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>>36862416
All those misspellings are muddying the point you were trying to convey, it's hard to tell what you meant to express through the examples you raised.

Starlight and AL are more of an apples-oranges comparison than a comparison/equivalency of Bandori and D4DJ. Starlight was intended from the beginning to have Mimo as a main character and the casting call already stated upfront that anyone in the main cast who wasn't affiliated with an agency would be signed to Hibiki: https://bushiroad.co.jp/media/237

Bushiroad/Hibiki has a lot less influence over casting for Assault Lily when it comes to shows/works that don't star Hitotsuyanagitai (Ludvico, TSA and its sequels, everything posted to official sites and the official Twitter) because those are beyond Bushiroad/Hibiki's control for the most part. The character Tonopi first played in the series was recast after the run she was in, for instance. What Bushiroad/Hibiki can and did do, though, is push their talents into the shows/mobage where they have a bigger say, and so we see a third of Hitotsuyanagitai being from Hibiki. One thing Tsumu mentioned before which stuck with me was that she read for other Hitsotsuyanagitai characters before she was cast as Tazusa, from which we can infer that Bushiroad/Hibiki was determined to place her in a role and just hadn't decided on who it would be.

"Hiring" people to be under Hibiki's management and bringing them onboard for projects are also two separate things unless expressly provided for like how it was with Starlight. People like Hego and Koroazu who have successful careers in voice acting/music would be getting a downgrade if they were signed to Hibiki, and live-action actresses/performers like Awatsu Mai and Hirosawa Mai went freelance after leaving their agencies because they are able to negotiate their own work.