Hikaru Morita: Her slightly belated '𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 25𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮' post....

 

 Two days ago did a partial unjoyous birthday post, they're always good to do but there were so few new photos and new happenings for that post. That's not the case for today as there's at least sixty new photos for today and with any luck two months from now can have another post for Hikaru. That may not sound like many posts but they come so infrequently these days for current J-Pop Idols and especially for Keya(Sakura) members, they were my top group for many years. An under the radar huge favorite of mine for a while has been Hikaru and have made that confession a few times, there's that certain **something** which has made me so attracted to her and it's not her gravure pics or photobooks because she's had zero of both! For the longest time Hikaru was the most unpopular Idol I've ever posted about, her posts would usually get 250-300 views and an average post here would easily get 2-3 times that amount within two months of being published. But as time has gone on Hikaru has gained quite a few fans here or perhaps the ones she had finally discovered this blog. Those posts now have well over 700 views and a few are approaching a thousand which is so nice to see. I never do or not do a post because someone is (un)popular and sometimes my persistence has paid off as it did with Hikaru.

 I don't keep tabs on J-Pop nearly as closely as I once did but do follow Keya(Sakura) and will still do posts for the second generation members if possible.... but that sadly doesn't happen enough! Did use persistence above and the group also was able to do that with their career which to me is impressive and Keya does have so many likable young women so it's nice to see things go well for them. After their name change from Keya to Sakura in late 2020 the group did struggle for a while, their singles would sell about 400,000 copies which is a high number for most groups but as Keya they had been selling twice as many though in fairness sales have really dropped since 2020 for all groups. But beginning in late 2023 the sales for their singles began to increase and these days they each sell about 550,000 copies, one even sold over 680,000! So while I won't be doing anymore group posts if I can do a few here and there for Hikaru and her 2G mates will do so but they have become so hard to do though a post such as this one may have been worth the wait!!!!

 Another thing about the group that's a positive is their stability. Only three second generation members have left in the last 4 1/2 years and bet no other '46'/48' group can boast about that! For today have a wide array of photos, none are gravure ones and I'm glad of that as I'd rather not see Hikaru do those kinds of pictures which would mean she'd probably never have a photobook. The post title says slightly belated, her 25th birthday officially took place on July 10th. Today's first batch of photos are of Hikaru's older birthdays though the top two are for this year, the bottom ones are for the 'Uni's on Air' web game. There's also four Keya/Sakura cards for their 2025 single "Unhappy Birthday Kobun" and hadn't posted those until now.

 Have some more group cards and all are new for this year but this has been it for the past six months and like many other groups Keya doesn't have nearly as many cards as they once did. However Hina does and actually it seems more than ever so why would that be?

 One thing Hikaru does so well is to post such fabulous photos at her IG page, they also get posted at the group 'Diary' blog. These are from the past six weeks and as I said earlier Hikaru has that hard to define **something** about her, I'm not smitten with her but have been so curious on what she'd be like on a date. Hikaru is such an avid manga fan and of course also loves animes plus is a decent artist. It's so hard to tell when she's in a photo by herself but Hikaru's height is just a tad over 150 cm and think that's the shortest of any '46' group member in their history.

 Hikaru appeared at most of those large fashion shows from late 2020 until last year, can only think of one other Keya gal who looked better than she did at those shows. However Hikaru hasn't appeared at any of them this year and I have no clue why that's happened, there is a huge Autumn show in two months so if she appears at that one that's when Hikaru's next post will be done. This small batch is from the 2021 Spring 'Tokyo Girls Fashion' show and until now hadn't posted these terrific pictures.

 One thing I forgot to do is visit the "Sakura Koi" web game site for new promo pictures but that's okay as it means those can be included in her next post. Have some older pics for the game which I think are so terrific, Hikaru had more of these promo pics than any other member and by a wide margin. Perhaps because she could be the most popular of the 2G members and she's the been the center for five of the group's singles!

 Who will be appearing at a 'Tokyo Girls Collection' show tomorrow is Yui 😍 and it's a requirement that she's included in any solo post for a Keya member! So if things work out will have a post this weekend for Yui and she seemed to be close to Hikaru, they had three magazine spreads together plus also shared quite a few blog/IG photos, many of the ones below are new for here. The final one features Risa and I can honestly say there's no one I miss doing posts for more than her. Birthday #28 for her takes place on July 27th and let me try to work on a post for her as she'll never be forgotten around here....

 Will end off with this brand new magazine spread from the June 24th issue of Weekly Shonen, bet Hikaru has been their cover girl at least a dozen times. It's not an exciting video but after the pics is one Hikaru uploaded five days ago to the Keya YT channel, it was for her 25th birthday and she was joined by a pair of 2G mates.