If you count all the graduations in the last year, it’s quite a large number!  Is this a sign of bad times for the 48-groups?!?

The complete list is as shown below:

[table] Date,Name, Group / Team
2014/06/18,Okubora Chinatsu 奥洞千捺,AKB・8
2014/06/24,Yogi Keira 與儀ケイラ,NMB・N
2014/07/06,Owaki Arisa 大脇有紗,SKE・E
2014/07/07,Takayama Riko 高山梨子,NMB・understudy
2014/07/12,Goto Mayuko 後藤真由子,SKE・understudy
2014/08/25,Kato Tomoko 加藤智子,SKE・KII
2014/08/25,Kinoshita Yukiko 木下有希子,SKE・KII
2014/10/07,Mizuno Honoka 水埜帆乃香,SKE・KII
2014/10/08,Yamada Reika 山田澪花,SKE・E
2014/10/14,Takashima Yurina 高島祐利奈,AKB・4
2014/10/15,Yamamda Nana 山田菜々,NMB・M/SKE・KII
2014/12/08,Takahashi Minami 高橋みなみ,AKB・A
2014/12/12,Murakami Ayaka 村上文香,NMB・M
2014/12/19,Yamauchi Tsubasa 山内つばさ,NMB・N
2014/12/24,Nakanishi Yuka 中西優香,SKE・S
2014/12/24,Sato Mieko 佐藤実絵子,SKE・S
2015/01/07,Yamada Mizuho 山田みずほ,SKE・KII
2015/01/07,Abiru Riho 阿比留李帆,SKE・KII
2015/01/09,Iwanaga Tsugumi 岩永亞美,SKE・E
2015/01/26,Morikawa Yui 森脇由衣,AKB・8
2015/02/01,Furukawa Airi 古川愛李,SKE・KII
2015/02/03,Morikawa Ayaka 森川彩香,AKB・A
2015/02/04,Sasaki Yuka 佐々木柚香,SKE・understudy
2015/02/04,Ogino Risa 荻野利沙,SKE・understudy
2015/02/06,Kobayashi Ami 小林亜実,SKE・E
2015/02/16,Suzuki Shihori 鈴木紫帆里,AKB・K
2015/03/01,Yamagishi Natsumi 山岸奈津美,NMB・N
2015/03/04,Miura Arisa 三浦亜莉沙,NMB・M
2015/03/24,Kusaba Manami 草場愛,HKT・KIV
2015/03/26,Kawaei Rina 川栄李奈,AKB・A
2015/04/10,Kono Saki 河野早紀,NMB・N
2015/04/15,Takano Yui 高野祐衣,NMB・M
2015/05/08,Muro Kanako 室加奈子,NMB・N
2015/05/29,Matsui Sakiko 松井咲子,AKB・A
2015/06/10,Matsui Rena 松井玲奈,SKE・E
2015/06/11,Terui Honoka 照井穂乃佳,NMB・BII
2015/06/15,Maeda Mitsuki 前田美月,AKB・4
2015/06/15,Tsuchiyasu Mizuki 土保瑞希,AKB・4
[/table]

Note that these are just graduation dates. Doing some addition, the total number of graduations for each group is:

• AKB: 10
• SKE: 16
• NMB: 11
• HKT: 1

That seems like a lot.  It seems like SKE has a high turnover rate.  I wonder how HKT manages to keep everyone along so well!  Apparently, many 2ch netizens are also pretty surprised at the number, with comments such as the following:

• Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!
• Just this year?
• What the heck is staring here!?
• The Pure Industry of HKT48.
• I can’t see a future here.
• If Kashiwagi graduates, that’s like 5 graduations.

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Source: http://blog.livedoor.jp/akbip/archives/44445681.html

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