Good Evening～★
The day changed, it’s 7/13, today is,
My, Michishige Sayumi’s birthday (ノ∇〃 )
I’ve turned 23 
I, joined Morning Musume。 when I was 13 so, Since I’ve joined Morning Musume。 it’s been about 10 years！！！！
Of the members at the time, now there’s just my gen mate Reina but,
I’ve got a lot of adorable juniors, it makes me really happy (*^o^*)
And, I’ve become the leader of the current Morning Musume。！
13 year old Sayumi hadn’t imagined any of that but,
as one of the members of Morning Musume。 who I still love like I did, event now, more so, as leader,
I’m thankful for being able to do it all from the bottom of my heart.
Since becoming leader, I’ve honestly been thinking about all kinds of things everyday…
But now, I feel like I need to do my best in my way
For Sayumi, she has lots of seniors she can respect,
and juniors that can’t help but be adorable,
and her reassuring gen mate Reina！
And, All the fans who are always supporting Sayumi！！
I truly thank you always！
And those of you who have been Michishige Dedicated and supporting me up till now too,
And those of you who followed a younger girl but in the end came back to Michishige too,
And those of you who are following a younger girl, and as such ended up leaving michishige too,
Conversely even those of you who are ignoring Michishige,
I love all of Morning Musume。’s fans, all of them
I like the Michishige Dedicated one more lol
The picture is, after rehearsals today, from the left it’s Rihoriho, Maーchan, Fukuchan, Ayumin （*≧▽≦）
Reallーy！ Everyone’s adorable！！！
I’m glad everyone’s hereー！
Ayumin in the third shot, I kinda like it （lol）♪
And, this year, the first person to tell Sayumi, “Happy Birthday” was…
Kamei Eri-chan～♪
Even separated we’ll always be good friends ( *´艸｀)♪
Well, she did flying start by about seven hours though huh （lol）
but flying like that is Kamei like
Even then, seven hours…（lol）
Without flying, the 1st person to hit it right at 0hour was,
Tanaka Reina-chan♪
For the mail from Reina, the thing that makes me happy is, she wrote a loーt！
Now, one after another, I’m getting mail from the members, it’s a delight ( *´艸｀)
And, from alーl my family！ Seera included, I love all of themー(ノ∇〃 )
Sayumi’s family, I’m glad they’re Sayumi’s family！←Do you get what I want to say？（lol）
Trying to put it in a sentence like this,
around Sayumi, there’s lots of people,
lots of people that are giving me support. I’m feeling that once again！
Even being 23, from here on I’ll keep doing my best！！！！
And from here on please keep supporting Michishige Sayumi and Morning Musume。 as well。＋゜(*´∀｀*)゜+。。*゜゜