Today marks the 14th anniversary of the debut of the Japanese national girl group akb48, and today at the annual anniversary performance, Tsukishi Nan announced the news that he will graduate from akb48.
In 2005, Yasushi Akimoto began to solicit the initial members of akb48, and Tsukiganan, who had just turned 13 years old, registered, and finally successfully selected, becoming the youngest member of the first batch of students, nicknamed "Mi Sauce".
With the graduation of the members around her, after the graduation of Xiao Jiyangcai two years ago, Feng Annan became the only member of the Akb48 active duty team, who was still in the early stages of the team, and she also changed from the youngest group favorite to the most senior "big sister head" in the team.
Feng Annan has participated in the "Maru Suka Gakuen" series and "If Dura" and other dramas, which have left a deep impression on the audience, and also formed a "no3b" group with Koshima Yonagi and Takahashi Minami to release records, starring in the Japanese drama "Handsome Male Idol".
Later, he shaved his head and apologized for the Wenchun incident, which caused a sensation and was a very important event in the history of Japanese idols.
At the time, she said, "Even so, I don't believe that what I did can be forgiven, but I don't want to quit akb48", which shows her love for the akb48 group.
Mimi announced that after graduation, many former akb48 members sent out their blessings to her
Her final event at akb48 will be her graduation concert at the Yokohama arena on April 2 next year, at which point the first phase of akb48 will be completely closed.
Generally female idols reach the age of 22, even if they are "older", high popularity can continue to be active in this industry.
Female idols will choose to graduate at a certain period, the so-called "graduation", that is, to quit the girl group and no longer be idols. (In Japan, idols are an artist profession that distinguishes singers from actors.)
Many idols have left the art world after graduating from the group, and the magazine "Nichiren", "Nichiren", "Nikkane", "Nikko", "Tsutomu", has conducted a survey of idol graduates, and found that 52.3% of them said that they would continue their artistic activities after leaving the group, 39.2% chose "non-artistic activities" such as further education, and 8.5% did not indicate their plans after leaving the group.
Among the female idols who continue to perform arts activities after graduation, the most account for 14.6% of them continue to participate in music activities, followed by those who turn to variety shows, act or switch to join other groups to continue their efforts.
What are the first-year students of Akb48 doing now?
AKB48 debuted in the first phase of 20 people, including the familiar Atsuko Maeda, Minami Takahashi, Yoyo Koshima, Itano Yumi and so on.
Akb48 First graduate Usami Tomoki is now engaged in acting activities at the firm vasp, Hoshino Manshi, who has a slight musical talent, transforms into a singer-songwriter, Asami Oe is active as a musical theater actor, Narita Isa later becomes a photo idol and has filmed Ivy, Mai Oshima, who has made personal records, now appears occasionally in variety shows, Yukari Sato and Kazumi Urano have been active as members of sdn48, and Natsumi Hirashima is active as an actor....
The above mentioned several are still artists, but it is difficult to see their specific artistic news.
At present, there are no related artistic activities: Masayama Kaminai, Watanabe Shiho, Komagaya Hitomi, Toshima Hana, Kawasaki Yuki, Naka-Siri, Kawasaki Yoshi, etc.
Several top-level members, after graduation, are still active in the show business circle
Ace Atsuko Maeda is now an actress, and after graduation, she also acted in many works, married actor Katsuji Ryo last year, gave birth to a child this year, and the idols she chased that year became mothers. After getting married and having children, she did not retreat.
Minami Takahashi signed to Universal Records as a singer, but now mainly works as a radio anchor, marrying her boyfriend of many years this year.
At that time, itano Yumi, the "fashion fan", mainly worked as a singer, and recently opened a concert in China again.
In addition to working as a magazine model, Xiao Zhiyang Cai is engaged in fashion, in addition to working as a magazine model, he also has his own fashion brand, this year sold his clothes to China, and often came to participate in fashion activities.
Mariko Shinoda worked in the akb coffee shop after failing the first term student selection that year, and under the strong recommendation of fans, she broke into the group and became a 1.5 class student, and entered the top three in the general election, and after graduation, she was active as an actor, married to an average man this year, and is currently pregnant.
▲At the 2016 Takahashi Minami graduation performance, the first-term students reunited with a large group photo
With the announcement of the graduation of Feng Annan, the first batch of AKB48 students will all officially come to an end, and to some extent, it can also be the end of an era.
Which graduating member of akb48 have you ever followed?