Just yesterday, November 1st, he made his appearance on a press conference. This would be his first public appearance after two months of not showing up.
“I feel obliged to receive this honorable award. I’m grateful that my very first work was chosen as grand prize among many entries, especially since it was evaluated without recognizing ‘Mizushima Hiro’s name," Mizushima said.
The winner of the Poplar Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction receives a prize amount of 20 million yen, however, according to his new management agency, A stAtion, Mizushima declined the prize. The reason for his declination, is that Mizushima wants them to use the money to assist new talented writers.
Mizushima also talked about the rumor of him being kicked out from Kenon (his previous agency), because he got married with Ayaka without telling the agency. Mizushima emphasized that he was the one who left the agency, and the relationship with the agency is still good. According to Mizushima, he will start creating things related to ‘life’, which is the most important theme to everybody.
Source: Tokyohive