C-ute’s Arihara leaves Hello! Project

°C-ute member Kanna Arihara (16) has left the group and graduated from Hello! Project. The official Hello! Project website announced the move on Saturday.

Since the end of February, Arihara has been taking a break, reportedly due to a bunion. Since then, however, it has been decided that Arihara would leave °C-ute and “return to being a normal girl.”

Arihara became a Hello! Pro Egg in 2004 and was added to °C-ute in January 2006.

Source:
Sankei Sports