Nogizaka46: Reika Sakurai's second photobook "Shisen" scans

 

Reika's November 2019 post

 Above is the link to Reika's final solo post up until now. It was done on November 27, 2019 which was the release date for this photobook, the post has some mag spreads for the book along with some event pics and other goodies. When a member who I liked left Nogi would still keep tabs them and if they had any mag spreads, event or modeling pics and whatever else would have those in a group post. However the days of Nogi group posts are long gone as just about everyone from the first and second generations are now graduated. Of course you've noticed there's been plenty of solo posts for the members who I still like but these days seems there's more posts for graduates than current members.

 But for someone like Reika no group posts means her name hasn't been mentioned here in a very long time, same can be said for a few other members. Maybe if I get inspired one of these days will do some sort of 'Graduate Post' for those departed, have thought about that in the past but always forget to start working on one or more. When I first started following Nogi back in 2014 Reika was my fave member for about a year, then she kind of slithered away as so many members eclipsed her as far as mag spreads and modeling pics go. But I've always had a soft spot in my heart for her and she was Nogi's first captain. So since Reika's September 2019 graduation she's kind of stayed in the spotlight, she does a lot of acting but not that much in dramas but in stage plays and are the Japanese such fans of plays? Bring that up because it seems when an Idol leaves their group that's their main activity. Oooops, almost forgot to mention that on May 16th Reika hit the age of 28.

 Now that having a post for graduates is in my mind let me make that a project to work on for as I've moaned about so often do miss those older Nogi members from 2014-19. Reika has been a model for the Classy site since October 2019 and have seen some fine pics from them but can't recall any mag spreads or other modeling pics. On to the book which as mentioned was released on November 27, 2019 and to me it was kind of a last minute decision for a book. That's because her graduation took place at the beginning of September and this book came out almost three months later so because of that sales weren't as high as they could have been but the sales were still okay at 35,000+ copies sold. Of all locations the photo shoot took place in Portland and it was before it became a war zone. Thought Reika's first book was a bit better, this one is superb but could have used a few more gravure pics and there's a total of 101 in this book. The title Shisen means Gaze.