Ruka Kitano: Her fourth acclaimed intro post with her scorching "Love letter" digital book and more....

 

 Am feeling a tad out of sorts for today so this will be a simple post yet one with at least seventy pics and almost all are new for here save for one older SKE mag spread plus some cards. Have heard that gravure modeling isn't the easiest of professions and when you're a newbie the pay isn't all that high. But if you're a known ex-Idol such as Ruka or if you have become popular with gravure fans then you can make a decent amount of $$. I often have hoped that some of my favorite Idols would do more gravure work after they leave their groups but can understand why most don't choose that route. In the case of Ruka and especially Iori from Nogi becoming a gravure model has worked out well and it has led to many other jobs, it's also happened with more than just those two.

 Whew, will admit I've been a bit shocked at how Ruka has left little to our imaginations since becoming a gravure model. She did have some gravure spreads while with SKE and those I really enjoyed as in a way thought she looked a bit better five years ago and I rarely say that. What also semi shocks me is that Ruka still doesn't have a Ja.wiki page and it's easier to find info when it's all in one spot. She wasn't a star with SKE but was somewhat popular plus has done so much work in the ten months since she's graduated so why no page? Ruka was just in a stage play which wrapped up two days ago and and has also had some regular gigs on a pair of variety shows so besides all of her modeling she has been quite busy and to me you can't take a break after you leave your J-Pop group. You can see how well it's worked out for Ruka by remaining in the spotlight and also more so for her ex-SKE mate in the next post.

 Besides that stage play Ruka hasn't done too much for the last two months and it's understandable as plays have a show every day. However Ruka has squeezed a few photo shoots in so has at least two upcoming mag spreads and she will be the cover girl for one, she also has at least one digital book coming out soon. On one other note Ruka will be celebrating her 26th birthday on May 25 and she may have four more posts before then(!), that's also the date of such an ex-Nogi fave of mine. First up for today are these older SKE cards and it's not a large batch. This finishes off 2021 and there were very few for 2020, as mentioned a few times there was such a decrease in SKE cards after 2019 and don't know why.

 Let's stay with SKE for one more set of pics and this oldie but goldie Ruka magazine spread is from volume 19 of BLT Graph which came out in October 2017.... 7 1/2 years ago!

 Have one more mag spread which is much newer and is from last October's edition of Bubka. After today still have four Ruka newish spreads but very few are all that large but as mentioned there are a few that will be released soon.

 We've hit the final and for it have Ruka's "Love Letter" digital book that the BLT magazine released last October 28th but there was no accompanying spread which has started to become much more common. Have three more books to post and all have come out this year so am caught up with all of her 2024 things. Well, there is an alternate version of her sizzling first photobook that came out last September and will have that coming up soon. This book has 47 photos but there was no video to go with it and she needs more of those. Ruka's last post had a WPB book, there were four mini videos from the photo shoot and have one after the pics.