IZ*ONE's Miyawaki Sakura looks back on the struggles & worries she had when she went from a Japanese idol to a Korean idol
On October 20, Japan's ' Oricon News ' published a one-on-one interview with IZ*ONE 's Miyawaki Sakura , currently gearing up for the group's Japanese comeback with ' Twelve '. During this interview, Miyawaki Sakura honestly opened up about her decision to halt her activities in HKT48 and AKB48 and debut again as a rookie K-Pop idol. She began, "At first, I thought that I would be able to go back and forth between my activities in Japan, so when I was informed that I would need to halt my Japanese activities, I was shocked. At the time, I did not know any Korean, so I was very concerned about whether I would be able to adjust. The recordings [for ' Produce 48 '] also took place entirely in Korean, so it was difficult to keep up at first; I eventually received help from the other members who could speak Japanese and also learned by using a translation dictionary." She then reflected on the cultural differences between Korea...