From H!P FC site and translated by b.Slade and Kuno Hello! Online
Tsunku Statement
- モーニング娘。の7期メンバー「久住小春」に関して
- モーニング娘。7期目メンバーの久住小春が「モーニング娘。コンサートツアー2009秋～ナインスマイル～」の最終公演（12月6日）を持ちましてモーニング娘。そしてHello! Projectを卒業することを決定いたしました。
モーニング娘。としての活動期間4年4ヶ月の間に、歌手やタレントとしてのイロハを学んで来ました。
そんな久住も来年には18歳になります。
団体活動としてやるべき事はかなりのペースで学んで来ました。
その間には「月島きらり」としての活動も平行して行ってきました。
そのようなこれまでの活動すべてを見た上での判断ですが、
私は、プロデューサーとして久住をソロ活動させたく思い、卒業させることを決めました。
とは言ってもいきなり歌手デビューとか何々デビューとかそういうことでなく、まだまだあら削りな部分もありますので、現状の久住で出来る仕事をがんばりつ つ、個人的にさまざまなレッスンや習い事をし、本人の希望するモデルとしての新たな出発を目指し、新しいステップに進ませようと思います。
ということで、これまで応援くださった皆様はこれまでどおり、
「久住小春」及び「モーニング娘。」を応援くださいますよう、
なにとぞよろしくお願いいたします！2009年9月19日
モーニング娘。プロデューサー
つんく♂
At the final performance of of the “Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Autumn ~ Nine Smile ~” (Dec 6), 7th generation Morning Musume member Kusumi Koharu will be graduating from Morning Musume, and from Hello!Project. During the 4 years and 4 months she was in Morning Musume, she has learnt the basics as a singer and a talent. And next year, she will turn 18. She’s come to learn the base of what it takes to work in a group. And at the same time, she’s been working as “Tsukishima Kirari”. Based on seeing all of her work so far, as a producer, I felt I wanted to let her have a solo career, so decided to have her graduate. Having said that, she won’t be making a singing debut or any other kind of debut right away, and some of the plans are still a bit rough, but Kusumi will continue to work hard for now, while privately taking various lessons. Her own hope is to be a model, so I think she’ll be aiming towards a new direction, and taking new steps. So everybody who has supported her so far, please continue to give your support to Kusumi Koharu, and to Morning Musume. Thank you very much!
2009-9-19
Morning Musume Producer
Tsunku♂
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Koharu Statement
いつも応援ありがとうございます。
モーニング娘。として、約4年間やってきましたが 12月6日の東京厚生年金会館のモーニング娘。のコンサートをもって、モーニング娘。、ハロー！プロジェクトを卒業することになりました。
今後はやりたいことの一つであるモデルに挑戦していきたいと思っています。
今まで、モーニング娘。として活動してきましたが今後は久住小春として色々な夢、やりたいことに向かって進んでいきたいと思います。
これからも応援よろしくお願いいたします。
Thank you for your continued support. I’ve been with Morning Musume for around 4 years now, and at the December 6 Morning Musume concert at Tokyo Kouseinen Kinkaikan, I will be graduating from Morning Musume, and from Hello!Project. One of the things I want to do from now is to try modelling. I have been active in Morning Musume so far, but now as Kusumi Koharu, I want to move forward, facing my different dreams and goals. Please continue to give me your support.
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This has become a sad sad day for me. I’m so sad I can’t even think properly. Why her? Why now? DAMMIT!
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My friend told me about this! I was really shocked! It only seemed like yesterday that she joined MoMusu!
I’m still shocked about it, although I’m now angry after finding out it was a Tsunku decision and not hers. I suppose I just want to cling to this line up because both Yossie and Miki left shortly after I became a fan and was still getting used to it all, which means this line-up is the only one I know. I’m so ‘involved’ with them it feels like a family member is emigrating to some distant land and I’ll never see them again T_T
It’s really a big surprise that Koharu to be Graduate in Dec.
No one knows why Tsunku made this decision.
Graduate Con will hold on 06-09-2009 will you go this time?
I really REALLY want to attend Koharu’s graduation so I’m doing everything I can to be there, which means I working as much as I’m legally allowed to without making myself ill lol. I want to show her my support, although I suppose in the grand scheme of things one individual doesn’t really matter.
How about you? Will you be going?
“I’m now angry after finding out it was a Tsunku decision and not hers. ”
This really does confirm my opinion that he’s dropped the ball with H!P as of late. I understand how you feel though, this does feel like a real emotional blow… although I’m perhaps a bit less wounded by this than the mass-cull of the elder units executed previously.
You could be right, I think he might be loosing the plot with it all. I just hope it doesn’t all implode in the near future.
This graduation won’t be my most painful, I think that title will go to Risa when she eventually leaves (plus Ai and Eri’s will have a profound effect on me). But as it’s my first it will still sting o_O Right now I can imagine what you were feeling when the elder club were thrown away. Shit ne?
I dont think I can be able to attend this time.
Really broke lately, and already plan to go Osaka during Xmas with my family
(lol my wife will kill me if I said I have to change the Schedule and go for MM concert.) Graduation means new life for Koha. I will wish her all the best.
“Shit ne?”
I think that just sums up everything I’m thinking right now. I’m so angry about how much fuss Tsunku made about Kusumi, almost to the point of excluding other members in order to benefit her, and now it seems like he can’t wait to get her out of the door.
I’m counting down the days until Tokito Ami is made the definitive headliner of all Tsunku related projects… I don’t think we’re far off now.
(and don’t get me wrong, I love Ami… but not, like Tsunku, at the expense of MM!)
RAHHHHHHH!
/ rant over!
So true. So bloody true! Tsunku pushed her so much because she was the ‘Miracle Girl’, and now he wants her out… ~b@#%&$d!~ Her graduation announcement still hasn’t completely sunk in yet, but that’s probably because I’ve been immersing myself in work and have forcefully put it to the back of my mind. Come the 6th December though it’ll hit me like a ton of bricks X_X I need to be at her graduation but as I’m not sure if I’m gonna make it I’m thinking about ordering a signed and personalised Koharu photo from the FC, assuming they do one (they did one for Umeda Erika’s leaving)
BTW – Who’s Tokito Ami? Is she the one with glasses and big boobs?
p.s – Dunno why I wrote bastard like that… Guess I just felt like it lol
“Who’s Tokito Ami? Is she the one with glasses and big boobs?”
LOL! What a way to describe her! But yes, basically. Between her and Tsunku’s recent ‘new’ record label (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNX – though a lot of those other bands never really took off) it seems that he’s lost his interest in H!P.
I really like the songs he writes, I just can’t help but feel that he’s not giving any of the better quality ones to H!P anymore and that TNX is his attempt to have more creative control over the groups that he writes for.
Maybe I should sign all ex-H!P members to a new record label and try and push forward a counter!MM revolution. LOL! (^_^)
I think my description was pretty accurate lol. I don’t like her >_< That's going purely on looks though as I've haven't listened to any of her songs. In fact, I think the only TNX song I've listened to is one by The Possible, and that was only because it was performed at a Wonderful Hearts or Goccoro concert.
If you were to make your own record label you’d have to try an pinch Morning Musume, Berryz and C-ute from Tsunku as well. I’ll partner you and we can start a new, improved Hello! Project! We’d just have to come up with some awesomely catchy name for the company *thinks* (I’m really tired and my brain isn’t working properly…)