VShojo Officially Loses All Talent; Ironmouse Reaches Over $1 Million Donations
In a whirlwind 24 hours of social media updates, the embattled VTuber agency VShojo has now lost all talent in both the English and Japanese branches. The VShojo online store has been taken down, and the VShojo affiliates tab on X (formerly Twitter) has been emptied.
The Japanese talent of VShojo NOVA all announced their departure from the agency in individual posts on X. The members comprised Yutori Peke, Nagi Okamoto, Akatsuki Hotaru, and Hestia Happiness. Henya the Genius, a Japanese member not associated with NOVA, also announced her departure on X.
Thank you guys so much for alot i cant thank you guys enough dayo
— Henyađź“› (@henyathegenius) July 23, 2025
from now on I will be henya the genius independent vtuber dayo!
At the time of writing, Apricot (Froot) has not officially announced her departure from VShojo; however, she has removed all mention of VShojo from her social media bios.
This leaves VShojo with no remaining talent.
The exodus kicked off following allegations that VShojo owed Ironmouse over US$500,000 to the Immune Deficiency Foundation. In a stream with Kson, VShojo Japan's CEO, Koshi Makino, admitted that money owed to Ironmouse "may have been used for operational costs."
Ironmouse began a personal fundraiser for the Immune Deficiency Foundation on Tiltify, with the goal of $10,000. At the time of writing, the fundraiser has reached over $1 million, with large donations from companies including JAST, VGen, and VTube Studio.
Pressure continues to mount on VShojo to make an official statement; none has been issued so far, but we will continue posting updates as news breaks.
Sources: Yutori Peke X, Okamoto Nagi X, Akatsuki Hotaru X, Hestia Happiness X, Tiltify
