Hiragana Keyaki new members: group photo with IDs

The new members of Hiragana Keyaki have been selected and announced (click photo to enlarge):

back row: #13 Nibu Akari 丹生明里(age 16)、#15 Kosaka Nao 小坂菜緒(14)、#16 Watanabe Miho 渡邉美穂(17)、#18 Miyata Manamo 宮田愛萌(19)

front row: #3 Kawata Hina 河田陽菜(16)、#5 Hamagishi Hiyori 濱岸ひより(14)、#7 Kanemura Miku 金村美玖(14)、#11 Matsuda Konoka 松田好花(18)、#12 Tomita Suzuka 富田鈴花(16)


There are nine new members. There were originally ten, but candidate #14 declined her selection, "due to various circumstances" (probably family or school?).

Here's a useful version of the photo with the names in Japanese right on the figures:

Apparently there were 15,000 applications. These are the nine who won their way through.