Graduation announcements thread

That huge hiatus between Shitsuren and Nemohamo certainly didn't help either. They should have released at least 2 singles between that time but i guess they were too afraid of losing that precious 1 million streak(which i think it's dumb since not even Nogizaka is selling 1million weekly nowadays). Unfortunaly, many akb girls lost their timing during the years because of management + sister groups, it took 8 years for them to do akb only senbatsu and finally push more than 2-3 kenkyuusei.

 

The current situation we're witnessing is the result of a huge chain of errors which started several years ago. We can only hope that the management learns with the past mistakes and overcome this tragic scenario with (at least a bit of) glory. 17ki, 18ki and even the upcoming 19ki will have a heavy burden on their shoulders. AKB in a short while will be pretty much them.

 

It's ironic as well because this certainly isn't a new issue. The 12 through 15th generations were waiting for so long too, and outside of Tomu through Senbatsu and the Musketeers, most of them got shafted for the older members. I would even go as far as to say 9ki was the last generation to be promoted well within their expected timeline. Unless you were a top sister group member or an outlier like Naachan it was pretty impossible to be seen outside of the theatre. It's only extremely apparent now that we've got AKB only Senbatsu's, which had a long gap bc of covid, which then affected the theatre shows. It's absolutely tragic but it's also the only outcome to this situation I would have expected.

The best case for the group now is to push the newbies as much as possible because they're quickly making up the majority of the group.

 

I would even go as far as to say 9th gen was the only generation to be promoted well outside of OG members. I don't even know how much they actually did do for 2ki and 3ki cause the group was so unknown back then

 

5th gen was quite *relatively* well pushed. But yeah the 9th generation hype was really huge

 

Wow! Now come to think of it after 5ki, I can only remember one or two girls from 6th & 7th and 8th is a total mind blank.

Double wow, I totally forgot Nishikawa Nanami from Nogi was in 8th gen.

 

Furusawa Mana of NGT48's 2nd Gen has announced graduation:
https://ngt48.jp/news/detail/100006533

Her final activity date will be at the end of January.

 

Sakurazaka46 1st Gen member Kobayashi Yui has announced graduation on her blog:
https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/news/detail/O00084
https://sakurazaka46.com/s/s46/diary/detail/53637?ima=0000&cd=blog

Her final day will be on 2/1 with a graduation concert to be held at Yoyogi Daiichi Gymnasium.

 

Macharin has just announced graduation

Official notice:
https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12830474884.html

She will leave in mid-February.

 

I'm... shocked...

 

NMB48 Team M Maeda Reiko announced graduation on today stage.
https://ameblo.jp/nmb48/entry-12831267468.html?frm=theme

 

Oh this is sad... she's actually my current oshi in NMB

She wasn't included in senbatsu until Sukida Mushi (the sousenkyo single), where she ranked 8th. Definitely an undervalued asset of the group

 

Kishi Honoka of Hinatazaka46's 4th Gen has declined activity with immediate effect due to poor health:
https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/news/detail/O00212

Also, Takeuchi Nanami of SKE48 Team S has just announced graduation. She will leave at the end of January. Official notice:
https://ske48.co.jp/news/detail/47924

 

My STU48 ni-oshi Oki Yuka has just announced graduation at her seitansai.

 

Did she state a reason or a future plan?
BTW this is the first time I've heard of "ni-oshi" word.

 

Official notice of her graduation:
https://sp.stu48.com/news/detail/16999

She just says she's accomplished everything she wanted to do and wants to support STU48 from the outside rather than from the inside. No final activity date has yet been decided.

'Ni-oshi' means '2nd favourite', I've seen it used widely in posts here and elsewhere. (My favourite member in STU is Chiho.)

 

Kawagoe Saaya of NGT48 has just announced graduation. She will leave at the end of February.

Official notice:
https://ngt48.jp/news/detail/100006573

 

oh syiiet... not my NGT number 2

 

STU48's captain Imamura Mitsuki (Michu) has just announced graduation at the group's Christmas Live.

Official notice:
https://sp.stu48.com/news/detail/17080

No final date has been decided but her gradcon will be on 3/31 at Phoenix Hall.