Niconico Chokaigi Premieres Net Rap Festival 'Chō World Wide Words 2026' with Daoko as Added Performer

Dwango Co., Ltd. announces that Daoko has been added as a performer to "Chō World Wide Words 2026," a festival of net rap & internet-originating music, to be held from 11:30 AM on April 25th (Saturday) at "Niconico Chokaigi 2026," the super-large event for "Niconico," which is celebrating its 15th year. Daoko A rap singer/singer from Niconico Douga. Her songs posted on Niconico Douga in her teens became a hot topic, gaining attention as a "high school rapper." Her collaboration with Kenshi Yonezu, "Uchiage Hanabi"*, has hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and has become her representative song. *Theme song for the movie "Fireworks, Should We See It From the Side or the Bottom?" New Chapter Opens! Artists Representing Hip Hop Originating Online Gather For a long time on Niconico, the culture of users posting rap songs has been deeply rooted, developing into a genre and upload tag called "Nico Rap." The live event "World Wide Words," hosted by Rappubito, which sparked this movement, began in 2006 as an event solely for those from net rap backgrounds and has been held as a "festival of net rap." After a five-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020, it resumed in 2025. Now, as a new chapter, it will be held for the first time at "Niconico Chokaigi," with artists who have led net rap, such as Rappubito, RainyBlueBell, and Denpa Shōjo, performing at Makuhari Messe. "Chō World Wide Wo