Nao's 'Top Twenty of All Time Faves' list #2.... Position #13, the demure yet alluring Miona Hori!

 

Links to the previous positions

#20, Nashiko .... #19, Kazusa .... #18, Kii(e) .... #17, Nene

#16, Nanase .... #15, Yuika .... #14, Kyoko

 Will be taking tomorrow off so the three positions for this week were done a day early. The next one for #12 will be on Thursday and then was planning on having the last one for this first set of ten on the 28th. But it's been a slightly slower stretch as of late so if there's not much going on may have the post for #11 be the final one for August, September will have the top ten positions. This seems to be the right spot for Miona, for many positions I keep thinking should they be a bit higher or lower(?) but never thought that for this spot. Miona's post-Nogi career has been solid, she really hasn't done anything memorable but she's been much busier than past Nogi graduates. Her first major activity after her departure was having the lead role in a Summer 2021 drama, she did well in it but didn't care for the show. Since then though no major roles but has been appearing in many dramas as she's been steadily busy.

 Not proclaiming myself to be an expert but when you've done as many posts as I have it's hard not to notice certain trends and patterns. The main one being is that it seems when a member leaves Nogi they're still known and are relatively busy for the next few months. But then that aura of being a Nogi member wears off and after a year have noticed how their activities really dwindle. That hasn't been the case for Miona who does a lot of different things which have helped her career, I've been able to have posts for her on a consistent basis though hope her acting roles become a bit bigger. Hmmmm, hope the Professor isn't too successful with her experiment....

 Am going to hold back a few things which are mainly new pics for the ar magazine. Miona's 26th birthday is less than two month from now so would like to have a post right around that occasion and am holding back a few tidbits in case there's not all that many new things. One activity we'll always see from Miona are sparkling IG pics, she posts so many and when she was with Nogi was by far their best blogger. Few pics are from a mini vacation she took in July to Paris, always noticed she was a fan of French fashion and food so it was surprising she never went there to shoot her photobooks.

 Of course that bottom pic is with her best mate from Nogi and that was taken on August 4th. Compared to the first generation the 2G members really didn't get as many opportunities as them and were kind of overlooked by management, this pic is from a January 2021 spread and only one member remains!

 However their solo careers have been doing well and three of them made the top thirteen on this list! Just one first generation member made the top twenty at 16th, have always said the 2G gals were my favorite members.

 Really can't lose however it ends up!!!! Not positive of the position but Hinako will finish in the top seven which I hope isn't too shocking, the other fave above may be up next on the list. Battling it out for the seventh position will be this one time NMB gal and why did they ever have pics together?

 Plus I can't forget two other mates of her, she knows so many who made the list....

 There are so many hundreds of older Nogi cards I've never had of her and other members too. There's no way I can ever get to them all however have been including some of these oldie but goldies cards, these had never been posted and no reason why I chose March 2016.

 As mentioned Miona is a model for the ar magazine, am holding back their new site pics and their September spread for her next post. It appears she may now be a model for the Larme magazine as these pics came out last week and hope she does become a regular model for them.

 Miona won't be at the next 'Tokyo Girls Fashion' show being held on September 3rd, she was always at them when she was with Nogi. But on August 4th she did attend the Autumn 'Kansai Collection' show and wish her strolls on the catwalk were a bit longer. There is a 'Girls Award' show taking place one week before her birthday so hopefully we'll see her at that.

 One newish Miona spread that's from a special Flash edition called 'Best of Summer 2022' which came out last month, like most Nogi grads her spreads have become fewer. Then again seems like all Idols this year have had so many less.

 Just had a post for Miona last month so that's why this post wasn't larger yet it did have over seventy pics. Will end off with another Flash spread bit an older one from January 2021 as she was the cover girl for their Platinum issue. Miona has her own Vlog and after the pics have a video from nine days ago, she looks so different at home.