Keyakizaka46: Their jubilant third group post of the year(yay!)!!!!

 

 What we really need are some new Keya photobooks! There's a graduation book coming out next month but there's only been one regular photobook since September 2019 which is kind of shocking. Seems most '46' groups have had less books these past two years but other Idol groups are having just as many as ever so why the slowdown, especially for Keya? Have no good answer to that and if I could have a vote it'd be for Yui to have a second book. Her first one was so underrated yet it's one of my top books of all time. She's had only one solo post this year and kind of seems she's been the 'forgotten member' since she returned from her hiatus, hope because of that graduation hasn't seeped into her mind but sure we'll see at least one more this year.

 Keya's fourth single under the new name of Sakura came out on April 6th, while they've been busier still thought we'd be seeing more of them at events or in magazines. That hasn't been the case as there's just one new spread for today yet there's still a hundred pics for this post and think there's a good chance there will be another group post next week. "Samidare yo" is the title of the fourth single as Saukra and twelfth overall. After two weeks sales are at 410,000 copies sold so it'll end up selling more than their last two singles which is a positive but they just can't get their fan base to the level it was once at. Not every member will be in this post but try to have as many gals as possible. First off are this batch of pics from The First Times site to promote the new single. The pairing is Rina who is Keya's vice-captain, she's joined by Aoi who announced her graduation but don't think a date has been set but wouldn't be surprised if it's May 21st: The First Times interview link

 How about more Rina and these are from Keya's Diary blog. Would love to have a second solo post for her but there's just never enough solo activities.

 At the beginning of each month the members have a brief message at the group's main site, these are the ones for April.

 That's Rena at the bottom and have I become smitten with her, hope to have her fourth solo post very soon. 'Uni's on Air' promo game pics are often my top ones for a post and for today have the pairing of Akiho and Rei who turned 22 on April 18th. There's pics for Easter but also for Keya's first tour which happened last year but the pics for it weren't released until three weeks ago, have plenty more to get to.

 Shortage of mag spreads once again this year, just one for today which features Yui from the May issue of EX-Taishu and the bottom two pics are from the photo shoot.

 Am holding some things back so there can possibly be another group post next week. Will be ending off once again with some screenshots from Keya's 'Soko Magattara Sakurazaka?' variety show, this is #72 which aired on March 13th. It's part one of a quiz, this show just had the second generation members and in the next post will have part two which has first generation members. One of the hosts is Sawabe but he was absent due to having the virus, his place was taken by a man named Iwai who has made seven appearances on the show, the other main host Tsucchi was there. The theme to this and the next show is 'Member Quiz That Only I Know', what it means is that a member knows something about another member which no one in the group knows about.

 Won't make this a lengthy recap and the screenshots follow the action as it happened. If a member was able to reveal some info about a person that was unknown they would win a treat which was a yummy fruit sandwich which does look good and as you can see everyone won! Seki's secret revealed by Rina I. was that she kept a dish of coins near her front door. That's not too uncommon but it seems Seki comes from a wealthy family and to have a dish of coins was kind of surprising. In the case of Hikari it was that she drew some elaborate drawings in the dressing room and it's had to believe only Rei noticed that. Have to say those drawings are quite impressive and that blew the minds of the members away. Up third was Rina M. spilling the beans on Rena but nothing too exciting which is that she has this habit of counting 'One-Two' when she walks but it was interesting enough to win a fruit sandwich! Don't know if it'll stay on YT long but after the pics is a video from the pril 23rd Music Fair show. Though Keya has a new single out they performed their first one "Nobody's Fault" and they did sing it live.