Tamura Meimi-Tribute Post

So today is the day. Tamura Meimi is going to graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project. I swear, it feels like yesterday when she joined S/mileage originally as a sub member then the next day her graduation was announced and the day after, she's graduating. It's just so hard to believe it's already been 4 years since she joined the group and it's just so sad that she's  not going to be ANGERME anymore.

During the audition for 2nd generation, she was known as that girl with the high pitch cutesy voice. I remember so many people disliking her because of that and she shouldn't have got in. I thought that too at the time. Then she started getting more lines in the singles and when I first heard her "powerful" voice, I was thinking to myself "this girl is actually good at singing". Slowly I started realizing the voice she had was the voice S/mileage needed. Also she was starting to become my favorite member. Whenever I would see her on Girls Live, she just made me smile and I can just tell this girl is just so full of energy. But I didn't realize that she was my favorite till maybe 1 or 2 years ago. I remember going to the Hello Project store and I didn't get any pictures of her because at the time, she wasn't my absolute favorite and I highly regret that.

In conclusion, I hope Meimi will achieve her dream of becoming a musical actress. I am going to miss her but it's better to follow your passion than to just stay where you are if there's a bigger goal you want to achieve. Also, seeing her acting in plays and musicals, this girl is going to be an awesome actress and I wish her the best of luck.