Talk:Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition/@comment-199.168.73.50-20130820205749/@comment-79.173.13.46-20130821120534

From a special live-broadcast with Reina, Konya Mo Usachan Peace, (credit Sohee). I found it on Reina's thread in Hello! Online:

 Question:

"Was the sudden announcement of subleaders actually really sudden?"

"It was actually really sudden, Iikubo, Fukuchan both didn't know and Sayumi didn't know either. That whole scene made Rena really nervous. Normally it would have been fine with just Mizuki, since she's in 9ki and she's good at all of that. But Iikubo is older and mentally she is way more mature and since she has the most general knowledge since she was living as an unknown person the longest. In that sense, even compared to the 6ki, her presence for Morning Musume right now is very big. But since it wouldn't be okay to go to Iikubo and skip Mizuki, Rena thought that both would be nice. And because of their new titles, they will have new opportunities to stand out as well. Sayumi says that she can tell already that Mizuki definitely is paying attention to this already, she's carefully looking at the members."