AyuHikaru wrote:Strangely, it's true for me as well and I've been a fan since 2003.
Okay I came in during AS FOR ONE DAY, but I didn't learn anyone's names or anything till Shabondama, so it counts
I had already started becoming interested before then, probably around the time of Sou Da, but I count Dec 22 2002, the date I joined old JPM, as the day when my curiosity over this wacky Jpop girl group with an absurd number of members turned into being an official "fan." And that was a few weeks before the 6kis joined. I remember the excitement on the board when they were revealed, and myself at that time thinking that Sayumi and Reina looked confusingly alike, except for that huge mirror, lol.
sb was already a member before me even, so he goes way back too.
Anyway, so all my original members have been gone since Risa graduated.