"As of August 6th, our vocalist Yuji has decided to leave the band.
We want to offer our sincere apologies for such a sudden announcement.
His decision to leave was a result of much discussion with Yuji himself, the members, staff and also his family. It was a truly difficult decision to make.
Some time ago, Yuji had fallen ill with a disease called chronic myelogenous leukemia, which weakens his physical condition, and therefore he would sometimes be fatigued. However, due to his own will, the support from his family, members and staff, as well as the support from all the fans, he was able to continue on with activities.
But, as we mentioned in our blogs, on the night of our live on June 20th, Yuji’s condition suddenly worsened, and he was unable to be on stage that night.
Still, without being negative about the situation, we took to the stage without our vocalist Yuji. After that, we hoped that Yuji would make a full recovery, and that the five of us would be able to stand on stage together as -LEON-.
However, Yuji’s condition didn’t show signs of getting better, and upon hearing from the doctor that continuing on in music would be too difficult, he come to the conclusion to leave the band.
Being unable to live up to everyone’s expectations is something that disappoints us, and that Yuji regrets more than anyone else.
For the time being he will devote himself to fighting his illness, and even though it seems he will not be standing on stage in front of you all, he will someday conquer this disease, and we feel that there will be a day where he can sing on stage again.
At that time, we would be happy if you could support the members, and Yuji.
-LEON-’s future is not coming to a stop, and we will use this hard decision as a spring board to become stronger, and move forward.
We hope that you will continue to support both -LEON- and Yuji.
All the members of -LEON-"
Ez a hivatalos kzlemny. Tudni kell, hogy Yuji nem nz okokbl szllt ki, vagy mert szlkarrierre vgyott. Yuji a betegsge miatt dnttt gy.
Nagyon sajnljk, hogy a bejelents ilyen hirtelen rkezett. Ez egy nagyon nehz dnts volt szmukra, amit rengeteg megbeszls elztt meg a bandatagokkal, a staffosokkal, Yuji csaldjval, valamint magval Yuji-val. Nem is olyan rgen derlt ki, hogy Yuji egy slyos betegsgbe esett.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia az a betegsg, amiben szenved. Ez egyfajta rk, ami a fehrvrsejtekkel kthet ssze. A leukmia ezt a fajtjt az jellemzi, hogy fokozottan s szablytalanul nvekednek - tlnyom tbbsgben a - myeloid sejtek a csontvelben, s ezek a sejtek felhalmozdnak a vrben. Ennek a betegsgnek a tnetei lehetnek tbbek kztt a megnagyobodott lp, rossz kzrzet, hemelkeds, fokozott rzkenysg a fertzsekre s vrszegnysg. A j hr, hogy tudjk kezelni, gy ez jelents mrtkben javt az llapotn =)
Yuji-n is szleltk a tneteket, legyenglt az llkpessge, s nha nagyon fradtnak rezte magt. Azonban a szlei tmogatsa, a csapattrsai tmogatsa, a staffosok tmogatsa s a rajongk tmogatsa sokat segt neki, hogy ne csggedjen el.
Ahogyan azt a blogjukban is kzltk, a jnius 20-ai koncertjk jjeln Yuji llapota hirtelen rosszabbodni kezdett, gy a fellps eslye szmra aznap este szinte lehetetlen volt. De hogy ne legyenek elgedetlenkedsek, a banda killt a sznpadra, Yuji nlkl. A banda tagja abban bztak, hogy ezek utn Yuji-nak sikerlni fog teljesen felgygyulia, hogy jult ervel, jra teljes egszben llhassanak kznsg el, mint a -LEON-.
De Yuji llapota nem mutatta a javuls jeleit. Az orvos azt mondta, hogy gy a zenls tl bonyolult s kockzatos lenne, gy jtt az elhatrozs, miszerint Yuji tvozik. Biztosak lehetnk benne, hogy Yuji jobban sajnlja ezt az egszet, mint brki ms.
Most a gygyulsra koncentrl erteljesen. A banda gy hiszi, hogy ha majd Yuji legyzi ezt a krt, jra eljn majd az a nap, amikor a sznpadra ll, s nekel.
Nagyon rlnnek neki, ha mi, rajongk, tmogatnnk ket, s persze Yuji-t =)
A LEON nem fog feloszlani, a fik azt rtk, hogy ez a hr csak mg ersebb teszi ket, elszntabb, hogy a jvben tovbbra is kitartan s kemnyen dolgozzanak.
Fordtotta: Doriko
Figyelem: a fordts nem sz szerinti, sok benne a jegyzet, s a magyarzat, valamint arra trekedtem, hogy helyesen tudjam kzvetteni a hrt, hogy minl trezhetbb legyen.