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[teth]

Asuka to go on TV to talk about why she really quit MM...

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2017 ... nannex-ent

[Denki]

I guess she wanted to have a normal teenage life at that time?
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2017 ... spoweb-ent

A quick summary would be nice.

[Starra]

From my understanding:
-After the ASAYAN auditions, she wanted to go back to a normal life but then was put in MM。. She said it felt like she didn't know what was going on (at the time).
-They all got paid the same amount. The company took care of living and transportation expenses.
-It felt like, to her, the group didn't really get along and everyone saw each other as rivals.
-Apparently, Yuuko was the one who Asuka got on with the least, although Asuka says that that was most likely because of a difference in age and Asuka not understanding Yuuko's way of thinking despite realising now that Yuuko would compromise a lot.
-The official reason for leaving was for study, but she wasn't interested in going to school. She wanted to hang out in Harajuku all the time and didn't know what she wanted to do with her future.
-She felt out of place amongst the other members because she thought she wasn't being serious about the group as much.
-Tsunku tried to persuade her to stay in a conversation that lasted over an hour but he was using too many allegories and she had no idea what he was on about (lol).
-She quit high school in her first year and went on to work part-time at a bakery after that.
-She has no bad feelings about MM。's success with LOVE Machine, and when she saw the CMs she just thought "I wonder if I could've made a bit more money".
-3 years after her graduation from MM。she returned to high school (and graduated) and got a boyfriend.
-She met her husband, who's 3 years younger than her, at a nomikai (a drinking party type of thing) that her friend's work held.

So basically, nothing incriminating and things we mostly knew already. I think in the end she doesn't regret leaving but also realises it was mostly due to her being too young to understand what was happening around her.

[Celedam]

^ Asuka Fukuda – Jikkuri Kiitarou (30 Jun 2017)



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Hitomi Yoshizawa – Yojigoji Days (23 Jun 2017)

Hydrangea season in Kamakura…





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Chisato Okai – Hamachan ga! (28 Jun 2017)

Going solo…



A little more than half of the episode — from her introduction at 3:25 to the start of the cooking challenge at 14:26 — is all about her, her career to date as an idol, and her debut as a full-time solo talent. I think Hamada likes her.

[Amped]

Kamei Rina says she went to out eat hotpot with her older sister, Kamei Eri, for the first time in a while yesterday. She said it was the best hotpot they have eaten in a while.
https://www.instagram.com/rina_kamei1007/

[Amped]

The H!P Kids had a little party to celebrate their 15th anniversary after Momochi's last live ended. Momochi and Chisato were not at the party though. Risako had to block Hagiwara's face because she isn't part of Upfront anymore.
http://ameblo.jp/sugaya-risako-blog/ent ... 01796.html


https://www.instagram.com/p/BWACBchB6Xf/

[koregaboku]

I'm always impressed by how quickly Japanese celebrities (I think the generalization can be made... H!P is the only real J-entertainment I keep track of anymore though so it might be an H!P thing) respect leaving the profession. It's a very seriously taken clean exit out.

Although... In Risako's case she literally took completely minimal effort to hide Maimai's face. Lol.

[Chibs]

I think it could be an UpFront thing, cause she makes no effort in the instagram pic

[Celedam]

^ The Instagram pic has been taken down; the link is now dead. That copy of the pic was re-uploaded to Imgur, presumably by Amped.

[Amped]

The instagram pic was from Nakky. She edited it and covered Hagiwara's face.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAKFxvhT4g ... kajima__uf

Risako has more pics on her blog.