Mariya Nagao: Her slightly belated.... Happy 31st Birthday post!!!!

 

 Hadn't planned on taking three of the previous four days off and it just worked out that way. Which is okay though as you always need a mini break from things such as work and isn't that why there's weekends? Many centuries ago that may not have been the case but it is these days and while I don't consider this Blog to be work it's nice to clear your head now and again though I did write up the three drama recaps just below this post. The belated mentioned above is by five days and in all honesty had forgotten about it until last night so knew a post had to be done ASAP! Mariya is a long time favorite of mine and bet her first post was done about ten years ago which means an average of a little over five a year but since 2021 has only had 3-5 posts per year which is why I sadly forget about her at times and also a few other faves.... EDIT: I shouldn't have forgotten about her as someone did bring her name up in a comment done in February and it was about who I thought were the hottest '48' members? That was a good question and as with Nogi what a difficult list that would be to create, my hottest '48' gals were either in NMB or SKE.

 The last few months have been using the term how time flies more than ever and that's because it applies to so many of the women who have had posts this year. For instance Mariya has now been gone from AKB for exactly nine years and bet many reading this never knew she was even with them! She was a semi-popular member and left just after her 22nd birthday, in a very rare occurrence her popularity really increased after graduating and I would say she's had one of the most successful solo careers of any AKB member. Most of that is because of Mariya's hotter than hot gravure photos and she's showing no signs of slowing down with that work but she also has done a lot of acting and is currently in a drama. The period from 2017-20 was Mariya's busiest stretch which includes here as she was one of the top five women as far as popularity goes, her posts are still garner many views but not at the level they were once at. Have noticed her posts seem to come in batches over the last five years, she had three last year from April to August featuring new activities but this is her first in seven months. However she does have at least one mag spread about to come out plus a digital book so we may be entering a busy stretch though when I say that it refers to her gravure modeling.

 So if you are also a long time fan of Mariya like me and many visitors here this will be a post you will enjoy immensely as there's at least 65 photos for today that are brand new for here! First off are some from her IG page and will say what a terrible job she does at posting them as they go back three months! The first is for an upcoming SPA! digital book while the second is from a Bomb magazine photo shoot but I like the ones she's dressed as a civilian as she does look mighty fine when not dressed so skimpy.

 Those bottom two above pics are of the J-Pop group Capu Churu which Mariya formed last July. She's just their manager and doesn't sing with them, to date they don't have a record company but have performed at many shows and it can't be easy to start a new group if you're not affiliated with the 46/48 groups and also possibly Hello Project. Above there was just one pic for her 31st birthday, below are some from previous years.

 Have three mag spreads that haven't been posted here yet plus some dazzling new lingerie modeling pics. But will begin off with an encore spread that was in Mariya's last post and is from the August 23rd issue of Friday, it's such a superb spread it deserved to be seen again. Plus it's the last time she's been a cover girl and that doesn't happen often with women who are thirty or older, perhaps in regular magazines but not one jammed packed with gravure models.

 Have one other set from 2024 which is from the October 5th edition of Shukan Post, this hadn't been posted before and a Nogi grad was the cover girl. As I 've said many times the last few months doesn't it seem so many ex-Idols are busier than ones currently in a group? I think it's so true these days and that had never happened before so wonder why?

 This is the best of Mariya's trio of magazine spreads and it came out last month. It's from a quarterly Sabra issue called 'Best of Winter 2025', at one time that was such a terrific monthly magazine which had DVD's with their issues but these days just release a special edition for the four seasons.

 EDIT: Ooooh, almost forgot to post these pics which are trading cards to promote her third regular photobook "Joshua" which came out in August 2019.

 In December 2020 Mariya started modeling for the Reinest lingerie brand and had so many sweltering photos at their site. Have posted most of them but a year ago those modeling pics stopped and was I bummed out! However my being bummed out has ceased as Mariya is back with them and these are all brand new at their site though of course the photo shoots could have taken place a while ago. To me these have always been my #1 pics from her so what a shame there's never been a video from a photo shoot. There hasn't been one of them for eight months and that's after the pics which is from the SPA! magazine and had never posted it yet which I highly recommend viewing!!!! Gulp, I just did twice(!) and it could be her best one to date so wish it was a bit longer....