WATERKUMA (Lead Artist on Zenless Zone Zero) IS A PEDOPHILE
Waterkuma (水熊) and his continued work on ZZZ has been acknowledged in various official interviews and on-stream appearances, with him having demonstrably designed the game's aesthetic, much of its initial characters, and the Angels of Delusion. We have two big problems here:
1. He follows Pixiv accounts that post explicit, photorealistic art of children.
Waterkuma's account can be tied to him using "image booru" services. He followed around 535 accounts in January of 2024, decreased to 534 as of January 2026.
2. He has drawn art of children being raped.
Said images are found with searches of "waterkuma" or "nema" on relevant hentai sites, dating back to 2017.
Examples are as follows. MiHoYo hired a pedophile to appeal to pedophiles; do not support this company or his work.
Warning: Extremely sensitive (censored) imagery. Please take caution before further browsing.
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Note: An account which posted AI-generated pictures of children was previously listed here, but Waterkuma likely abandoned Pixiv around 2021, before said account started posting as such, and it has since been banned. Waterkuma is only known to have consumed 3DCG pictures of children.