Breaking news: “Igarashi Hoshiran” herself announced her retirement!

Just a few days before the New Year’s Eve, Igarashi Hoshiran, who has been in the business for 7 years, sent out a handwritten letter on social media without warning, directly announcing the news of her retirement and saying goodbye to her fans.

I don’t know if it’s an industry slump or just a purely random event. 2023 has actually become the ‘Great Year of Niyu Retirement’! 🙒 🙒 🙒

Counting Yua Mikami, Minami Aizawa, and Yu Shinoda, this year has seen the retirement of four prominent figures in quick succession.

June 2: Minami Aizawa tearfully announces her retirement during an interview

August 16: Yua Mikami retires on her 30th birthday.

December: Yu Shinoda logs off her entire online account and retires in a low-key manner, as confirmed by her agency.

Born in 1996, ‘Igarashi Hoshiran’ debuted in 2017 and announced her retirement in late 2023. In a handwritten letter she bluntly stated that her fans’ companionship has been her motivation for seven long years, and now she wants to challenge herself to the next level, so she chose to retire.

(*Basically most retired career choices are basically being trend-wearing bloggers now)

The familiar dark goddess is now officially -1.

After debuting in 2007, she quickly gained popularity and changed her name to “Ranma” in 2019. She currently has 71,000 followers on IG.

And also often released Vlog, so many Chinese fans also carried to the B station.

Earlier this year, Igarashi also participated in a number of offline events, and their popularity is really not weak. Â Â

In fact, she had previously mentioned the idea of retirement in a media interview, saying that she would choose to quit when she had a clear goal.

I didn’t realize that in just a few months, Igarashi had already found a new direction in her life.

Some girls choose this industry because their star is not on the rise, some are led by their boyfriends, some are rich girls chasing their hobbies, and some are only in it for the money… while Igarashi Hoshiran gave up the chance to join a top-notch company and chose to go on this path.

Well, the highly educated white-collar crossover started from 0, and of course Igarashi Hoshiran has made a good name for herself in the biz.

However, the strong woman Igarashi has not yet revealed information about her brand-new goals, and it remains to be seen whether she will transform into a web celebrity, enter the fashion and trend circle, or engage in personal branding like her predecessors Yua Mikami and Akane. Â ‍

After all, with reference to several “first generation of eyes” on the transformation of the road to open up the situation, now it seems to be a trend of persona IP to attract traffic has become the version of the answer. With a fan base, shoot Vlog as a netizen, do brand as the main manager, open entity as a boss are easy.

For example, once and the trend of fashion completely unrelated to the phase Zenan, retired in just half a year has become full of Crocker heart play silver old gun ……

Mikami Yua as the old trendsetters, for the Crocus various single product is also a long time round interpretation many times. Resulting in Kroh heart this silver jewelry world king, its clothing has become fast retired circle “school uniform” ……

More such as Masaaki Hamasaki, who has also launched her own hipster label and is often seen wearing a variety of trendy items.

So don’t be surprised if you suddenly see Igarashi suddenly transform into a hipster sister in the future ……

Finally, when will Igarashi Hoshiran’s new career start and what kind of surprise moves will it bring, you fans may wish and look forward to it～‍