With the announcement of AKB48�s Sashihara Rino (19) moving to Fukuoka based group HKT48, even the girls of HKT48 couldn�t hold back their surprise.

On June 16th, Team H member Wakatabe Haruka (13) threw the opening pitch at the Soft Bank vs. DeNA game at the Yahoo! Dome. Wakatabe gave her comment on the group�s new member, �We still have a ways to go when it comes to dancing and singing. We�re particularly bad at MCing. I hope we can learn a lot from Sashihara and can make a better HKT together.�

HKT�s center Kodama Haruka (15) updated her Google+ account on the same day, �I heard about Sashihara Rino-san this morning and I�m really surprised��

Lastly, HKT�s only member to enter the top 64 during the �4th Senbatsu General Election�, Miyawaki Sakura (14) also updated her Google+ account showing her complex feelings, �It looks like AKB48�s Sashihara-san will be switching to HKT48. Right now I feel nothing but shock. I wonder what�s going to happen after this��

Source: Sanspo