Thank you NOZA!

This article was written in June 2019.

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Noza has graduated after her last handshake event on May 6, 2019. Thank you, Noza, for everything you've done in your idol career. Not everyone knows this, but I have always been supporting Noza(a.k.a. noza-wota) and I didn't expect to feel so miserable at the final handshake event. Despite how I might appear to others, I was really affected and was crying at the back of the venue. I was also in tears when shaking hands with Noza.

I first met Noza during the legendary 48 lane event in NAGOYA DOME. Before I could say "nice to meet you!" she told me "it's nice seeing you again!" At that moment, I thought that I'd have to change the past somehow and to be there for her was already a start. Ever since, I have been very excited to go see her.

Of course I've had many great memories with Noza, but more than that, I remember times like when she famously said "everyday I write my mobile mails facing the wall," how we were all celebrating at the WORLD48 auditions when she got angry and said "no you all got it wrong," and how we actually got bored of receiving mails when we started tagging her in our replies saying that we would be sad if we didn't get a reply. In any case, she was a sensitive, empathetic idol whom I am glad to have supported. I was troubled when she said that she usually only gets praise for the external work she does, and it's regrettable that I was unable to do more in that regard.

That's why I started to think that I needed to have more confidence, but that was only made possible because of Noza's wonderful personality. I really hope that she can do what's best for herself so that her personality won't be exploited by others. I don't know what the future holds for Noza, and I'm sure not everything will be smooth sailing. But it's fine for there to be obstacles sometimes. However, given her sensitive temperament, I have no doubt that she will surely be happy.

I hope that Noza's encounter with all of us can give her strength in whatever she does in the future. Let's meet again sometime and somewhere.