Hinatazaka46: A mini yet large(?) post of trick and treats....

 

 Hmmmm, that's one mighty fine treat!!!! Kyoko has become a bit of a good luck charm as it seems every post she leads off hits the top ten for views, she's top ten for many other things too! What the title means is that there's a lot of pics for today though not as much variety as usual. Have been mentioning that with the Olympics beginning soon there may not be many new activities to post about the last ten days of July, first ten of August. So trying to hold some things back so posts can be done during that period but have a feeling most '46' members will be resting up. That's because all three will be going on tour soon and wonder if they'll be competing against each other?

 Hina has an arena tour beginning on September 15th and they'll be doing six concerts, Keya's small tour begins four days before that. Nogi's tour begins next week and goes until September, if you're a fan of all three groups your wallet will be much lighter! So as some know have wrapped up the "Koharu!" drama and it's one that turned out so much better than expected. Only problem with Idol dramas is that there's large gaps between them so we wouldn't see another Hina one until next year and that's not written in stone. So soon will be recapping the group's current 'Desu Chotto ii Dsu ka' show though not sure of he schedule. The shows are only fifteen minutes and four to date have been subbed, would have two shows per recap so may wait until a few more are done.

 These Hina posts have become so popular the last two months, at one time a Nogi post would get twice as many views but not so these days as the members can hold their own against anyone. No Nao things for today and there's no doubt she can hold her own against any other '46' gal. Her first photobook came out on June 29th, in it's first week it sold close to 122,000 copies! That's a bit shocking and out of the sixty previous '46' books only two(!) topped that total sold in it's first week out. Nothing against her but have never understood why she's so popular, almost every other Hina member is more attractive plus on their variety shows she always comes off as a bit too bland, oh well, what do I know....

 On to the new pics and will be ending off with many from their first concert in front of an audience this year. Next group post hope to have the spread for the upcoming issue of Bomb which features three members, some outtake pics from the photo shoot with Yuka.

 More pics from the Bomb photo shoot and these two gals will be the cover girls. One is Mei who has been such a long time fave and in a recent interview she said she would turn down an offer to have a photobook as my eyes swell with tears. 😭 The other cover girl is Ayaka who looks so alluring these days, how about that second pic?!

 Have a pair of terrific spreads for today, first off is Mirei from Platinum Flash. This special issue comes out four times a year so this is from the Summer edition.

 Really wish Miku was a few years older as she has such an attractive face, she's also quite an interesting young woman and this set is from the July issue of Bubka.

 The W-Keyaki Fes was revived this year and the three concerts took place this weekend. First pic features the two group captains and if you're in the mood for some Hina souvenirs from the festival.... members aren't included!

 The festival took place at the Fuji-Q Highland Conifer Forest Park that's located near Mt. Fuji as you can tell by the park's name. It lasted for three days, Keya(Sakura) did a solo show on Friday, today the groups did a combo concert and yesterday Hina performed their own solo show. Have watched most of it which lasted for two hours, wish it had been longer but it was extremely hot and humid outside. I really enjoyed this concert and the only other ones I had seen of Hina were their last two X-Mas concerts. They still don't have a DVD out from any show, perhaps after their mini tour there will be one. Not much more to add in about it and did take a fair amount of screenshots but know it's so much better to actually view a show. First pic is the setlist plus two promo ones and the rest are from the concert. Hina will be doing some Cup Star CM's with Nogi but they haven't come out yet. But there have been a few from earlier this year that had never been posted, have Shiho's CM following the pics.