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Sunday, July 7, 2019

Ayano Shimizu: Magazine scans #1....



 Not to be confused with a tennis pro with the same name but their names aren't spelled the same using Kanji. Have had my eye slightly on Ayano the past few months, she's an ex-AKB gal and while not overly popular she was somehow a member I had noticed. Perhaps I'd like AKB a bit more if there weren't so many members, how does anyone keep track of all of the teams?
 Ayano's first name has remained the same but she changed her last name in the Spring of 2018. It used to be Umeta(Not Umeda!) and not quite positive why she did it, read roughly that it had something to with the number of strokes, will try to find out more for her next post. There aren't going to be a huge amount of them but will have another for older spreads plus she does have her first gravure DVD coming out on August 23rd. Ayano is quite a hot looking woman and a bit young too as she just turned twenty in March.



 Wow, how could AKB let someone like her leave so easily? More gals like her and as I mentioned perhaps I'd follow the group a little closer and one thing that just popped into my mind is where is a new drama from them? Granted their songs aren't all that good these days but still have enjoyed their dramas and don't think there's been one for two years.
 But on to Ayano, have three 2019 mag spreads for today and will have her older ones which I think total five in her next post. Not much else for this first post as it was a spur of the moment one plus there hasn't been many recent activities though think those will be picking up. She does have a lot of pics on her Instagram account and do have a few of them for today. You will see in the first pic she's holding a Miona cover and she had a few other pics of her too. From what I've understood she's a friend of Miona's but don't know how close the pair are, love to see them share a spread.









 Ayano's height is 162 cm which doesn't make her too tall but at that height she was one of the taller AKB members. On the the trio of mag spreads, wish they were bigger but all are simply superb. Working from oldest to newest and this first set is from WPB #15.









 Bottom couple were bonus pics. Before I forget it also looks like Ayano has a mini Friday photobook coming out according to her Twitter account with this pic being the cover.


 Have you ever noticed how many AKB graduates have become gravure models over the years? Don't know the total but it is quite a few and have to admit all of them are quite striking. On to Ayano's second spread which is from the April 23rd edition of Flash.







 Final spread is another one from Flash and their July 16th issue. Bottom pic is the cover for Ayano's first gravure DVD coming out next month, let's hope there's a few more new fabulous spreads. After the pics is a video from a January Friday photo shoot.






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