Thank you for always supporting me.
I, Maeda Yuuka, as of 2011/12/31, will be graduating from Smileage and Hello! Project.
Just the other day at our event, the 4 sub members became official members which made me really happy, but at the same time made me realize that it was this timing that I had to use to tell you all something very important.
Since becoming a high school student, I have been unable to keep up with my Smileage work and school at the same time and it has bothered me a great deal. I started to think about my future and realized that my desire to attend a university had grown a lot over time. I was wondering if, at this rate, if I would be able to handle both school work and Smileage, I was really only able to give a half-hearted effort on both things… and was always getting help from other people, and I really disliked that part about me. I thought to myself “Things aren’t going to work out if it keeps going like this”.
I need to work a lot harder if I want to attend a university. But that had always been just talk, up til now nothing had really changed…
If I let these feelings continue, it would not be fair to the other members, nor to all the fans that support me.
I thought a lot about it. I may not be very bright but I put all my energy into thinking about this… and came up with this as the only possible option.
As of now with the four new members joining, it has been a joy to spend every day with the members. To the original members, to the new members, and to all of you who have always supported me, I am very very grateful.
Although it may be sad, we have a new single featuring the 7 of us coming out on 12/28, and I will be working my hardest ever to make this the best one yet!
I am very grateful to so many people, and hope to really enjoy these remaining 2 months, and finish with a smile in the Smileage way!
Please continue to support Smileage from here on after.
2011-10-25
Smileage Maeda Yuuka
Thanks for the translation! Yuukarin… T-T
This is just too sad…
We’ve lost Sakichy, the best voice of the group, and now we’re losing Yuukarin, the most popular member… S/mileage is a complete mess, I’m very curious as to what’s gonna happen.
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Fail. S/mileage will most likely go down hill now
Yuukaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa T_T
T_T
Well I believe her reasoning (she is going into her 3rd year of high school next year, so now would be the time to leave) and I wish her the best. She did always give off the aura, and the comments, that she didn’t want to be an idol forever.
This is very surprising and sad.
As sad as this is I was expecting something terrible to happen after watching the latest episode of HPT. If you watch carefully when when the Gen2 was announced they had a shot of Yuuka and she was definitely not happy…
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I was never really a huge fan of Smileage… but RIP. Best singer and most popular member gone is not a good sign. If they manage to not disband/fall apart completely in the coming year though, they’ll have my respect.