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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Ruka Kitano: Her sizzling and ultra torrid.... "The Birth of Venus" photobook version two

 


 Bit of a slowdown with regular photobooks the past few years but as I've said they're better than ever! "Birth of Venus" is Ruka's second official book and two versions were released on the same day which was December 19th. This is the web version and all of the pictures are different than the other book though the pics were from the same photo shoot. Try to begin off a month with a super duper photobook and have a pair all ready to go. On June 1st will have Minami Umezawa's second book which of course is so tremendous but will do another post for her before then as her graduation concert will be taking place on May 21st. Up first for books will be the lead off post for May and it'll be of a Keya(Sakura) member who hasn't been talked about here for a while. That's their captain Rina Matsuda and I was kind of surprised she did have a book but did deserve one. Another surprise was how terrific the book is and she's someone I've liked for a while but it's so difficult these days doing posts for Keya members, expect Rina's book on May 1st.



 Besides fewer photobooks these days those books also have seen fewer sales for and that would be a reason for less books these days. This book has sold about 7,000 or so copies in four months but her first book sold at least 25,000 copies and that was such an unexpected popular book back in 2024. Ruka left so little to our imaginations and she did so too in both versions of  "The Birth of Venus". It is nice to see Ruka dressed so scantly as she does have a terrific figure but on the other hand I kind prefer the way Ruka looked while with SKE. The photo shoot for the books took place on the Goto islands which is off the coast of Nagasaki, this version has 83 pics while the official book had 86 so 150 photos in all. 

News Flash!!!!

 In such a shocker just read at Ruka's Ja.wiki page she announced her marriage on March 31st and that came out of nowhere, I had been wondering why we've heard so little from her the last few months. Found out that first Ruka announced the news at her X page and then at the Dressy site, of all things that's a place for wedding gowns and other things associated with marriage. Ruka left her agency on March 31st but it doesn't appear as though she'll be retiring as she just opened a YT channel but doubt if we'll be seeing many gravure photo shoots in the future. So that is some shocking news and who her husband is wasn't revealed but truly hope it wasn't a shotgun wedding. On to the searing photobook and could this end up being Ruka's final one????
















































































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