On February 16th, AKB48's Kasai Tomomi held a release event for her solo debut song, "Masaka", at Yokohama BLITZ.

This marks Kasai's first solo event since announcing her graduation from AKB48 in December. She performed a total of 5 songs for 1,000 fans.

While her graduation date is still undecided, she once again declared, "I have decided to press forward on my path as a singer." She then sang SPEED's graduation song, "my graduation".

During the middle of the event, former SDN48 member Ohori Megumi made a surprise guest appearance. She held a public recording of Nippon Broadcasting's 'Onee-san ni Kikinasai!'

Kasai responded to the fans' warm cheers saying, "I'm able to move forward because of everybody."

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Source & Photos: Sanspo