NGT48 Team NIII captain Kitahara Rie announced her graduation from the group on 21 August 2017, she made the announcement during NGT48 debut 2nd Anniversary SP Live at Niigata City History Museum.

Kitahara Rie said she will leave NGT48 in 2018 Spring, and she will work in drama related field after graduation.



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Kitahara Rie is AKB48 5th generation and one of top members of AKB48 group, she joined AKB48 in 2007, and made her debut in 2008 in AKB48 Team A, and was vice captain of AKB48 Team K in 2014. Kitahara Rie was transferred to NGT48 as captain of the group in 2015.