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The story
It’s come to light that former Morning Musume。’ member Rena Tanaka, while working to get her driver’s license for her child’s sake, invited Akane Haga — who had also been wanting to get licensed — to join her, and the two attended driving school together to earn their licenses. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, some posters expressed surprise that the two kept in touch privately, while others hailed Tanaka as a “genius” for passing the written exam on the first try every time, and still others jokingly dismissed the fuss over “just” getting a license. The thread eventually drifted into speculation about what kind of cars the two might drive, along with stories about other former members who’d struggled to pass their own driving tests.
What people said
Rena Tanaka got her driver's license!! And apparently she went to driving school together with Akane Haga-chan and got licensed together with her!! #Reina100Percent
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Bet Haga's fans are gutted… so much regret…
Yokoyama too…
I always figured Akanechin looked up to her a lot, but seeing Reina enjoy hanging out with Akanechin too is just too wholesome 😂
9:38 PM · Sep 12, 2026
She just got a driver's license and now she's 'smart'? lol
Never thought they hung out privately
Bet she'd have some pink fluffy thing sitting in it
That's way too much information lol
Sayu got her license too but it ended up a "paper license" she never used — but Reina actually got hers!
So she's still in touch with Akanechin, aka Akane-chan?
And they went together, too
Never failed the written test once, Reina's a genius
Meanwhile I failed the final written exam six times
Even with a no-face-reveal rule at the concert, she's still in photos together with her
Her face probably hasn't changed that much anyway lol
Fake fur on the dashboard
Hemp-scented air freshener
Toyota Hilux
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/2026_Toyota_Hilux_Z.jpg
Mitsubishi Triton
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Mitsubishi_TRITON_GSR_%283DF-LC2T-JLPRD%29.jpg
Actually a Mitsubishi would suit her more
Ichioka was the one who wanted a Mazda
Akanechin's lightweight, though
The current regular license covers up to a GVW of 3.5t (gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons).
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Akane Haga retired from the entertainment industry several years ago, and this episode was revealed not as a sign of a comeback, but simply as a glimpse into her private friendship with Rena Tanaka. On the license topic, posters pointed out that the current regular license caps gross vehicle weight at 3.5 tons — a threshold that has been progressively lowered from what used to be 8 tons, then 5 tons, a detail that may be unfamiliar to readers unfamiliar with Japan’s driving-school system. Rather than a sharp divide, the thread’s split in opinion came down to some posters hailing Tanaka’s flawless first-try pass of the written exam as proof she’s a “genius,” while others teased that people were making too big a deal out of “just” getting a license. From there, as posters traded story after story about former members who’d struggled with their own driving tests, the conversation drifted away from the license itself and into a round of Hello! Project inside jokes.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Rena Tanaka and Akane Haga go to driving school together and get their licenses together! The driving instructor turns out to be a LoVendoЯ fan wwwwwwwww“.
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