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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Nana Yamada: Happy 28th birthday to a massive Nao fave....
Here's a link to an older post from last year which are many outtake pics from her 2016 photobook "Nanairo, really worth checking out: Nanairo outtake pics
It is becoming much more difficult to do posts these days due to all of the cancellations and such in Japan and Korea. Hope this pace I've been having can keep up for a while with new happenings but have an inkling may need to revive some older things. Just because it's quite slow these days isn't the reason for this post as the heading is 100% accurate as Nana is a massive fave of mine but with just seventeen posts you may not think that.
How time flies as it's already been close to five years since her graduation from NMB. Since then Nana has kept busy though not as much these last two years but do have some terrific new pics. There's never been an official list but have mentioned many times if there was a list for my all time hottest '48' members Nana would be in the second position and in all honesty would consider her to be #1B, how I miss seeing her in mags and photobooks....
... my imagination certainly runs wild viewing her pics, especially that bottom one. Mentioned above how Nana to me is the second hottest '48' member ever, fairly impressive when there's had to be over a thousand gals that have gone through the groups. Actually did say she could be #1B, if that's the case who is number one? Even though they were ex-NMB mates not too many pics of them together.
Many of my faves celebrate the same birthday but only one pair also share the same year. That date is April 3, 1992 and may do a post for the other mega fave tomorrow but though still active as an Idol there's been so few new pics recently.
Nana has been appearing on the 'Shadow' variety show for a few years, she also used to host a travel show where she went all around Japan. But besides that first show there hasn't been as much going on the last few years for Nana, she was supposed to be in a stage play opening tomorrow but of course that's been postponed. Very few gravure pics these days which is a shame as she looks as good as ever but do have many terrific Instagram pics from this year.
I do think of Nana often but that doesn't help the cause as far as doing posts go, hope I can do at least one more this year. On February 22nd her fifth calendar was released which goes from April 2020 to March 2021. There was an event for it held on it's release day at the Book 1st store in Shinjuku. Top four pics are from the calendar and the fourth pic is utterly incredible, what we fans wouldn't give to see her have another photobook.
Even though Nana rarely appears in magazine these days she usually had a spread or two promoting her calendars. That wasn't the case this year and I for one am quite disappointed in that. So why not go back a bit in time for a pair of older spreads and bet the vast majority have never seen these fabulous sets. This first one is from the May 2015 edition of Bubka.
Second dazzling spread is from the May 13, 2014 issue of Young Champion, Nana at the time would have been 22 in age.
Will end off with perfect some pics to show you why Nana is my second hottest '48' member of all time. If there was a list for all Idols not sure where she would finish, perhaps fifth which to me is quite impressive and if she continued as an NMB member for a few more years then she would be #1 on most of my lists. After the pics have a video from that calendar event and beside being such a breathtaking gal Nana is also quite an interesting and funny woman.
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