Hmm... not sure what to make of this news.
On the one hand, a new character's always a welcome addition.
On the other, I'm at this point getting very annoyed that they aren't releasing any of the cut characters. I don't give a darn about that stupid poll a couple years back: The mere fact that Famitsu, a Japanese publication, asked if the cut girls would be appearing, in a game that, last I checked was fully Japanese exclusive, meaning they were specifically asking per a purely Japanese basis, indicates that there's a sizeable Japanese base that wants the girls in. If there wasn't a sizeable Japanese base, they wouldn't bother asking. It's common sense. I'm really hating Hayashi's attempts at "democratizing" the games (especially after he indicated he wouldn't "betray" the poll results).
Well, at least now, it's an actual mature woman, so we might still have some hope left for the cut six to get in (especially when, Leifang aside, most of the girls are considered "old" for some reason).