During the event for the vote count results for
AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu General Election ,
AKB48 team A captain Shinoda Mariko , who
ranked in 5th place in the election, announced
that she would be graduating from the group.
She made the surprise announcement during her
speech.
According to Shinoda, her graduation will be next
month after the group's live concert at the
Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome as she wanted to
graduate in her hometown of Fukuoka.