AKB48 is about to lose another member as Mariya Suzuki announces her plans to bow out of the group.
Mariya Suzuki, member of AKB48′s Team K, has announced her intentions
to graduate from the group on April 30th which will dual serve as a
farewell and Birthday concert show. Suzuki shares “When I think of how
many up and coming members are ready to take the lead for the next
generation of AKB48 I felt it was an excellent time to graduate from the
group.” she continues “I will continue to enjoy my youth that I’ll
leave behind me in the coming weeks left with AKB48.”
Mariya Suzuki joined AKB48 as a 7th generation member in 2008. She
transferred to SNH48 in 2012 and returned to AKB48 exclusively in
2016. Suzuki will continue to make event appearances beyond her
graduation date and into June 10th, 2017
AKB48 is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara area of
Tokyo where the group’s primary theater is located. AKB48′s producer,
Yasushi Akimoto, had envisioned the group as the girl next door and
sought to form a group with their own theatre featuring daily
performances in order for fans to see shows year-round. The concept of
“idols you can meet” evolved into a rotating roster of teams and sister
groups able to hold simultaneous performances at events around Japan and
the world with the recent expansion of AKB48′s international sister
groups in China and Indonesia.
The group is one of the highest-earning musical performers in Japan,
with 2013 sales of over $128 million, and has been characterized as a
social phenomenon. As of December 2015 the group has sold over 40
million records total which include over 36 million singles which made
the group the highest selling musical act in Japan. The girls have
consistently topped the Oricon charts since 2009 and have amassed 21
singles (since December 2015) which have surpassed the million sale mark
inside a week.
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