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Katsuta Rina of Angerme just announced that she'll be graduating on September 25th from Angerme and Hello!Project. She wants to focus more on fashion after she graduates.
She studied fashion in college. She will be graduating at Pacifico Yokohama.


H!P News Release and her Message.
http://helloproject.com/news/10596/

Woah... so soon after Ayaka graduated?

Probably delayed her own grad due to Wada's grad.

Kinda figured. And I expect we will see several more graduations like this in the near future. Since going to university is now so common among the members that we don't even pay attention to it anymore — for example, I just found out yesterday that Maachan (yes, Maachan!) has been going since April — many of our "idols" are now educated young women with different ideas about what they want out of life.

Not surprising that she's graduating, but surprised that its so soon.

Good luck to her.

Likely part of the reason why she wasn’t “chosen” to be the leader after Ayacho. She discussed with the management about graduating from the group over a year ago and had figured out her graduation plan for a while but decided to announce it after Ayacho graduation.

I actually like Rina so I'm kinda bummed. I'm glad she's pursuing what she wants, though.

Awww I'll miss her. But I'm glad she can focus on fashion.

Well this explains why she wasn’t chosen as sub-leader

Graduations always suck, but she's had a lengthy run as part of H!P and she's leaving to do something she loves.