Fans find a leaked Japanese magazine cover claiming that Miyawaki Sakura plans on graduating from HKT48

[My Everything]

According to fans on one online community, a Japanese magazine which is set for release some time at the end of May has been leaked, showing the issue's cover modelMiyawaki Sakura. 

The magazine is allegedly a July edition which is scheduled to begin selling on May 21. The cover star for this upcoming edition is the former IZ*ONE member Miyawaki Sakura, who recently returned home to Japan after officially wrapping up her project group promotions.

According to fans, a brief description of the star on the magazine's cover page reads, "Miyawaki Sakura, who returned to HKT48 after completing her IZ*ONE promotions, and who recently announced her graduation."

Thus far, there have been no official announcements regarding Miyawaki Sakura's graduation from her group HKT48. Do you think the contents of the magazine below are true?

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[satoori]

sort of expected she would graduate

[Lubbin]

This makes her signing with BigHit/HYBE much more likely

Hopefully she’ll be debuting in the new GG

[lighterxx]

Quite normal, thats what i expected as well

[harumaki]

Why did they leak it  I was waiting for her to do the announcement that's more exciting 

[Kittenae]

Not surprised and that's actually expected considering the strong rumor of her joining HYBE. She's got a big starpower that joining HYBE would be better for her future than being stuck in aki-p's idol empire that's no longer as big as it used to be. Most of the idols who graduated from aki-p's groups failed to have a fluorishing or better career after but I believe Sakura's career will be better after graduating. She's smart joining the pd48 as a stepping stone to carve out a career post hkt48+akb48 in two countries and now the rumor of her getting approached and recruited by HYBE.

[Regality]

who didnt see this coming lmao

[STORM BLOOM]

Can't wait for her to debut in another gg soon

[aldrin_only]

Just want to know what her plans are. And hopefully she'll sign with a good company.

[Mami3chan]

4 hours ago, Lubbin said:

This makes her signing with BigHit/HYBE much more likely

Hopefully she’ll be debuting in the new GG

the fact that the new name of the agency is HYBE is kinda hilarious 

HYBE = hype

non the less all that "HYPE" will be dead if Its turned out that she's not joining HYBE but what are other options Sony?

anyway I found another tweet from awhile about Sakura responding to a fan on her radio saying that she plans to stay as an idol for another 5 years or so! personally I didn't think Sakura will continue being an idol after leaving HKT I thought she will become more like a flexible entertainer or TV personality and also a singer who does like everything but after hearing that I won't be surprised if she actually re-debuts for the 3rd time as an idol group member.

 

3 hours ago, Interstella said:

Not surprised and that's actually expected considering the strong rumor of her joining HYBE. She's got a big starpower that joining HYBE would be better for her future than being stuck in aki-p's idol empire that's no longer as big as it used to be. Most of the idols who graduated from aki-p's groups failed to have a fluorishing or better career after but I believe Sakura's career will be better after graduating. She's smart joining the pd48 as a stepping stone to carve out a career post hkt48+akb48 in two countries and now the rumor of her getting approached and recruited by HYBE.

for me it's not much about HYBE rumors or whatever her returning to Japan first and then making an announcement is something I was already expecting cause just like Juri/Miyu she have to graduate and then move on but we haven't got that official announcement yet and many fans are getting tired of it lol like come on Sakura just drop the bomb already

[bzz]

2 hours ago, Regality said:

who didnt see this coming lmao

Delusional otaku believing she was deceived to join Produce 48 and she was abused and made pennies as IZ*One's member, the news of her signing Big Hit was just a PR stunt to increase the share value of the company, all her words that she was happy was forced by the Korean oppressing agency.

Edited May 13, 2021 by bzz

[Mami3chan]

2 hours ago, bzz said:

Delusional otaku believing she was deceived to join Produce 48 and she was abused and made pennies as IZ*One's member, the news of her signing Big Hit was just a PR stunt to increase the share value of the company, all her words that she was happy was forced by the Korean oppressing agency.

Why I do I feel like I've read that somewhere? Lol

anyway fun fact Big Hit stocks did went up after that rumor came out what's left is making that a reality

 

[Mami3chan]

6 hours ago, harumaki said:

Why did they leak it  I was waiting for her to do the announcement that's more exciting 

take it with a grain of salt 

[WhateverBitch]

[Sakura IS FEARLESS]

Dont let Wonyoung fan find out, they arent gonna be happy

[penyair]

she needs autotune, so HYBE is a perfect choice ✔✔✔

[Guest]

Ofc she gonna leave abk, why would she stay in a 40 member group when she is so popular all alone too? Wouldnt make sense,,,

[Your Biggest Fan]

This is the worst kept secret, but it's still scummy that she wasn't able to announce it herself to fans.

[Mami3chan]

5 hours ago, NothingOriginal said:

Ofc she gonna leave abk, why would she stay in a 40 member group when she is so popular all alone too? Wouldnt make sense,,,

it's not much about a 40 member group, even back before PD48 Sakuro could do stuff away from her main group cause the system is not as same as Kpop.

but it's been 2.5 years and there's covid19 so HKT & 48g in general are not like they used to be 2.5 years ago unfortunately, many big names have left in fact if Sakura goes back to HKT now she will be the biggest powerhouse handshake tickets seller alongside Yukirin only two out of hundreds of 48g members, and guess what? covid19 fucked them up, in the most recent years AKB48 relied very heavily on popular sister group members but because of Covid19 AKB was unable to add sister group members to their senbatsu for their single so at some point they stopped releasing a single the last single they released was back in March 2020!!! the management is being too stubborn they don't wanna release without sister group members probably out of fear that the single won't achieve 1 million first-week sales 

add on top of that if Sakura goes back just to realize she could only work with her main group HKT but can't work with AKB anymore that will be bad I guess? cause Sakura's most popular achievements were in AKB rather than her main group HKT.

keep in mind 48g biggest selling mechanism is handshake tickets, the original idea of 48g is idols you can meet and that's reflected in their handshake sales cause fans like to meet their fave but when you have covid19 going on fans can no longer do that and guess what happened? people started to buy less albums/tickets cause why buy if you can't meet your fave? <

Edited May 13, 2021 by Mami3chan

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Mami3chan said:

it's not much about a 40 member group, even back before PD48 Sakuro could do stuff away from her main group cause the system is not as same as Kpop.

but it's been 2.5 years and there's covid19 so HKT & 48g in general are not like they used to be 2.5 years ago unfortunately, many big names have left in fact if Sakura goes back to HKT now she will be the biggest powerhouse handshake tickets seller alongside Yukirin only two out of hundreds of 48g members, and guess what? covid19 fucked them up, in the most recent years AKB48 relied very heavily on popular sister group members but because of Covid19 AKB was unable to add sister group members to their senbatsu for their single so at some point they stopped releasing a single the last single they released was back in March 2020!!! the management is being too stubborn they don't wanna release without sister group members probably out of fear that the single won't achieve 1 million first-week sales 

add on top of that if Sakura goes back just to realize she could only work with her main group HKT but can't work with AKB anymore that will be bad I guess? cause Sakura's most popular achievements were in AKB rather than her main group HKT.

keep in mind 48g biggest selling mechanism is handshake tickets, the original idea of 48g is idols you can meet and that's reflected in their handshake sales cause fans like to meet their fave but when you have covid19 going on fans can no longer do that and guess what happened? people started to buy less albums/tickets cause why buy if you can't meet your fave? <

I'm sure she could do her main stuff  but the thing is what she achieved in produce elevated her imo that she doesnt need to be in the group and can go on by herself as solo. Also this management that u explained clearly shows why she needs to part ways with her company. You explained it so well i dont even need to add anything. 

[My Everything]

So what’s the current rumor? 
 

she’s joining bighit japan?

[Mami3chan]

1 hour ago, My Everything said:

So what’s the current rumor? 
 

she’s joining bighit japan?

pretty much 

[Sakura IS FEARLESS]

5 hours ago, My Everything said:

So what’s the current rumor? 
 

she’s joining bighit japan?

Not their sub, shes obviously joining their headquarter for her next world domination with the new girlies.

[yeahhhman]

At least she still make money from her youtube tho

[Kittenae]

On 5/13/2021 at 2:56 PM, Mami3chan said:

 

non the less all that "HYPE" will be dead if Its turned out that she's not joining HYBE but what are other options Sony?

anyway I found another tweet from awhile about Sakura responding to a fan on her radio saying that she plans to stay as an idol for another 5 years or so! personally I didn't think Sakura will continue being an idol after leaving HKT I thought she will become more like a flexible entertainer or TV personality and also a singer who does like everything but after hearing that I won't be surprised if she actually re-debuts for the 3rd time as an idol group member.

 

for me it's not much about HYBE rumors or whatever her returning to Japan first and then making an announcement is something I was already expecting cause just like Juri/Miyu she have to graduate and then move on but we haven't got that official announcement yet and many fans are getting tired of it lol like come on Sakura just drop the bomb already

Sony? Nogizaka46? I don't mind her joining them lol.

 

Unfortunately HMV was the one who dropped the bomb so the only bomb left here is whether she'll join HYBE  but she won't announce that herself, the company will. When she made the official graduation announcement, ppl pretended to be shock and many were like, "yeah we know we know". Exciting to see where she'll be going next. She seems ambitious.