Yesterday was the final day in Hello!Project for the Elder Club and their leaving marks the start of a new era with Ai Takahashi now in charge. What a big responsibility for Ai-chan but I’m sure she’ll do a great job. She’s been leader of Morning Musume for nearly 2 years and during that time there’s been practically no scandals. If you remember back in 2007, Ai-chan didn’t really want to be leader but I’ll go on record and say she’s been a remarkable leader and you can see that all the girls in MoMusu respect her a lot. Who cares if she doesn’t want to hog the limelight like some of the others.
But back to the Elder Club. We all know it’s not all doom and gloom with their leaving and we have information on what some of them are doing – Mari Yaguchi is busy with her show Yaguchi Hitori and back singing again, Yossie & Charmy are doing Hangry & Angry and Mai Satoda’s career has taken off by associating herself with Quiz Hexagon II but what about the rest? What will ex-members like Yuko Nakazawa, Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori and all the rest do? I’ll be keeping my eye out and hope to find some good news on what paths they’re all taking.
Good luck to all of them and thanks for all the memories you’ve given me over the years by being in H!P.
