive meets Music." As the term "ensemble" suggests, HFENS specializes in smaller-scale groups. While that can mean chamber-style arrangements of less than 10 musicians, that hasn't stopped them from hosting larger ensembles where as many as 30 performers might get involved. 

HFENS also operates under different management than the Holofans Orchestra, which means you will sometimes see HFOC staff participating in ensemble projects, not as representatives, but as regular attendees.

Read on to learn more about what HFENS might offer to a general participant! 

PROJECTS

1. Large-Scale Ensemble Events

Large-Scale events are mainly focused on performing a wide variety of Hololive music, and involve organizing anywhere from 5-7 independent ensembles that all rehearse and record in one day.

One example is the “Holofans Ensemble BRAVO: Meetup & Recording Session”, held in May 2025.

This event featured a variety of instrumentations, including brass ensembles, woodwind ensembles, and even a big band, performing a total of eleven songs.

The recording session for the big band arrangement of “Shiraken Medley" by Shiranui Kensetsu, was a particularly memorable moment. This medley combined original songs by the Hololive unit Shiranui Kensetsu (Shiraken) and its individual members, resulting in a performance lasting over nine minutes. Multiple arrangers featured in the preparation of the score, resulting in a one of a kind product showcasing the strengths of each song.

I, the author of this blog, also participated in four performances as a French horn player, including the woodwind ensemble version of “Inochi (2024 ver.)” by AZKi, Because the Holofans Orchestra’s performance gatherings operate on such a large scale, it can be difficult to perform many different songs in a single event. HFENS provided the opportunity to perform a wider variety of repertoire, and spend an entire day immersed in beloved Hololive music—a truly dreamlike experience.

These large-scale ensemble events are planned to continue on an annual basis, and plans for this year’s “Holofans Ensemble CRESCENDO: Meetup & Recording Session” are already underway! (More details below.)

2. Medium-Scale Ensemble Events

These events are more focused on bringing one particular song to life, and as such tend to be arranged like a typical Concert Band (or a Flex Band, to accommodate less common instruments) allowing anywhere between 20~30 musicians to perform together.

Projects such as “FBKINGDOM National Anthem [Bokura no Seiza]” and “Tokusha Seizon Wonder-Ladder!!” were organized as medium-scale ensemble events.

As an example, let’s look at the “Holofans Ensemble Osaka” event that was held this February. This event marked HFENS’s first gathering outside of Tokyo, featuring “Nenechi no Giragira Fan Meeting” by Momosuzu Nene.

Not only within the Hololive community, but across the broader performance-offkai scene, the vast majority of events today are held in the Kanto region. For musicians living elsewhere, travel distance, transportation costs, and accommodation expenses can often make participation difficult.This event provided a valuable opportunity to connect and perform with such musicians.

A performance video from the Osaka event is scheduled for release in the near future, so stay tuned!

3. Ensemble Workshops

HFENS also organizes ensemble workshops, where participants use Hololive songs as study pieces and work on improving their performance skills through lectures and instruction by professionally trained musicians.

The idea originated from one participant’s comment:

“I really wanted to play this particular song, but I felt that my current skill level wasn’t high enough, so I ended up joining a different project instead.”

In response, one HFENS staff member launched this initiative, drawing on their experience to help reduce the number of people who feel forced to give up on songs they want to perform.

To date, HFENS has hosted three workshops: a low-brass workshop (trombone, euphonium, and tuba), a general brass workshop, and a string workshop. Footage from the low-brass workshop has already been released as a performance video of “Love Letter” by Natsuiro Matsuri Videos from the other workshops are planned for future release as well.

Reaching the Talents

We have been lucky enough to have some of our work recognized by the Hololive talents themselves!

We received a YouTube comment from Sakura Miko on our cover of her song “Sakura-Kaze”, and Omaru Polka was kind enough to give us a shoutout by quote-reposting our “Shiraken Medley” on X!

Additionally, back in December of 2025, we produced a cover of “Tokusya-Seizon Wander-la-der” as a parting gift to Amane Kanata, who had announced her plan to graduate later that month. We later learned that Inugami Korone said, on stream, that she had shared that video with Kanata herself!

These moments serve as a realization of our guiding philosophy, as at its core “Make a Holofans Circle from a Tone, Show Our Emotion with Harmony” is all about trying to give back to the talents whom we love. 

UPCOMING

HFENS’s next major event, the “Holofans Ensemble CRESCENDO: Meetup & Recording Session”, will be held this upcoming September!

Like BRAVO, it will be a Large-Scale Ensemble Event featuring nine planned performance pieces. We look forward to your participation!

How to Register (in no particular order)

1. Join the Holofans Ensemble Discord Server

2. Fill Out the Participation Registration Form

Event Dates

• Main Event: Saturday, September 12, 2026
• Piano Duet Event: Sunday, September 13, 2026

Locations

• Main Event: Within 30 minutes of Yokohama Station
• Piano Duet Event: Within 30 minutes of Shinjuku Station

Detailed venue information will be provided only to on-site participants.

Participation Fees

• On-site Performer: ¥4,000–¥8,000
• Online Performer: ¥2,000–¥3,000
• Venue Operations Support: ¥2,000–¥4,000
• Technical Support: ¥2,000–¥4,000

Fees vary within the ranges above depending on the number of participants.

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The HolofansEnsemble continues to actively expand its activities in order to fulfill the desire of fans who want to enjoy even more “Hololive × Music” fan activities. We hope you’ll continue to follow both the Holofans Ensemble and the Holofans Orchestra going forward!