Kasumi Arimura: Few recent happenings....

 Main reason we probably haven't seen much of Kasumi lately is because she's been busy filming, There's a two part movie coming out called "March Comes in Like a Lion", first part comes out on March 18th while the second will be released on April 22nd. Her 24th birthday takes place on February 13th and hopefully there will be more new things for a few posts for that date.
  Kasumi also has two films coming out in the Fall but before that she has the lead in the next NHK asadora which starts on April 3rd and is titled "Hiyokko". On January 30th there was a press conference where they announced the whole cast.

 Have a few new mag spreads though none are huge and sadly much more conservative than her older ones. First off is this set from the January 5th edition of Shukan Bunshun.

 That above is the biggest spread, these are from WPB #5.

 Another small set which is the final one from the February 14th issue of Flash. After them have a short CM for Menicon which came out last month.

Fumika Baba: 2017 Magazine scans #2

 Hopefully this is the start of a busy period as January may have been one of the slowest months here in a long, long time. Fumika though is one who hasn't been too quiet for a while as this last year she seemingly appears in a few mags every week, she looks so fantastic they should have a mag just devoted to her. Three new ones for today and they total 25 pics but this first set is one last one from 2016 and it's from the December 22nd issue of Tokyo Walker Plus.

 Huge set here from the February 2nd edition of Young Jump.

 True Fumika looks jaw-dropping in mag spreads but hoping we'll see her do more things this year such as be in dramas or appear at more events. Don't think she has a DVD out so that'd be a nice gift for 2017, last set of pics are from the February 13th issue of Big Comic Spirits.

Nogizaka46: 'NOGIBINGO!' season seven episode twelve recap and screenshots

 Not the best of 'NOGIBINGO!' seasons but it did end on a strong note as this was one of the better episodes. Don't know why this wasn't another Christmas show as it aired less than two weeks before the holiday but like episode eleven it was a request show. What was different was that it was the member's requests and not ones from the viewers, title for it was 'Unfinished Business'.
 Up first was a very enjoyable performance from the trio 'Miraculous '95 Unit'. It consisted of Mahiro, Marika and Rina and thought the name referred to them all being born in 1995. That's not the case as Marika was born in 1996 and she looked ultra kawaii in her outfit. She'll be turning 21 on February 20th and have never done a solo post for her. No good reason for that as she barely missed making my top ten fave list, think she was 11th so expect a few posts soon for her b-day.
 The trio did an old Pink Lady hit called "S.O.S" and they did a superb job with the tune. They did talk about how their parents are all Pink Lady fans who were huge in the seventies so it makes sense they would be fans as they were probably in their twenties at the time.

 Another segment that featured Kazumi as she also had one in the last show. Since her photobook came out in September we haven't heard enough from her but all members usually have quiet times. Then again Nanase never seems to as she was teamed with Kazumi in this skit as they wanted to meet some very cute felines. They were cute but think the Nogi pair beat them in that department but the segment was only so-so like most this season. One reason could be because they're so short, shows are only twenty minutes long so hard to give skits like this five or more minutes.

 Last episode Chiharu was in the best segment, close this time but no cigar but it did prove to be the most interesting one. Very informative too as she was teamed with Asuka and the request they wanted was to visit the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia. Naturally they didn't go there but did it in the studio with some very good pics of the flats added in.

 Uh, looks like someone took the wrong turn at Tokyo....

 Chiharu seems to be a very intelligent woman, bet her Nogi income is helping pay her way through Meiji University. I had never heard of Uyuni but checked it out and it's a very interesting place which you may want to check out too.

 This year's assistant MC Misa had the next request and she wanted a voice actress battle. Joining her was Minami, Sayuri and Yumi who did some voice overs for the "Minashigo Hacchi" anime which aired in 1970-71. The judge was a voice actress named Shimoji who really can do an excellent anime voice. Only saw two minutes of the anime but it had to do with a kingdom of bees battling a hornet who wanted to take it over. My advice to the four would be not to give up your Idol jobs.

 There were two more skits but didn't take screenshots for the final which featured Karin as a weather person. Thought the requests had ended and didn't feel like going back and taking them but she did an okay job.
 So the final one for here had Yuuri who is among my fave members and is finally a Senbatsu member for the next single. With her in this too short skit was Miona who really has been blossoming lately, she's another one who finished high on my top ten list. The pair dressed up as Gyarus which means can mean girls, ones who are very fashion conscious and sure you've seen many of them. Both gals looked quite seductive, especially Yuuri but Miona seemed to fit the image better.

 Made it through the entire season and for a while didn't think that would happen. First six episodes were so-so at best but the remaining shows seemed much better, to me the first two seasons are still the best. Sure there will be an eighth season but haven't heard any news of it yet, would think it'd be starting right around when the group's 17th single will be coming out. No date on that yet but it'll probably be at the end of March or beginning of April and it'll be the first one without Nanami who I'm still surprised didn't make an appearance on these last two shows.