Yabuki Nako (Nako) / 3rd Generation

Nako's Vlive with English subtitles! 200727

edit: link died

 

Nako was ridiculously cute in the latest vlive where she and some other members were sharing ghost stories inside their company van.

 

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IZ*ONE Valentine Challenge from Yabuki Nako.

 

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This video is a short history of Nako. First third of the video is her childhood in Japan and to her HKT days.

 

IZ*ONE Official Instagram today posted a 2-shot of Nako with Jihyo from TWICE:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM13-xGFo-V/

 

What do you guys think nako will do after izone

 

Jump in Miku's arms and kiss her
Of course

 

I think she's coming back to HKT.

 

IZ*ONE Eat-ting Trip 3 - Special message from Nako (English subs):


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Hello there
https://twitter.com/nako_yabuki_75/status/1393563377817976835

 

Mikurin posted on Twitter

#Nakomiku is a miracle



https://mobile.twitter.com/miku_monmon3939/status/1393573988933062663

 

is Nako graduating?

 

I'd say there is a good chance

 

thank you

 

No, not even a single indication.

 

You always speak with such confidence despite not knowing any more than anyone else. You also thought Sakura couldn't wait to get back to HKT and be "home". Cut to her getting out as fast as possible No one knows what Nako is going to do, you included.

 

Well, it seems that some of us here and elsewhere are also confident Nako is gonna graduate, and they also don't know more than others.
Everybody has the right to believe and to be confident about what our idol will do, it's simply the game of guessing what will happen (even if it's better to wait for their announcement, but hey, us humans beings love to speculate )

In the end, whatever what we think of them and what we feel about them, we just have to at least respect the decision and the choice of all idols, in regard of what they experienced, what they dream about their future, and where will be the place where they will achieve themselves.

Whatever what Nako will decide, HKT will always be her home, like for Sakura, or any other graduated members. They build HKT and filled its history with all theirs efforts, theirs hope and love for the group and each other, they invested years of their life into their group and sacrificed their youths in hope of making it what it is. HKT48 will always be the home of every single of its members.

By the way, welcome back Nako

 

I believe anyone else sees no indication of Nako graduating too, and that's just exactly what I was trying to say, simply no indication at all.

 

Right now, the rumor mill is pointing to two clues that hint Nako might graduate.

First is that HKT48 didn't bother to add her birthday to the calendar for 21 and 22. HKT48 had Sakura's birthday on their calendar for 21 while she was in IZ*ONE and didn't have it for 22 when Sakura theoretically would've been in HKT. In hindsight that makes sense now.

Second is that Nako removed the reference to HKT48 from her twitter bio. This is kind of minor, and I wouldn't put much weight on it.

Omitting Nako's birthday does seem odd though. Her birthday is in June, so why didn't HKT48 put it on their calendar? On the other hand, I don't see Nako graduating by June, so perhaps HKT48 just hasn't gotten around to it.

Who knows? We're all speculating. I personally think Nako will stick around for some time.