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The story
After graduating from Tsubaki Factory, Juju Asakura reportedly enrolled in a vocational school to pursue her dream of becoming a dog groomer and earned her certification — but she quit the job soon after and announced her return to the group. On 5ch’s Hello! Project threads, speculation ran wild over why she left a job she’d called her dream so quickly, with some pointing to low hourly wages and the notoriously high turnover rate in the grooming industry, while others tied it to circumstances within the group.
What people said
https://isdog.net/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AE%E9%9B%A2%E8%81%B7%E7%8E%87%E3%81%8C%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E7%95%B0%E5%B8%B8%E3%81%AB%E9%AB%98%E3%81%84%E6%9C%AC%E5%BD%93%E3%81%AE%E7%90%86%E7%94%B1/
5 reasons people say "don't become a dog groomer" — explaining the turnover rate and the real story
https://trimmer-agent.jp/tips/stop-reason/
She wanted to live in a gentle world with pets and their owners, but reality wasn't such a gentle world after all.
Is this person still stuck in a grade-schooler mindset??
and she'd told Inaba, "I'm coming back next year,"
so she may have quit early on.
Yeah, I get why Kogata-san, who can't stand half-assed things, would be irritated.
maybe something happened during her grooming school days that turned her off dogs.
because what she's doing is pretty wild.
she realized she only loved her own dog.
so it's not weird that she came back, and I don't mind it.
No wonder there are so many underground idols out there still hanging on.
total boomerang.
but the second dog they got after the first one grew old and frail never really warmed up to her.
She should've realized it right then.
Background and Discussion Points
Dog grooming is a trade in demand, but it’s often cited as low-paying, physically demanding work with a high turnover rate. As noted in the thread, certification comes in three tiers — Class C, B, and A — with only Class A or above qualifying someone to actually cut hair in a shop. Commenters offered a mix of takes: some pointed to industry-wide factors like low hourly wages and the harsh realities of working with animals, while others speculated it was tied to the group’s circumstances or a change of heart on her part. Worth noting, though, that none of this comes from the person herself or her agency — it remains speculation from 5ch users.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “I don’t understand why Juju Asakura quit the dog grooming job that was supposedly her dream.”
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