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    Kato Kokoro von ME:I enthüllt zum ersten Mal die Wahrheit hinter ihrem Abgang @ Bunshun (26014)


    Kato Kokoro von ME:I enthüllt zum ersten Mal die Wahrheit hinter ihrem Abgang @ Bunshun (26014)

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    1. ultsiyeon on

      i’m just so heartbroken for her. i didn’t really keep up with me:i but i think most of us were really excited to see her get what seemed to be a big break, only to have it completely ruined. didn’t think lapone could possibly be worse than their korean counterpart, but here we are.

    2. hydranoid1996 on

      Bear with me Mods I have a translation of the article even though it’s paywalled im trying to get it posted, its gonna come up in parts bc the text is too big to comment in one go

      Kokoro is claiming severe mistreatment from lapone up to them getting doctors to falsely have her diagnosed with borderline personality disorder

      Sorry hold again I have an even better translation on X, om jot sure if im allowed to post the link to the but mycelestialz has their own translation.

      Sorry this is so broken up the international you:me community is very small

    3. hydranoid1996 on

      Translations via u/billbangkok (there are gaps due to images in the article I’ll try and work on those but you’ll get the gist without them)

      Until the day my contract ended, I always wanted to come back.
      I didn’t want to make the fans worry, and I wanted to show them that I was healthy and active.”

      Holding back tears as she squeezes out her words is former ME:I member COCORO—Kokoro Kato (25).

      ME:I was formed in December 2023, when 11 members were selected through a popular audition program. The following year, their debut song *Click* became a huge hit, and they even appeared on NHK’s *Kōhaku Uta Gassen*.

      ME:I was an 11-member girls group.

      The members’ agency is LAPONE GIRLS (hereafter, Lapone), a company jointly established by Yoshimoto Kogyo and the major Korean entertainment firm CJ ENM, which also co-hosted the audition.

      Now ME:I is facing a major crisis. Kato had been on hiatus since March 2025 due to “poor health,” and at the end of December that year, her contract was terminated. In addition, RAN, SHIZUKU, and KOKONA left the group at the same time, making a total of four members who departed.

      On the final day of her time in the group—New Year’s Eve—Kato released a statement through the agency. It was filled with unbearable frustration.

      After the new year, she opened an Instagram account under her real name, Kokoro Kato, and began again. When *Weekly Bunshun* requested an interview, she agreed and spoke for 140 minutes.

    4. meowvelous-12 on

      holy shit. the way i had such high hopes because lapone gave them such strong creative direction at first, i thought me:i would be this huge happy ending for her. god that sucks. so much.

    5. lalala-lavieenrose on

      holy fucking shit. i feel ill. poor cocoro, this is some absolutely evil shit.

      fuck lapone, i hope they burn. someone get those girls out of there.

    6. barbarapalvinswhore on

      I feel so bad for all of the girls who were basically just kicked out of ME:I

    7. bdtechted on

      She had the same predicament as Sera of Nine Muses who was initially the leader of the group but got stood down for ‘not being strict enough’ to the members.

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