Japanese company Luminaris, which operates a cram school in Tokyo, recently announced the opening of Virtual Cram School Wish High, their brand-new online school in which all of the teachers are VTubers. As reported by ITMedia News, the company already has experience with “VTuber-based” educational services, offering courses for middle schoolers and businesses. According to Luminaris, Wish High will be the first ever cram school for high schoolers in Japan where all classes are taught by VTubers.
Set to officially launch on March 1st, the service targets high schoolers who live in rural areas that don’t have access to cram schools or don’t attend school (non-attendance is legal in Japan). All of the instructors are VTubers covering high-school level subjects such as math, English, physics, chemistry, classic literature, world history, Japanese history, and geography. What’s interesting about them though, is that they are not just “educators with animated avatars,” but actual VTubers who work as individual content creators and have their own personal channels where they do livestreams and playthroughs.
Of course, despite the service being marketed for “highschoolers,” the video courses are available to anyone who is willing to learn or brush up their high school knowledge, regardless of age or educational level. On top of the paid monthly lessons, which go for around 9,900 yen, or about $65 USD, Wish High has also set up a YouTube channel where students can get to know their teachers “outside of class.” To commemorate the school’s grand opening and introduce the new cast of instructors, Wish High will also be holding two special livestreams this month, where we’ll get to see the teachers interact as a full-blown VTuber group while also hearing about their planned curriculums.
Virtual Cram School Wish High is set to open on March 1st in Japan only.
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