V.W.P -Virtual Witch Phenomenon-

Overview

V.W.P (Virtual Witch Phenomenon) is the core virtual artist group under KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO, comprising five “digital witches”: KAF, Rim, HARUSARUHI, ISEKAIJOUCHO, and KOKO.

More than a music unit, V.W.P is a cross-media narrative framework built around the motif of “witches.” Each member maintains her own solo activities, but under the V.W.P name they collectively construct a grand story about fate, observation, and the awakening of witches.

Role and Creative Position

V.W.P’s song system is structured into three types:

• Lineage Songs: Written and composed by Iori Kanzaki, these form V.W.P’s core narrative line. Each member’s lineage song defines her role within the witch worldview.
• Derivative Songs: Performed by rotating pairs or trios of members, exploring the chemistry between different combinations.
• Expansion Songs: Featuring compositions by external creators, bringing new stylistic dimensions to V.W.P’s musical landscape.

This three-track creative structure allows V.W.P to maintain narrative coherence while continuously expanding its musical frontier.

Core Lineage Songs and Live History

V.W.P maintains a lineage-song system distinct from the members’ solo catalogues. These five-member songs organize the singers within a shared witch narrative, while derivative songs use pairs or trios to emphasize different vocal combinations.

The main publicly documented performances include the formation live on March 13, 2021; Witch Assembly EP.1 on April 15, 2022; the 1st ONE-MAN LIVE Phenomenon I - Demonstration - on April 16, 2022; Witch Assembly EP.2 and Phenomenon II - Witch Mythology - on January 13, 2024; and the 3rd ONE-MAN LIVE Phenomenon III on January 10, 2026.

Activity History

• March 13, 2021: V.W.P was officially formed during KAF’s 2nd ONE-MAN LIVE “Fukakai Ni Q2”.
• 2021: V.W.P officially formed; lineage song series released.
• March 2023: Held 1st ONE-MAN LIVE “Phenomenon”.
• January 2024: Held 2nd ONE-MAN LIVE “Phenomenon II” at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Released 1st Album Unmei the same year.
• March 27 2024: Released 2nd Album Kakusei.
• November 2024: Held “KAMITSUBAKI Makuhari Sensen: V.W.P 2nd ONE-MAN LIVE Phenomenon II (Re) -Majo Kakusei-” as the culmination of KAMITSUBAKI WARS 2024.
• January 2025: Held SINKA LIVE SERIES EP.VI V.W.P 3rd ONE-MAN LIVE “Phenomenon III -Kamitsubaki City Under Exploration-”.
• January 2026: Released 3rd Album Hanten.
• February 28, 2026: Held 4th ONE-MAN LIVE “Phenomenon IV -Hanten Unmei-” at Pia Arena MM. It marked the group’s largest-scale performance in history, generating unprecedented excitement and expanding their reach as virtual artists.
• March 31, 2026: All five members entered the “INTERVAL” charging period to sharpen their individual expressive skills. They are currently focusing on solo activities, aiming to reconvene for a “Witch Rebirth.”

Commercial Tie-ups and Anime Themes

V.W.P has taken on several anime themes as a five-member chorus, an important channel into mainstream filmed works.

Notably all three were written and composed by Kanzaki Iori and were slotted directly into the genealogy-song numbering (2/3/7), showing a deliberate stance: commercial tie-up songs are folded into the canonical lore rather than treated as standalone singles.

Representative Works and Related Entries

Genealogy and Expansion Song Archive

V.W.P’s five-member songs are divided by creative lineage into genealogy songs and expansion songs, with continuous numbering; member duets are filed separately as derivative songs.

Genealogy songs

Production structure: almost every genealogy song is written and composed under the lead of Kanzaki Iori, with arrangements alternating between him and rionos, HIDEKI ATAKA and Takumi Masanori. This “central author plus external arrangers” model keeps the narrative unified while varying the sonic texture.

Expansion songs

What the expansion songs mean: unlike the genealogy songs, they invite creators from outside the KAMITSUBAKI system (Sasagawa Mao, Asahina Kento, Kanata Okajima, MEG). They are the interface through which V.W.P opens out from an internal narrative mythos into a broader pop soundscape.

Derivative Songs (Member Duets)

Beyond the five-member songs, the members of V.W.P have produced several duets, which stand as sonic evidence of the internal web of relationships.

Observation: the three duets released together on 23 October 2021 (“Rougoku”, “Kokuin”, “Utakata”) each came from a different creator yet arrived on the same day — readable as a systematic experiment by KAMITSUBAKI in pairing witches two at a time.

The V.G.P. April Fools Project and Fan Culture

V.W.P’s official history includes a widely retold “hoax” episode.

• 1 April 2021: the studio announced that V.W.P. would be renamed V.G.P., and that evening the members streamed Splatoon together; after the stream V.G.P. was disbanded and the name reverted to V.W.P.
• 2 May 2022: V.G.P. returned “for revenge”, the members played PICO PARK together, and V.G.P. was disbanded again afterwards.

Cultural meaning: this sequence sets the solemn narrative of the “witch assembly” beside light-hearted member interaction, becoming one of the most beloved running jokes in the fandom and adding an everyday, human layer to the group’s image beyond that of a sacred chorus.

Related Projects / Setting

V.W.P is directly tied to the “witch” worldview within the Kamitsubaki ecosystem. The five members each represent different witch attributes, and their lineage and derivative songs form the backbone of Kamitsubaki’s narrative. Group activities are also deeply connected to cross-media projects like “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”

The “INTERVAL” charging period that began on March 31, 2026 marks the end of V.W.P’s first chapter and preparation for a new phase. After each member has refined her skills individually, they plan to reconvene as a “Witch Rebirth.”

References

• KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO official V.W.P page: https://kamitsubaki.jp/artist/v-w-p/
• Chinese Wikipedia: V.W.P: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.W.P

External Links

• KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO V.W.P page
• YouTube
• X (Twitter)
• Bilibili
• Weibo