 On January 31, 2013, the weekly tabloid "Shukan Bunshun" reported that she had spent a night at the apartment of Alan Shirahama, a member of the boy band Generations from Exile Tribe.A few hours later, it was announced through the AKB48 official blog that she would be demoted from one of the official members of Umeda Team B to "kenkyūsei" (trainee) status as of February 1.She thus became the first AKB48 member to be demoted to "kenkyūsei" in four years since Miki Saotome in late January 2009.