Mitsui Aika announces hiatus from showbiz

[Celedam]

[JonCC]

Aika isn't really as populous as....say Aibon,

I've often wondered what the total population of Aika was.
There's also a bad joke about "full of people" and Kago Ai in there somewhere.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/populous

[BerryzCelebration]

Lol,I meant as Popular as Aibon is .

I just hope she has a good time. I would love it if she went somewhere like Canada or Hawaii. Or maybe New Zealand or Australia .

[resop2]

What would truly be ironic is if Aika learns how to speak English really well and her voice when she speaks English is much closer to her singing voice than her voice when she speaks Japanese.

[BerryzCelebration]

Lol . It probably will though.

Actually...what is Aika's real singing voice? It's like every two years,she changes it .

[lynnkung]

Makoto did have a peaceful time studying in NZ, right? I think Aika will too, where ever she decides to go. But I do agree that if there were her fans around, they would let her be and not stalk her or anything.

..... how did this turn into a stalk-your-idol-or-not discussion?

Aika is really sticking to her H!P contract, nothing takes her away from it, not even being out of Japan.
Looking forward to having her back and helping with MC when the groups go to Western countries and stuff

[JonCC]

Aika is really sticking to her H!P contract, nothing takes her away from it, not even being out of Japan.

Makes you wonder though.
Other idols have been 'let go' for far less.
Yet for some reason, even after several (severe) medical issues and the negative fan response throughout her idol career, UFP decided to stick by her.
I don't quite get their reasoning. Unless there's something we're not seeing.

I'm also not expecting her studies to in any way benefit H!P (I realize that's not the point of them but still...)
Ogawa Makoto did it and while that's great for her education and personal growth and development, it never quite came into use later on did it?
Apart from a few Youtube videos of her showing her test results.

[wotakubrandon]

Well they clearly see that Aika is perfect except for dem weak bones.

Honestly though I've always liked Aika A LOT. She was the first member to join when I became a fan so she was the first idol I got to watch grow and change and get better. It's been mentioned that she's rather reliable and likeable behind the scenes and also quite serious/strict if 9th and 10th generations are to be believed. And wasn't she even Tsunku's favorite for a hot second?

[BerryzCelebration]

I think Aika might end up leaving. Like she will really love the place she is staying at and she might want to live there? I just hope she does not get the "Homesick" feels.

[Rm88]

Since I haven't been particularly observant about H!P lately, I kind of forgot Aika existed