Former AKB48 member Nishino Miki (19) was among the 14th generation of members selected in 2012 and promoted to Team 4 in 2013. In 2017, she would graduate from the group and focus her career as a TV talent.
Nishino appeared on TOKYO MX’s “Barairo Dandy” and confessed “I hated the handshake meetings a lot”.
“I would be doing it for hours, from the morning until evening, I would get tired and I was sleepy because there were quite a few rows. So, I would have a technique of shaking hands while sleeping”.
Nishino said fans immediately noticed and they would be upset with her. She would still be a rebel but then she saw her fandom decrease and her popularity was over.
Nishino said, “I want to apologize to the fans who came at that time, I want to erase the past. I really am sorry”.