News / Info AKB48's Yuiyui reaffirms her commitment to the group during her appearance on TOKYO SPEAKEASY: "Now that I've finally come to clearly see the goals and places I want to aim for with the group, I still don't feel like leaving yet." [Oguri Yui]
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u/karmillina 峯岸みなみ 🌸 1d ago
She's barely 24 and she clearly has yet to give everything she has to offer to the group. I think people can give her some slack. Good things are coming to the group and she would be foolish to graduate before they cristallize. So, I fully support her staying.
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u/mana48 1d ago
I completely agree, and I think almost all fans will be happy to see Yuiyui stay for more years. I never get it when people are expecting her to graduate, she loves AKB so much and it would be crazy after all her hard work to leave right when the group is on the rise again! She deserves to experience the good things coming to the group from now on and she is doing amazing at the senior role, she is a good role model! Together with Naru they are doing good at "leading" the group, as older gens.
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u/mana48 1d ago edited 1d ago
Source: https://x.com/48RequestHour/status/2110330113590280291
Yuiyui has been a favorite member for me for years and I really don't think she has any plan to leave soon. I think she'll be here for at least 2-3 more years. Even though she has been in the group for very long now, but she also started very young and she is still young. More importantly, she loves AKB a lot and with AKB being on the rise, I think she wants to stay and be part of the new "history" of the group (the new peak) along with Naru and others.
AKB is getting closer to achieve bigger things again and even though Yuiyui experienced some of the "golden days" of AKB back then but she was still new and young and I think she would love to experience it now while being the senior with experience and being one of the bigger contributors compared to back then when it was more the result of Kami 7 and old gens popularity. So I do think she will stay for a few more years ❤️