2012/12/10 Joe Petrow <joepetrow@gmail.com>:
> It has nothing to do with public opinion (which, in general, is
> manufactured to be what it needs to be)  It has everything to do with
> running afoul of the unwritten rules of the entertainment industry,
> that rules over the conduct of everything from news anchors and sports
> stars, to enka singers and seiyuu.

I only used "public opinion" because of your using Kobayashi Sachiko
as an example.  No general public would care about seiyuu.

I do agree the ura-rules of the industry control the status of an
individual working in the industry.

The only seiyuu I can think of who was forced to be exiled is Konishi Hiroko.

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'CuSO4' Yung