{"id":68250,"date":"2026-06-15T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68250"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:08:10","slug":"honkai-star-rail-news-blog-in-japan-shuts-down-and-issues-public-apology-to-hoyoverse-for-sharing-leaked-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/honkai-star-rail-news-blog-in-japan-shuts-down-and-issues-public-apology-to-hoyoverse-for-sharing-leaked-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Honkai: Star Rail news blog in Japan shuts down and issues public apology to HoYoverse for sharing leaked content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celestia Sokuho, a Japanese aggregator news blog dedicated to <strong>Honkai: Star Rail<\/strong>, issued a statement on June 14, apologizing for handling and spreading unreleased information and leaks of the game. The website was made private following the announcement, and it appears that all of the related leaked content has been removed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u306e\u5ea6\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u5d29\u58ca\uff1a\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30ec\u30a4\u30eb\u306e\u672a\u516c\u958b\u60c5\u5831\uff08\u30ea\u30fc\u30af\u60c5\u5831\uff09\u3092\u4e0d\u5f53\u306b\u62e1\u6563\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u4ef6\u306b\u3064\u304d\u307e\u3057\u3066\u3001\u95a2\u4fc2\u8005\u306e\u7686\u69d8\u306b\u591a\u5927\u306a\u308b\u3054\u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u6df1\u304f\u304a\u8a6b\u3073\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u8a73\u7d30\u304a\u3088\u3073\u4eca\u5f8c\u306e\u5bfe\u5fdc\u306b\u3064\u304d\u307e\u3057\u3066\u306f\u3001\u6dfb\u4ed8\u306e\u753b\u50cf\u3092\u3054\u78ba\u8a8d\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GjHQf1OCyN\">pic.twitter.com\/GjHQf1OCyN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30bb\u30ec\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u901f\u5831 (@celestia_hsr2) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/celestia_hsr2\/status\/2066032100843880654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In its statement, Celestia Sokuho apologized directly to COGNOSPHERE, also known under the trade name HoYoverse, acknowledging that it had \u201cnot only breached the company\u2019s Terms of Use, but also disturbed the future promotion plans and the great effort the production team had poured into the game, as well as hindered the healthy development of the fan community.\u201d While the reason behind the Celestia Sokuho\u2019s shutdown hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed, it is presumed that HoYoverse itself took legal action against the website, demanding a public apology and the removal of leaked information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding its future, Celestia Sokuho has pledged to completely remove all of the past leaks, and to refrain from further obtaining, publishing or spreading of HoYoverse\u2019s unreleased content. It is currently unclear whether Celestia Sokuho will be relaunching, but considering its social media accounts are scheduled to be deleted soon, this can be viewed as a de-facto shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HoYoverse is known for taking strict measures against leakers, but considering the recent crackdown on individuals and media outlets who participated in spreading the unreleased content, it seems like it won\u2019t be drawing the line at just the ones who directly obtained and leaked it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent case, miHoYo sued three\u00a0Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail leakers\u00a0who ran\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/genshin-impact-fan-wiki-operator-may-be-having-second-thoughts-about-datamining-after-cognosphere-unleashes-the-lawyers-says-it-will-only-update-live-game-data-in-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HomDGCat\u00a0Wiki<\/a>, leading to their arrest and the shutdown of the website. Furthermore, the company sued another blogger\u00a0for approximately $70k\u00a0USD for \u201ccontinuously disseminating unpublished information\u201d about the same\u00a0titles. In June 2025, HoYoverse sued a California man for livestreaming Honkai: Star Rail via Discord and leaking a new character months before its scheduled release, demanding over $150k USD in damages (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/honkai-star-rail-castorice-leak-lawsuit-hoyoverse\">Game File<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the whole, during last year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/genshin-impact-publisher-recovered-over-5-38-million-in-damages-and-settlement-fees-in-leaker-crackdowns-during-2025\/\">company cooperated with police in 22 criminal investigations, and initiated lawsuits against 2,388 individuals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-takes-action-against-final-fantasy-14-video-content-creator-over-harassment-of-employees-following-shutdown-of-defamatory-news-blog\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-takes-action-against-final-fantasy-14-video-content-creator-over-harassment-of-employees-following-shutdown-of-defamatory-news-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Square Enix takes action against Final Fantasy 14 video content creator over harassment of employees following shutdown of defamatory news blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-closure-of-two-major-final-fantasy-14-news-aggregator-sites-is-a-big-turning-point-for-the-japanese-ffxiv-community-veteran-player-explai\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-closure-of-two-major-final-fantasy-14-news-aggregator-sites-is-a-big-turning-point-for-the-japanese-ffxiv-community-veteran-player-explai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hoyoverse-wins-1-5-million-lawsuit-against-hacker-who-made-genshin-impact-cheat-tools\/\">HoYoverse wins $1.5 million lawsuit against hacker who made Genshin Impact cheat tools\u00a0<\/a><\/a><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honkai: Star Rail news blog Celestia Sokuho recently issued an open apology to  COGNOSPHERE due to sharing leaked content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":68254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"Honkai: Star Rail news blog in Japan shuts down and issues public apology to HoYoverse for sharing leaked content","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-06-15T13:00:07+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3moddnxg7372y","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3moddnxg7372y\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiahtv6ql7chgl3h4b326frgn7sdviyvczm55fe25riqt3uizwbjaq\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreibqy7fahx5dawdtbw2hhyxyqzvn4xhpopzy5qua7xn2fxe5jiqm6u\",\"rev\":\"3moddnxgcy72y\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-68250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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