Gotta love Japanese idol agencies and their love to surprise fans. It has been just announced that on Friday, November 23rd, 2018 there will be an announcement on a new members to join Angerme. It actually has not been announced how many members will be added to the group, but for the sake of ease of writing this out I am going to use the plural.
I can see why they would want to do this before Wada Ayaka's graduation in the Spring. This does tend to happen with Morning Musume, where shortly before a big graduation to add new members to the group. So honestly this announcement probably should not be that much of a surprise that it happened, just the timing of it as the Spring is still a few months away.
I have always assumed to try to deter backlash from fans who may see them as "replacements" for whoever graduated and left the group by bringing in the new members right before. And I see that in play with this, as well as not only will the new members be coming before Ayaka's graduation but they will actually have some time with her in the group. So at least it will not be nearly as awkward at her graduation when they have to say a few words to her for a public farewell unlike new members that joined a group a few days before a graduation. In fact there just might be a chance they could even be in the single that will be Ayaka's graduation single. That of course all depends on when H!P plans on releasing that.
As for trying to guess who will be joining, I honestly have no clue. I do not follow Hello! Project closely enough to know much about the kenshusei to have anyone in mind. Also there are the girls that passed an earlier audition that H!P held this year that could be selected to join the group as well. Either way I look forward to seeing the video of the members of Angerme welcoming their new group mates with the same excitement and open arms that newer Angerme generations have enjoyed.
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