• Events Leading to Suspension of Selen Tatsuki's Activities:
* All times are in JST.
Amidst the aforementioned circumstances, on December 26th, 2023, Selen Tatsuki posted a music video on the 'Selen Tatsuki [NIJISANJI EN] ' YouTube channel without prior approval, as required by the Activity Rules. The materials for the music video were shared for the first time with our management on December 24th. Since some elements in the music video lacked proper authorization, on December 25th, we communicated to Selen Tatsuki that permission needed to be obtained from relevant parties, requesting her to wait before releasing it. Despite this, Selen Tatsuki disregarded the notice and proceeded with the unauthorized posting.
Our immediate response was to make the music video private until all authorizations were confirmed from our end. At the same time, the reasoning was clearly explained to Selen Tatsuki. However, Selen Tatsuki took to social media, specifically X, making misleading statements that omitted essential context, notably “management has privated the Song.” Furthermore, Selen Tasuki’s post incudes a statement has encouraging third parties to re-upload the music video, which breaches ANYCOLOR's 'Guidelines for Secondary Creation,' (Article 1 Paragraph 2). These actions led to various misunderstandings that damaged the reputation of both ANY COLOR and NIJISANJI EN.
In an effort to calm the situation, we sought to either publicly disclose the reasons for making the music video private or have Selen Tatsuki disclose them herself. While being mindful of Selen Tatsuki's physical and mental health, management did their best to communicate with not only Selen Tatsuki herself, but also her emergency contact. However, despite frequent communication with Selen Tatsuki’s emergency contact while remaining considerate of her situation, we were unable to come to an agreement on how to proceed. The decision was made to temporarily remove her access to accounts on various social media platforms and video distribution services under the name 'Selen Tatsuki.'