For anyone that doesn't want to read, she was caught drinking underage at 19 with the legal age being 20 in japan and her agency has relinquished her as well

It's hardly the crime of the century. Does this mean she's never going to act again?

Unfortunately, this does mean that they will have to find a permanent replacement for GozyuUnicorn, which is a real shame. I do feel sorry for her, but the law is the law.

Until I saw the article, I didn't even know that you had to be at least 20 years old in Japan before you could drink alcohol. That law effectively makes Japan more healthier than the UK by at least two years.

I hope she stays in acting, any road. But still, a pal has observed that this is hardly crime of the century. She's not Richard Bacon.

Bacon was a presenter on the world's longest-running children's show, UK magazine programme Blue Peter, in the 1990s. He was fired for drug offences (cocaine, I think). Yet he did get a late night chat show a few years ago.

More then likely they already finished filming the season, if Japanese TV is like the US TV shows.

So she'll be in the remaining episodes (or at least most of them)

Filming is already done?

@Chasemarc unless things have changed, Japanese TV is not like US. In the US, shows tend to film & complete seasons prior to release. But, if you recall, in 2020 when covid shutdowns hit, we got a few weeks of new Kiramager epsiodes but then they had release clip shows/specials due to production shutdowns. Of course, that was much earlier in the season (March vs November). So it's possible filming has finished. But it looks like Japan (or at least Toei) is not scheduled the same as the US.

If the Gozyu Unicorn actress fired is fired then how will they finished the whole series on Gozyuger?

@Gligorvic the way i see it, there are 3 options:

1. Recast. To my knowledge, Sentai has never done this, but it's certainly a possibility.

2. Replace. Find someway to remove Sumino and put another character in her place to finish the season. This has happened for a variety of reasons in other seasons.

3. Rewrite. Another option that isn't entirely unfamiliar with Sentai, though it has been a while, is to kill her off, maybe as a noble sacrifice. This would be a departure from the original plans, but rangers have died before mid-season (Zyuranger's Burai comes to mind). So this is a possibility.

Not having seen Gozyuger, it's difficult for me to take a guess as likelyhood. But we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

At this point they could get rid of all the rangers except red (and maybe polar) the others don't add anything to the show

IMO