Kusumi Koharu to graduate from Hello! Project / Morning Musume

It was announced today at Morning Musume’s first concert of the Nine Smile tour that 7th generation member and former soloist Kusumi Koharu will be graduating from both Morning Musume and Hello! Project at the end of the current tour.
I’m rather surprised by this news as Kusumi is a pretty important member in Morning Musume and although her talent is somewhat questionable she’s a fan favourite.
I’ve never really been a fan but I’ll be sad to see her go, if only for Morning Musume’s sake. Kusumi will graduate on 2009-12-06.
I’m devestated. Koharu, I don’t want to lose you… I just wanted to meet her before this…
T_T Kohapinku… she was totally the best girl of MoMusu
YES! YES! She is graduating.
Although, I have to say that my absence in listening to Morning Musume and enjoying their songs for 3 years, she grew on me but I still didn’t like it.
I hope Umeda Erika and Kusumi Koharu become a successful models.
where is she going to go after she graduates?
She’s going to start modelling like Umeda Erika of C-ute.
But she was FINALLY stopping her usage of her Kirari-voice! >,<
*devastated, as well*
Dangit…
I really wanted her to prove herself [more], to those that doubt her skills. She was just beginning to do so…
*realizes*
Ah, the first graduation, for this round-up of MM. =O
(It's so weird, not going by order of generation/age, though!)
*random thought:*
Perhaps she's either realized her lack of support for her skills, or lack of fans [since the anime ended].
Huh.
Hopefully, it's nothing serious and that she isn't facing anything major (such as a scandal, or even worse). =3
maybe she wants to go to AKB48… lol they do a lot of side jobs that don’t interfere with AKB48… modeling and such?
OMG!!!! she is one of my faveorits!!!! im realy sad i was craying!!!!!!!! dont go koharu kusumi!!!!
God has finally answered my prayers! YES! The day of I’m totally having party with friends to celebrate Momusu becoming great again (though nowhere near as good as it was with Nono, Aibon, and Abe around)
I know how you feel.
Well it can’t have been a scandal or she wouldn’t get a graduation ceremony.
She’s too good for MoMusu anyhow xD
HO This is terrible! i don’t want to see her only through modeling! there is no hope in the world if Kusumi Koharu is leaving…..
but, this would be fine if she does actually start taking some kind of lessons and then gets back out there again!!! i really really hope she does something again.
it’s so not gonna be the same with her gone! SHE is deffinetly taking a big piece of H!P with her….