Translation of Mizuki Fukumura's 10/29 blog post: http://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-9ki/entry-12089753056.html
Though I think there are people here who already know,
Morning Musume. '15 9th gen member Sayashi Riho will be graduating from Morning Musume on 12/31.
It's so very difficult... how to put this in words...
We joined in 2011 as 9th generation members,
and now the 9th gen members have become the oldest generation, at first providing unity for the order of the 13 members, and we've been working hard trying to progress.
Thinking about that, the things we've been taught by our senpai and that we've experienced ourselves have been active in our hearts.
I think "graduation" is the path Riho-chan chose after thinking long and hard about it.
The 9th gen will approach our 5th anniversary on 1/2 of next year.
I thought we'd be reaching that then again as the 4 of us.
I totally didn't think that we'd be sending Riho-chan off first.
I've talked with her a lot as just the two of us as well as with all 4 of the 9th gen, and we've run into times of various emotions when it'd be tough or we'd get angry, days when we wouldn't be able to sleep.
I want to make precious the remaining time I can have with Riho-chan.
I want Riho-chan, with all her smugness and clumsiness and spoiledness and awkwardness, to fawn over me lots and lots.
Please continue to support Morning Musume.!
Also, Mizuki will be turning 19 tomorrow!
My 18th has been such a full and deep year... as well as a year full of difficulty.
But there were also plenty of moments of happiness where I would have liked time to stop.
Thank you to everyone who's supported the 18-year-old Fukumura Mizuki <3
Thanks for happiness always!
Though I think there are people here who already know,
Morning Musume. '15 9th gen member Sayashi Riho will be graduating from Morning Musume on 12/31.
It's so very difficult... how to put this in words...
We joined in 2011 as 9th generation members,
and now the 9th gen members have become the oldest generation, at first providing unity for the order of the 13 members, and we've been working hard trying to progress.
Thinking about that, the things we've been taught by our senpai and that we've experienced ourselves have been active in our hearts.
I think "graduation" is the path Riho-chan chose after thinking long and hard about it.
The 9th gen will approach our 5th anniversary on 1/2 of next year.
I thought we'd be reaching that then again as the 4 of us.
I totally didn't think that we'd be sending Riho-chan off first.
I've talked with her a lot as just the two of us as well as with all 4 of the 9th gen, and we've run into times of various emotions when it'd be tough or we'd get angry, days when we wouldn't be able to sleep.
I want to make precious the remaining time I can have with Riho-chan.
I want Riho-chan, with all her smugness and clumsiness and spoiledness and awkwardness, to fawn over me lots and lots.
Please continue to support Morning Musume.!
Also, Mizuki will be turning 19 tomorrow!
My 18th has been such a full and deep year... as well as a year full of difficulty.
But there were also plenty of moments of happiness where I would have liked time to stop.
Thank you to everyone who's supported the 18-year-old Fukumura Mizuki <3
Thanks for happiness always!