Takahashi Ai, current leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project will graduate in the fall of this year. At almost a decade in the group, she is the longest serving member of Morning Musume, (along with remaining 4th Gen member Niigaki Risa) and the longest running member of Hello!Project.
It’s going to be weird to see her go. She’s been a major player in everything Hello!Project since she joined. I can’t say she’s ever been my favorite member, in terms of ranking members she’s always sat right in the middle for me. She’s talented as all get out and seems to have a lovely personality… I don’t know. Whatever the case, I will be sad to see her go.
This only makes me REALLY want to go to Japan this fall though. Dream Morning Musume will be touring, (the Original Graduates, Hitomi, Makoto, Tsuji, Koharu, Yuko, etc.), Buck-Tick tours every fall, and now Ai-chan will be graduating… I should take advantage of the fact that I’m near to the west coast and go.
