So much for that prediction yesterday that mentioned that Nogi post may be their final one of the year, need to be wrong more often but seems I already am! Mai finished 16th on this year's top twenty list though by now she's in my top ten of all time. Had she had a few more posts like this one her position would have been so much higher as to me this could be her best post of the year. But we're now in the period for 2020 so this post will count for the next list which is just eleven months off! Once again couldn't control myself as besides being Mai's best post for 2019 it's also her largest as there may be over a hundred pics and bet no one will complain.
Mai was semi busy this year but not compared to her previous five years when she was probably the most active idol. Next year promises to be a busier year as she has a film coming out and would think we'll be seeing much of her promoting it. The film is titled "Stolen Identity 2" and she has the lead female role in the movie which appears to be a suspenseful one. It'll be coming out on February 21st but not many advance pics have been released.
Few days late but how about some tremendous Nogi X-Mas cards?
Have a whole slew of new regular Mai Nogi cards, been a slowdown on them this year.
Mai used to be a busy model for the Larme and Ray sites but quit them a few years back. These days she's a part time model for a pair of mags such as With and these pics are new from their site. Her last post had her spread for their December issue.
Mai also works with the More site, only a few pics from them but she will be the cover girl for their February edition.
Was wrong with my prediction as there will just be 91 new pics which still makes for a massive post. Nogi just released volume two of their 'Nogi Satsu' photobook, the book is made up of pics all of the members took. The first volume has sold close to 340,000 copies to date and it was released in June 2018. Volume two came out last week and what a massive seller it was at it topped the charts easily selling 152,000 copies, is there anything the group does these days which doesn't top the charts. Mai was at an event for it along with four other members on December 17th, the PB came out the following day. There was an initial printing of 200,000 for this book but with first week sales like that sure there will be a few reprints.
The day after the above event Mai attended another show where she was awarded yet another honor for her "Passport" photobook which has sold close to 350,000 copies. The question we're all wondering is will there be a followup to it as the PB came out almost three years ago. The ceremony was put on by Kodansha Publishing which out out her book, the award was some sort of 'literature' one which is a mystery as it was a photobook but it had something to do with it contributing to publishing culture.... whatever..... least she looked so fabulous at the event.
Will end off with this batch of pics that are Mai's best set in well over a year. She doesn't do many gravure spreads these days, really none and this is as close she's come to having one since December 2018. She was the cover girl for the January 10th issue of Friday, it's classified as a mini PB and think the mag will be running this series with other Nogi members. It's early in the year but this will be a tough spread to top and would love to see her try to! After these dazzling pics is a video of Mai at the above ceremony, it's rare when there's a video of any kind of Nogi event.
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