On January 11th, NMB48 member Koyanagi Arisa announced her graduation from the group during Team M's stage performance 'Idol no Yoake'.

Koyanagi confessed, "Since my first year of high school, I started to have a desire for clothing and accessories related work. Now that I'm my third year, I had to decide on what course I should take and started thinking about what I should do. I thought about it a lot, but my desire for working with clothing and accessories was number one."�

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Koyanagi considered continuing her activities with NMB48 while attending a vocational school, but she thought that "both would be done halfway." Thus she decided to graduate from the group.�

According to NMB48's official homepage, Koyanagi's graduation date and her future activities will be announced once it's been decided.

Source: Sponichi Annex
Image: NMB48 Official Website