Gawr Gura Graduation Statement

Aaaaa…hi…hello everyone…It's me, our Gura from Hololive English..

Thank you for coming tonight, and for being here. It really means a lot to me that you are here right now. I will keep this short and to the point. I am not so good with words, but I will do my best, and please forgive me, I am reading off of some notes so I don't forget anything.

First of all, I am really sorry for worrying you or upsetting you with this announcement. This has been a very long time coming, but today I am here to announce that I will be graduating from Hololive on May 1st 2025 JST. My reason is being disagreement with management and company directions. 

I debuted in September of 2020 with 4 other incredibly talented girls whom I respect and admire. I have barely any streaming or singing and dancing experience before joining this company, it was incredibly exciting but also very intense and unexpected to be suddenly surrounded by so many eyes and expectations. I remember there being many days where the stress was so overwhelming that I couldn't eat or keep food down. But the continuous support and patience of my wonderful community helped to lessen that feeling, and pushed me to go on to do things that I didn’t even know I was capable of. 

I am so lucky and so thankful for each and every one of you, to the opportunities given to me, and for the almost 5 years we have been able to spend together. I love singing for you and performing for you on stage or in my bedroom. You helped pull me out of my shell and I went off from being too scared to sing alone in my own shower to singing live in front of hundreds and thousands of people. When I think about how many of you I’ve been able to connect with, it brings me so much joy. 

It’s been an honor and a dream coming true to be your shark, your Gura. With you, I have been able to achieve what I thought for a very long time would be impossible for a girl like me, to feel a part of something and to belong. I love being an idol and VTubing and watching all of my senpai, kohai and the entire VTubing community grow into this amazing colorful and successful world. I love the banter we shared over the years, I love you clips and compilations, your cosplays, fanart, every single bit of it. I am so lucky to have been loved in such a way. 

Those of you that sat and threaded over what to write, that pours your hearts out to me in ink, please know that I have all of your letters. And I will seal them and keep them forever until the archaeologist stick them up in 300 years in trying to cipher what a guard girl was. Thank you for your compassion, creativity and your dedication for me. Thank you for waiting for me, thank you for waiting for me to return when the outside world became too much. 

Let’s have as much fun as we can together during this last 2 weeks, please share your kindness and patience with everyone. And while my time here may be coming to end, I will cherish the memories that we made together forever. I have one final project to share with you and I can't wait for you to see it. I am feeling really optimistic for the future and I hope you are too. Thank you everyone for letting me be your little shark.

-Gawr Gura