by Mixi » Thu May 21, 2015 12:25 am
I'm not very surprised. She never seemed to have the same drive as Ayacho when it comes to staying in H!P in the long run. We know she has poor self-confidence and she may have felt "unneeded" with all the new, younger members. As she said, 2nd gen are doing a good job as senpai to 3rd gen. Ayacho is running ahead of her, and newbies Rikako and Murotan are taking some of her spotlight. Also, Berryz (Yurina) graduated so she may have felt it was her time to graduate as well. Nonetheless, she was always a stable and reliable member of S/mileage so her presence will be missed.