Hinatazaka46: The semi-heavenly 'Kyoko Saito post' #8.....

 

 Mentioned in the above post was working hard to do this one and it's a nice pair to end the month off with. Kyoko celebrated her 23rd birthday three weeks ago but as you'll see in these new pics Kyoko somehow looks even younger these days. What's a bit odd to me is that she's exactly four months older than the above ultimate fave who looks a few years older than Kyoko. You've seen that top pic a few times and that's because it's one of my all top ones, brings up the question once again why hasn't she or any other Hina member had a solo photobook?

 Speaking of Hina will be trying to do a group post this weekend, they truly should have so many more than they've had and can't give a good reason why I don't do more. They released their second album last week which I'm sure topped the charts but the sales figures aren't out yet but know it sold well over a 100,000 copies it's first day. I do enjoy their music but kind of wish there was a little more rock to it or a bit upbeat like Nogi's older songs. Hina kind of reminds me of HKT, all of their songs are enjoyable yet none really stand out from any other.

 Plenty of Kyoko things to get to today and she just had a solo post last month. She's qualified for the yearly faves list and has a good shot at finishing in the top fifteen, that may sound a bit low but it's still an impressive position. One thing Hina does better than Nogi or Keya is post many blog pics, often those kind of pics are a bit lame but not from them.

 Kyoko does the best job of any member uploading pics and you'll notice a few were from her September 5th birthday, here's some older cards for the occasion.

 It appears Hina finally has their own group cards but don't think they're a tie-in with any game.

 Kyoko has been an exclusive model for the ar mag for a while now but hasn't had any spreads their last few issues. Nor any pics at the mag's site but do have some new ones from their Twitter page and these are actually oki-doki.

 As mentioned on September 5th Kyoko turned 23, also on that day she appeared at the 'Tokyo Girls Collection show with about seven other Hina members. They always have more members than Nogi or Keya, one requirement is to be a model for a mag and they have more than any of those two groups? Few terrific pics from her solo stroll on the catwalk.

 Kyoko also took a stroll to promote the group's DASADA clothing line, that was the title of their Spring drama but preferred their "Re:Mind" show so much more.

 In about three weeks will be finishing up a pair of Korean dramas and would like to take a bit of a break from any kind of dramas. My mini goal is to watch a few more '46' variety shows and especially the ones from Hina, have quite a backlog to get through but am looking forward to it. One thing that revived my interest a bit was viewing the January special 'Sakimichi-TV' show again which was a fun watch even without subs and has there ever been such a supreme trio on a variety show? The answer is no and while it was enjoyable watching them cook dinner had to admit Kyoko is totally useless in the kitchen though I could live with us eating takeout food every night....

 'Uni's on Air' is a Smartphone game that features members from Hina and Keya. The groups just celebrated their first anniversary with the game and fabulous new pics marked the occasion.

 This turned out to be an extremely majestic post and have noticed most solo ones for J-Pop Idol do turn out that way. Last November Kyoko was the cover girl for Platinum Flash, now a year later she has the honor once again with this fairly huge spread and the bottom ones are from the photo shoot. There's a few new CM's which are mainly group ones which will be in the next Hina post. So instead of a video have the link to their YT page called 'Hina46-TV which has an immense collection of things and it's worth checking out: Hina's YT channel