Hirosaki's dance and vocal unit "RINGOMUSUME" announced the graduation of all members on the official website on February 9th.

Ringomusume was formed in July 2000 for the purpose of disseminating information on Aomori and revitalizing agriculture. All members work under the name of the apple variety. The current members are leaders Orin, Toki, Jonagold, and Saika.

Activities with four people are from January 2016 (Heisei 28). In September of the same year, he won the final of the national anime song cover contest "Idol Matsuri-Idol Festival-2016". In 2019, live concerts will be held outside Aomori prefecture such as Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka and Taiwan. A nationwide tour was planned to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the formation in 2020, but it was canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus. Last year, he opened an apple plantation and performed online live concerts.

On the official website, "Toki," "Orin," "Jonagold," and "Ayaka" group graduation notice, "Ringo Music," announced by President Shinichi Hikawa. At the end of March, four people will graduate from the group, and the final message will be "Aiming for a group that will last for 100 years."

Each member also announced their comments. Mr. Orin mentioned that he will continue to work as Orin. Toki-san was the longest member of the group for 12 years as an apple girl, but announced that he would "start in a new place" from this spring.

Jonagold will continue his musical activities as a solo artist belonging to Ringo Music, and Ayaka will leave Ringo Music to pursue his dream as a model.

On the internet, the sudden announcement was "serious" and "shocking" (sic), and the official Twitter announcement of Ringomusume received more than 1000 retweets in 30 minutes.

I was surprised to hear the announcement in my hometown. One of the men in their thirties, a local apple farmer, said, "I was surprised that everyone graduated because the graduation system so far was a replacement system. One of the graduation factors was the restriction of activities in Corona. Maybe, but the songs and songs often encouraged me as an apple farmer, so I want you to do your best in each way. "

A local female office worker in her twenties said, "The appearance of the four people who are very active in Aomori as the same generation has always been energizing. I think that the four people have many possibilities and options, and it is the result of discussions with all of them. So I want to continue to support the four people. "

From 18:00 on February 10th, there will be a direct announcement from four people on the official YouTube channel, and from April 1st, 2022, the four members of the sister unit "Alps Otome" will be active as new apple girls on the official website. I have announced.