User blog comment:ILuvAnime/Fairy Tail continue after episode 175/@comment-65.131.169.219-20130611064131/@comment-7418318-20130617085540

And the rumor mill goes around again.

First she quit because of the 2011 scandal in her band, then she lost her voice and now she's not getting payed enough... and as always no source for the "information" is provided.

From all I read so far it seems that ever since the scandal in 2011 she had trouble getting new roles, so I doubt she'd throw away such a good job that easily.

Thus I will only believe it, once I see something official from either Aya Hirano, her talent agency or TV Tokyo.