7 Sep - NMB48 member Jo Eriko has announced that she would be graduating from the idol group, in order to focus on her studies, reports Tokyo Hive.
Eriko announced this during the group's performance at their theatre on 3 September.
The NMB48 official website further stated that Eriko was having trouble to manage both her group activities and her studies as a third year student in junior high school, and decided to graduate.
The date of her graduation performance would be announced on a later date.
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