Four members of Hirosaki's dance and vocal unit "RINGOMUSUME" who graduated on March 31 talked about their stage names after the graduation live.

All members of Ringomusume are active under the name of the apple variety. The name is Shinichi Hikawa, the producer of Ringomusume and the president of Ringo Music. In the past, there were members who were active under the cultivar names such as "Tsugaru," "Jonathan," and "Venus." Mr. Orin, Mr. Toki, Mr. Jonagold, and Mr. Ayaka talked about their names after the graduation live.

Mr. Orin revealed that he wanted to be "Ayaka" when he joined Ringomusume in 2013 (Heisei 25), calling himself "Saito" while he was enrolled in the Alps Virgin. "It was a human-like name," says Orin. "Currently, it's okay to have a name that means the king in apples. I can't think of a name other than Orin."

At that time, Toki-san was talking to his mother that Jonagold and Red Gold were active, so it would be Shinano Gold, which is associated with gold. Looking back on the time of 2010 (Heisei 22), which was named "Toki", he said, "I wasn't eating any more than now. I was happy that the name spread and it was delicious." Talk to.

Ayaka says she wanted to be "Tsugaru". "'Tsugaru' is a famous variety, and I thought it was cool at that time.'Ayaka' was a rare variety and was not well known, but now it's a thankful name. I want you to remember it forever, "says Ayaka.

Jonagold says he wanted to work with the first-generation cultivar name instead of the second-generation. Since the first generation Jonagold was active until 2012 (Heisei 24), he wondered if the second generation could be born in a short period of time. Regarding the nickname J, Jonagold smiles, "Because Mr. Orin and Mr. Toki respect the first generation Jonagold, I couldn't call him with his nickname, Jona, and became J."

The graduation live, which was delivered on March 31, was watched by more than 13,000 people at the same time at the end. The four chose to graduate at the same time because they thought that even one "apple girl" who worked together could not be missing. From April 1st, Mr. Orin and Mr. Jonagold will continue to be enrolled in Ringo Music and will continue to work as solo artists without changing their stage names. Toki-san and Ayaka-san leave.

From April 1st, Ringomusume will be promoted by four younger sister units, "Alps Otome". The names of the new members will be announced on the same day.