[March 2026] VRChat Avatar Trend Report on Booth

A data-driven look back at VRChat avatars released on Booth in March 2026 — the ten that picked up the most likes, plus body-type, polygon, and shared-base trends pulled from the full release pool. March widened the character-type spread further: a mature gentleman, a transparent-dome ghost robot, a wheelchair-mounted fantasy girl, and a stingray-motif twin-tail all landed in the top 10. Mayo — the Sio creator's second original avatar — took the #1 slot alone, and behind it sat a lineup where neither head-build nor polygon rank was uniform.

📊 About the data　Snapshot date: 2026-05-08 / Scope: 27 avatars with 300+ likes published between 2026-03-01 and 2026-03-31

The 10 avatars that stood out

Ranked by like count as of May 2026. For each entry I pull notes from the creator's product page to highlight details beyond what the summary card already shows.

#1: Mayo / Chocolate rice

Long blonde hair with braids, fox ears and a tail, gold eyes — a natural-leaning kemo-eared girl with a soft, modest atmosphere. A new release from Chocolate rice — the creator behind the popular Sio avatar — and the product image labels it directly as "The 2nd Avatar : MAYO," meaning this is the creator's second original avatar after Sio. Took the solo #1 slot for March with 12,995 likes.

The default outfit pairs a white sleeveless frilly bib top with a small black ribbon tie + a pale-grey miniskirt + white thigh-highs strapped down + white Mary-Jane shoes — a clean / modest / natural look. The side braid lined up against straight long blonde hair sits well against the white-and-grey palette, and the fox ears can be reshaped via an EX menu "Ear_Type" slider to switch between sharply-pointed ears and a softer, cat-like form on the fly.

Spec depth is the headline: 749 face shape keys + 71 body shape keys, polygon count of 189,702 across 27 meshes / 31 materials, with AFK motion and MMD support included, and texture memory of 60.85MB. Post-release iteration kept going through April: Side Hair mirror version added, gap between neck and face refined, additional UpperLash shape keys (Small, Thin) added — exactly the kind of polish you'd expect from a creator's second avatar building on what they learned with the first.

The license documents are notably thorough: separate JA / KR / EN / ZH PDFs, VTuber commercial use requires prior contact + a credit line ("Avatar: Chocolate rice"), and modification commissions require both the requester and the worker to own a legitimate copy. License hygiene is strong here.

#2: Riru / ALPHA0

Long silver hair, wolf ears, red eyes, with a band-aid on the cheek and hairpins — a cute / girly-leaning kemo-eared avatar. ¥5,000, second place.

The default outfit is a black long-sleeve sailor-collar mini one-piece with a magenta ribbon and a small white wolf-paw logo + a red choker + black-and-pink platform sneakers, paired with a black beret. The wolf-paw logo on the chest, paw-shape detailing on the shoes, and paw-print background pattern across the product page all reinforce a single "wolf accents scattered across small props" motif — keeping the character setup and the visual language tightly synchronized.

Shape keys are split granularly: 412 expression-creation + 3 eye tracking + 15 lip sync + 16 body customization + 14 hairstyle + 48 MMD, totaling roughly 500 keys. Polygon count is △77,559 — light enough to land around the Poor performance rank. The toolchain is current: Unity Humanoid + PhysBone + Modular Avatar 1.16.2 + lilToon 2.3.2, with full-body and eye tracking covered.

Credits split the work between character design and texturing: Riru and 3D modeling and Unity setup: Hamini — a two-person production where the product page tone, base body, and Unity setup are clearly divided between two roles. Post-release v1.01 added pupil-highlight adjustment shape keys and corrected sailor one-piece weights — the kind of iteration that says ongoing improvement is happening.

#3: Tenchill / Terai Country

Bluish-black twin tails and cat ears — a jirai-kei × yami-kawaii avatar. A new release from Terai Country — the creator who landed January's #6 Torao in this report series — making this two top-10 entries in three months for the same creator.

The default outfit is layered: a white oversized hoodie with front drawstrings, a black pleated miniskirt, black knee-high socks, white platform sneakers, set off by a white halo above the head + small white wings on the back + a cat tail matching the hair color + a white cloud-shaped hairpin + a black shoulder bag. The combination layers jirai-kei silhouettes (oversized + plaid mini) over angel motifs (halo + wings) over cat accents (ears + tail) in a single coordination — and lines up directly with the cover image's "one eye covered + half-lidded" character expression.

Spec is built around a two-tier polygon construction: 104,999 triangles for the standard outfit, 62,385 for the dress-up base — designed so modifiers wanting a lighter base have one provided. Mochi Fitter forward-conversion profile included, on Unity 2022.3.22f1 / VRCSDK Avatar 3.0, with VRChat lip sync, hand-sign expressions, and arm-movement morphs all set up.

What's worth flagging is the continuity in Terai Country's voice across these picks: January's Torao (cat-eared short hair × purple eyes × boyish minor build × cute / boyish) → March's Tenchill (cat-eared long hair × twin tails × jirai-kei × yami-kawa). The creator's signature — "cat ears + a slightly androgynous, dark direction" — is now visible to readers across consecutive monthly reports. Sample world is set up too.

#4: Shidou / MetaverseCreatorsTYO

Silver hair and a beard — a mature gentleman avatar with gravitas. The single male × tall-build entry in March's top 10, and the product page even ships a separate sample avatar prefab for a "younger version" (black hair, no beard) so the age axis itself is part of the design. ¥6,000.

The default outfit is a grey herringbone-fabric jacket + tapered slacks + black shirt + striped black necktie + brown leather loafers + brown leather belt — a properly formal business suit. The shirt's stand-up collar and cuff buttons are cleanly modeled, and the construction reads as an unusually well-built reference example for "male avatar × business suit" in the current marketplace.

The technical highlight is that this avatar shares a base body with StudioYONO's Hanka avatar. Setting Armature Scale to 1.06 + zeroing the Massive and Neck shape keys on BodyAll lets you wear Hanka-compatible outfits directly — a clear contemporary example of male × shared-base culture. On 3/30 the creator added a Mochi Fitter profile for the Hanka shared base as well.

Spec depth is robust: 827 face shape keys + 56 body shape keys, with polygons split across 34,670 (body) + 42,580 (TradWear outfit) + 2,657 (accessories). The EX menu includes outfit changes (top / bottom) and beard variants (mustache / chin beard / stubble), plus Avatar Dance Stage expression sync. Modeling: YONO / Outfit modeling: Takeru (airgreen) — a collaborative production. The arrival of this much craft on the male × adult side is one of March's more meaningful structural shifts.

#5: Rabi-senpai / QuQu

Long black hair with blunt bangs and sparkling star-shaped pupils — a modest / school-style "senpai" big-sister avatar. A new release from QuQu — the creator behind the popular NecoMaid avatar — at ¥1,800, the cheapest entry in March's top 10 by a wide margin and the entry that anchors the lower price end of the lineup.

The default outfits ship as three prefab styles, with hair color and outfit combined to give three distinct character vibes to choose from. TYPE_1 (black hair × dark navy knit vest × black ribbon tie × black tights) is the cool, composed honor-student direction; TYPE_2 (pale pink hair × cream V-neck sweater × red necktie × navy plaid skirt) is the bright, lively, girly direction; TYPE_3 (platinum blonde × grey jacket × light blue tie × white socks) is the clear, modest direction. The packaging — "keep the school-uniform axis fixed and switch only the atmosphere worn" — pairs naturally with the ¥1,800 entry-price positioning.

Spec is on the lighter side: roughly 60,380 polygons + Performance Rank Medium, with materials cleanly split into Face / Hair / Skin / Wear (4 total). 40+ shape keys for VRC expressions and MMD, with EX menu allowing in-game switching to MMD-compatible mode. SDK 3.0 / PhysBone configured / full-body tracking / lip sync + eye tracking all there. Blink is mapped to the left trigger — even the input mapping is documented.

The creator has published a roadmap: a customizable base body planned for summer, with VRM and perfect-sync support listed as "under consideration" — meaning the ¥1,800 entry-price purchase opens a path of incremental expansion via later add-ons. A trial avatar is also distributed on VRChat to make the low-friction first contact even easier.

#6: Skeletroid / nanontic

A skeleton-robot avatar with intricate mecha structure visible inside a transparent dome head. The product page describes it as "a skeleton robot themed on a ghost," and the cover image immediately reads as the glowing eyes + antenna inside the dome. ¥2,500. The single mascot-shaped robot entry in March's lineup.

The "outfit" concept differs from the rest of the picks here: the body itself is the costume — a white cylindrical chassis + a transparent dome head + flying-fan elements behind + exposed blue wiring inside the mecha frame + a slim blue antenna. The "ACTIVE" indicator on the eye-area display, the small camera-like detail inside the dome, and the thruster-shaped contours at the rear are all modeled out, with color variants delivered as PNG texture sets. The mechanical detailing itself becomes the character's identity, in place of the human-figure outfit other picks rely on.

The lightweight construction is the standout: 31,574 polygons + Performance Rank Good — the lightest entry in March's top 10. While the rest of the top 10 sits in the standard / tall human-figure space at Poor or Very Poor rank, leveraging the robot × drone-style silhouette to land squarely in Good rank from day one makes this one of the few entries this month that's easy to recommend to Quest-standalone friends. 32 preset expressions, 106 shape keys (92 expression + 14 other), AFK animation set up.

The license is a modified VN3 license, published in JP / EN / KO / ZH, and texture data ships as PNG (per color variation) + PSD (default color only) — so a recolor route is built into the pipeline from the start.

#7: Rei / Protagonist

Black semi-long hair, an ahoge, a halo, and a shotgun — billed by the product page as "a sister figure who belongs to the upper echelon and looks out for her companions," a combat-themed senior-girl avatar. ¥7,000, in the upper price band, designed to cover both photoshoot and combat-roleplay use cases. The single Quest-compatible entry in March's top 10.

The default outfit reads less like "school uniform" and more like a paramilitary / agency uniform: a grey collared shirt + a white necktie + a black belt with an ID-card holder + suspenders + a black coat draped over the shoulders + black tight pants + a thigh-mounted gun holster + black combat boots with a thick sole + black fingerless gloves. Underwear-only, body-only, base for dress-up modification, and Kisekae prefabs are all bundled separately, so the outfit can also be stripped off and used as a starting point for full re-customization.

Spec range is unusual: Avatar Polygons: 151,184 + Weapon Polygons: 24,516, with Quest / iOS Mobile Prefab + Lite Prefab (low parameter use) + Bodysuit Only / Avatar Only / Kisekae Prefab — multiple build configurations bundled. Face BlendShape 500+ / Body BlendShape 61 / 28 preset expressions, with a face-tracking-friendly construction. Mochi Fitter forward conversion supported, with lilToon + Mochies Shader + Modular Avatar matching the current shader-environment defaults.

The shotgun gimmick is the part worth dwelling on: a collaboration between Akiharu (animation assets), MimikuWo, and Gewehr41, with PhysBone + Contact + VFX + SFX all attached. Three reload motions — Side Saddle, Match Saver, and Twin Load — are implemented, alongside a Crouch Pose, an AFK animation with photo customization, and a Weapon Spawn Particle Effect. The combination of combat roleplay × photo composition tooling is the clearest part of why this avatar landed where it did in March.

#8: ChloaGarden / Cloudz

Green hair with blunt bangs and orange eyes — described in the creator's text as "the original character of a human girl who came to ride a ghost train," a fantasy × mysterious avatar. ¥4,500. The defining mechanics are crystal-and-rose particle effects + a wheelchair movement gimmick — the creator's worldbuilding shows up in the avatar's actual movement system.

The default outfit layers a green sailor-collar long one-piece + a white off-shoulder mantle + a large red ribbon waist sash with a dangling red cord + a black headband + a red rose corsage + brown leather shoes + white ankle socks — sitting at the Taisho-retro × Japanese-fantasy intersection. Worldbuilding hooks like blue crystals materializing around the ankles and a long rectangular black hair ornament inserted at the crown are wired directly into the outfit itself, which is the design core that lets this avatar's worldbuilding land.

The polygon construction is two-layered: roughly 75,000 for the base character + roughly 20,000 for gimmick parts. Expression shape keys break down as roughly 380 (VRC expressions) + ~40 (VRC visemes / MMD / VRM) + ~80 (base body: left/right shrink, breast flat/big body adjustments). 28 preset expressions, dedicated motions for hover movement / AFK / crouch / chair, Performance Rank Very Poor with a feature-restricted Poor-rank prefab bundled as a two-tier setup. Cloudz uses different base bodies across different works, and ChloaGarden specifically uses the CLZType2 base — currently only this avatar uses it, and whether future characters will share the body is left undecided on the product page.

What's striking about the design is that "particles emitted by consuming flowers and life," "crystals appearing during status effects," and "wheelchair movement" are all set up so the avatar's actual motions trace the worldbuilding directly. For modders, lilToon color-correction mask data + modification PSD/clip files + a VRM file (bonus) + Mochi Fitter forward profile are all included, making this a viable modification base too. Released on 3/12, with a CACG_WearA_fix.PSD merge issue corrected on 3/13 — improvements landing the day after launch.

#9: Mio / Atelier Alca

Light blue short hair with a butterfly hair ornament, blue eyes, and a geometric sigil pattern across the collarbone — a cyber-meets-feminine big-sister avatar. ¥7,000.

The default outfit is an off-shoulder white frilly blouse + a deep navy long pencil skirt with a side slit + black ankle boots + a black choker with a small star pendant — a quiet, intelligent feminine silhouette that sits in soft lines, despite the cyber-leaning keywords on the page. Symmetrical geometric tribal-style markings (cyber sigils) across the collarbone and chest + blue nail polish + small flowers scattered through the hair carry the cyber notes, layering it as "static, mature outfit + skin patterns and hair pieces handling the cyber elements."

The technically interesting part is how the heel-mode implementation was reworked post-release. The original v1.00 controlled heels via ankle rotation angle, but the v1.01 update on 3/25 switched to a shape-key implementation (standard outfit value: Heels:100), simultaneously removing the flat-foot FBX, adding a chest-size shape key for the outfit, and tidying up the EX menu's gaze-control toggle. The willingness to redesign foundational modification hooks within days of launch is visible. On 3/28, a Mochi Fitter forward-conversion profile was added, alongside a fix for ankle rotation drift on the White Ver. prefab.

The toolchain is SDK 3.10.2 / lilToon 2.3.2 / Modular Avatar 1.11.0, with an Atelier Alca official Discord server set up for user-to-user discussion. "Modular Avatar–based assembly assumed from the start" is stated in the description — a clear signal that the modification-workflow integration is intentional.

#10: REI / AQU

Blue twin tails, yellow eyes, and bunny-eared silhouette built on a stingray motif — a refreshing, marine-themed avatar. ¥5,000 (¥4,000 during the 5/5–5/25 sale). The product page's concept line is "clear, sea-blue refreshing feel," and this is the single avatar in March's lineup that aimed squarely at the marine direction.

The default outfit pairs a square-neck white-and-black halter harness top + a thin light-blue necktie + a navy jacket with a scale-textured hem + black hot pants + a black belt-pouch on the thigh + black fingerless gloves + thick-soled boots — a sporty × marine combination. The ear shape is a long, curved fin-like extension: viewed head-on it reads as "rabbit ears," but viewed from the side it flows like a stingray fin, giving the silhouette two sides at once. With an electric guitar model and an original soundtrack added later to the package, photoshoot variants with held props are also easy to set up.

Spec breaks out as 135,187 polygons + 709 face shape keys + 48 body all + 50 MMD + 17 visemes, with SDK 3.0 / PhysBone / full-body tracking support. The base body is included, and the swing on the long twin tails is properly built out. Mochi Fitter compatibility data is published separately by EkaSilicon — a different creator handling the MochiFitter profile, which differs from the bundled-profile pattern seen elsewhere.

Post-release iteration is dense: v1.1 (3/13) launch → v1.15 (3/16, jacket sleeve weight fix) → v1.2 (3/27, Jacket Ver.2 added) → v1.25 (4/4, thumb-base weight + chest normal fixes) → v1.3 (4/13, original soundtrack added + illustration data + 2 new colors + electric guitar model added). Five updates in the first month, with a soundtrack and a guitar model added after release to extend the package over time. An avatar shipping with its own original soundtrack was a unique packaging choice in March's top 10.

Trends across March 2026

Stepping back from the ranking: here's what the full set of 27 avatars released in March reveals as a group.

Metric	Value
Total releases	27
Avg likes	1,916.9
Median likes	966
Avg price	¥3,694
Median price	¥4,500

Median likes at 966, average at 1,916. Compared to January (median 607) and February (median 650), the median lifted noticeably this month — a "single dominant top + middle layer thicker than the previous two months" shape. The price median sits at ¥4,500, ticking down from ¥5,000 in January and February. ¥5,000+ entries dropped to roughly 44% (12 of 27), with ¥3,000–4,999 at six, ¥2,000–2,999 at three, and below ¥1,000 (including free) at five — the price distribution stretched a bit further downward this month.

Tastes: girly and mysterious tied at #1

Girly and mysterious tied at the top with 5 each, followed by cute / yume-kawaii / cool / natural / mature at 4 each. Compared to January's "cute solo #1, dark / cool / mysterious clustered close behind" and February's "cute #1 with male / otokonoko / kemono shota diversifying the top," March is the month cute lost solo first place — replaced by a girly × mysterious pair sharing the lead.

A representative of the mysterious cluster: outside the top 10, an avatar with cat-like ears and a warped halo as a lower-tier angel design appeared:

A girly-axis standout — a girl-who-loves-plushies avatar with 4 plush friend types + a kitty cushion + AudioLink-driven hat patterns:

In the yume-kawaii direction, a 3D-ified version of illustrator TNDS's original character "Mizuno," with Mobile-platform support, also released:

Appearance: long hair and black hair tied at #1, twin tails at five

Long hair and black hair tied at 7 each, then short hair at 6, twin tails at 5, silver hair at 4, blunt bangs at 3, animal ears at 3 / cat ears at 3 / red eyes at 3. January's short-hair lead → February's long-hair flip → March continues with long hair, and long × black is now the standard appearance setup for new avatars.

Worth flagging is twin tails at five — top-10 entries #3 Tenchill (black twin tails) and #10 REI (blue twin tails) both fit this axis, meaning twin tails came back as a strong format for new releases in March. Outside the top 10, a cat-eared blonde twin-tail avatar with 469 shape keys also launched:

For long hair, a wolf-themed female-kemono adult woman in black hair and a knit sweater — leaning into the mature direction:

For short hair, a wafuku × cyber × silver-hair × red-eyes × headphones avatar mixing Japanese and futuristic motifs:

Body build: standard at ~60%, taller / chibi / petite / mascot at five combined

Body distribution: standard build 16 (59%) / tall build 4 / chibi 2 / petite 2 / mascot 1. Standard still dominates, but the non-standard portion sits at 11 (41%) — the body-type axis was visibly more diverse this month.

Tall-build representatives are headlined by #4 Shidou (mature gentleman), with another outside the top 10 — a mecha × prosthetic limb × weapon set SF avatar:

In the petite / chibi space, a fluffy kemono dog avatar with three breed variations (Labrador / Border Collie / Shiba Inu) appeared in the ¥2,000 accessible range:

The mascot axis is held by #6 Skeletroid in the top 10 itself — a non-humanoid silhouette pushed into the top ranks for March.

Outfit types: jacket, sailor uniform, hoodie tied at three each

Outfit types: jacket / sailor uniform / hoodie tied at 3 each, shirt / skirt / miniskirt / one-piece / school uniform at 2 each — a flat-topped distribution with no single peak. Compared to January's strong sailor-uniform lead and February's frill-led shape, March is a month where no single outfit type carried the trend — the outfit-type axis didn't form a clear dominant direction.

A sailor-uniform representative outside the top 10 — a fox-eared silver bob × black-based sailor uniform × bonus swimsuit included school-style avatar:

Pricing: ¥5,000+ at ~44%, with two free releases and a ¥1,800 entry

Pricing distribution: 2 free / 1 at ¥1–499 / 2 at ¥500–999 / 1 at ¥1,000–1,999 / 3 at ¥2,000–2,999 / 6 at ¥3,000–4,999 / 12 at ¥5,000+. ¥5,000+ at 44% (12/27), down from January's 55% and February's 52% — the upper price band's share of the lineup shrank for the second consecutive month.

At the lower end, beyond #5 Rabi-senpai (¥1,800), a black twin-tail × red varsity jacket × 49 MMD-compatible expressions × full-body tracking fully-free avatar also released:

In the ¥3,000–4,999 mid range, a faceless mannequin-style versatile body that wears any outfit beautifully — usable for backgrounds, thumbnails, or pedestal display — also appeared:

Through a creator's lens: body build, polygon split, shared-base patterns

Pulling together four indicators worth flagging from an avatar creator's perspective, drawn from the Top 10 and the broader March pool. Three months are stacked together so the deltas against the January and February reports land clearly.

Metric	Jan	Feb	Mar
Total releases	31	29	27
Median price	¥5,000	¥5,000	¥4,500
Median likes	607	650	966
Free releases	0	4	2
Top-10 highest price	¥10,000 (#5 Kei)	¥6,000 (#9 Dinah)	¥7,000 (#7 Rei / #9 Mio)
Standard-build share	~80%	~70%	~60% (16/27)
Non-standard total (tall / chibi / petite / mascot)	~20%	~30%	~40% (11/27)

Avatar creator focus points:

Wrap-up

To summarize March 2026 in one line: Mayo (the Sio creator's second avatar) takes the solo #1 slot, with a male gentleman, a skeleton ghost robot, a wheelchair-mounted fantasy girl, and a stingray-motif twin-tail filling out the rest — a lineup where neither head-build nor character-type was uniform. Tastes settled into girly × mysterious tied at #1, appearance landed on long × black hair × twin tails as the standard kit, and outfit types ended up flatly distributed with no single peak.

On the body-build axis, standard-build share kept declining for the third month in a row, down to roughly 60%, with tall (mature gentleman), chibi, petite (dog), and mascot (robot) all coexisting in March. Polygon ranks ranged from the lightest Good to the heaviest Very Poor — a 6× spread, and "heavy main prefab + lightweight Mobile / Lite prefab in parallel" appeared in multiple top-10 entries simultaneously this month — a sign that avatar creators reaching toward Quest users is becoming a standardized design choice.

Shared-base practices this month lined up across several distinct operating patterns — "Sio ↔ Mayo (same creator across two avatars) / Hanka ↔ Shidou (adopting another creator's base) / CLZType2 (same creator using different base bodies for different works) / Bodyset2 adoption (reusing an existing shared base elsewhere)" — meaning the foundation supporting outfit compatibility is starting to take several different shapes in practice. After January's shape-key craft race and February's character-type diversification, March extended diversity along the body-build, polygon-rank, and shared-base axes — that's how the three-month arc reads when stacked side by side.

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About the data

• Snapshot date: 2026-05-08
• Scope: avatars published between 2026-03-01 and 2026-03-31 (27 total)
• Ranking: by like count at snapshot time, descending
• Inclusion threshold: VRCFinder's DB only ingests products that have reached 300 likes or more. Products below that threshold as of the snapshot date are not part of this aggregation
• Note: every number and ranking in this article is frozen at the snapshot date above. Later shifts aren't reflected here, so current values may differ