Mariya Nagao: (too) Few recent tidbits....

 Last post of the month and had thought that there were more posts in August than any other month this year. Was wrong on that as July had one more though in a way August may have more as I'm working on two drama recaps. May take tomorrow off as there's literally zero going on the last few days but next weekend promises to be a very busy one with a huge TGC show and so many of my bigger faves will be there.
 As far as busy goes that's not a word we can use for Mariya this year as this is just her fifth post and two of them were for 2018 pics. She graduated from AKB in March 2016 and for the next 2 1/2 years Mariya was one busy gal with so many mag spreads, huge pictorials and many other activities, her acting career was going well too. But this year has been very slow for her as there's only been a handful of mag spreads and no regular dramas though she is or was in a late night show.

 But three days ago Mariya released her third photobook, besides that there's been very few activities and this may be her smallest post ever. However I'm usually wrong on those guesses and bet today has over forty pics though haven't counted them. As mentioned this has been such a slow year for Mariya mag spreads, with a new PB you would have thought she'd be in many of them to promote it but that hasn't been the case. Since April she's only appeared in two regular mags and this was one set that hadn't been posted yet from the June 4th issue of Flash.

 There's no doubt Mariya looks superb in her gravure spreads but in all honesty am getting slightly tired of them, to me they kind of all look alike and maybe she's done too may of them the past few years. So do enjoy these kinds of pics which are from the Tabiiro website, they're a travel mag and she was their 'Woman of the Month' for August.

 Here's a new spread to promote the PB which is from the September 3rd edition of Flash. Mariya's had a mini photobook for the magazine and think she has another one coming out soon, she had that on her blog though no date was mentioned.

 Today, which is August 31st, Mariya held an event for the photobook at the Book First store in Shinjuku. Not really sure what the rope tying is supposed to represent, she mentioned something about the theme of the book being about 'tying the time'(?) and/or being bound to one place, that's the store manager she tied up.

 Title of the PB is "Joshua" and the pics for it were taken in the San Diego area. Guess her books must sell well enough then as it seems current AKB members stay in the Japan area for their books, these are some promo pics for it. No recent Mariya videos so have one following the pics for a 2018 photo shoot.

Mariya Nagao: 'SPA! mini photobook' scans plus one event....

 Big lack of Mariya posts for this year as this is only her third one with the first being pics from another mini photobook that came out last November. Mariya has been one busy gal the past few years but has really cut back on her activities, do have one mag spread which I'm holding on to but it's a small one and her only set since April.
 Lot of viewers out there are massive Mariya fans as in that recent series for who the most popular gal is here she finished 13th. Almost overlooked her as the lack of posts made her disappear from my mind so hopefully this will be the first of many posts for the second half of the year. Her acting career had really picked up steam too but she's slowed down on her roles, she was in one drama at the beginning of the year but that's been it for 2019 though she may be in one small daytime soap that's currently airing.

 Before we get to the photobook pics there was an event that took place on June 25th. You see Mariya usually dressed so skimpy which is of course fine but do enjoy seeing her dressed up a bit classier at times. The event was to promote the new 'Professional Baseball Spirits 2019' video game and it really looks to be one of your more ultimate games.
 She had fun playing the game but so didn't someone else with her and want to point out the other two women. She looks a bit different but the short gal is Miori Ichikawa who I'm sure most know. She was also with AKB but actually became popular with NMB, she departed from them last year but was reading she's going to release a photobook soon. But the person that caught my eye was the woman dressed similar to a stewardess(?). She's Ayaka Hara who is someone I've liked quite a bit over the years but had always forgotten about her. No longer as she has the post just below this one and there should be plenty more of them coming up.

 This mini SPA! photobook was just released and it featured many other gravure models, posted one set of pics yesterday and will have more coming up. Mariya is the cover girl of the PB which as the title of 'Girl' and had the largest set with 26 pics. Of course she looks terrific but to me seems her spreads are looking the same these days(drab), other models tend to change their spreads up so hope she can in the future. After the pics there's a video of the above event.