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[sailormari]

i wonder if she stayed in MM longer how pop she would be compare to now

but yes i agree she should be invited

[MatchinColorGurl08]

I heard that Aya was invited but was in backstage.

[siaogeena]

@sailormari: i agree...she has a nice voice...what a waste....

@Matchin'Col: you mean Ayappe/Ishiguro?

[Haylee]

IMO, if Asuka had stayed longer, until around the time Nakazawa left, she'd be incredibly popular. She has a great voice, she's cute... Plus, she was put up front which tends to help make members popular...

[Nona]

^ So true. I'm guessing she could have easily lasted until the 10th anniversary being that she was the youngest from the original five. It's a shame that the 10th anniversary of both Ai no Tane and Morning Coffee have passed with so little fanfare.

[MatchinColorGurl08]

@sailormari: i agree...she has a nice voice...what a waste....

@Matchin'Col: you mean Ayappe/Ishiguro?

Yeah, I meant Ayayye. The true I want to know is why did she left in the first place. I heard some many rumors about her that I don't the real truth.

[Nona]

The true I want to know is why did she left in the first place. I heard some many rumors about her that I don't the real truth.

I think that because she didn't have a graduation concert, a good guess would be that someone found out about her and Shinya (from Luna Sea) going out. UFA didn't want a scandal so they asked her to leave quietly. The fact that they got married in the spring the same year she quit and had a child in the fall makes this probably the best guess as to what happened to Aya.

[H!P#1]

The true I want to know is why did she left in the first place. I heard some many rumors about her that I don't the real truth.

I think that because she didn't have a graduation concert, a good guess would be that someone found out about her and Shinya (from Luna Sea) going out. UFA didn't want a scandal so they asked her to leave quietly. The fact that they got married in the spring the same year she quit and had a child in the fall makes this probably the best guess as to what happened to Aya.

she had a graduation it used to be on youtube but not any more i think

[Mizer]

Fukuda Asuka’s Graduation Performance of “Never Forget”
. . . and thus started the Musume tradition of the tearful graduation song . . .

What a great voice that girl had.

[Nona]

she had a graduation it used to be on youtube but not any more i think

H!P#1, thanks for the info. I have Memory-Seisyun no hikari and First Budokan Dancing Love Site 2000 DVDs so I thought she did not get a proper graduation. It's good hear she did. Again thanks for the correction.

[MatchinColorGurl08]

The true I want to know is why did she left in the first place. I heard some many rumors about her that I don't the real truth.

I think that because she didn't have a graduation concert, a good guess would be that someone found out about her and Shinya (from Luna Sea) going out. UFA didn't want a scandal so they asked her to leave quietly. The fact that they got married in the spring the same year she quit and had a child in the fall makes this probably the best guess as to what happened to Aya.

Are we talking about the same person? I heard that Asuka was going back to school but then dropped out.

[annabella]

Erm says on wikipedia that Aya ishiguro was the one with shinya from luna sea they got married.

[MatchinColorGurl08]

Erm says on wikipedia that Aya ishiguro was the one with shinya from luna sea they got married.

Plus, Ayappe did a interview last year about her time in MM.

[★pandapple★]

Yeah, Aya (married Luna Sea guy, had kids) =/= Asuka (left saying she waned to go back to school, dropped out and worked in her dad's bar) and there is a thread for Aya, so that is where all talk about her should go

I wonder if Asuka didn't really know what she was in for, being only 12 when she auditioned (for lead vocals in a rock band ), and then being put in a group with a bunch of older girls. She probably didn't expect all the attention they would actually get, nor the schedule that went with it, and just couldn't keep up in the end. I suppose we'll never really know though

[siaogeena]

^lol here is asuka's thread
but we tokin bout aya...

[Nickytje]

Asuka really should have stayed longer, she had one of the strongest voices of all members

[gubu chan chan]

Miss her heaps now....
she had such a strong voice and cute puffy cheeks....
and when i knew she was only 12 the time she joined, i was lyk *omg*
Her vocals are amazing though! So much better than Some of the ones we have now...
[Not even going to naming any MM member in particular... ]

[LoveMomusu]

Fukuda Asuka’s Graduation Performance of “Never Forget”
. . . and thus started the Musume tradition of the tearful graduation song . . .

What a great voice that girl had.

such a good song....such a amazing voice....among the best

[Country Musume FanBoy]

I wonder if she'll come to the elder club concert...or at least one of them, or something

[faraithi sayounara~*waves*]

Fukuda-san's graduation concert in 1999 has been subtitled by HPS!

It was released on the Tracker less than half a day ago:

[HPS] Morning Musume 1999 Spring Concert - Memory Seishun no Hikari (1999.04.18 subtitled)

Here are 2 of the screencaps from that page:





And here's something interesting from the 'Description' for that torrent:

The interesting thing about this graduation is what we now know about the situation at the time between Fukuda and the rest of the group. At the time, her reason given for leaving was to devote herself to her studies. However, she later admitted that she was unhappy, and wanted to get out of the group. For a bit of background, here are some direct quotes from Fukuda which appeared in a 2006 issue of Asahi Geinou, an entertainment magazine:

"Devote myself to studying? Ha ha ha ha, that was just an excuse."

"I got to see two totally different worlds, living in Tokyo (with my parents) and going to school normally, compared to that (show business) world. If I kept it up, I thought I might not be able to go back to having a normal life. That's why I left. But it was already too late."

"It was tough. Right from the start, I thought about quitting."

"Because they said things like that (because you're still a kid), I did what I could. I tried my hardest, but they (the other members) looked at me coldly. That's what I couldn't stand."

"It became 4 versus 1. Like when we were travelling, the four of them would talk together, and I'd be left all alone. Honestly, on radio programs, they wouldn't talk to me at all. I could only talk to the host. Things like that. So I was happy when the three new members joined. It seemed like the other four were getting together like, 'Here come some new annoyances.' But for me it was like, 'Here come some new friends.' (lol)"

"For Nakazawa, who was named as the leader, she also seemed to act harshly as our manager. but maybe it was different with me because I was the youngest. And I was a kid who didn't really think too much, getting difficult things done easily wasn't much fun for me. I was in the waiting room, making a bit of noise, when she yelled, "Shut up!" angrily at me."

"After all, while we got along the worst at the beginning, in the end Nakazawa-san and I were the closest. I saw her working hard and getting better at dancing, and I said, "That's great. I'm jealous." That made her happy. Nakazawa-san is the only one I stayed in touch with after leaving."

"Right now I'm happy to be doing what I love, so I don't want to go back (to show business). My dream for the future is to become a cute bride."

So, with this knowledge, watching this concert is pretty interesting. She seems aloof even during the show, and doesn't shed a tear, although the other members surely do. The backstage scenes are pretty telling, as well.