Metaverse x Kohmi Hirose achieved Guinness World Record™!

HIKKY (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasushi Funakoshi), together with JVC KENWOOD Corporation, musician Kohmi Hirose, and dancer Taiga, challenged the Guinness World Record™ for "Most videos of avatars performing choreographed dances uploaded on Twitter in one hour" at Virtual Market 2023 Summer, the world's largest metaverse event held from July 15 (Sat) through July 30 (Sun), 2023.

The challenge was held in Metaverse, and people of all ages from all over the world were able to take part in the challenge without the need for VR equipment and without the need for an app on their smartphones. This is the third time that HIKKY has set a Guinness World Record™ in Virtual Market.

・Record Name: Most videos of avatars performing choreographed dance uploaded to Twitter in one hour

・Official Record Name: The most videos of avatars performing choreographed dance uploaded to Twitter in one hour is 665, and was achieved by Kohmi Hirose, Taiga, Muse Endeavor Inc., JVCKENWOOD Corporation, and HIKKY Co., Ltd. (all Japan) in Japan on 18 July 2023

・Recorded Subject:  In one hour from 9:00 p.m. JST on July 18, 2023 to 10:00 p.m. JST on July 18, 2023, take a dance video of the song "Gerende ga Tokeru hodo Koi Shitai" by Kohmi Hirose in her avatar at the "JVCKENWOOD" booth in Virtual Market 2023 Summer or at the "JVCKENWOOD" booth in VketCloud, and post it with #HirosekohmiGWR or #HirosekohmiGWR. The record was sat by 665 entries of people who took a dance video of "I want to love you as much as the slopes melt" and tweeted it with #HirosekohmiGWR or #HirosekohmiGWR in the Guinness World Records.

・Record date: July 18, 2023

The one-hour Guinness World Record™ challenge was broadcast live on the official Kohmi Hirose YouTube channel, and the progress was delivered worldwide in the presence of an official certifier.

The Guinness World Record™ challenge was for participants to dance the chorus of musician Kohmi Hirose's signature song "Gerende ga Tokeru hodo Koi Shitai". The choreography was done by dancer Taiga.

Speaking of Kohmi Hirose, her song "God of Romance" won the grand prize in the "TikTok 2022 First Half Year Trend". The dance choreographed by Mr. Taiga became popular among young people, and the total number of views of the related videos using the song exceeded 1.6 billion, sparking a revival hit on TikTok.

I never dreamed that I could really achieve a Guinness World Record. I am very happy to have received one of the few prestigious records in the world. I am also grateful that through this Guinness World Record attempt, so many people have learned about and enjoyed dancing to my song, "Gerende ga Tokeru hodo Koi Shitai". Even after the challenge was over, I still received many "Likes! I was so moved to see so many videos uploaded to my twitter timeline that I could not finish the challenge. Once again, we would like to thank JVCKENWOOD for the booth at Vket, HIKKY for hosting the event, Taiga for the dance, and everyone involved.

・The one hour lead up to the Guinness World Record™ achievement was streamed live on Kohmi Hirose’s official YouTube Channel.

Last year, I posted a dance video choreographed to "God of Romance" by Kohmi Hirose on TikTok, and that was the beginning of my involvement with Ms. Hirose. It was like a dream come true and I was very happy! I am very honored to have been involved in this project. Seeing Ms. Hirose, everyone involved, and everyone who took part in the project, continue to take on challenges, inspired me to do the same. I encourage everyone to try dancing to "God of Romance" and "Gerende ga Tokeru hodo Koi Shitai"!

It is very significant that the exhibitors and visitors were able to unite in the new space of Metaverse and achieve a new record in this Guinness World Record™ challenge. Providing a place where people can have the same experience regardless of whether they are in a real or virtual space is our new focus in the New Entertainment Business, and we are committed to Metaverse. We will continue to provide new experience value to visitors and take on the challenge of building a metaverse economic zone that can be utilized by creators and companies.

We would like to thank all the participants and everyone involved in this joint project with JVC KENWOOD for making us a Guinness World Record™ winner. Our vision is to create a new world, a metaverse, where the digital and the real merge. This Guinness World Record™ certification is the first step toward that goal, and a step into the future. Together with all of you, we will continue to open up the future and create values that the world has yet to see.

Details of the past two Guinness World Records™ record certifications.

①Record Name: Most booths at a virtual reality market event

・Official Record Name: The most booths at a virtual reality market event is 1,104, and was achieved by Virtual Market 5 hosted by HIKKY Co., Ltd. (Japan) in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, as verified on 18 February 2021.

・Recorded Subject: Virtual Market 4 Total of 1104 corporate and general exhibitors' booths

・Record Date: February 18, 2021

・Applicant: HIKKY

②Record Name: Most photos of avatars uploaded to Twitter in one hour

・Official Record Name: The most photos of avatars uploaded to Twitter in one hour is 2,311 and was achieved by Hikky Co., Ltd. (Japan) in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on 14 August 2021.

・Recorded Subject: 2,311 posts taken at the "Logitech G" booth in Virtual Market 6 with a selfie in avatar form and tweeted with #LogicoolGvket in one hour from 10:00 p.m. JST on August 14, 2021 to 11:00 p.m. JST on August 14, 2021.

・Record Date: August 14, 2021

・Applicant: HIKKY

The world's largest VR event where visitors can buy and sell 3D items such as avatars and real products (clothes, PCs, food and beverages, etc.) at a venue in metaverse. This pioneering event has been held since 2018 and holds the Guinness World Record™* with over 1 million visitors from around the world. In addition to buying and selling products, the event also offers "experiences" unique to metaverse, such as riding rides, receiving customer service, and participating in live music performances at the venue. Visitors can also enjoy voice communication with each other, giving them a realistic feeling as if they were touring the city together in the real world. 

The virtual market started as a place to buy and sell 3D data products between individuals, but in recent years, major companies that want to enter the metaverse business have expanded the sale of real products, creating new possibilities for VR commerce.

*Recognized by Guinness World Records™ as having the largest number of booths at a virtual reality market event.

HIKKY Co., Ltd. is a VR firm that creates an open metaverse where anyone can create and access freely. With notable creators who lead the industry as our members, HIKKY provides VR services such as highly unique Metaverse solutions including Vket Cloud, plan and operate Metaverse events, and provide consulting services that support business entry into the VR/AR field. HIKKY aims to develop the living, economic, and cultural spheres of the virtual world and create a society where all creative people can live more freely and abundantly.

The world’s largest VR event, Virtual Market, hosted by HIKKY has acquired a Guinness World Record™ in 2021. In addition, HIKKY won first place in the marketing category of the “AIXR International VR AWARDS” and the highest award in Japan’s “XR CREATIVE AWARD 2020.”

CEO: Yasushi Funakoshi

Headquarters: 4F, Mitomi Building, 1-20-22 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan

Established: May 1, 2018

URL：https://www.hikky.co.jp/