Twitch's Biggest VTuber Quits Agency, Alleging Missing Charity Funds Of Over $500,000
Widely considered as the most popular VTuber on Twitch, Ironmouse has left the agency that represented her
Ironmouse has done two subathons during which she decided to donate half of her revenue to the Immunodeficiency Foundation. The first of these she says went off without a hitch, and VShojo--as the company handling her Twitch payments--successfully donated more than $329,000 to the Immunodeficiency Foundation. Her second subathon in September 2024 saw her beat the all-time Twitch subscriber record of 306,621 previously held by Kai Cenat. This meant that over $515,000 had been raised for the Immunodeficiency Foundation, and once again Ironmouse says she asked VShojo to make the donation on her behalf. "Unfortunately, still a year later, VShojo has not paid the charity," she explains.
Ironmouse explains that the Immunodeficiency Foundation is a charity that helped her immensely when she was going through her diagnosis, feeling "scared" and unsure of what would happen next. "This entire situation has broken me. I just wanted to do something good and to give back to a community that helped me, but unfortunately that's not the case," she continues. Mouse goes on to confirm that she wishes she could talk in more depth about the situation, but that she has been advised to wait for legal proceedings.
In solidarity with Ironmouse, other VTubers that are represented by VShojo have begun to remove the agency's name from their social media handles, and informing their communities that they will be streaming soon to explain what their next steps are--raising the question of whether the controversial situation could cause other talents to leave VShojo, too.
VTuber Kson has recently streamed to announce her departure from the agency, and alleged that VShojo has failed to pay her since September 2024. "I have been lied to from the company a lot about the situation," she explained, "My payments stopped last September. I was asking what's going on for a long time, multiple times. All they said was, 'It's going to be paid,' and it was never paid, and I think it will never be." Kson continues to explain that the reason she waited so long to reveal the information and quit the agency is due to doubts that the money would ever be paid. "That was scary for me," she said.
Kuro has also announced that he "submitted a leave contract" 11 days ago--it's unclear whether he was aware of Ironmouse's situation at the time of submitting that request.
VShojo had been under scrutiny recently as three of its talents left the agency since May 2025, as well as the former CMO and director of talent both resigning. VTubers who were formerly members of VShojo have also spoken out about the Ironmouse situation, with Zentreya--who left the agency earlier this month--posting that her "heart hurts for the VShojo community" and encouraging people to support one another. Current VShojo members Kuro Kurenai, Apricot, Henya, Hime Hajime, AmaLee, and Michi Mochievee publicly issued support for Ironmouse.
Ironmouse has published a Tiltify link that is raising funds directly for the Immunodeficiency Foundation. At the time of writing it has raised over $334,000. She will continue to stream as an independent VTuber.
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PCThis story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG
