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Voice actor Kenichi Suzumura (52), who heads the talent agency INTENTION, announced on the company’s official website that it will dissolve on March 31, 2027. The reason given is the adjustment disorder Suzumura revealed he had back in February this year; the agency’s roster includes many popular voice actors such as Yuichi Nakamura, Yuma Uchida, and Nao Toyama. On 5ch’s Geinou/Sports News+ (芸スポ速報+) thread, users exchanged a wide range of opinions — questioning what exactly ‘adjustment disorder’ means, speculating on how management could collapse despite having so many popular talents on the roster, wondering how dissolution happened even though there was a co-representative, and guessing where the agency’s talents might move to next.
October 13, 2026, 7:14 PM
The voice actor talent agency “INTENTION,” headed by Kenichi Suzumura (52), updated its official website on the 13th, announcing that the company will dissolve on March 31, 2027. The reason cited was the adjustment disorder Suzumura disclosed in February this year.
The official site stated: “We regret to announce that INTENTION Co., Ltd. will dissolve as of March 31, 2027. The reason is the illness of our CEO, Kenichi Suzumura — adjustment disorder.”
Source: sponichi.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
GoShogun's Space (reference to the 80s anime Sengoku Majin GoShogun — a non-sequitur joke reply)
Couldn't handle the stress of running the company
There is a co-representative, though
Maybe it's precisely because he couldn't hand it off to someone else that he ended up with adjustment disorder
Just thinking about running the agency probably messes with your head
What's gonna happen with that now? 😅
He left the agency ages ago — back when that whole scandal went down.
From how it's worded, it sounds like it's specifically the management side that's the problem
• Kenichi Suzumura (CEO)
• Yuichi Nakamura
• Yuma Uchida
• Kazuhiro Nakatani
• Shoya Ishige
• Shuichi Uchida
Female voice actors
• Aya Endo
• Nao Toyama
• Ayaka Asai
• Natsumi Kawaida
• Natsumiko Abe
• Akari Tadano
Quite the lineup —
wonder what they'll do now
Nah, honestly every single one of them has a pretty bleak future, don't they?
The younger Uchida already has Season 4 confirmed, and Nakamura's got Jujutsu Kaisen coming up — but before that happens he might just relocate, or say it's too much hassle and go freelance
Guys like Nakamura or the younger Uchida could work anywhere
And Nakatani Kazuhiro should be fine as long as the Like a Dragon series keeps going
I wonder if recording's already wrapped by now
I mean, he's already back at work as normal, actually
He's already making bank as an individual, and he seems like the type who'd hate having his own gaming/free time eaten up by running a business anyway
Sugita's seriously impressive, working nonstop — leads, supporting roles, even adult anime, you name it. There's basically no season where you don't see his name somewhere. Good on him for grinding in his prime, but I hope he takes care of his health.
For some reason Axl One became a sort of refuge for Baobab people
Though Jun Fukuyama and Shinnosuke Tachibana ended up going independent anyway
That's a one-man agency, isn't it
That agency had its own controversy too, but I haven't heard anything about him collapsing or anything
So does that mean 'Rakko-sensei' (nickname) is going back to where they started?
If he transfers to Namikawa-san's agency, that'd make them brothers-in-law under the same roof
now he'll have to deal with scheduling, bookkeeping, PR work and all that — seems like it's going to add a lot of stress for Sugita too
Apparently he's the type who never gets angry, so he's probably the type to bottle everything up inside
Suzumura's married too
I guess it's hard to juggle everything while going full throttle on voice acting
Pretty much every voice actor who's been a company president for a long time
ends up stepping back from the front lines in terms of how many roles they take
Morikawa's the only exception still going full steam at the front lines even now.
Hikasa-san did collapse once — there was that whole 'wait, she's doing All Night Nippon the very next week?' moment
that's a pretty unusual setup for a voice actor agency
they've already earned enough money to FIRE (retire early)
Well, they're all in high demand so they won't have trouble finding work anyway
Re: #139
That's actually the reason Nakamura transferred before
he said so himself on 'Washaganai' (his radio show)
Background and Key Points of Discussion
“Adjustment disorder” refers to a condition in which a person develops psychological or physical symptoms in response to a specific identifiable stressor; it’s often distinguished from depression in that recovery is expected once that stressor is resolved or removed. Kenichi Suzumura disclosed his own adjustment disorder back in February this year, and this dissolution can be seen as an extension of that same situation. Notably, INTENTION dissolved despite having a co-representative on board, which prompted questions on the thread like “couldn’t they have handed the top job to someone else and kept the company running?” Agencies where a voice actor also serves as company president have seen similar issues before — Yoko Hikasa (health problems) and Tomokazu Sugita (the management burden after going independent) are past examples that came up — and the difficulty of balancing acting work with management duties is a theme that keeps coming up within the industry. As of this article, there’s no official word on whether the agency’s talents will go freelance or move to other agencies, so it remains purely fan speculation for now.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Voice Actors] Agency Headed by Kenichi Suzumura to Dissolve at End of March Next Year — Suzumura’s Adjustment Disorder Cited as Reason, Roster Includes Popular Actors Like Yuichi Nakamura and Yuma Uchida [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★]“.
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