diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/utils/live2d-zip-loader.ts b/packages/stage-ui/src/utils/live2d-zip-loader.ts
index cd62d9d43..945402950 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/utils/live2d-zip-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/utils/live2d-zip-loader.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,23 @@ import type { ModelSettings } from 'pixi-live2d-display/cubism4'
 
 import JSZip from 'jszip'
 
-import { Cubism4ModelSettings, ZipLoader } from 'pixi-live2d-display/cubism4'
+import { Cubism4ModelSettings, ModelSettings as ModelSettingsClass, ZipLoader } from 'pixi-live2d-display/cubism4'
+
+// TODO: this is a bit hacky, do we have other choice?
+// NOTICE: Patch to handle UTF-8 encoded file paths in model settings
+const originalValidateFiles = ModelSettingsClass.prototype.validateFiles
+ModelSettingsClass.prototype.validateFiles = function (files: string[]): string[] {
+  const normalizedFiles = files.map((f) => {
+    try {
+      return decodeURI(f)
+    }
+    catch {
+      // Not a valid URI, return original string.
+      return f
+    }
+  })
+  return originalValidateFiles.call(this, normalizedFiles)
+}
 
 ZipLoader.zipReader = (data: Blob, _url: string) => JSZip.loadAsync(data)