Nijisanji has announced that EN Liver Kyo Kaneko is graduating from the VTuber agency becoming the first ILUNA member to call it a day.

These graduations are in addition to an ongoing controversy with Selen Tatsuki after thedragon VTuber’s cover song was privatedon Boxing Day. Following that event, both Selen and Nijisanji have been silent for over a month,leaving her fans fearing the worst.

Now yet another development has surfaced with one of ILUNA’s members graduating despite debuting just 18 months ago.

Kyo Kaneko will graduate from Nijisanji next month

Kyo Kaneko will graduate from Nijisanji next month

Explaining what this means for ILUNA, Nijisanji confirmed, “The Nijisanji EN VTuber group ILUNA will pursue their activities with Maria Marionette, Aster Arcadia, Aia Amare, Ren Zotto, and Scarle Yonaguni,” confirming that the other five members are staying.

In addition to announcing his graduation, Nijisanji also used the opportunity to praise Kyo for his “unique humor, wit and creativity,” and expressed their “utmost respect for his achievements in Nijisanji EN,” implying that the two parties are splitting on good terms.

Kyo Kaneko himself is expected to reveal more in a follow-upstream held on February 1explaining why he has come to this decision and what it means for the future.

Kurt Perry is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in FPS and live service games. He is Games Journalism graduate, providing expert coverage of Call of Duty (Warzone, Black Ops, Modern Warfare), Destiny, and Pokemon Go. He also has bylines at PC Invasion. You can contact him at: kurt.perry@dexerto.com