乃木坂46 (NOGIZAKA46) members Chiharu Saito and Iori Sagara will be graduating from the popular Japanese idol group. Chiharu Saito and Iori Sagara’s last release with the group is NOGIZAKA46’s 20th single “Synchronicity”. Their last public appearance as part of NOGIZAKA46 will be on 16th July 2018, at the special “Synchronicity” handshake session in Chiba’s Makuhari Messe.

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Chiharu Saito is 21 years old, and is one of NOGIZAKA’s 1st Generation and Under Girls. Her first release with the group was the single “Nandome no Ozora ka?”. Meanwhile, Iori Sagara — who is also 21 years old, is a 2nd Generation and Under Girl. She was supposed to debut in May 2013 with her fellow 2nd Generation girls, but deferred her debut by one year to focus on her studies.