Aika brought a lot of joy to many fans as a member of Morning Musume. Whatever future role she can play within Hello!Project will be eagerly anticipated by her fans.
But she deserves respect, admiration, and love for what she accomplished as a very young girl when selected to be a member. She faced the same problems that Asuka Fukuda and Maki Goto faced, being quite a bit younger than the other members, and like Maki, Aika was the only member of her generation. But she accepted the challenge and her smile and genki personality overcame a lot of fans to win their hearts.
Here is a clip from back in 2009, when Aika, with two of the cutest back-up dancers ever, performs 私の魅力に気付かない鈍感な人 / Watashi no Miryoku ni Kizukanai Donkan na Hito (Insensitive People are Unaware of My Charms)