COVER Corporation, the parent company of Hololive Production, has announced the termination of the Virtual YouTuber Master Agreement with Yozora Mel, a member of the first hololive generation who has been an integral part of the virtual talent agency in 5 years 8 years months, on January 16, 2024.
This decision was made after the company discovered that Yozora Mel had acted in violation of her contract.
The confirmed violations involved Yozora Mel leaking sensitive information obtained from the company to outside parties and thus made it difficult for Hololive Production to continue to manage and support talent.
Termination will result in the closure of Yozora Mel’s YouTube channel and membership at the end of February 2024.
COVER Corporation emphasizes its commitment to taking the issue seriously. They stated their intention to further educate their associate talent on compliance issues to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The company also expressed gratitude to fans and partners for their continuous support throughout Yozora Mel’s activities.
See the full statement below:
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your continued support of hololive production.
We regret to announce that effective January 16, 2024, we have terminated the Virtual YouTuber Master Agreement with Yozora Mel of hololive.
It was confirmed that Yozora Mel committed acts that violated her contract by disclosing information she obtained from the company to a third party. As a result, we realized that it was becoming more difficult to continue managing and supporting her, and with agreement from the talent, we decided to make this decision.
To all our fans and partners, we deeply appreciate all the great support you have provided throughout the activities that Yozora Mel has participated in over a period of 5 years. 8 months since she debuted as part of the first hololive generation. It’s unfortunate that we have to report this issue despite Yozora Mel’s long run. We sincerely apologize for the information we are providing at this time.
We will be closing Yozora Mel’s YouTube channel and membership at the end of February 2024. We take this matter very seriously and we intend to put more effort into mentoring our affiliated talents me about compliance issues, so that similar incidents do not happen again in the future. We hope you continue to support and patronize hololive production talent as well as our company.
Thank you.
COVER Corporation
This is not’This is the first time a member of Hololive has been terminated for breach of contract. Uruha Rushia was also fired for spreading false information to third parties and leaking information, including communications related to business matters.
Source: Official website