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i☆Ris Voice Actress Idol Unit to Disband at End of 2027

The official website for the i☆Ris voice actress idol unit announced on Sunday that the group will end its activities at the end of 2027, which also marks the group's 15th anniversary. The announcement explained that all members and their staff have been discussing the future of the group and of each individual member since last year, and have come to the decision to end the group's activities next year. The group expressed gratitude to all the fans who have supported them until now. 

The group will hold its 14th anniversary live on November 3 at the Yokohama Arena.

i☆Ris came together in July 2012 between six winners of avex and 81 Produce's AniSon Vocal Audition competition, and released the debut single "Color" that November. In addition to being musical performers, all members are also anime voice actresses. The unit now consists of Saki Yamakita, Yū Serizawa, Himika Akaneya, Yūki Wakai, and Miyu Kubota. (Former member Azuki Shibuya left the group on March 31, 2021.)

The group has performed theme songs for such anime as Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live, Mushibugyō, Fantasista Stella, Hantsu x Trash, Twin Star Exorcists, Akiba's Trip: The Animation, PriPara, Idol Time PriPara, Magical Girl Site, Wise Man's Grandchild, Magical Sempai, and more recently for Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko dodgeball anime. All original six members were also in the main cast of the 2014 PriPara television anime.

The unit won the Singing Award in the 10th Annual Seiyū Awards in March 2016 and performed the group's first concert at the famed Nippon Budōkan arena that November.

The anime film i☆Ris the Movie -Full Energy!!- premiered in Japan in May 2024, and the Live & Documentary Movie ～i☆Ris on STAGE～ documentary film opened in Japan in September that same year. Both films were part of the unit's 10th anniversary celebration.

The group previously inspired a webcomic tentatively titled Shūkan i☆Ris ("Weekly i☆Ris") in 2016.

Sources: i☆Ris' website, Comic Natalie