Kiryu Coco graduation

Hololive JP VTuber Kiryu Coco "graduated" (retired her avatar) on July 1, 2021 after months of targeted harassment following a Taiwan-related controversy. She later re-debuted as Kson under her own brand, co-founding VShojo Japan in 2024.

On July 1, 2021, Hololive JP VTuber Kiryu Coco — the agency’s highest Super Chat earner at the time — “graduated” (retired her avatar and ended her Hololive contract) after months of targeted harassment campaigns originating primarily from Chinese audiences. The campaigns began after a May 2020 stream in which Coco acknowledged Taiwan in a geographic analytics display, which Hololive subsequently disciplined. The graduation is among the most-cited events in VTuber history and prompted a broader conversation about VTuber-agency response to coordinated harassment. The performer later re-debuted as Kson under her own independent brand and became CEO of VShojo Japan in 2024.