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Did he ever? Tbh I can't say I have any clear memory of he ever going "blabla is graduating" at the announcements. He's always posted on the day of/day after said graduation though.

The last time he did was last year when Michishige announced her graduation and Berryz Kobo announced their indefinite hiatus. He did comment about both events on the day of/after as well, but they're tagged as "blog" rather than "Official Comments."

He stopped posting "Official Comments" right after the New York concert, which makes sense since he's no longer "the man behind Hello! Project." But it's not like we won't see him talk about Riho (or Kanyon) since he's work with her for so many years.

Just watched Riho's English message (kind of late). Her deep voice is amazing, oh man, I didn't expect that. Looks like I'm not the only one enjoying it either It seems she rehearsed a lot to make herself sound good. Preparing for her studies abroad already? I never appreciated Aika's contribution to H!P until she became a staff member. I think she has more fans now than when she was active as an idol

Sayashi Riho's last Morning Musume. '15 PRISM concert at Budokan (12/8) will have live viewings at cinema across Japan. tickets on sale 11/21.
http://www.helloproject.com/news/3884/

Sayashi Riho's graduation is at the H!P Countdown concert on 12/31.

Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong added to the live viewing list
http://www.helloproject.com/news/3896/

Monthly Entame magazine January 2016 issue preview - Sayashi Riho interviewed about her dreams and challenges for the future.

Haven't read it, but that big comment on the page is quite.. interesting.
"My 5 years in Morning Musume, have been 5 years during which my dream has kept getting updated."
I like it. And it sounds kinda sad. But I like it. The wording feels weird... sorry, feeling kinda off. But. ):

The wording really does seem weird, but it kinda makes sense in a way. Like, "The 5 years I spent in Morning Musume were 5 years in which my dream kept updating." Maybe it means something like, as she learned more, gained more experience, and matured, her dream has changed, "updated", along with that. Maybe she got a better image of what her actual dream is, or how exactly she wants her dream to be.

Its like saying at first "My dream is to become a singer." But when you become one, you might go and "update" your dream by saying "I want to be a popular singer and perform at Budoukan." and then maybe update again to "I want to perform at Kouhaku."

Idk, it might not be what she meant, but that's my interpretation of that headline.

Well, if that's what it means, it's quite normal. (I mean, we can see that with pretty much all idols, if not most) And there's nothing wrong with it, especially when most people support the decision, like here.

...also ngl I thought she was Nonaka for a minute there.

That outfit is pretty. I wonder if it's for one of the songs from the next single?

^ I was thinking the same thing. I hope so too.