Akane Haga & Reina Yokoyama to Graduate from Morning Musume。’25 at the end of the fall tour.

[Shoujo Q]

This came out of left field. And it will be a double graduation.

H!P Website News Statement

H!P Links posted these statements.


General Annoucment


Akane Statement


Reina Statement



We are definitely getting audition now.

I was really hoping Akane would hold out and become a leader some day but I guess that wont be happening.

Seems Reina will be retiring but not sure what plans Akane has. Whatever they do I just hope for the best for both of them.

This truely feels like 2026, after Oda says her goodbyes, this will be the next chapter in the history of Morning Musume.

[JonCC]

Oh for fucks sake...

[Sohee]

I really wanted to see Yokoyama leader so this makes me sad.
But, at least this hopefully means that we’ll be caught up from COVID-backlog of grads now.

[DJChisato1]

Wrong order but double grads need to happen.

[Loverindesu]

YES!!!!

Two dead waste at once. Let 15th kingdom begin.

[Zunu]

You know this is a fan site, right? Constantly insulting other people's oshis is pretty fucking rude, just my opinion.

[Denki]

They’re both retiring from the entertainment industry…

[Shoujo Q]

YES!!!!

Two dead waste at once. Let 15th kingdom begin.

Haga and Yokoyama were never top tier for me, and neither was Ikuta. She was always bottom of the barrel for me. I honestly think the groups needed a major reset and knew, as a long time fan that means we'll be getting a lot of graduations, especially after Mizuki left. But, I'd never go out of my way to get excited for a graduation of members in respect to others (their fans) that cared about them. Even if you think they are dead weight, they brought something to the group, be it vocals, personality or a hard work ethic and dancing that helps motivate other members or the fans that go and see them perform. A group is more parts of a whole with them in it. Their leaving will be greatly missed. What they brought to the group and what it means to be an idol in a legacy group like Morning Musume.


With that being said, you can listen to be or not, I doubt you'll even care about the words I say, but if you continue to be a fan of Morning Musume or any group within Hello!Project know that you're not a very good fan of the group if you insist or acting the way you do. No one likes it, and you're gaining nothing good by acting the way you do. It's very rude.

[JonCC]

You know this is a fan site, right? Constantly insulting other people's oshis is pretty fucking rude, just my opinion.

Read that post, went ahead and looked at post history.
Added to foe list, problem solved. Nothing of value was lost.

[Idol Tenshoku Ondo]

Quite a shock to have announced a future grad then these two right ater. They have had good full tenures. May their grad single be fire and let them go out with a bang.

YES!!!!

Two dead waste at once. Let 15th kingdom begin.

Pretty uncool man. Vent into your diary like a normal person. I don't care if you don't like someone but that's really over the line. I have plenty of celebrities I don't like too but I'm not going on fan sites to directly crap on them. Sometimes it's way better to just not hit post. Again, vent into a diary it's way healthier.