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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Nogizaka46: Somehow just the fourth exhilarating solo post for.... Mizuki Yamashita!!!!



 Probably the only post of the day but at 119 pics this should count for two! Hard to believe this is just Mizuki's fourth solo post, all have been done this year and she easily could have had eight posts to her name. But in the Nogi group posts she has just as many pics as anyone else or perhaps even more but for some reason had never thought about doing any posts for her. Mizuki's last one came on June 1st and was for her dazzling photobook that came out in January. To date it's been the fourth most viewed post for 2020 plus it's been Nogi's sixth best selling PB of all time.

 I can remember when Mizuki first joined Nogi and she intriqued me right from the beginning. She seemed to be the most talented third generation member and also the one who had her heart set more than anyone else on becoming a popular Idol. She's hit her goal as her popularity is quite immense these days. But at the time had wished Mizuki would lighten up a bit as she was just too serious and business like about being a star. She never smiled enough and always looked so stern but she's changed that in the past year as she usually does have a broad grin on her face and is that for becoming the Idol she always wanted to be? Few months back Mizuki changed her hair style, it's a bit shorter and to me she looks absolutely fabulous with that new 'do. Granted all of her pics have looked superb but especially the new ones you'll see today with that shorter hair.



 May do another solo post or two by the end of the year but before those happen am planning on having a pair of 'trio posts'. Those will be for the "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken" film that will be released in two weeks, it had originally been scheduled to come out in May but like most films back then had to be postponed. So will be doing a post before the movie's September 25th premiere with mag spreads, interviews and other promo bits for it. Then a day or so after the premiere will have a post with pics from it along with whatever else can be dug up for the film. Obviously brought that up as she's one of the trio of Nogi members who are the stars of the movie.












 The drama was a tie-in for the film and I was enjoying watching it. The series was six episodes yet none after the third show were subbed which really disappointed me. Considering how popular the stars are it's hard to believe no one has subbed the entire drama. Have many things for today, mostly new tidbits but a few older things that had never been seen here along with a pair of spreads that were only found in a group post. Here's a few pics from Nogi's blog and Mizuki is one of the few members who do a decent job at posting.











 Those bottom two pics were from July 26th as on that day Mizuki turned a year older.




 The only older batch of pics for today are this set of promo cards for the 'NogiKoi' app game.












 As mentioned there are 119 pics for this post which is quite a few yet could have made it twice as large so you'll probably see another solo post next month. Have a pair of stupendous spreads that were in Nogi group posts but perhaps you missed them and they deserve an encore viewing. This set is from the April 27th issue of Big Comic Spirits.











 These are bonus pics for the next spread and they had never been posted before, that spread is....








.... from the May 6th edition of Weekly Shonen. Mizuki appears so often as the cover girl of a mag these days and her sets are always so super duper or at least to me. But like every other '46' member we only see gravure spreads or pics around the time that a photobook comes out. Not that they have to go overboard with gravure pics but it'd be nice to see a few here and there in these spreads.











 For the longest time always had the impression that Mizuki was a tall woman but that's not the case at all as her height is just 159 cm. Was just reading some bio info and the third generation celebrated their fourth anniversary as Nogi members on September 4th yet there no sort of celebration. She's been an exclusive model for the Cancam magazine since August 2018 and these are newish pics from their site.









 Here's yet another cover for Mizuki which is from CanCam's September edition.











 Another CC spread that's from their October issue and doesn't she look so vibrant with the slightly shorter hair?!









 Last Saturday was the Autumn 'Tokyo Girls Collection' show that was streamed live as no audience was allowed to attend it which took place at the Saitama Super Arena. Mizuki was dressed quite conservatively for her solo stroll yet her face still drew me in like a magnet.











 This final batch of pics are also from the show and rate an A+ from me. The trio of 'Eizouken' members did a bit of promoting for the film and all looked quite oki doki. Think Japan still has guidelines on how many people can go to a cinema so that'll definitely affect ticket sales. But all films have the same problem so hope this ends up being a success and it's rare for a film starring Idols to be a hit. After the pics is a short CM for Mouse computers which came out a year ago though this was my first time viewing it, she plays a doctor in the video.

















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