Managed by ANYCOLOR Inc. (formerly known as Ichikara Inc.), the group started in Japan in early 2018 and has since expanded to other countries as an international project. As of May 2021, there are 103 active Japanese Nijisanji members, 19 active NIJISANJI ID members, 16 active NIJISANJI KR members, 7 NIJISANJI EN members and 39 active VirtuaReal members. There are also 5 VirtuaReal Star members and 22 VirtuaReal Link members who are independent VTubers, not considered part of Nijisanji and are only in a network partner system.