My Reaction To Kohaku Shida Replacing Maya Imamori AS SUMINO ICHIKAWA (WTF REALLY)

I must admit that I've been left SPEECHLESS and perhaps NOT IN A GOOD WAY! It turns out that Kohaku Shida is GOING TO BECOME SUMINO ICHIKAWA! This information from UkiyaSeed made me WTF through and through:

Shida will replace Maya Imamori for the role of Sumino Ichikawa/Gozyu Unicorn starting on the show's 40th episode, which will air on November 30th. As previously reported, Imamori stepped down from the role due to her agency dropping her because of underage drinking. 

My reaction to this is like, "WTF are we thinking Toei?" Kohaku was previous cast as Haruka Kito in Avatar Sentai Donbrothers. This was a reaction to Maya Imamori's termination because of underaged drinking. This casting makes me raise the concern. Was this solely done because of whatever charm and impact that Kohaku had while she was in Donbrothers? Maybe yes, maybe no. I should still wonder how Gozyuger's creative crew will explain Sumino's SUDDEN FACE CHANGE since Kohaku will FREAKING PLAY THE SAME CHARACTER!

Seeing this phot, I always thought that the most logical step was to make Oto Ichikawa, Sumiko's younger sister, as the new Gozyu Unicorn. Instead, why had Toei decided to take the step of GETTING KOHAKU SHIDA AS AN ACTRESS REPLACEMENT? Wouldn't it be safer to simply explain Ichikawa away (like she got her job back) and have Oto become the new Gozyu Uniform.

Honestly, WTF Toei!