Also known as: 谷郷元昭, YAGOO
Tanigou Motoaki is the CEO of Cover corp. which owns Hololive and Holostars. The "YAGOO" nickname was born from Oozora Subaru accidentally misreading his surname during a stream (谷 "tani" can be read as "ya").
During the early days of promoting Hololive, he had described Cover Corp's initial vision of their Virtual Idols as more traditional and conventional in behavior (similar to groups like AKB48, according to him). As Hololive gained in popularity partly due to the talents' behavior not befitting of the traditional idol mold, he frequently became the target of jokes of "having his idol dreams ruined".
Notable Hololive Production staff members
- A-Chan (Hololive) (director)
- Daidou Shinove (former head manager of HOLOSTARS)
- Gorimane (Holostars English) (director of HOLOSTARS English)
- Harusaki Nodoka (former staff member)
- J-Chad (Mori Calliope's former manager)
- Jenma-Chan (director of Hololive English)
- Kroma (Ouro Kronii) (Ouro Kronii's manager)
- Kumomane (Ninomae Ina'nis' former manager)
- M-Chan (Hololive) (Hololive Indonesia manager)
- Omega Alpha (former staff member)
- Ponma-Chan (Takanashi Kiara's current manager)
- Shikamane (Jurard T Rexford's and Crimzon Ruze's manager)
- Tokimane (Gavis Bettel's and Banzoin Hakka's manager)
- Toramane (Regis Altare's and Axel Syrios' manager)