Nogizaka46: The unassuming yet captivating 'Minami Umezawa post' #25....

 

 Just had a post for Minami thirteen days ago yet have about fifty new pics for her fans. She does have many of them here but have noticed that fan base isn't nearly as large as other Nogi members. That last post was for Minami finishing ninth on this year's fave list, a drop of one spot from 2020 but that's still a solid position. Hopefully will have #1 coming up tomorrow but haven't even started working on that post but not too worried about that. As mentioned a few other times my bigger faves haven't changed too much over the last 3-4 years. Of this year's top ten seven were also in the top ten last year plus the other three had made previous year's lists.

 On January 6th Minami will be celebrating her 23rd birthday, hoping do have yet another post around that date. As mentioned in her last post Minami is now Nogi's vice captain and that's a newly created position. No doubt it's to train her to become Nogi's next captain as it appears the current one will probably graduate next year, wonder though if that position really has all that much responsibility?

 Lets' get right to things and here's a few recent pics from Minami's Instagram page, not many as her last post was less than two weeks ago.

 The one big advantage about being Nogi's captain is that it means you'll attend most group events. But have noticed over the last two years that Minami already does and she's appeared at more events than any other third generation member. Not too many pics from this event that took place on December 8th for the '63rd Shining Japan Records Awards' ceremony. Nogi won the group Excellence award for their "Fingers Crossed' single and hate to say it but it wasn't one of their stronger singles.

 Been having many of the group's 'Nogi Fes' cards/pics in these posts as of late. Plenty more for today and while most aren't brand new they are for here and all are from this year.

 Even more 'Nogi Fes' pics which just came out about ten days ago and of course they're for Christmas. Whew, would I love to see Minami in my stocking but at 170 cm would she fit?!

 Minami has been a model for the With magazine for about three years but only two new pics at their site so will ski those. Plus since the first week of October she's been a co-host on "The Time" show and she appears on their Monday shows. Small batch here are outtake ones which are from....

 .... the January issue of EX-Taishu and it's the first Nogi spread for 2022. Minami is the cover girl and she has that honor so often, the seventh and last pics are my faves of the set. Don't know if it's been posted before but following the pics is Minami's solo promo video for the "Fingers Crossed" single that came out in June, her video was titled Umeiro'.