Mohon Maaf Setelah Dia Menginap di Rumah Teman Lelaki, Personel AKB48 "Miichan" Botakkan Kepalanya

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Anggota senior AKB48 Minegishi Minami atau yang akrab disapa Miichan memohon maaf kepada fans, pengurusan, keluarga, serta member AKB48 lainnya atas sebuah foto yang memperlihatkan dirinya sedang keluar dari kediaman salah satu personil Generations, Alan Shirahama, pada pagi hari tanggal 17 Januari yang lalu. Setelah dijatuhi hukuman resmi dari pihak mpengurusan pada hari ini (1 Februari), Miichan segera membotakkan kepalanya dan merakam permohonan maafnya yang kemudian disiarkan pada channel resmi milik AKB48 di YouTube.

Terjemahannya via Tokyohive:

I am very sorry for worrying the members, you fans, staff members, my family, and many people for the article about me on a weekly magazine that will be released today.
As the first generation member of AKB48 that was formed back in 2005, I was supposed to be in the position where I always had to act as a role model for the junior members. However, what I have done was such a thoughtless and a lack of self-awareness behavior.
Since my mind is still in blank, I did not know what to do or what I can do, but as I just saw the magazine, I could not sit still, so I decided all by myself to shave my head without even telling the members or my agency.
I do not expect that I would be forgiven by doing this, but what I first thought was that I did not want to quit AKB48.
I was unable to think of leaving AKB48 now where the members I love and spent my youth together, and you warm fans are. I know this is being over‐optimistic, but I want to stay as Minegishi Minami of AKB48 if possible.
It was all my fault about this. I am very sorry.
I will leave everything to Akimoto-sensei’s and the management’s judgement. Though I haven’t been able to sort out my feelings, I just wanted to tell you how I was feeling right now.
Thank you.

AKB48, sama seperti beberapa group pop asia Jepun (juga Korea) lainnya, memang terkenal atas aturan keanggotaannya yang sangat keras. Dalam kes ini, Minami telah melanggar satu peraturan bahawa setiap anggota AKB48 dilarang untuk menjalin hubungan asmara dengan orang lain, apalagi terlibat hubungan yang lebih "dekat" daripada itu. Pihak pengurusan akhirnya memutuskan untuk "menurun pangkatkan" Minami kembali ke level kenkyuusei atau peserta pelatihan.

via Tokyohive