In a recent stream, Hololive VTuber Tsukumo Sana announced that she would be “Graduating” from Hololive. For those unfamiliar “Graduating” in the context of the idol industry (which Hololive is ostensibly a part of) basically means leaving the group.
Sana was a part of HoloCouncil, the second generation of Hololive English VTubers and she’ll be the first member of HoloEN to graduate. Sana will officially graduate on July 31 and Cover is allowing fans to cancel their orders of “Tsukumo Sana’s Birthday Celebration 2022”.
The departure of Tsukumo Sana from Hololive appears to be an amicable one, with Hololive leaving her membership and exclusive content open for an additional three months. Fans will also still be able to send her gifts and fanmail through October. This is in contrast to Uruha Rushia whose contract was terminated.
You can read the graduation announcement for Tsukumo Sana below.
Announcement of Tsukumo Sana’s Graduation
Thank you for your continued support of hololive production.
We regret to inform you that on July 31st, 2022, Tsukumo Sana will graduate from VTuber group
hololive English -Council-.We wish to extend our deepest apologies to all the fans and related parties for this sudden
announcement.We had discussed several times with Tsukumo Sana regarding the direction of her activities,
however, as time went on, it became difficult for her to continue her VTuber activities.After much deliberation between both parties, with the deepest regrets, we have decided to honor
her request for graduation.If you would like to cancel your current orders for “Tsukumo Sana’s Birthday Celebration 2022”
merchandise in regards to this graduation, please contact us via the hololive production OFFICIAL
SHOP link below.hololive production OFFICIAL SHOP
https://shop.hololivepro.com/enIn light of Tsukumo Sana’s graduation, we will be opening an extended period in which fan mail
and presents for her will be accepted.
In addition, her channel membership and members-only content will continue to be available for
three months after her graduation.Deadlines for each service will be as follows:
• Fan mail and presents acceptance period: Must arrive on or before October 31st, 2022.
• Membership and exclusive content: 11:59:59 PM JST, October 31st, 2022.We express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported her activities throughout the past
year since the announcement of hololive English -Council-.We will continue to support her fully until her graduation. We would like to ask for your full,
unwavering support in this remaining time until the day of her graduation.COVER Corporation
July 12th, 2022
It’s unknown at the time of publishing if Sana will continue her idol activities with a different VTubing identity, or if she’ll be leaving the industry entirely.
