They specifically said they wouldn't dillute the brand in their year end financials meeting. While simultaneously saying they would release both domestic and foreign talents in their upcoming financial year in their interview/documents, meaning hopefully EN3 and JP7 by March 31 2024.
As for people I'm keeping an eye on:
Caitlyn Myers / m0moki - recently rebranded her vtuber account back to her real name. Anime cover singer, dub VA, huge Hololive fan. If you look at EN2 this is definitely the HoloEn style hire.
Beryl LeRou / Morino Peari / Hana Flores - always rumored but never anywhere big yet, has the singing talent and idol experience, she recently graduated again with a see you soon. Phase 3 seems plausible but HoloEn can't be discounted.
Blair Labri - she wasn't on my radar at all but I hear the indie thread on vt liked her and Beryl followed her just before graduation in late May. Another Phase 3 likely, Holo not out of the question
Woozie Wannai - Graduation announcement yesterday, I've seen people posting about Phase 3 already, but who knows...
People have covered a bunch of smaller candidates too... the Kometa girls who said see you later for example. But I really can't see many names of the same tier as previous En gens. The talent pool really has been sucked dry, mostly by Idol and Phase. I'm guessing the place to look is anime or cover song adjacent YouTubers but there aren't even that many of those.
Everyone else who basically retired, aka wishful thinking zone - the GGN twins, Natsumi Moe, Nina, Beatani
Old rumors who definitely aren't happening - Moon Jelly is Phase, Utano Pandora is Aura the Opera GX girl, Chappipi is Idol En2
Also can someone who follows Miori Celesta explain what the outcome of her dropping out of school / hiatus saga was?