Mayo Watanabe "prevents" Yona Kojima from graduating and hopes to spend the New Year with him

On the 21st, AKB48's Mayo Watanabe (20 years old) and Yuki Kashiwagi (23 years old) attended the "AKB48 New Year Dishes" press conference held in Daimaru Matsusakaya, Tokyo.

The AKB48 members, who were designated as guests of the "New Year's Menu Selection", announced that two New Year's dishes will be sold from now on, and detailed the taste and raw materials of the two dishes. Regarding the rumor that Kojima Yosai (26 years old) will graduate from AKB48 within this year, Mayo Watanabe said at the press conference that he hopes that Kojima Yosai will not graduate, and that he will also participate in the New Year's Eve dinner together as a member of AKB48 in the New Year.

In Japan, where young people are increasingly moving away from traditional Japanese cuisine, the members of AKB48 have formed a "New Year's Menu Selection" team to make young people more aware of the delicious taste of traditional Japanese cuisine.

At the press conference, among the eight members of the dish selection team, Mayu Watanabe, Yuki Kashiwagi, Reina Kato (17), Mio Toiji (16), and Nana Owada (15) all wore aprons and appeared as traditional Japanese chefs. Eight people introduced the New Year's menu they recommended to the audience, which made the scene enter the New Year's atmosphere in advance.

Watanabe Mayu, who likes to eat meat, recommends "Yakisoba Grilled Chicken" to everyone, "On the bright side, the new menu can give everyone a new and correct understanding of New Year's dishes!" A look of satisfaction on his face. Kagoshima Prefecture's Kashiwagi Yuki also did not forget to show his love for the taste of his hometown when recommending dishes, "What I like is a slightly sweeter and heavier dish, which is the specialty of our Kyushu cuisine!" ”

In addition, Mayo Watanabe also said that AKB48 will hold a New Year's dinner early next year. As for whether Yosai Kojima, who is rumored to have graduated from AKB48 this year, will be able to attend the dinner, Mayu Watanabe said firmly, "Of course I will!" Not only are there 4 months left this year, I hope she can stay with us longer and longer. I want to celebrate 2015 with AKB's Kojima Yoshinori! (Compilation: Lan Xiaoyu)