Ikoma Rina performed her final concert with Nogizaka46

It was a day that many Ikoma fans have been waiting for and that is her graduation concert with Nogizaka46 at Nippon Budokan on April 22nd.

With 12,000 fans in attendance, Ikoma thanked the fans, saying “Thank you for raising me since I was an amateur”.

Nogizaka46 members Shiraishi Mai (25), Nishino Nanase (23) and many of her fellow members were in tears as they presented Ikoma with a flower and a message.

Nogiaka46 performed 25 songs from their debut song “Guruguru Curtain” to their latest song “Synchronicity”.

Ikoma Rina is one of the founding members of Nogizaka46 and debuted in 2012.  She was the center for the first five singles and the 12th single and currently is the member who had appeared as center the most among the members of Nogizaka46.

While April 22nd was her final concert performance with Nogizaka46, her final day as a member of the group is on May 6th, where she will do one more final handshake meeting at Chiba Makuhari Messe.

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