Occult-inspired idol unit
NECRONOMIDOL have announced that
Risaki Kakizaki,
Rei Imaizumi and
Michelle have all "graduated" from the group as of March 16th.
While
Kakizaki was an original member who had been with the group since its debut in 2014 and
Imaizumi joined in 2016,
Michelle had only been a member of
NECRONOMIDOL for a little over a year. In individual
messages on their Twitter accounts, the three former members stated that they wanted to continue activities with
NECRONOMIDOL and were sad to leave so suddenly, but only
Kakizaki gave any hints about the reason for their departure, stating
that there was an unspecified incident that left them unable to continue on.
Due to their sudden departure,
NECRONOMIDOL have cancelled all of the events they had scheduled for March and April, including a one-man on March 23rd where they were planning to debut new members.
Instead of holding a farewell show as
NECRONOMIDOL, the three former members have announced that they will hold their own graduation event on April 27th. They stated that they have been given permission to use
NECRONOMIDOL's songs and costumes for this show.
As
Himari Tsukishiro is now the only remaining member of
NECRONOMIDOL, it has been announced that the group will go on hiatus for a currently unspecified amount of time. However, the group's producer
Ricky Wilson released a
statement on Twitter explaining that they fully intend to resume activities and will be trying their best to make it happen as soon as possible.
You can read an English translation of
Kakizaki's message below:
