The four girls of Morning Musume 5th Generation had debuted with their hit song, “ Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ ” about 10 years ago. Those members were Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, and Niigaki Risa . Niigaki Risa wrote on her blog, “It’s amazing that it has been 10 years. Konkon (Konno Asami) and Makochii (Ogawa Makoto) have been working hard by themselves, and Ai-chan and I have been doing activities in Morning Musume for 10 whole years.” Fans have sent them numerous messages congratulating them on their 10th annerversary; 9th generation member, Ikuta Erina , even sent Niigaki a message at 12am saying, “Congratulations on your 10th anniversary!”.

Niigaki also blogged, “Ai-chan is preparing to graduate soon. In the beginning the four of us were together, but now each of us is doing our best on our own paths. Indeed, the 5th Generation is special, even though we aren’t doing activities together, we still feel connected. I thought once again, ‘I’m glad to be a member of this generation’. The three of you, thank you so much for always supporting me ( ´ー`) You’ve helped me more than you can imagine ☆ Let’s forever continue looking after one another in the future ☆ I love you guuuys (人>U<)♪. I want the four of us to have a 10th anniversary party soon.”
She left a special message for leader Takahashi who will be graduating soon, “Ai-chan. Let’s do our best together with the time we have left!!!”. Lastly, she uploaded funny pictures of the members, except for Konno Asami. She said, “It seems I’m not able to upload pictures of Konkon T_T.”

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