^That's great to hear!
Yaguchi Mari, one of Morning Musume most popular memebers commented on the book released on 2018:
— Would you have quit the group had it not been successful?
Yaguchi: It’s possible. I might’ve thought to myself to move on to the next thing in life. But the truth is that the group let me experience so many things I’d never gotten to experience before. I was having so much fun. We’d get to do collaborations with, like, Disney characters…
I’d get to be close to Hamasaki Ayumi who I so admired…
Source:
http://wotaintranslation.com/2019/08...-yaguchi-mari/
Also, Yaguchi is the one who did the infamous impersonation of Ayu's TU-KA CM
You can tell also her looks were heavily inspired on Ayu, this is an exact copy of one of many ayu iconic looks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZMBmuEyiLU
Also this is Yaguchi Mari going to an Ayu concert!
