[Discuss] Who will replace Ono Erena?

[SomethingWild]

Most likely, it will be one of these kenkyuusei:

Mori Anna
Nagao Mariya
Nakamura Mariko
Oba Mina
Sano Yuriko
Shimada Haruka
Shimazaki Haruka
Takeuchi Miyu
Yamauchi Suzuran
Yokoyama Yui
Abe Maria
Fujita Nana
Ichikawa Miori
Iriyama Anna
Iwasaki Hiromi
Izuta Rina
Kanazawa Yuuki
Kato Rena
Kobayashi Marina
Nakamata Shiori

Out of that list, there are some that have gotten at least some exposure.
These come to mind.. I'm not that up to date on kenkyuusei, so there's probably more:

Shimada Haruka
Shimazaki Haruka
Takeuchi Miyu

Part of the jankenpon tournament:

Kobayashi Marina
Nagao Mariya
Nakamata Shiori
Nakamura Mariko

Top 40 in the last senbatsu election:
Yamauchi Suzuran
Shimazaki Haruka

...anything can happen really, but I think it'll be one of the above eight girls.

Having said that, I'd like Miyu to join 

[Datalanche]

I get good Team K vibes from Shimada Haruka or Yokoyama Yui. Not sure why, they just look and act like they might fit. Wouldn't mind Sano Yuriko either. She's long overdue for a promotion.

[Blu-Cherri]

Shimda Haruka has already been performing with Team K and she seems to fit in. She's also a good dancer, which is required for erena's unit.
I would predict shimazaki being promoted quickly if it wasn't for the high dance requirement needed for erena's spot.

I think watching the new kenkyuusei stage might hold the best clues...izuta rina is in mayu's spot and is apparently a good performer.

[hibachifinal]

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[Melchizadek]

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That was my first reaction when I saw the title of this thread.

I'm thinking Shimada Haruka is probably a pretty safe bet to take the spot. 

[clockface]

What Erepyon leaves behind will probably take more than 1 girl to equally replace...

Shallowness aside, I believe her replacement will only be there to make up the numbers. New team K is packed with superstars now in Miichan and Tomochin. So I predict a middle-tier kenkyusei member.

[Anariel]

Ishida Haruka, because she looks how erepyon ^^

[Masa]

Screw kenkyuusei cuz...



...oh, wrong team. In that case:

I'm thinking Shimada Haruka is probably a pretty safe bet to take the spot. 

Agreed

[SomethingWild]

I wonder if looking like Erena will prove to be an advantage or disadvantage for Harukyan in the long term...

Shimada Haruka does seem to get a lot of exposure.. she's bound to get promoted sooner or later.

[atskv9]

Digging this back up cause I had some more thoughts about it when Masa mentioned how he wished all the 9th gen RS could just get promoted as a team. While the consensus looks to be Shimada Haruka, what's wrong with having just 47 members? I realize the whole point is that there's supposed to be 48 members but before the shuffle I don't know how many total members there were but I'm sure it wasn't 48. The teams weren't even at 16 a piece either. I think it would be possible to have someone or multiple girls take over for her in all the Team K songs. I realize that Akimoto is often in no ways fair to some members but I think it might piss some fans and RS off if only Haruu got promoted. Honestly I agree with Masa also. I like this 9th gen a lot and it would suck to see them split up. Now that the teams are finally in order they seem to be set for at least a year or two, however there's always unforeseen circumstances (for which this thread wouldn't exist if Erena hadn't graduated). So does this seem like a possibility to anyone or is Haruu pretty much still gonna get it

[sousora]

I want Haruu in Team B myself, or failing that, A....

Having said that, I see a lot of speculation from Japanese fans that it could be Sano Yuriko. She doesn't really have a Team K image though. I'm personally hoping that they don't promote a girl right away, because I really like the research students are they are right now... but with the next generation coming in very soon, it seems likely it'll be promotion time for someone.

[Blu-Cherri]

This is a bad time to be an RS, in the sense that there isn't going to be many graduations coming up.
I suppose that's why they've been getting their own unit/promotions, the girls would probably leave otherwise and aki-p wants to keep the talent around.

[SomethingWild]

It's a sign!

[atskv9]

Lol. I was tempted to post that pic and say 'Erepyon and her replacement' but I didn't want to jump the gun

[SomethingWild]

^ Well, since a lot of people mentioned Haruu it's funny anyway 




They don't look-a-like at all anymore 

[Datalanche]

Having learned more about the kenkyuusei since my post, now I would like for Suzuran to replace her. She has Team K vibes and would fit in well with her epic dance skills. Still, I think the safe money is on Haruu. I'd be happy with either one, or even Yuriko.

[SomethingWild]

Yokoyama Yui has been promoted to team K. It was announced on 10-10-10 at the Tokyo Aki Matsuri concert!

It's interesting because Yui seems like a totally different type than Erena. Maybe they went with Yui instead of Haruu because of that?

[sousora]

Skill-wise Yokoyama was by far the clearest choice, although I still feel Haruu had more of a Team K feel. Still, if anything is gonna get me watching Team K shows regularly, it's Yokoyama!!