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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Nogizaka46: The 'Misa Eto post' #15.... aka .... Nao's 'Top Ten Nogi Members' list number one....



 That top pic was my #1 from all of the tens of thousands Nogi pics for 2016, bottom one is from this year and while it won't take the top spot it's not far off. Probably mentioned about having a top 25 or whatever number for a 'Top Nogi pics' post for a year but have never got around to doing one. Wouldn't rule out a list like that for this year as there were just two posts for my top ten fave members and luckily we would have someone's pics before their graduation.


 Wasn't too enthused about doing this year's list as there was only two new members who squeezed onto the top ten. To be eligible you had to be a first or second generation member plus be at least twenty years old. So out of 33 who were a first or second generation member ten were less than twenty years old so that just left 23. Didn't seem like an interesting challenge or really much of a reason to make a list, should have had it five members.


 Next year if I'm still alive and kicking promises to be much more interesting. Will include the Keya members who are old enough and think that'll be one tough list to compile. Just eight Keya members would have been eligible this year but eight more will hit the magic age within the next year so 2018 should be an interesting list.



 It's been no secret since last year's list that Misa would take the top spot. For the 2016 list she finished in the third position but easily could have been #1, had there not been a graduation coming up she would have been my FNM(?) for last year. Misa has had more solo posts than any member this year and in most sure I mentioned she'd be this year's number one gal so there was no mystery. Hmmmm, no mystery for #1 and only 23 members eligible, see why I wasn't overly enthused.


 Misa will be turning 25 in exactly two months, like many first generation members there's been a few rumors of an impending graduation. Personally can't see that happening, Misa has wanted to be an Idol for so many years. Now that she's become extremely popular can't think of one good reason to leave Nogi and hopefully she's been having the same thought.
 Misa has been an Idol for almost nine years now as before she joined Nogi she was the leader of the group CHIM, not easy finding pics of them and this is a seventeen year old Misa.


 Of course you've heard me list every superlative in the world about Misa's stunning looks but besides those perfect features she has she's one smart woman. Misa would have been an accountant or bookkeeper if she wasn't an Idol, having an intelligent brain on your shoulders is something I respect about Misa plus it seems she can do everything. I mean everything from cooking to cleaning to this and that, name it and she can do it, she's the most self sufficient Nogi member by a mile.
 One reason for only having one solo post for the top ten list is that there weren't enough new pics for most members. However have been holding some back for Misa and think there's close to fifty for today that have never been posted here before. Misa is quite adept at computers and modern technology but she isn't active at all on social media but to me that's an okay thing, wish more people would join her and me at avoiding them.
 Misa has done only one blog post in the last two months and doesn't have a Twitter account. But she does have an Instagram one which doesn't get updated too often but the pics there are as expected incredible, they're usually from recent photo shoots.








 As you can see the bottom pic is from Bijin Hyakka, think she's recently been signed by that mag to be an exclusive model for them. Speaking of mags have two breathtaking new ones from Misa, think she looks so much better approaching 25 then she did when she was twenty. First off is an utterly astonishing set with fourteen(!) pics from the December edition of Brody.















 Whew, if you haven't recovered may be wise to take a breather before continuing, for me a cold shower hit the spot. Second Misa December spread is from BLT, deserved to be much bigger.







 Misa's first photobook as a Nogi member sold incredibly well and think the total copies sold is close to 90,000. That's the fourth highest sales total for any member so let's hope that it means a second one will be arriving next year. Have been posting some pics form the photo shoot for the PB here and there, have more here but don't know how many are new though all can be described as perfect.












 Sure many know that Misa was also did some gravure photo shoots before joining Nogi though none after that. Those mag appearances and videos are so fabulous, Misa was 18-19 at the time but as mentioned above think she looks so much better these days.


 That's Misa telling us to purchase her gravure DVD "Fruit Candy", it was released on March 16, 2012. Misa had been a member for Nogi for six months by them and was nineteen in age, not positive if it was filmed before becoming a Nogi member. Will be having a post just dedicated to screenshots from the DVD, was too tired to re-watch the entire 74 minute video today. But did watch enough of it to take some amazing screenshots of Misa, kind of running out of superlatives to describe her pics....






















3 comments:

  1. Misa won't get graduating anytime soon coz I think she said she has more stuff she wants to do like have a solo song(despite really wanting that, now I don't want her to have a solo) and some other stuff that she didn't state specifically so you know what that means...MORE MISA PICS!! WOO-HOO!🎉🎉
    On to the pics, I'd say it's a good thing to have a minute of silence while looking at them...Anyways good stuff, 'avin a beer, what a legend. No need for a break or a breather when all you need is enough cash for another beer...and probably for the strongest shot because sonuvachicken damn that shot of the beach where she holds the surfboard. Heard a couple of CHIMO songs(only LIVE performances on Youtube) and they were pretty cute, Misa's voice is pretty distinctive.

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  2. Misa's voice is okay, heard her sing a solo song when she was about eighteen that sounded just so-so but it's improved since she's joined Nogi as I'll bet they have some singing instructors. If Misa waits she could finally get a center position, know Mai will the first huge star to depart and who knows what the plans for Nanase and Erika are, Asuka would be the main competition. Then again would love to see her be a co-center with her good pal Miona.

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  3. Still waiting for my Misa+Reika duet, Mahiro solo and a Nogidan song which looks like none of them is never going to come.

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