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Sadly, it has been announced that Ogawa Rena will stay on Haitus for the time being. In July it was announced that Ogawa had trouble preforming due to anxiety, yet would most likely be returning around the middle of august. Her anxiety, however, hasn't been getting any better and after consulting with the doctor, it was decided she would need a longer break to recover and feel better again. There is no news about her returning or not. Ogawa will remain on haitus and recieve treatment. Management and Staff will keep contact with the doctor to see about activities in the future. Kobushi Factory will remain preforming as a 6 member act for the time being.  Let's all support them and Rena in this difficult periode.

Juice=Juice announced that Yanagawa Nanami and Danbara Ruru will join their world tour! Both members will be participating in all oversea's concerts. However, they won't be able to go to London's handshake event, due to it being to late and the girls being underaged.

Hello!Project announced their New Member Auditions! The auditions are for girls between 9 and 17 years old, who are single and not signed with any agency. The winners could be added to any existing H!P group, a new group or to the theater section Engeki Joshibu Club! The auditions will close on the 14th of august. Website: http://helloproject-newfaceaudition.com/

It was announced that Kobushi Factory's Ogawa Rena will be going on a Haitus. She will be absent until at least mid-august. Renako has been suffering from anxiety neurosis. This means Rena won't take part in the upcoming Kobushi Factory events nor in the Hello!Project summer tour.  Let's all support Rena and Kobushi Factory during these hard times.

Aikawa Maho gave an update on her status. She has been doing better and is currently at university studing Photography. From January until March, Aiai couldn't leave the house, but she is currently doing well with daily life. She is in contact with the ANGERME members and wants to stay in ANGERME. Maho, however, doesn't feel like she could handle the stress of being an idol yet, so she asks us to be patient. She won't be returning for the Angerme fall tour. After this managment, Maho, her family and doctors will speak about her returning or not.

With the termination of Fuji Rio's contract, it was only a matter of time before Kobushi Factory would update their profile picture to their new 7 member line-up.  The picture features the 7 members in their Shalala! Yareru Hazu sa outfits. They are just some individual pictures pasted togheter to form a group photo. Some thing haven't changed yet (blog header, twitter profile, youtube), but this will most likely happen in the upcoming few days. Let's support Kobushi Factory as this will be a very hard time for them.

Shocking news! Hello!Project just announced that Kobushi Factory's Sub leader Fuji Rio's contract has been terminated. This means she left the agency and won't have her graduation as planned. The official statement is that Rio did not follow the rules of her contract and has there for let go. Which rules she didn't follow, has not been stated. This is incredibly sad news. First we get the news that Rio will be graduating during a joint Hello!Project concert and now we get the news her contract has been terminated and she won't be part of Kobushi Factory anymore... A sad day for all Kobushi Fans and other Hello!Pro fans.. http://helloproject.com/news/7320/