{"id":64089,"date":"2026-03-27T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64089"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:22:25","slug":"niconico-owner-launches-sapocia-a-new-japanese-content-creator-platform-for-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/niconico-owner-launches-sapocia-a-new-japanese-content-creator-platform-for-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Niconico\u00a0owner launches\u00a0Sapocia, a new Japanese\u00a0content creator platform for adults\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kadokawa Corporation\u2019s&nbsp;Dwango, the owner of major Japanese video and livestreaming platform&nbsp;Niconico, has launched a new domestic platform called&nbsp;<strong>Sapocia<\/strong>. Officially going live on March 23,&nbsp;Sapocia&nbsp;is a \u201cfan community platform\u201d targeting adults.&nbsp;Other than Japanese,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sapocia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the&nbsp;site<\/a>&nbsp;is also available in English, Spanish, Korean, Thai, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SapociaOfficial\/status\/2036768942715527371?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official announcement<\/a>,&nbsp;Sapocia&nbsp;works as a space where artists and content creators can set up personal, paid&nbsp;fanclubs. Fans can follow their favorite creators and subscribe to paid programs to connect with them and view exclusive content. The platform hosts&nbsp;articles,&nbsp;videos,&nbsp;livestreams&nbsp;and ASMR, and seems to cater to otaku hobbies based on its dedicated&nbsp;VTuber, cosplay and idol categories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp;looks like&nbsp;users who register as content creators will be able to set up their own prices and membership tiers, as well as&nbsp;determine&nbsp;what&nbsp;perks&nbsp;subscribers of each tier will be eligible to. While&nbsp;Sapocia&nbsp;only has a handful of&nbsp;creator fan clubs currently registered&nbsp;(presumably belonging&nbsp;to affiliates), the developers are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SapociaOfficial\/status\/2036769654149087449?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">currently preparing<\/a>&nbsp;a dedicated inquiry form through which&nbsp;anyone can apply for the screening process.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\/\uff0f<br>\ud83d\udce2Sapocia\u306e\u3054\u7d39\u4ecb<br>\uff3c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sapocia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sapocia<\/a> \u306f\u3001\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30bf\u30fc\u306e\u7686\u69d8\u304c\u6709\u6599\u5236\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30af\u30e9\u30d6\u3092\u958b\u8a2d\u3067\u304d\u308b\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30c6\u30a3\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0\u3067\u3059\ud83d\udc7c<br><br>\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u306e\u7686\u69d8\u306f\u63a8\u3057\u3092\u30d5\u30a9\u30ed\u30fc\u3057\u305f\u308a\u3001\u5165\u4f1a\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3067\u751f\u914d\u4fe1\u3084\u52d5\u753b\u306a\u3069\u306e\u9650\u5b9a\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c4\u3092\u697d\u3057\u3081\u307e\u3059\u2728\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QkIXSihARz\">pic.twitter.com\/QkIXSihARz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sapocia Official (@SapociaOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SapociaOfficial\/status\/2036768942715527371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;Niconico&nbsp;having cracked down on adult content and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/niconico-mass-deletes-videos-and-shuts-down-adult-oriented-fanart-portal-to-comply-with-international-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closing some of its dedicated portals<\/a>, Japanese users are happy to see a new alternative that will allow mature content. However, like with&nbsp;many such platforms, there is concern about mainstream payment methods potentially being blocked. At the time of writing,&nbsp;Sapocia&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.sapocia.com\/hc\/ja\/articles\/52191289568281-%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%81%A7%E6%96%99%E9%87%91%E3%82%92%E6%94%AF%E6%89%95%E3%81%86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supports payment&nbsp;via credit cards<\/a>&nbsp;like&nbsp;VISA&nbsp;and MasterCard, including cards issued outside of Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kadokawa Corporation\u2019s Dwango launched the new &#8220;fan community&#8221; platform Sapocia starting March 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":64093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-64089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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