Matsuri On A-Chan Leaving Hololive【Hololive】

Natsuiro Matsuri
/ @natsuiromatsuri
A-chan
hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group
/ @hololive
Source (June 28, 2024):
【DORONKO WANKO】ポメちゃんになって汚しまくるぞ～！🐶【ホロライブ/夏色まつり】
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[@XYousoro]

Matsuri: "I think sending off (A-chan) with a smile would be good." Exactly

[@SuPaSaSiN]

Matsuri: "because it would be awkward the next time we meet."

[@foggymistyhazy]

​@@SuPaSaSiNplease don't give me such hope 😢

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

7 years is a *long* time.. Most people don't even last 5 years. I myself left my previous job after 4 years.. Achan and Sora are the ORIGINAL Pillars of Hololive. And her legacy shall endure even as year went by. o7 A-chan. Thank you for your service.

[@yong9613]

Concur! o7

[@Zyyyrr]

o7

[@iwanseptiawan727]

o7

[@user-gj3pp8ho9f]

o7

[@tsaqifmuhammada1111]

o7

[@realNoMee]

Of course she will always be A friend.

[@mugenusv8290]

Holowall lost one of their main pillars 😢

[@andrewidkidc559]

​@@mugenusv8290 more like a wall....

[@odilesikee1164]

@@andrewidkidc559 u got it right.....

[@notfutomomo3424]

Round table lost gallahad

[@Justic_]

Nonono, it's the other way around, she'll always be Friend A.

[@Eli1234gordon]

She’s right on how much official stuff she’s been in, her content doesn’t actually disappear. I will still miss her though.

[@FGOboi]

Excuse me WHAT!!??

[@singwfreddie669]

Yeah bro, due to family member health problem, she need to leave her job to take care of them I assume. F in the chat...

[@asuha4578]

Yeah, hope the family members are getting healthy, and a chan will come back to hololive as a special talent, that'll be awesome

[@Vinnie_PT]

Yeah... i just found out she's leaving through this clip as well. F

[@Forakus]

FYI that's just typical Japanese corporate jargon, there's no sick family members but they always like to give a graceful reason to quit

[@TheMantheon563]

@@Forakus she has been on a sudden 3 month leave because of this family matter man, it was scheduled already for her to come back in july but she just announced that the family situation is not improving, hence this whole thing

[@yukiusaleon]

Don't cry because it ends Smile because it happens

[@45_akmalfatah57]

damn 😭

[@tapiokadesu8505]

*happened

[@yukiusaleon]

@@tapiokadesu8505 right, thank you

[@TheShiningEnergy]

or you can smile AND cry, because crying is part of your emotions, and you should feel your emotions. That quote is garbage.

[@auliasa6602]

I can't smile this out one bros.........

[@Pixelz001]

As much as it hurts to hear that, I'm glad it was her decision and not because of something else. I'm pretty sure she's really young, so I didn't expect her to stay forever. I just wish she'd stay longer. May her life be filled with nothing but good things.

[@pandora3309]

honestly, considering how long they've been doing it, it wouldn't be weird for people from gen 0 to gen 2 to decide to graduate as well, they've been doing it for years. it just a matter of when because it's coming, it's impressive for a chan who are not even one of the talents to stay this long in a company, she did so well during her stay.

[@Pixelz001]

@@pandora3309 Yeah, but man, just the thought of Sora or any of the other members graduating scares me, but if they do decide to leave then I fully support their decision.

[@NyangisKhan]

I just hope it's a mid level vtuber company fishing her to become an executive and not the horrible reason she's given. Quitting a pretty good job for a family member that's sick is just horrible. It means the family member is extremely close(parents, a partner or a sibling or even a kid) and is pretty screwed. I remember my cousin working through her 3yo's leukemia as a single parent. So shit's gotta be serious.

[@OOZ662]

The sad thing is that A-chan has been gone for 3 months to care for a family member, and is now leaving Cover. While I don't trust the nuance of an unofficial translation of her posted notice, it's not hard to imagine that rather than choosing to leave, the amount of care her family member needs forced her to.

[@Yasviele]

@@pandora3309 Actually is not weird to stay in the same company for 10 or 20 years, of course content creation is tricky because the tasks aren't always clear, you gotta come up with stuff to do yourself and that doesn't always work, but all I'm saying is that I don't think they will leave unless they're not having fun anymore (or maybe they find something else they want to try) or something urgent happens, and even if they do partially they can keep doing stuff like music or merch

[@Raph___A]

Woke up and saw Roara's quote tweet about this. Honestly never expected this. I see Sora and A-chan as like the Mario and Luigi of VTubing. An iconic duo, where you can never really imagine one without the other. Thank you for making Hololive what it is today, A-chan. o7

[@OC.TINYYY]

I doubt Sora will stay after this. She'll probably be graduating by the end of the year to reunite w/ A-chan. It's clear management didn't want to pay a-chan any further while she was on her extended vacation due to family reasons. So she left. She unfortunately didn't bring in residual income like Gura & Hachama when they went a year long hiatus, thus, they had no reason to keep her around on the balance sheet.

[@AlexisAlexander646]

@@OC.TINYYY Stop with the ridiculous speculation, bro. Them not paying her does not make for a very good reason to provoke her to leave. It would be the exact same situation with any other job, which is literally, if you don't work, how do you get paid? Why would A-chan, who has loved this job for 7 years, leave just because she wasn't getting paid for no work? Obviously, she'll likely pursue some type of other career path now, but whether or not they brought them residual income is not the only benefit a person of her status and experience provides to Cover. Her presence alone literally carried Hololive in so many ways, and money is likely the least of Cover's issues considering their success. They have always put the talents' health first, so why would A-chan be an exception?

[@ElizabethRoseMonadoSword]

​@@OC.TINYYYAh here we go with your ridiculous bs claims for no good reason. Like not only that is bs but you have no proof. Besides Sora would have left immediately if that was the ridiculous case. It didn't happen.

[@shifusensei6442]

I had always assumed she would take over when Yagoo retired... 😢

[@cloudsteele1989]

There might be a chance she comes back when the family member health changes, for better (or worse :( ).

[@litlsteps8486]

@@cloudsteele1989 in all honesty, she actually can. so let's just pray her good health and hope there's nothing too bad happening within her family.

[@OC.TINYYY]

Um, why? She's like 50x lower on the totem pole lol in terms of management

[@tsukinoyuki]

​@@OC.TINYYY bro, she is one of the three founders of Cover corporation. Without her, there wouldn't be Cover or Hololive or Holostars Cover corporation is like born from her mind. She was the one who pitched the Idea to Yagoo.

[@warsito-cfaanephamilypador8625]

Press f for end of june from A-Chan!

[@anasazhari4498]

What is it with Junes and hard hitting graduations man?

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

Press deeznuts stop saying press f

[@SubliminaIMessages]

Damn, this is how I find out. Thank you for all the hard work A-Chan o7

[@skyrimenjoyer]

first Matsuri lost Mel and now A- chan...atleast they will keep in contact

[@MrJoker190]

2024 is a disaster. And even worse, Mel's termination still haunts me.

[@luka188]

@@MrJoker190 At least Rica-ch is really cute and doing very well :)

[@DinnerForkTongue]

It sucks but that's life. Sometimes no matter how well you do, you get slammed by forces waaaay outside of your control, and the best you can do is push forward. I'm sure A-chan didn't want to resign, but her job wants probably have no weight on the matter. I just hope she stays well and maintains contact with her old workmates.

[@thechatteringclown]

well, that's some way to learn about this. sad to see one of the cornerstones of the company leaving. only wish her the best for the future.

[@-Raylight]

A-chan has become everyone's friend A, she will be missed 😭😭 Wish all the best for her and her future endeavors Ofc we'll send off A-chan with a big smile... and no goodbyes, maybe we'll encounter her again doing something else in the future *o7*

[@ryokihama]

This day marks another turning point where a few months and years from now, new people would be wondering who's the blue haired, glasses lady in old videos. Thank you A-chan for being there in my journey of Hololive.

[@piotr004]

It's kinda happening even now. HoloJustice (the newest Hololive English gen) never had a change to officially collab with A-chan (they probably talked once or two with A-chan, but zero official collabs as talents).

[@OniMorter]

This is how I find out. 😭 She will be missed

[@SmolAngel]

"friend A" retiring and turning into "a friend" is honestly the best outcome we could hope for. I hope everything goes well for her in the future she did so much for hololive.

[@mr.aquainky]

I wonder if they can rehire a chan since its a bit different topic than an idol but then again its up to her if she would want to come back. Idunno just coping

[@alfianfahmi5430]

Yeah, it's kinda like Sana's situation. Although Sana was the Idol talent, the reason for leaving is kinda similar, but instead of her own health issues, it's one of her family's.

[@dscrye]

I don't know about JP, but in the US and EU it's pretty common for a business to rehire a former employee who left in good standing if they want to come back, provided there's space in the roster (and management isn't mad that they left regardless of their performance or company standing). At the rate they're growing, I don't expect it would be particularly difficult, if/when she's able to return (provided she wants to).

[@JdsGaara]

Well, she CREATED hololive for Sora, so I hope COVER doesn't forget her.

[@thenoisyninja]

Matsuris all “she cant hide from me”

[@TheSocialFaker]

One of the first clips that introduced me to Hololive was the one of "I am God" Matsuri trying to fight "Godmode" A-chan in Minecraft and immediately starts running away finding out she's invincible.

[@sansnom5269]

So her recent absence, together with the "training" of Nodoka, now makes sense. Let's cherish this moment remembering all the good things that A-Chan did for Hololive. From editing Sora first MV, to singing with Roboco, and overworking countless hours on each HoloFes.

[@StrikeNoir105E]

The reason for A-Chan's absence was known back in March already when she announced it, which was the exact same family situation mentioned. Unfortunately it looks like the situation isn't going to get better soon, which is why she's retiring now.

[@noblewolf8232]

WTH! Man... i was looking forward for A-chan's return... 😭

[@TheMantheon563]

seeing the news on twitter really hit me harder than i thought it would've, it really isnt an understatement saying that without A-chan Hololive woudnt be where it is today, hell maybe it wouldnt even be here at all she has been the face of Hololive in a way for all this time, managing the official channel, all the MCs, promotions, collabs, hologra, even games etc, that its going to be tough not seeing her there anymore, i wish her the nothing but the best and, although thechincally her choice, i think is safe to say that nobody wants her to go, including her, maybe im coping but i wish once her current circumstances settle down she could come back

[@tinkerlin8235]

Godspeed to the secret idol o7 her contributions will never be forgotten

[@homurart]

Wait, hold on.. It's a prank right!?

[@yong9613]

Nope, other channels have talked about it already

[@alfianfahmi5430]

It's real, bruh.

[@ZeanGaming42]

Man, I missed a lot. Wish all the best to A-chan :,(

[@YaeBocchi]

Don't worry guys, she will debut as a new hololive EN 4th gen member

[@AstronScion]

Didn't think i'd wake up to this

[@bruhtholemew]

This is how I found out...

[@alfredhernandez82]

Thank you A-chan for everything!!!!! We will miss you!!!!

[@vergillives9890]

I hope she gets some send off

[@HauteClair]

i hope she can still come back one day 🥲

[@minhluonguc8825]

o7 A-chan, you will always be an idol

[@cdhp1]

Damn, I think a lot about the talents' lifespan with the company but I never thought about A-Chan she's honestly such a pillar for all the big collab events I'm gonna miss her so much 💙

[@cdhp1]

I'm just thinking of her in suisei's SSS from way back and I'm actually tearing up 😭

[@EduardoOliveira-qy1km]

She's practically one of the founders as well

[@earthling123]

I wish yagoo give her a big big big farewell paycheck at least. She is her right hand from the start

[@tantheman0921]

Awwwwww 😢 We'll all miss A chan.

[@bluedragon219123]

Though it's sad, as Matsuri said, we still have the Cute and ADORABLE memories to remember and who knows? We might still get cameos? Still Great Job and also Thank You for the English Subtitles too! :)

[@AndreB23]

Thank you for all the amazing work you've done for Hololive, A-chan. We'll miss you. o7

[@diofeb353]

I love Matsuri bcs of this, she put everything to her works even if that makes her get attached feeling to members even a-chan as staff and seems like she's trying to hide it everytime someone graduates

[@japhahimura4212]

Like Keanu reeves did for his sister see A san baba yaga

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Everyone is going to miss her. She helped make Hololive what it is today. There are talents who would've left Hololive a long time ago had she not helped convince them to stay. Wish her all the best with her family situation and future endeavors.

[@samym1694]

Dang I've always thought she might be best girl YAGOO's successor if he retires.

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

Very well put 😌 Friend A is becoming a friend

[@WindStreak_]

It's really sad but let's all do our best to send her off with a smile!! Thank you A-chan for all of your hard work over these past 7 years! It's also reassuring the way Matsuri said that she might not be staff anymore, but she'll be a friend now. Hearing that she still has A-chan's contact makes me reassured in thinking that they'll still hang out behind the scenes

[@rkade1486]

I opened up KZbin and one of the first five videos I see is this, my shock is immeasurable but I hope she does good wherever she goes, best girl A-Chan forever.

[@jeremyclarkson3845]

We need a graduation stream to farewell our best friend

[@Lemon_Inspector]

Friend A was the first Hololive idol I got introduced to. YAGOO is the official head of the company, but A-chan is the one that created Hololive. I hope she gets a CEO's severance package!

[@ashchisalleh1454]

June month is time Japan usually lot change and transfer from what I see all this year.. Even Bride one. May A- chan be happy!!

[@IshimurA99]

A-chan will always be the best office worker ever and that will never change

[@jimmytsunami5275]

It’s very heartwarming that this is the same girl who was crying during Mel’s graduation

[@kiaconkbodho9987]

A-chan has been in Hololive since beginning, when Hololive still little company until this big. Thank you so much for your hardwork for 7 years! Have a good future! o7

[@doroboneko2571]

it's still gave me a pain in my heart whenever someone leaving from hololive even tho i never watch them too often, but still i wish all the best for them❤❤❤

[@proxy90909]

God speaks the truth again, I mean I have never worked at the same place as a friend or family and I still have both, so just cause A-chan is not in the office with them doesn't mean they aren't friends or spending time together, we will miss seeing her and hearing her give news and recaps (and for us kaigainikis watching her english improve massively) but we must believe she made the best choice for herself and greener pastures (maybe more chill ones) await her, who know we might even have her cheering on the talents from our side without even knowing

[@EpicLucas-q8v]

o7 A-chan. I hope you have a great future in whatever endeavor you want to pursue now. It is hard to imagine Hololive without you. You didn't have a channel yourself, you didn't sing an original song, but to us you were one of the secret idols of Hololive. You will be missed.

[@laevateinx9163]

o7 A-chan Hololive won't be the same without you, Your hard work hasn't gone unnoticed, Thank you for everything, We'll always remember Friend A.

[@hitgo]

My boy himmel said it best “tearful goodbyes aren't our style. after all, it would be embarrassing when we met again”

[@AbysswalkerOftheEchoes-qn9pg]

A-chan will always be the best friend and a great manager to everyone. And I wish her all the best. And... I hope Sora is doing okay.

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

thank you god. we will miss a-chan. but a-chan won't be gone forever. so long as holomems remain connected to a-chan, we too remain connected to a-chan. and so long as a-chan continues to watch over and support hololive, we will all be watched by a-chan too. and a-chan will still be with us all, in a sense.

[@alreon_]

I thought she will be just redraw herself from the vtuber staff persona, not entirely out from hololive 😢 thank you for your contribution to hololive even before the start of it, A-chan!! 07

[@BakusanDayo]

Even if she is no longer Staff A and Coworker A, she will always be Friend A with the holomems 🥰

[@benjamindonahue9434]

It'll be great if she just periodically showed up in chat here and there, but I somehow don't get the sense she would let herself be so visible intentionally. I now hope A-chan won't become like the Harambe meme. In the future if/when Holo starts falling apart I think people will look back and think "it started going down hill when A chan left.

[@Ran_R9]

thanks for the clip and thanks to Matsuri... This clip makes me feel a bit better...

[@klsan4249]

Really sad to hear this but all I can say is she will be missed. Wish your family member get well soon and for your best of luck in your future endeavors. o7 Friend A we will miss you.

[@UwU-yg8bu]

I hope sora-chan is okay, both of them are close friends irl so if anything sora would be the first person to know about A-chan decision

[@cloudsteele1989]

Yes, and has known for a long time. Sora might have even helped her decide to retire. I'm sure It would be hard to leave, even to look after a family member, but having your friend tell you it's okay to go would certainly help.

[@FizzyK-45]

Never thought I'd see the day we lose the best Hololive Idol there is. 🥲 Thank you for all your hard work, Otsukare A-chan. o7

[@TheLaloxz]

I can’t believe this is how I found out bro 😢

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

She will always be Sora’s dear friend and I wish A-chan the best for the future!

[@headoverheels899]

She was my kami-oshi of hololive, damn

[@lyconxero457]

7 years is quite incredible and it goes without saying that Hololive wouldn’t be what it is today without A-Chan. Hell, Suisei would’ve graduated without her intervention and who knows what the company would be without her as she is THE Idol that’s almost the blueprint for the really successful members.

[@chainsaw7638]

Yeah

[@bastianriv1124]

I think it's rainning.

[@IronFreee]

This is probably the end of an era... I have no idea how things are going at Hololive, but from what I've heard, it was A-chan who incited them to embark on this VTubers adventure with her friend Sora. Prior to her arrival, Hololive was a small software/technology company and had no intention of managing streamers. So, she was one of the founding pillars of the company as we know it today.

[@waiewakuza6414]

you know we might see a hologra dedicated to A-chan departure tomorrow like how they did for Coco before

[@Yuu_Foria]

Someone in twitter said "Don't be sad because it's over, smiled because it happened" it make me feel better❤

[@anirecorder2555]

Nodoka and Sora will hold the foundation from now on Godspeed A-chan

[@OC.TINYYY]

Hu? Sora will most be graduating soon after this. I give it around 6 months.

[@verybigbignekko3759]

I feel better now. Thanks God

[@AJarOfYams]

A-Chan will become a background character in this metaphorical manga of Hololive

[@Uncle_Sang]

ARIGATOU A-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!

[@adenri_0299]

They still always meet her Me: I’m definitely not jealous🗿

[@rexblanco2204]

Well now we know, This week Hologra will Wreck my Tearduct like it does with Coco

[@LvneS2]

man i just feel really sad, not even 2 months after i entered the rabbit hole of hololive and one of my favorite people of all time is leaving hololive

[@Hannah-M]

Wow. I only found out now about A chan's retirement

[@brilleon]

Yuujin A will always be A Friend in our heart Thank you A-chan ♥

[@Kristhanos]

From a co-worker with the title "Friend" who become a real friend for her co-workers. I personally wanna see her departure as an evolution rather than a retirement. Thank you so much, A-chan. I wish you all the best for your future journey.

[@cielo8931]

Now we lost 1 pillar of hololive 😢 thank you for all your hard work A-chan. We will keep smiling onwards

[@KnowledgeZeon]

I will miss her, hope the best for her😢

[@Demonologist013]

I think this week's Hologra will make me cry

[@yaboi841]

Every time some graduates i get stupidly sad even if i didnt even watch them. Hoping for the best for a-chan gonna let it out in the gym ig

[@aveomnissiah2896]

Given her age and such, I think it about time she move on to the higher place? maybe not. and it not mean anything bad. Maybe it time for her to have family or move up to more higher position. Who know. All i can say is best of luck to one of the best manager of all time.

[@kurosuke4283]

o7 A-Chan all I just wish is have a good happy life for future

[@kusog3]

This makes me sad, will definitely miss A chan

[@mokeymale8350]

This will truly damage the voice acting for HoloGra, who else could possibly sound like every background character and object at the same time?

[@kennylukito7280]

Probably Nodoka-chan :)

[@xxiihypergonxx1507]

this is how i find out bruh

[@rauden340]

At least with the others, we can hope to find them again. But this time, well....

[@kaede6687]

press A to pay respect A-chan, you will always be in our heart.. Thank you for everything!

[@shiro2654]

WHATTTTTTTTTTTT!?!?!?!!!?!!?😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@amigosmundousa2246]

Achan retiring but maybe joining new Gen future?

[@yakisoba6239]

A-chan o7

[@neku2741]

She's probably getting married. A-chan is a catch.

[@einrin.]

The fans really have it hard cause we can never see her again 😢