Haruka Kohara joins SDN48Wed, September 23, 2009 (11:57am EDT)AKB48 member Haruka Kohara (21) is being transferred to SDN48, it was announced on Tuesday. For now, Kohara is a member of both groups, but after AKB48's teams change in October, she will be only in SDN48. Kohara was promoted from kenkyuusei status to Team B in January of this year. It was originally announced that she would move to Team K as part of the lineup changes next month, but instead she will be transferred to SDN48 along with Kayo Noro, Megumi Ohori, Yukari Sato, and Kazumi Urano.
Yuki Iwata leaves SDN48Sun, September 27, 2009 (2:30pm EDT)SDN48 member Yuki Iwata (28) is no longer with the group, it was announced last week. She is said to be suffering from a chronic health problem and is being treated at home. Iwata was an "under" (understudy) for SDN48, which officially formed just last month, on August 1.