As I believe my acquaintances are also here,
Our member, Shimamura Uta-chan has withdrawn from Hello Project as well as Country Girls.
The report was so unexpected, I didn't think I could accept it.
So I have also not been able to come to terms with this.
I just can't believe I have to say goodbye to this quickly, and this unexpectedly...
It's so sad, and so lonesome.
To have to say goodbye to someone who has had the same ambition, is something that's absolutely too sad no matter how it happens.
Uta was truly like a little sister to me, I thought that with her it felt like this is what it would be like to have a younger sister huuh...
Even though I thought her earnest figure was always so cute and was being acheived with her utmost effort, I was embarassingly unable to stomach that she could possibly just be like that.
Why wasn't I able to tell that to her... I was thinking about that though
Still, I think I was able to convey that to her at least a little when we were together.
It would be good if it was like that, huh.
I had written some things like this, but
I didn't think that it would be during a final farewell, ne.
It has been about half a year since I met her for the first time, and about 3 months since I started performing with her in a group of 6.
The numbers suggest that that it must have felt like a really short time, but every day I spent with everyone together was so enriching, that I have so many good memories from this time.
I have so many memories with Uta.
We became a really close group of 6, so that every time we met it always brought smiles to our faces.
But, instead of being too nostalgic about a time that has now past, I want to keep those memories healthy and continue to do well in my future activities.
Uta won't be able to continue down the same road as we are, but
I hope that Uta will be able to take her life down a special pathway.
We will be continuing from here on as Country Girls, so
It would be great if you continue to watch over us.
There are people here who love Uta, but also want to continue supporting Country Girls, huh.
There are people here who are wondering if Country Girls will be okay continuing on from here as a group of 5, huh.
I also, as yet, have so much anxiety over this.
A Country Girls without Uta will henceforth be ascending.
However, I want to shamelessly continue to do my very best for everyone who has supported us up until now so,
so that everyone will continue to love Coutnry Girls more and more, I want to put forth a great effort.
I will never forget Country Girls as a group of 6.
However, from here on Country Girls, as a group of 6, will be continuing on so that more people will be able to like us.
with a feeling of looking forward, we want to do our very best.
Country Girls started just so ercently.
We have climbed over so many obstacles,
and from all sorts of different places, in order to continue to be a Hello! Project group that people will love, we will do our very best.
Because what's obvious is obvious.
Moving onward, as long as you continue to be around me, people,
I have so much gratitude I don't want to forget to express.
Yamaki Risa