Sad news for all Revue Starlight fans out there: voice and stage actress Koyama Momoyo, who plays main character Aijo Karen in Bushiroad and Nelke Planning’s Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight multi-media franchise has announced that she will be taking a hiatus from singing activities by the end of May.

Koyama, or Moyo-chan as she is affectionately called by fans, announced this news via a post in her official blog this Thursday, April 23. She narrates in the post that she has had problems with her vocal cords for three years now but has been only treating it with medicine and trips to the hospital. She notes, “When I rest, it gets a little smaller and better, but it gets worse when the schedule becomes tight.” She remarks that these situations frustrates her because she has not been able to perform with the quality she wants to. After thorough discussion with her doctor, she has decided to have the surgery instead of just treating it with medicine.

She ends her post with the statement, “I will prepare to be in perfect condition by the time we will meet again. To deliver my healthy voice to everyone and to show my more powerful look, I will continue to do my best. Thank you!!!!!!!”

She was cast as Aijo Karen in 2017. However, before playing the ditzy but headstrong Karen in Revue Starlight, Koyama is already known for playing the role of Sailor Mercury/Mizuno Ami in two Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon musicals: Petite Étrangère in 2014 and Un Nouveau Voyage in 2015. In 2018, she was cast as Haruka Shima in the cross-media project Onsen Musume, which aims to increase tourism to Japanese onsen by anthropomorphizing them. Her latest voice-acting role was in the 2020 TV anime series Interspecies Reviewers as the character Elma.

Source: Crunchyroll News