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Actress Maya Imamori (20), who was dropped from TV Asahi’s Super Sentai series “Number One Sentai Go-Jyuger” after her underage drinking came to light, and whose contract with her talent agency “Seju” was also terminated, posted to her YouTube channel for the first time on the 8th. She shared new photos and spoke in her own words about her current source of income and the possibility of a return to show business, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Entertainment & Sports News+ board. The thread mixed voices pointing out the unfairness that the suit actor involved in her previously reported affair faced almost no consequences, with others who took issue with the underage drinking itself, while speculation flew about her current lifestyle and work.
Video — First YouTube upload
Actress Maya Imamori, fired over underage drinking, shows new photos and reveals her current source of income — also answers “Will she return to entertainment?”
Actress Maya Imamori (20), whose contract with talent agency “Seju” was terminated after it emerged last November that she had been drinking while under 20, and who was dropped from TV Asahi’s Super Sentai series “Number One Sentai Go-Jyuger,” updated her YouTube channel on the 8th, revealing her current feelings.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
As for the drinking and the side-job thing? Yeah… that's just dumb.
And honestly, I never cared that much about the Sentai show to begin with, so it's none of my business — pure rubbernecking, lol.
Wasn't it the other way around — Imamori got off clean and only the suit actor got dropped?
She's still only 20 — if that's not her parents' place, that's a pretty big deal.
Now it's all down to whether she's actually got what it takes.
They weren't even prepping a next series anyway, so I don't think that's related.
How much is she even getting paid?
If it's in Tokyo, a place like that has to run over ¥200,000 a month.
And those bottles visible in the background look pricey too, lol
There's no excuse for breaking it.
People whose face looks different on the left and right side have two sides to them — that's what Madame Françoise always said. (likely a reference to a fortune-teller character)
That's true of celebrities in general.
Even people way down at the bottom of the industry can make decent money these days off social media tips, live-stream donations, and event merch sales.
She might pick up the occasional part-time shift, but once you're earning real money, working some ¥1,200–1,500/hour job starts to feel pointless.
That's true for people who made it reasonably big — the pay scale is just different. But at the level of a Sentai actress, working at a lounge is probably an easier gig while she's still young.
If she'd just given a full account of the affair everyone would've felt satisfied, but she's playing all cutesy about it instead, which just leaves a bad taste.
Background and Key Points of This Story
In 2024, it was reported that Maya Imamori had an affair with a suit actor, and in November 2025 it came out that she had been drinking underage, leading to her being dropped from TV Asahi’s Super Sentai series “Number One Sentai Go-Jyuger” and having her contract with her talent agency terminated. While the thread acknowledged the fact that she was actually let go over the underage drinking rather than the affair, many posters pointed out the unfairness in the suit actor involved in the affair facing no publicly announced punishment. On the other hand, regarding her current source of income, although what she described in the video was working at a “lounge” (a hostess-style bar), the thread also saw baseless speculation about “papa katsu” (being financially supported by an older man in a sugar-daddy-style arrangement) or having a patron — her own explanation and the online speculation should be read as separate things. Additionally, the phrase “she ended the Sentai franchise” has spread widely, but this is an exaggerated bit of internet folklore about the impact of her being dropped from the show, and no direct evidence has been given that the series itself was discontinued because of her.
*This article is an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Actress Maya Imamori, fired over underage drinking, launches YouTube channel, shows new photos, reveals current source of income — also answers “Will she return to entertainment?”“.
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