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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Iori Sagara: A (too)little bit of this and that....

 


 In the post below this one was musing about how slow it's been the last few weeks for the women I prefer doing posts for though think that will be changing in about a week. So said if you don't see a post for a day or two you know why but hate not having anything for a day. It's fine if it was a planned day off but not when I don't have enough things for a post. But often if I roll up my sleeves many times can create something out of nothing which is why many of you readers may refer to me as the nefarious Dr. Nao 👹 and that wanna-be Frankenstein doctor has nothing on me!!!!



 I like Iori more than I can put into words and she hadn't been heard from in a while until ten days ago when she had her first post in eleven weeks. Of the women I do many posts for there hasn't been many that have been as busy as Iori had been for the three year stretch from June 2023 until this past June. So she was deserving of an easy period but she did do a few photo shoots and we'll soon be seeing those books or magazine spreads. Plus Iori's 2027 calendar will be coming out very soon and on November 3rd she'll be having an event for it, three weeks later she'll be celebrating her 29th birthday.



 The 'Nao Year' ends on November 30th and it'd be nice to see Iori end on a strong note. Should be able to do a pair of posts for her before that year ends and for the fourth year in a row Iori will be on the fave's list. Since 2023 she's been in the seventh, tenth and tenth positions but she is a bigger favorite of mine than that. Making the fave's list four years in a row is a feat and will that enable Iori to make the third All Time list when it's done next Spring? For now that's a question I can't answer, twenty women on a list may make it seem like there should enough space but sadly that's not the case and a few deserving ones won't make the cut. So for those 'iffy' gals such as Iori the next five months could determine if they make the list as they need to separate themselves from their rivals. Plus there will be three other ex-Nogi members on the list, would four be too many?


 
 There hasn't been too many new things lately for Iori but there is a sparkling recent magazine spread that will end the post. So cobbled together some older photos which are a mix of ones you've seen before and some will be encore viewings though bet most of those pictures have been forgotten about. After Iori left Nogi in the Summer of 2018 thought she would never have another post here but I did follow her career slightly and like most others was surprised when she became a FT gravure model in June 2023 but she also does a lot of acting. Have posted very few of Iori's photos from that 2019-22 period so thought having a few of those in this and future posts would certainly liven things up! These photos are from the Autumn of 2022, all are new for here and the first photo was from Iori's 25th birthday, it's only been four years since she posted those at her IG page but hasn't Iori's looks changed quite a bit in that time? I think so and the changes have all been positives, face wise she looks better than ever and of course her figure is second to none!





















 Try to have old monthly group cards for ex-Idols, these then are of course from October and Iori wasn't with Nogi long enough to have more. I'm expecting her next post to be on November 3rd or 4th when she has the event for her new calendar, for that post will work on having many photos for Halloween but Iori has never been one to dress up or cosplay.


















 Iori's last post featured a SPA! digital book, she also had another book for them earlier this year. For that first book that came out in March there was a small batch of new photos added to the SPA! site that were outtakes and as I said had to cobble together many things to create this post.












 Iori was a few months shy of being 21 in age when she graduated from Nogi back in 2018. She was the first second generation to leave but have seen she's remained friends with most of her ex-mates. Not staying too long meant Iori never had a photobook and wonder if Nogi's management ever noticed what a fabulous figure she had which may be the hottest one of any gal to pass through Nogi! Here's an ancient Iori magazine that's close to ten years old and is from the December 16, 2016 issue of Young Gangan, she had at least four other solo spreads while with Nogi.









 The finale of this Spur of the moment post features a brand new Iori spread that came out a week ago and she's the cover girl for volume 20 of Young King Bull. That could be my top current magazine, so many of my favorite women appear in their issues plus they also release terrific digital books but they only have an issue every three months. If your heart can take it after the pics is a video from the photo shoot and think there will also be an upcoming digital book, wish the video was longer as Iori looks so amazing.... whewwww....