Juice=Juice's Blogspot: [Translate] Haga Akane's Interview

        She’ll continue working hard even though it hurts to have so much criticism in lessons because it means she’ll get better. She’ll keep listening to what the teachers say because she’s bad at dancing.
        She got nervous seeing how big the venue was and how many people would be watching. However, she wants to have the biggest performance out of all 7 in the group so that she stands out the most and gets everyone to look at her. She made some mistakes during the performance and wasn’t completely satisfied afterward. She wants to work harder at the parts she can’t do even in songs she isn’t performing.
       She doesn’t really have a rival, but Funaki Musubu is the closest thing to it. Even though she’s younger, she’s better at singing and dancing so she wants to chase after her.
After a sudden tryout for the 20th gen to join other group performances, Akane did not make it. She practiced for it, but she’s sad it didn’t show. She thinks she’ll have other chances, though, so she’ll do her best to make the most of those opportunities.
       She wants to become the sort of artist that everyone around the world knows, and the people who know her would want other people to know her, too.

Tsunku’s comments: The number one thing above all else that has immediate strength is “a smile.” I want you to practice putting on a smile every day for an hour in the mirror.
She wants to continue improving her singing and dancing for the next year as a KSS, then the year or two after that she wants to join MM, graduate at 24, and then become an announcer like Konno Asami.