Matsuri, Nene, Kiara and possibly Haachama all have Idol experience prior to Hololive. Nene probably being the most prominent one along with Kiara. Haachama I'm mainly basing on the fact that she was voted as the member who most members look up to purely as an Idol.
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Outside of that a lot of members just did a lot of dancing-related stuff too. Towa, Watame, Aki, etc.
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1. Holy fuck Matsuri is so fucking thicc I love her! 2. I thought that the 3D tracking was why their hands look like they fold backwards but it's just accurate,
I don't like that. 3. Holy fuck Nene used to be thicc too?!
That photo says Matsuri 3, got anymore?
Moona used to be in an Idol group. Suisei tried out for Idol groups and said she wasn't chosen because she was good at everything but not great at one thing. Aki practiced different dance styles. I am sure some of the boys also danced, I think Astel was a theater kid or something.
Bae was a hip hop dancer, I believe there is a difference. And according to her La+ used to do dance related content before Hololive that Bae watched regularly. So those two are the big ones in Hololive IIRC
Bae did the whole preforming arts High School career, I think she and many others were heavily influenced by Kpop which mashed Hip-Hop with group stage performance. La+ makes sense, her dancing was out of pocket.
i also wonder how many vtubers have had prior dancing experience before they joined an "idol"
agency. off the top of my head, bae used to be a professional breakdancer or some shit
Non-hololive I know the GGN girls used to be Idols in Japan. Shiina was a dancer, I think Airi too.
I think the vtuber pipeline is either: artist, singer, gamer, voice actor or internet enthusiast with dancing being an elective. All around entertainers are pretty rare.