Hinako Kitano: Her 'true' final Nogizaka post....

 

 Hinako's last post was done on March 28th and thought at the time she had graduated from Nogi. But did mention how I thought she was supposed to be with them until the end of April and wondered why she left a bit early. That's because her final concert took place on March 24th and presumed that was the end of her Nogi activities which in a way was. So Hinako was with Nogi until the end of April but the only thing she did in that final month was to host 'Showroom' twice as she wasn't a part of their 29th single. So there's really not many new pics since that last post but when you're talking about such a massive fave of mine can always put together enough things for a terrific post!

 Those top four pics are from her first photobook and while it may not be as 'revealing' as book #2 to me it could be a bit better. Have posted many pics from Hinako's second book and know many of her fans want to see the entire thing. That will be coming up on June 1st as I always wait until at least three months have passed since a book was released for '46' members, that's only a little over three weeks from now. After that it could be tough for solo posts but can do one post for her graduation concert as I do have the video which is a bit long at 2 1/2 hours plus I'm sure there's been a few missed things over the years that have never been posted or deserve an encore viewing. Not a high quality pic but the top one is an outtake pic from the second book and why was it just an outtake one?

 Hinako's final message to Nogi fans was on the group's blog which most members don't use these days. Broken Subs translated her final blog entry and it was too long to have screenshots from so here's the link to it at their site. She does say a lot but not much about her future though she's not going to retire, I enjoyed her 'digs' at management for not promoting the second generation enough: Broken Subs

 Don't know if it's true but seemed to me Hinako hosted 'Showroom' more than any other Nogi member, here's the link to her final show which took place on April 30th: Showroom video

 Few recent Instagram pics but she's really slowed down on posting them.

 There were no Nogi cards for the graduation, sometimes there are and sometimes there aren't. So this is her final batch of cards from earlier this year with most being for the group's tenth anniversary.

 Really don't know what Hinako is planning to in the future, she wants to stay in the entertainment field but I wonder doing what? Odds are high we may sadly never see her have another mag spread again so here's her final solo one from the March issue of Bubka, it was also her first solo cover.

 Back from February 19th to the 21st the group held their fourth 'Nogizaka 46 Hours TV' special, some of the segments have been subbed by Beam Subs. One luckily was Hinako's segment where she chose her top five uniforms she wore over the years and save for the graduation concert this could be considered her final Nogi activity. This was all done live as Hinako had to rush off stage and change her uniform every 3-4 minutes and what I noticed is that her voice has become a bit more raspier over the years which isn't a bad thing. Took forty screenshots from the 19 minute segment and they go in order of what took place, my top uniform she chose as her fourth favorite. It's not subbed but after the screenshots have a video of the segment and the subs really aren't needed.