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Voice actress idol unit “i☆Ris” announced on its official website that it will end its activities at the end of 2027. The group says the decision comes at a milestone — their 15th anniversary since forming. On 5ch, discussion centered on how well-known each individual member is as a voice actress. While the names Serizawa Yuu and Kubota Mimu came up, many commenters said they’d never heard of the group itself or its other members, highlighting a gap between the unit’s overall recognition and its members’ individual accomplishments. Still, some praised the amicable nature of the wind-down, saying “being able to properly hold a farewell live is a happy thing.”
Sun, Oct 11, 2:09 PM
Voice actress idol unit “i☆Ris” updated its official website on the 11th with a surprise announcement that it will end its activities at the end of 2027.
The site stated: “We have decided that i☆Ris will be ending its activities at the end of 2027. We sincerely apologize for this sudden announcement.” It continued: “We offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported us, and to all the fans who discovered i☆Ris from our formation to the present and have warmly cheered us on.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
There's still Nijigasaki Academy, you know (her Love Live! role)
I think she had a radio show, so hers is the only name I actually know
Don't know a single one of them. I watch a fair amount of anime, but only cute-girl stuff — no isekai though
Unlike idol groups that get packaged together from scratch, this one was originally individual voice actresses who came together as a unit, right? Sounds like there'd be a serious hierarchy
That's not exactly 'idol' territory anymore
At this point they're already all in their 30s
After watching Izetta: The Last Witch I was sure she'd break out, but somehow it never happened
There it is—
the 'they'll be fine, they've got XX' guy~
don't cry lol
Uma Musume's turnover is fast too — characters like Tokai Teio or Special Week barely show up anymore
there might be other famous members too, though
I actually thought Kubota was bigger than Serizawa
not gonna say who
Kind of like Aice5?
dunno if any of them already have, but guess they'll just get married or something?
nobody wins otherwise
It's a purely businesslike relationship with no bad blood or anything
they could've just kept coasting on autopilot
though I have zero idea what roles she's actually played
Love Live!'s Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Background and Key Points
i☆Ris is an idol unit whose members are all voice actresses, and the announcement was that it will end its activities at the end of 2027, coinciding with its 15th anniversary since forming. Worth noting: the official announcement used the phrase “ending activities” rather than “disbanding” — activities won’t stop immediately, but will continue through the end of 2027. Where opinion in the thread split was over the gap between the group’s name recognition and that of its individual members. While names like Serizawa Yuu and Kubota Mimu — voice actresses widely known from anime and game roles — came up, many replies said they didn’t recognize the unit itself or its other members, highlighting a structure unique to voice-actress units: individual work tends to become known first, with the group name catching up later. There were also voices praising the amicable conclusion of a group that had kept going for so long, with some reactions favorably framing it as a natural turning point at a milestone anniversary, even in a topic where the word “breakup” tends to dominate.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Hayabusa+) thread “Voice actress idol unit “i☆Ris” announces shock end to activities, finishing at the end of ’27: “a decision made at the milestone of our 15th anniversary”.”
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