[News] Masuda Yuka to quit AKB48

[KudoShinichi]

Looks like something came up on Shuukan Bunshun again...  Its about Masuda Yuka... 
http://shukan.bunshun.jp/articles/-/2095

[YKT]

Looks like something came up on Shuukan Bunshun again...  Its about Masuda Yuka... 
http://shukan.bunshun.jp/articles/-/2095

More at

http://shukan.bunshun.jp/articles/-/2095

[WindCaliber]

From Stage48's HRP:

Shukan Bunshun reports that Yuppai has (had?) an affair with singer ISSA, head of hip hop group DA PUMP, who had announced his engagement to actress Fukumoto Sachiko only last year. He performed alongside Masuda in "The Wiz".

Bunshun says the photos Angelii posted above were shot November 7th - the day of Yuka's return to the AKB theater. We see her arriving at ISSA's apartment (which is thought to be a second place he's renting for his stays in Tokyo, considering he lives with his fiancé in Okinawa) at 10:40 p.m. and it appears none of the two left the place before next evening/twenty hours later.

Office 48 told Bunshun that Masuda along with other fellow musical actors did indeed visit ISSA's apartment, but that it was all on a purely professional level.
Interesting is the statement of ISSA's office. According to them, ISSA and Fukumoto have broken off their engagement. But they deny any private involvement with Masuda.

Oh heck no, I know they're not targeting Masuda Yuka, now 

[SomethingWild]

I gathered all the related post to keep the discussion in one thread.

Masuda Yuka announced on her blog that she will quit AKB48:

久しぶりの更新になってしまい、申し訳ありません。

突然ですが
明日、週刊誌に私の記事が出ます。

内容はDA PAMPのISSAさんの家に私が泊まりに行ったということです。
記事の中には事実ではないことも書かれていましたが泊まりにいったことは、事実です。

今回のことでたくさんの人たちに誤解されるような軽率な行動を取り、迷惑をかけてしまったこと
そして応援してくださっていたファンのみなさん、チームのメンバー、後輩メンバー、スタッフ、家族をガッカリさせてしまうことになりました。
今後、どのようにするべきか？いろいろ悩み考え、けじめをつける為にも、本当に突然ですが、AKB48を辞退させていただきたいと思っています。

昔から私を応援してくださってくれていた、ファンの皆さまにはこういう形での辞退になってしまい、本当申し訳ない気持ちでいっぱいです。
私の記事のせいで沢山の方にご心配をおかけしてしまい、まずみなさんに自分の言葉で謝罪させていただきたかったので
ブログに書かせていただきました。

増田有華

http://ameblo.jp/massuuu-yuttan/entry-11415396132.html

[WindCaliber]

^Just read it.

Fack....................

 

[GekiDan]

Does that mean she admits it?

[saeyukilover]

no!!! pls. don't make it official...

da fuck is wrong with that shuukan trying to destroy akb seriously......you will never prevail

i'm begging  please dont accept her graduation..... aki p..!!!!!

 

[stv_wong]

Oh God... not Yuttan... She was just about to spread her wings again after being a side-liner for so long. 

This year is truly a graduation year for the 48 families


I fear for the time when Jan 13th came. Ahiru no namida 

[KudoShinichi]

Masuda Yuka announced on her blog that she will quit AKB48:

久しぶりの更新になってしまい、申し訳ありません。

突然ですが
明日、週刊誌に私の記事が出ます。

内容はDA PAMPのISSAさんの家に私が泊まりに行ったということです。
記事の中には事実ではないことも書かれていましたが泊まりにいったことは、事実です。

今回のことでたくさんの人たちに誤解されるような軽率な行動を取り、迷惑をかけてしまったこと
そして応援してくださっていたファンのみなさん、チームのメンバー、後輩メンバー、スタッフ、家族をガッカリさせてしまうことになりました。
今後、どのようにするべきか？いろいろ悩み考え、けじめをつける為にも、本当に突然ですが、AKB48を辞退させていただきたいと思っています。

昔から私を応援してくださってくれていた、ファンの皆さまにはこういう形での辞退になってしまい、本当申し訳ない気持ちでいっぱいです。
私の記事のせいで沢山の方にご心配をおかけしてしまい、まずみなさんに自分の言葉で謝罪させていただきたかったので
ブログに書かせていただきました。

増田有華

http://ameblo.jp/massuuu-yuttan/entry-11415396132.html

TRANSLATIONS
To everyone,

I am sorry that i wasn't able to update this blog for some time.

It is kind of sudden but,
tomorrow an article about me will be published in a weekly magazine.

The topic of that is about me staying in the house of ISSA-san from DA PAMP.

There are parts of the article that are not true, but it is a fact that I had stayed in his house.
Because I have caused worry to a lot of people because of my actions, and I have disappointed the people who have been supporting me, my team members, my juniors, staff and family.

After this, what should I do? I thought about various alternatives, to take responsibility, this is really sudden, but I think I will hand over my resignation from AKB48.

The fans who have been supporting me all the way from the beginning, I feel really regretful that my resignation had to come in such a way.

Because my article has caused worries to a lot of people, I wanted to convey my apologies directly using my own words, that is why
I am writing this in my blog.

Masuda Yuka

Dont accept it! Aki-P if you want transfer her to NMB or something but dont let her resign!!! (atleast she will be happy in her hometown if she goes to NMB) 
So, when is the next ANN broadcast scheduled to?

[les18]

i like her the way she dance, sing and she would have been my ni-oshi,
i cannot accept this it really really really hurts
oh Yuttan why oh why you leave us i don't want you to leave i want you to stay here in AKB longer?????

[SomethingWild]

It almost sounds like she did it on purpose. AKB48 has nothing to offer her anymore career-wise.
She has her musical stuff going on and I think she wants to focus on that. It's what makes her happy, right.
Yuka isn't stupid, she known very well what she can and cannot do and what the consequences are.

It sucks though, because when you resign you don't get a graduation concert/ceremony.
She's been with the group since April 2006, so that's around 6.5 years! 
It's a shame to "throw it away" like this. A proper ending would have been nicer.
At least she has a good career going now, unlike some of the other girls who have dropped out over the years.

DiVa was already on thin ice with Sae going to China, but now it'll be even harder for them.
I wouldn't want to be the girl who has to fill Yuka's position. I guess we'll see how that turns out.

But yeah, suck to see her go, that's for sure.

[edsonmassao]

a resignation of a member is always painful.  very sad to know about it.

Japanese gossip press are impressing me, they look too terrible like the United Kingdom ones

[nori]

I hope no one takes this the wrong way but I don't think it comes as too much of a surprise.
Whether anything happened between her and ISSA is almost irrelevant.
Others have been in similar positions or worse and still chose to continue with AKB, albeit with sacrifices.
The fact that she decided to not perform at the Tokyo Dome, AKB's dream, because of "WIZ" showed to me that she was prepared to give up AKB to chase her dreams.

Also I agree with SomethingWild-san it is a shame that it is resignation instead of graduation since she is a 2nd gen member and really deserved a proper sending off.
Hopefully this sort of ending to her time at AKB doesn't have a bad effect on the rest of her career.

Really sad about this news, since she was a huge reason for me being interested in AKB, and I seriously wish her success in whatever she chooses to do.

[winner]

Damn. Definitely feels sad if Yuka leaves AKB like this without a proper grad event.
Reading the details, it's just like Sayaka's scandal 2 years ago. If Yuka wanted to stay I think she'd honestly have a good fighting chance. Maybe recently all the older members have been discussing graduation more seriously, after Acchan leaving. That and getting an experience starring in Wiz probably pushed her to give such a quick decision/response.
I have never seen an idol announce a grad then take it back, so I won't be waiting for a miracle to happen. Like SW said, DiVA... and basically all the sub-units have been in a stand-still this year (WH7 hurt from grads/shuffles and an imbalance in members, FK has Yuki going solo and Akicha in JKT, and NY kinda has 4 members in 4 teams... ). Yuttan is probably one of the only members I feel confident can work solo. Purely with her talent, and not using any of her popularity from AKB. So I hope it all turns out well.

Still sucks for the team to lose one of their best singers/performers.

[Joe]

Here we go again. I think the same as SomethingWild.

[Rust]

Sad to know that one of AKB's premium singer is leaving.
But just a question,

It almost sounds like she did it on purpose. AKB48 has nothing to offer her anymore career-wise.
She has her musical stuff going on and I think she wants to focus on that. It's what makes her happy, right.
Yuka isn't stupid, she known very well what she can and cannot do and what the consequences are.

It sucks though, because when you resign you don't get a graduation concert/ceremony.
She's been with the group since April 2006, so that's around 6.5 years! 
It's a shame to "throw it away" like this. A proper ending would have been nicer.
At least she has a good career going now, unlike some of the other girls who have dropped out over the years.

I can see her wanting to graduate after getting her role in the Wiz, but if I were in her place, I would definitely prefer graduation to resignation. So unless I am understanding you incorrectly, I don't see why this would be purposeful. If you mean that she made a conscious decision to resign as a result of the scandal, which was not deliberate, than I can understand.

Japanese gossip press are impressing me, they look too terrible like the United Kingdom ones 

I always thought there's exist a lot of similarities between the two nations acutally.
This include the way they drive, both are island nations just off the continent, both are constitutional monarchy, both have a Liberal Democratic Party, love for Yaoi (not sure about yuri lol), their love for genre of detective/suspense entertainment, & the high percentage of people watching tv in both nations. Now I guess we just need to add a notorious tabloid press.

[WindCaliber]

It almost sounds like she did it on purpose. AKB48 has nothing to offer her anymore career-wise.
She has her musical stuff going on and I think she wants to focus on that. It's what makes her happy, right.
Yuka isn't stupid, she known very well what she can and cannot do and what the consequences are.

It sucks though, because when you resign you don't get a graduation concert/ceremony.
She's been with the group since April 2006, so that's around 6.5 years! 
It's a shame to "throw it away" like this. A proper ending would have been nicer.
At least she has a good career going now, unlike some of the other girls who have dropped out over the years.

I think alot of people feel this way, but are denying it. I think that's what I'm doing anyway 
The announcement was so immediate, that it feels like she was looking for an excuse—almost. You're
right that AKB48 doesn't have much to offer her anymore, with all the new member pushes. But, I still
don't like to see her go, not this way.

[muppet]

Not a happy turn of events for anyone involved.Yuka has had a great year, and sad to see a resignation, rather than a graduation.
She has a wonderful voice, and a smile that could melt icebergs. Those weekly magazines are part of the entertainment scene, but wish that they did not have so much influence.

Will continue to follow and support Yuka, she has been a great joy to watch over the years.Ganbatte!

[Datalanche]

I don't think she did this "on purpose", but from how quick her decision came she doesn't seem that resolute about AKB48. That's been obvious for a while. Skipping TOKYO DOME of all things was a big clue. And really, if that's how she or anyone else feels, then they should go. There's plenty of girls out there that being in AKB is their whole dream. Not that I want to see her gone so quickly, but yeah..

I hate to see her bow out on such a low note, though. Japan's entertainment industry doesn't like shit like this so it will stain her name a bit in some circles. However, given her talent and interest, she's going into an industry that may not care as much about silly tabloid "omg you like boiz" scandals. I mean, without the idol mark it means pretty much nothing. I think she understands she's gotten what she needed from AKB48. She's getting out there and getting work, it'll get to a point (if it hadn't already) that AKB was more in the way than anything else. This isn't a situation like Sashihara where it's worth her effort to fight and stay in AKB48 post-scandal, or for management to fight to keep her. I don't mean that as an insult towards Yuka, that's just... how it is. I think she knows that, too.

I hope she finds the success she wants. She's definitely got the talent, way too much talent to be only an AKB theater girl.

[YKT]

Official statement from management

http://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-11415850375.html


"Yesterday, Masuda Yuka wrote on her blog that she has tendered her resignation, and we are letting you know that we have accepted it."

"We are truly sorry that as management, we did not report this to fans right away, and that this has impacted many relevant parties."

"With regards to her scheduled activities and her last day as an AKB member, we are still working this out with relevant parties."

"We will let you know as soon as all this is finalized."

Translation by https://twitter.com/Bilingual48