Rika Izumi: Happy.... 34th Birthday!!!!

 

 Most birthday posts aren't anything special, this could be considered an ordinary post and you don't use that word often to describe Rika! Thought this was a slower year for her but this is tenth post which averages out to one a month, bit surprised she's had that many. Two years ago had babbled about how I thought Rika's posts would be slowing down drastically in the future, think that was the post for her 32ned birthday. Here we are two years later and she's remained one of the few actress/models who I can do posts for on a consistent basis.

 Five years in a row Rika has made the yearly faces list and want to hear about consistency? Her positions have been second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the last five years, no one will ever top that semi oddball stat. If the pattern was to continue this year she would be first or seventh, neither will be happening. So while Rika has had a lot of posts in 2022 and all of them have been superb she's kind of fallen into a rut. There's not nearly as much variety in her activities as there once was and though no one tops her regular modeling pics wish she would 'vamp' it up on occasion. Won't begin the countdown until the last week of November and will do a post very soon to talk whatever about it. But unless something extraordinary takes place in the next six weeks think Rika will drop down to the 14th or so position, save for one all my top actress/models will drop this year.

 Last year Rika had her first lead role in a drama which was titled "Takane no Hana-san". It was kind of a silly drama but one that I found enjoyable and did recap the entire series. A second season began a week ago, it is being subbed but not sure if I'll have access to them but if so will recap this new season also. Her true 34th birthday takes place on October 11th, if you're in Japan it is that date but here in the States there's another eight hours to go. So of course there's no new birthday pics but then again there may not be for this year as there's so few of them from the past.

 Actually that bottom pic is new and is from the set of the new drama. So for the most part every Rika post this year has been the same to an extent, many new and terrific modeling pics and a pair of mag spreads which are usually from the same magazines. She's only appeared at two events this year which is such a shame as she looks so elegant at them. Let's get to the new pics and almost all have come out since Rika's last post which was just three weeks ago. Plus she had another post three weeks before that as she had finished in the eighth position on the 'Top Twenty Faves of All Time'' list. First off for new modeling pics are these for AnySis.

 Not too many in that above batch but there are a bit in this one for the Vis Autumn collection.

 Rika has never done all that much gravure modeling, mainly in her two photobooks and on occasion in a mag spread from 2017-2019. Back in 2017 she was a model for Amphi lingerie and have never been able to find all that many pics as most have been deleted at their site. She's 34 in age but she blows away 99% of the gravure models and Idols a decade younger.

 First of two spreads for today is from the November issue of Oggi. Am going to hold off on Rika's pics from their site for her next post as there weren't all that many. As you can see she's modeling golf clothing and she's done some Oggi videos for the sport which she took up two years ago.

 Much bigger and better Rika spread from the October issue of Bijin Hyakka.

 My top Rika modeling pics are for Stola but there were very few new pics at their site, then again have done three posts for her in only six weeks! But do have some new pics from the Snidel site and how about those bottom two!!!!

 We're already at the end and will end off with these 'greatest hits' pics but wish there some new ones in this vein. Many actress/models who have hit the age of 35 or so have released a photobook and in my eyes all have been superb, who wouldn't want to see another dazzling book from Rika! Not sure if I've posted it before but after the pics is a video from the photo shoot for those Snidel pics.