Twitch founding team member Justin ‘The GunRun’ Ignacio has officially announced the shutdown of VShojo, which was one of the most recognizable VTuber agencies in the world
Justin, who is the agency’s founder and CEO, confirmed the closure on July 24, following weeks of controversy and mass creator departures.
Who is Justin ‘GunRun’ Ignacio, CEO and Co-Founder of VShojo: Bio, age, ethnicity and net worth
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VShojo Shuts Down Amid Financial Scandal and Mass Talent Exodus
On July 24, 2025, VShojo, a U.S.-based VTuber agency, announced its closure via a statement from CEO Justin "Gunrun" Ignacio, following a cascade of controversies and talent departures. Founded in 2020 to serve the… pic.twitter.com/3N4dQ8kzJx
— S3xyGames (@S3xyGames1) July 25, 2025
Lock this scammer up! @FBI
Justin Ignacio (Gunrun)
San Francisco Bay Area
VShojo – CEOCrimes:
1. Withholding Payments to Talent
2. Mismanagement of Funds
3. Fraud and Embezzlement
4. Mistreatment of Talent#VShojo #Scam #ScamAlert #gunrun #Ironmouse #ImmuneDeficiencyFoundation pic.twitter.com/sZSwGyYiEy— seinist (@seinfan06) July 25, 2025
Following the announcement, Twitch swiftly followed up and removed GunRun’s global emote from its platform.
Justin ‘GunRun’ Ignacio announces the shutdown of VShojo
Justin Ignacio officially announced the shutdown of VShojo on July 24 after a turbulent week, which saw several high-profile creators like Ironmouse walk away from the company. Vtuber Ironmouse revealed in her YouTube video that VShojo failed to deliver a promised $500,000 charity donation to the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
Her revelations seemingly sparked a domino effect, as many other creators came forward with claims of unpaid dues and poor management. In response, Twitch also proceeded to quietly remove GunRun’s global emote and cut ties with one of its own founding figures. The collapse of VShojo has seemingly sent shockwaves throughout the streaming community, raising all sorts of questions about transparency and creator treatment.
Justin ‘GunRun’ Ignacio biography and age
wifey @uvdotsh and I got access to the recent VShojo pitch deck and some of this stuff is really interesting 😭
tl;dr:
– describes gunrun as “most well-connected Twitch staff”
– lost ~$2.5m in 2024.
– even with aggressive growth they'd still not turn a profit, this includes… pic.twitter.com/IFscxZBSdR— addison (@uwunetes) July 26, 2025
Filipino-American Justin Ignacio who currently lives in San Francisco’s Bay Area, known online as GunRun, is a significant figure in the livestreaming and VTuber industry. He is currently aged 34 and first made his mark as one of Twitch’s founding team members. He later gained notoriety after launching VShojo in August 2020, and he has since remained a low-profile yet highly influential player in online entertainment circles. GunRun generally prefers to keep his personal life and family background away from public attention. As a result, there is little to nothing known about his family and early life background.
Profession and career
Justin ‘GunRun’ Ignacio started out his professional career in the esports scene, where he gained popularity as a StarCraft II and Command & Conquer caster. He later went on and founded GLHF.tv, which is a now-defunct streaming network for competitive gaming. Justin is one of the founding team members at Twitch, and he has helped pioneer innovations like the UnlimitedIRL streaming backpack, which allowed streamers to go live from virtually anywhere. Back in 2020, Justin turned his focus to VTubing and launched VShojo, which was the first major US-based VTuber agency that focused on supporting creators with tech, marketing, and freedom.
Founder and CEO Justin 'TheGunrun' Ignacio announced that VShojo would be ceasing operations! Is it Ironmouse fault?! #vshojo #Ironmouse #Vtuber pic.twitter.com/8nVmuQfreo
— Bea.SQUID (@BeaSquid) July 24, 2025
Net worth
Although his exact net worth remains private, according to estimates, Justin ‘GunRun’ Ignacio has assets ranging in the multi-million range with him being a part of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 – Games (2014).
Most of his income comes from Twitch, sponsorship deals, tech innovations, and agency operations.
Justin ‘GunRun’ Ignacio has an active Instagram account under the handle @thegunrun, where he has 653 posts and almost 2k followers.
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