She finally said it.
I have been in Japan these past few days, I am shooting material there, managers from different agencies have been coming and going. The C-More manager works at Foraver, we are friendly with this manager, this manager looked especially grim, soon we learned the news, the news is this: Niizuma Yuuka has left.
Last night’s event was canceled, after that, she released a statement, the statement officially announces her departure from C-More.
We have worked with her only twice, we know this: she cares a lot about her fans. She canceled yesterday’s event, the reason is this: she decided to be completely open. She had planned to wait, she wanted to secure a new agency first, then she would tell everyone, the former agency never gave a clear response, the former agency did not proceed with the handover, this made her feel she had to explain everything. This leads to a result: her debut anniversary events must be scrapped, the Valentine’s Day activities must be scrapped, the promotional campaign with FANZA must be scrapped. She wants to do them, but she cannot handle them now, the reason is this: she is no longer with the agency.
She built a successful social media presence, but she will lose access to her accounts after the switch, the accounts are her X (https://x.com/niizuma_cmore) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/niizuma_cmore/). She promised this: she will start new ones. She made this clear: she is not retiring, she will keep doing events. Leaving the agency was tough for her, but it was necessary for her future, she asked fans to understand.
That is the main part of her statement. Here is what I know from inside sources:
I heard about this on February 4, at that time, she had already left C-More. The agency says this: she was determined to leave, they had no real chance to keep her. The events fell through for this reason: C-More had booked all of them, C-More had managed all of them. The industry standard is this: a new agency would negotiate with C-More, the goal is to complete outstanding commitments. C-More says this: she wanted to finish the work, but no new agency is in place yet, this means there is no one to hand things over to.
What happens next? Niizuma Yuuka is the strongest new mature actress right now, she will not be without an agency for long. Rumors say this: her next agency is likely T or S. She will sign with a new agency, she may change her stage name if needed, she will set up new social accounts, then she will be back in action. It is a little heartbreaking. She was showing signs of progress, she has massive popularity in Japan, she has massive popularity overseas, she had plans for a big future. She is walking away from the agency, she may give up her name, she worked hard to build that name, she may give up her social following, she worked hard to build that following, she is starting over, this feels like a real loss.
We will have to wait and see.