Former AKB48 members appear at Minegishi Minami’s graduation concert

AKB48’s Minegishi Minami’s graduation concert took place on May 22nd at Pia Arena and Minegishi was reunited with many of her former AKB48 members.

Her no3b (No Sleeves) members (and former AKB48 members), Takahashi Minami and Kojima Haruna joined Minegishi to perform “Junai no Crescendo”.

Also, joining her for a performance was former HKT48/AKB48 member Sashihara Rino in which the two performed “Choose me!”.

Miyazawa Sae and Akimoto Sayaka also joined for a performance of “We are Team K”.

In addition, the skit air band “SONE” with former member Kitahara Rie and Miyazaki Miho also joined Minegishi onstage. The three have done SONE skits since 2010.

Also, attending the special event is the pregnant Itano Tomomi for the performance of “Ponytail to Shushu”.

Former AKB48 member Kasai Tomomi (who announced her marriage last week) appeared in a performance in “Choose me”.

And members of AKB48 Team 4 alongside Minegishi, Kojima Mako and Nishino Miki appeared in a performance for “LOVE Shugyo”.

Former AKB48 member Shinoda Mariko also appeared for a performance of “Ue kara Mariko”.

And Oshima Yuko appeared for an appearance for “Heavy Rotation”:

Minegishi announced her graduation on December 8, 2019 but the graduation was postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. In addition, Minegishi has abstained from drinking alcohol until she graduated and it’s been 530 days since she has drunken alcohol.