diff --git a/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/PlayerContainer.ts b/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/PlayerContainer.ts
index ee59a3e864..6331a48dd4 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/PlayerContainer.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/PlayerContainer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as BABYLON from '@babylonjs/core/pure.js';
 import { cm, WORLD_SCALE } from 'misskey-world/src/utility.js';
 import { AccessoryContainer } from './avatars/AccessoryContainer.js';
 import { getAccessoryDef } from './avatars/accessory-defs.js';
-import { Timer } from './utility.js';
+import { createTextMesh, Timer } from './utility.js';
 import type { WorldAvatar } from 'misskey-world/src/types.js';
 
 export type PlayerProfile = {
@@ -75,6 +75,25 @@ export class PlayerContainer {
 		this.subRootContainerForAnim.parent = this.root;
 		this.subRoot = new BABYLON.TransformNode(`player:${this.id}:subRoot`, params.scene);
 		this.subRoot.parent = this.subRootContainerForAnim;
+
+		const usernameLabelTex = new BABYLON.Texture('/client-assets/world/chars-black.png', this.scene, false, false);
+		usernameLabelTex.level = 1;
+		const usernameLabelMaterial = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial('usernameLabelMaterial', this.scene);
+		usernameLabelMaterial.roughness = 1;
+		usernameLabelMaterial.diffuseColor = new BABYLON.Color3(1, 1, 1);
+		usernameLabelMaterial.diffuseTexture = usernameLabelTex;
+		usernameLabelMaterial.emissiveColor = new BABYLON.Color3(1, 1, 1);
+		usernameLabelMaterial.emissiveTexture = usernameLabelTex;
+		usernameLabelMaterial.disableLighting = true;
+		const usernameLabelMesh = createTextMesh(this.profile.user?.username ?? '(anonymous)', {
+			size: cm(5),
+			material: usernameLabelMaterial,
+		});
+		usernameLabelMesh.parent = this.subRoot;
+		usernameLabelMesh.position.y = cm(50);
+		usernameLabelMesh.billboardMode = BABYLON.Mesh.BILLBOARDMODE_ALL;
+		this.scene.addMesh(usernameLabelMesh);
+
 		if (params.state) this.applyState(params.state, true);
 
 		console.log('PlayerContainer created', this.id);
diff --git a/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/utility.ts b/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/utility.ts
index f79e276087..198b8fb2dd 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/utility.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-misskey-world-engine/src/utility.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,53 @@ const TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_WIDTH_MAP = {
 	'+': 0.6,
 };
 
+export function createTextMesh(text: string, options: {
+	size: number;
+	material: BABYLON.StandardMaterial;
+}) {
+	const meshes: BABYLON.Mesh[] = [];
+
+	let totalWidth = 0;
+	for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+		const char = text[i];
+		//const charWidth = TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_WIDTH_MAP[char] ?? 1;
+		const charWidth = 1;
+		totalWidth += options.size * charWidth;
+	}
+
+	let xPos = -totalWidth / 2;
+	for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+		const char = text[i];
+		const index = TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_MAP[char];
+		//const charWidth = TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_WIDTH_MAP[char] ?? 1;
+		const charWidth = 1;
+		const x = index % TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_COLS;
+		const y = Math.floor(index / TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_COLS);
+
+		const plane = BABYLON.MeshBuilder.CreatePlane('plane', {
+			//width: options.size * charWidth,
+			//height: options.size,
+			size: options.size,
+			sideOrientation: BABYLON.Mesh.DOUBLESIDE,
+			updatable: true,
+		});
+		const uvs = plane.getVerticesData(BABYLON.VertexBuffer.UVKind);
+		uvs[0] = uvs[6] = x / TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_COLS;
+		uvs[1] = uvs[3] = (y + 1) / TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_ROWS;
+		uvs[2] = uvs[4] = (x + 1) / TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_COLS;
+		uvs[5] = uvs[7] = y / TEXT_TEXTURE_CHAR_ROWS;
+		plane.updateVerticesData(BABYLON.VertexBuffer.UVKind, uvs);
+		plane.material = options.material;
+		xPos += (options.size * charWidth);
+		plane.position = new BABYLON.Vector3(xPos - (options.size / 2), 0, 0);
+		meshes.push(plane);
+	}
+
+	const merged = BABYLON.Mesh.MergeMeshes(meshes, true, false, undefined, false, false);
+
+	return merged!;
+}
+
 export class RecyvlingText {
 	public maxChars: number;
 	public size: number;
diff --git a/packages/frontend/assets/world/chars-black.png b/packages/frontend/assets/world/chars-black.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b611e3b20a
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