NMB48 Team N member Kotani Riho (小谷里歩) announced her graduation from NMB48 during her birthday LIVE ceremony at 13 September 2015.
Kotani Riho said she has considered graduation since last year, and she explained she graduates for chasing her dream, but she has not decided what to do yet, nor her graduation date. She also said her gravure event will remain unchanged.
Reference: Sports Hochi
http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/garticle.html?id=20150913-OHT1I50078
Ahh nooo!!!!
ReplyDeleteYet another one of the old guards leaving... Wishing her all the best, though!
ReplyDeleteWhat happens this year ?? alot of member graduation my heart broken T_T i hope no more member announced graduation .
ReplyDeleteOh come on, everyone that I oshi is leaving, by the end of the year I won't have anybody left, lol.
ReplyDeleteUntil the end of the year, if these members also leave:
Mineguishi Minami
Okada Nana
Tani Marika
Nakanishi Chiyori
Murashige Anna
Tanaka Natsumi
Then I WILL KNOW there is a conspiracy...
noooooo
ReplyDeleteWish Ripopo well to achieve her new dreams.
ReplyDeleteShe said that she wanted to become an actress, she wants to do a lot of television job. Ripopo said that her photbobook "jagushi" will be on sale soon and that she said that there were still handshake tickets left,...there are still handshake tickets left hmm..so they sell those HS tickets in advanced? If that's the case then maybe this really isn't Ripopo's decision to graduate but probably someone told her (her manager) to graduate to boost sales?? Also before some anon or people attack me, this opinion of mine came from my own perspective. With Ripopo's not so good position in election probably she/her manager decided to just call it quits and try the showbiz world (acting)
ReplyDelete^I doubt that. She was on a rise and always had her Kennin Team N/Team A. Maybe she knows showbiz isn't paying off for her(despite her front line role in NMB). But outside jobs are more tougher to get, if she would have stayed longer, her rank would have gone up and she get more popular :(
ReplyDeleteSo this is what it feels like to have your oshimen announce their graduation......deep...heart...drop......
ReplyDeleteSince last year?! I just started liking her this year!... Oh come on....
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I doubt she was pressured to graduate. This year her rank was better than last years, and last year her rank wasn't bad since that was the first time she has ranked. It was about time that she had ranked and she was always a push, having have had her Team A and Team 4 kennins. She participated in all NMB singles up until the 13th and she got a decent spot in last years janken tournament. She was well known within the fans but outside of AKB/NMB, she wasn't the most popular. She did a bit of gravure but rarely appeared on TV shows. In order for her to get there and accomplish her dream of doing more variety talent, she would have to graduate.
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