#fromruka#琉楓#RUKA
This is Ruka.
Regarding the various rumors on social media and the concerns I have caused, I would like to once again convey this in my own words.
This matter began with me spending time privately with a former student of the dance school where I used to teach, the student’s parents, and my family. We have had a relationship as families for a long time, and there was no romantic relationship.
However, even though our families have known and had a relationship with each other for a long time, I lacked consideration for my position as an artist and for how the fans who support me might feel. As a result, I acted thoughtlessly and caused people to feel hurt and distrustful.
I am truly sorry that my actions hurt the feelings of everyone who supports me, and that I also caused worry and trouble for the members.
I will properly reflect on my own lack of awareness and take responsibility for each and every one of my actions. I will continue to make an effort so that I can gradually regain your trust.
#fromruka#琉楓#RUKA
This is Ruka.
Regarding the various rumors on social media and the concerns I have caused, I would like to once again convey this in my own words.
This matter began with me spending time privately with a former student of the dance school where I used to teach, the student’s parents, and my family. We have had a relationship as families for a long time, and there was no romantic relationship.
However, even though our families have known and had a relationship with each other for a long time, I lacked consideration for my position as an artist and for how the fans who support me might feel. As a result, I acted thoughtlessly and caused people to feel hurt and distrustful.
I am truly sorry that my actions hurt the feelings of everyone who supports me, and that I also caused worry and trouble for the members.
I will properly reflect on my own lack of awareness and take responsibility for each and every one of my actions. I will continue to make an effort so that I can gradually regain your trust.
I’m going to say this for the last time, because honestly, it hurts me too to see other aoring having to sit there and explain the same things over and over again to people who seem determined to be a wall that refuses to listen.
After everything that has happened, I honestly don’t understand why everyone chose to believe rumors that were based so heavily on other people’s own interpretations. The original rumor account only talked about concerns regarding boundaries and the fact that this young girl was treated as someone close to him. I understand that the world can be a cruel place, and that it can make people interpret things negatively first. But once their relationship was clearly explained as being like family and that their families had known each other for a long time, that already provides a certain level of clarity.
All of the photos that came out were connected to a relationship that had existed since before he even debuted. That means they had already known each other as a family for more than enough time for him to care for a young girl like someone in his own family, like a younger sister.
I know and acknowledge that the way he conducted himself was wrong and that he was not careful enough. Because he is a public figure, he should have checked and considered everything involving the people around him before anything was made public. But that also means the company failed to be sufficiently careful about this and neglected that responsibility as well.
As for me, after his latest statement was released, I never told everyone who had criticized him to immediately trust him again. Many other fans feel the same way. Just as he said himself, he is going to rebuild that trust through his own actions.
But please, stop spreading words that you never personally witnessed, or photos whose context at that exact moment you could never possibly know, especially when they came from a rumor account that has now disappeared after setting all of this in motion.
I am not asking anyone to suddenly sympathize with Ruka, AOEN, aoring, or me. But if you have no intention of supporting or following them, then please stop taking words and assumptions from that rumor account and using them to spread a story whose truth you can never actually know.
If factual information about this situation comes out someday, then you can criticize and condemn him based on those facts. Or at the very least, please have some compassion for that young girl, who has her own dreams but has been continuously talked about because of a situation like this.
Lastly, whether you agree with anything I have written above or not, I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And to the aoring, and everyone else who has tried to help explain these misunderstandings to those people, thank you. I genuinely appreciate you so much. It hurts to see you keep trying without even getting a chance to rest, explaining yourselves under every single post, only to have those walls respond by bringing up things they had already chosen to believe because of their own biases.
You have truly done enough. I understand all of your feelings, but sometimes there is simply nothing more we can do. Everyone sees things through their own biases and perspectives.
Thank you so, so much. You deserve to finally step away from something this emotionally exhausting and get some proper rest and happiness. 🫶🏻💚🙇🏻♀️
(If anything I said was unclear or caused any misunderstanding, please feel free to ask me. I’m more than willing to explain everything in detail.)
I’ve seen so many cruel words that I’ve honestly just become numb to them. I guess that’s just how people are—if it’s not someone they like or know, they’ll say whatever they want, no matter how much explanation or evidence is right in front of them. Anyway, thank you for understanding. 💚🙇🏻♀️
On Ruka’s birthday, I feel like I’m probably going to spend almost the whole day crying, because this whole situation is going to stay in my heart for a long time. Sighhh. I don’t even know how much I’ve cried over the past 2–3 days (;;)🫳🏻🐬💚
I’m going to say this for the last time, because honestly, it hurts me too to see other aoring having to sit there and explain the same things over and over again to people who seem determined to be a wall that refuses to listen.
After everything that has happened, I honestly don’t understand why everyone chose to believe rumors that were based so heavily on other people’s own interpretations. The original rumor account only talked about concerns regarding boundaries and the fact that this young girl was treated as someone close to him. I understand that the world can be a cruel place, and that it can make people interpret things negatively first. But once their relationship was clearly explained as being like family and that their families had known each other for a long time, that already provides a certain level of clarity.
All of the photos that came out were connected to a relationship that had existed since before he even debuted. That means they had already known each other as a family for more than enough time for him to care for a young girl like someone in his own family, like a younger sister.
I know and acknowledge that the way he conducted himself was wrong and that he was not careful enough. Because he is a public figure, he should have checked and considered everything involving the people around him before anything was made public. But that also means the company failed to be sufficiently careful about this and neglected that responsibility as well.
As for me, after his latest statement was released, I never told everyone who had criticized him to immediately trust him again. Many other fans feel the same way. Just as he said himself, he is going to rebuild that trust through his own actions.
But please, stop spreading words that you never personally witnessed, or photos whose context at that exact moment you could never possibly know, especially when they came from a rumor account that has now disappeared after setting all of this in motion.
I am not asking anyone to suddenly sympathize with Ruka, AOEN, aoring, or me. But if you have no intention of supporting or following them, then please stop taking words and assumptions from that rumor account and using them to spread a story whose truth you can never actually know.
If factual information about this situation comes out someday, then you can criticize and condemn him based on those facts. Or at the very least, please have some compassion for that young girl, who has her own dreams but has been continuously talked about because of a situation like this.
Lastly, whether you agree with anything I have written above or not, I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And to the aoring, and everyone else who has tried to help explain these misunderstandings to those people, thank you. I genuinely appreciate you so much. It hurts to see you keep trying without even getting a chance to rest, explaining yourselves under every single post, only to have those walls respond by bringing up things they had already chosen to believe because of their own biases.
You have truly done enough. I understand all of your feelings, but sometimes there is simply nothing more we can do. Everyone sees things through their own biases and perspectives.
Thank you so, so much. You deserve to finally step away from something this emotionally exhausting and get some proper rest and happiness. 🫶🏻💚🙇🏻♀️
(If anything I said was unclear or caused any misunderstanding, please feel free to ask me. I’m more than willing to explain everything in detail.)
Okay, in case you don’t know the whole story from the beginning, let me explain. Whether you believe it or not, the two of them are from the same hometown, and their parents are close, almost like family, because the girl was a student he used to teach dance to before he debuted.
In this picture, he went back to his hometown to spend some time relaxing with his family. The place in the picture is actually his own house. I don’t really know what else I can say to make you believe it, but at the time, he was using his free time from work to rest and spend time with his family.
And if you look at the girl’s post, the caption written on the photo says, “🐬👩👨 ありがとう💚” (“Thank you, Ruka’s parents”). That already makes it pretty clear that there were adults there as well.
(If there’s anything else you’re wondering about, feel free to ask. I’m willing to explain everything, whether you believe me or not. 🙇🏻♀️)
I'm sorry guys, but are THESE the photos that made people think ruka invited the girl to aoen's dorm?
Because I'm sorry to pop your bubble, but this is literally a restaurant all the way in MIYAZAKI (Ruka's hometown) and their dorm is in Tokyo.
aoen is under JCONIC
but the way they operate you’d genuinely believe the members are running the company themselves
expecting a statement from the company is like waiting for earth to stop spinning, the oceans to evaporate, the pigs to fly….
#琉楓 — 💌 : #rukadm [20260923]
🐬: I can’t believe the three days are already over.
It went by way too fast. The tour, I mean lol.
Something I realized again today was how grateful I feel. When I was out taking a walk this morning, I happened to see a few aoring. They didn’t notice me, but it made me think about how some of you stay overnight or take overnight buses just to make it to the venue on time. When I think about all the effort you put in just to be there, I honestly feel really grateful.
And seeing everyone spend their time looking forward to the tour and getting excited about it makes me really happy too. I feel like today was a day when I could really feel all of that.
I don’t know… Of course, I’m happy that you come to our live shows and have fun, but what makes me even happier is knowing that our lives can give you a reason to travel with your friends or family and become an opportunity to make your lives a little richer.
And honestly, I understand where you’re coming from. I’m not quite on the same level as ◯◯ or aoring, but I’ve actually traveled from Miyazaki to Fukuoka by bus for about five hours just to see a live before, so I know how much of a journey it can be.
To be honest, it’s not easy, haha.
So ◯◯ and all of aoring, please take it easy and get plenty of rest today and tomorrow. And when you come back again, make sure you come back feeling refreshed and full of energy!