I saw a post on FB, from someone living in Kyoto, congratulating Katsuna on her engagement. It was dated October 2018. I don't know if the person meant retirement, but said engagement because her English isn't good or if Katsuna is really engaged. Also, her okamisan said on the video that Katsuna was unwilling to leave her room in the morning, even missing lessons, & one mistake doesn't ruin a life. Could she have gotten pregnant? She looked a bit chunky right before she retired.

As far as I know, the misunderstanding that Katsuna got married started when a karyukai-photographer posted an old picture of Katsuna as a Maiko on Instagram and wrote as a caption “I got married and started a new life”. However, the person was referring to themselves getting married, not to Katsuna.

And yes, there was a documentary published about Katsuna in which she herself and her okaasan stated that Katsuna sometimes had trouble going to ozashiki and leaving her room. She did seem to put herself under a lot of pressure, probably because she wanted to live up to expectations (she was super popular), and it seems to have put a strain on her. What exactly happened, why it happened, I can’t tell you that and I don’t want to speculate, either. To be honest, I feel a bit uncomfortable just discussing this topic, but since it was discussed in a publicly available documentary by Daimonji’s okaasan and Katsuna herself, I assume it’s ok.

As to a possible pregnancy, I think that that is highly unlikely. First of all, there’s just no proof. Second of all, the marriage misunderstanding has been explained, and since Geiko are allowed to be in relationships and have kids, she wouldn’t have had to retire, she could have taken some time off and come back to work.