Former Dream5 member and talento Shigemoto Kotori has announced her retirement from showbiz. 

On March 4, she updated her Instagram account announcing, "I, Shigemoto Kotori, have decided to retire from showbiz." She looked back at her activities saying, "I think I did well as an artist, taking part in the Kohaku."

She also apologized, "I feel very bad for canceling my one-man lives and the big project that was supposed to start this month."

Back on February 26, Shigemoto wrote on her blog, "I thought about many things over this past year and have decided to announce it to everyone on the afternoon of March 4th."

Source & Image: Oricon