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
1AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:39
Such a waste — she actually had a real trade under her belt.
5AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:44
Honestly, a regular job is tough for someone who's been pampered her whole life.
7AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:46
The real reason dog groomers have such an abnormally high turnover rate
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/
10AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:47
If it was just about not getting along with people at the shop, she could've switched shops — but she quit the job entirely.
11AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:48
Who could live on ¥1,300 an hour.
12AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:48
It's not like being a groomer itself was ever the dream.
She wanted to live in a gentle world with pets and their owners, but reality wasn't such a gentle world after all.
42AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:04
Re: #12
Is this person still stuck in a grade-schooler mindset??
13AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:49
Honestly walking it back and coming back is kind of admirable.
16AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:50
Wait, didn't Kogata quit before Asakura did?
18AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:51
It's about time she explained the real reason she gave up.
19AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:51
She was hanging out with Yokaze on weekdays,
and she'd told Inaba, "I'm coming back next year,"
so she may have quit early on.
24AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:53
Kogata was right.
46AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:11
Re: #24
Yeah, I get why Kogata-san, who can't stand half-assed things, would be irritated.
25AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:54
She used to say she loved dogs and hated cats, but then started keeping a cat —
maybe something happened during her grooming school days that turned her off dogs.
27AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:56
Being in Tsubaki means nobody's paying attention, which is actually a blessing in disguise —
because what she's doing is pretty wild.
29AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:57
She's cute, so honestly I'm just grateful she came back.
30AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:57
Turns out it wasn't that she loved dogs —
she realized she only loved her own dog.
31AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:58
Plenty of people change jobs,
so it's not weird that she came back, and I don't mind it.
33AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:58
So it turns out she didn't like other people's dumb dogs.
34AnonymousSep 11, 2026 18:58
She probably didn't seriously want to become one in the first place.
39AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:00
Being an idol is such an easy racket.
No wonder there are so many underground idols out there still hanging on.
40AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:01
Because at vocational school she wasn't treated like the star.
41AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:03
Leaving M-line and coming back to M-line is a different story from leaving Beyooooonds and coming back to Beyooooonds.
45AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:11
Funny to remember Asakura fans bashing former members (OGs) right after her retirement was announced —
total boomerang.
50AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:12
People who seriously want to become groomers go to vocational school for 2+ years and get the Class A certification.
52AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:15
The dependable Kogata-san and Kiki-chan are like cats and dogs (idiom for "at each other's throats").
54AnonymousSep 11, 2026 19:16
When her little brother was born, she was given a dog so she wouldn't feel lonely while he got all the attention, and that's how she came to love dogs —
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.
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