May have two more Nogi photobooks coming up, this one is brand new for here but the other two won't be. Have gotten better versions of a pair of books plus both had been broken down into two posts when one would have been enough, so look for those but not immediately. Will have a birthday post next week for my #1 Nogi member but the posts have slowed way down for them. I only follow 2-3 current members so it's easy to see why there have been fewer posts for them. But except for a small handful of gals what's happened to the graduated members from the first two generations? Many are busy but not nearly to the extent they once were at, is that by choice or is the market just too saturated with ex-Idols? I'm leaning towards the latter and it's just not for the Nogi grads as so many Idols I did posts for do so little these days. As a matter of fact many have retired from show biz and still can't understand why more don't stay longer with their groups.
That graduation took place in September 2021 which was right around Ranze's 23rd birthday. This book was released on November 9th of that year, the day before she announced her retirement from show biz and 38 months later has remained that way. But in 2023 Ranze did say she would be opening a fashion shop called Honey Rosie House and as far as I know it's still open with plans for a second shop. Enough bio info and on to the book which I think is so superb but bet many may not enjoy it. For this is one of Nogi's more conservative books as there aren't too many gravure pics but to me that's perfectly fine as Ranze was always a bit conservative and she's a woman who doesn't need to dress scantly to grab my attention! Sure a few other fans will agree with me and in the book's first week out it was #1 on the charts selling a bit over 23,000 copies. The photo shoots took place in Kobe, Tottori and Awaji Island, there's a total of 116 terrific Ranze pics and in a way I hate doing these kinds of posts that are Final and features a woman we may sadly never see here again....
