AKB48 members Yokoyama Yui, Okada Nana and Takahashi Juri celebrate Miyawaki Sakura on becoming the center of AKB48’s 54th single “NO WAY MAN” but also as she embarks on a 2 year and six month journey debuting in the global pop group, IZ*ONE.
HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura, HKT48 Yabuki Nako and AKB48 member Honda Hitomi will suspend all AKB48G activity to focus on their activities with IZ*ONE and will not return back to AKB48G until April 2021.
Takahashi Juri tweeted photos from the celebration:
AKB48 54th Single選抜に選ばれました。ありがとうございます。
センターはさくら🌸
先日お仕事終わりにそのままご飯した☺️💓私も全てのこれからの為に出来ること、精一杯努力します。#AKB48 #IZONE #大好き pic.twitter.com/cvsfao8MpX— 高橋朱里 Juri Takahashi (@juri_t_official) September 25, 2018