Oshima Yuko to resume entertainment activity in January 2019

Former AKB48 member Oshima Yuko (29) has been studying English overseas since late August of 2017.

Oshima went to America last summer saying, “I’d like to study English abroad by the age of 30” and Oshima studied abroad for about a year.

While no one knows where in America she is living, her agency says that she will return back to Japan in the fall.  Oshima has posted a few Instagram photos in English:

I will be…something😃

A post shared by Yuko Oshima (@yuk00shima) on Sep 6, 2017 at 2:15am PDT

That’s it. 📷Made by Yuri💋💋💋

A post shared by Yuko Oshima (@yuk00shima) on Sep 11, 2017 at 11:12pm PDT

But Yuko has managed to sneak in a few things, such as going to Nepal for an “Earth” special exploring the Himalayas.

【感動地球スペシャル『大島優子ネパールに行きたい！天空のヒマラヤと野生の楽園を巡る』】大島優子、幻のインドサイを探して https://t.co/QDJ3QTna1s

— フジテレビ (@fujitv) February 1, 2018

#感動地球スペシャル #3月4日放送 #ネパール🇳🇵#今日はまだまだアップするかも🙃 pic.twitter.com/iLBEmyEdlM

— 大島優子 (@Oshima__Yuko) March 2, 2018

But when Oshima Yuko returns, she will be starring in a stage version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Tsumitobachi” (Crime and Punishment) with Miura Haruma (of the music group, Brash Brats).

The performance will be Oshima’s first stage appearance in three years.

Miura will be playing the role of the protagonist (in the Russian play the name is Raskolnikov) about a 23-year-old former student who is destitute.  Despite being handsome and beautiful, he is cold, apathetic, antisocial bu can also be warm and compassionate.  He commits murder as acts of charity.

Oshima will be playing the role of Sonya, the daughter of a drunkard and a prostitute who helps to rehabilitate Raskolnikov.

Oshima said, “I have been away for awhile form acting, but I want to devote my mind to this work and put my passion towards Sonya”.

The play will be performed at the Bukamura Theater Cocoon in Shibuya, Tokyo in January 2019.

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