Nao's top sixteen Faves for 2022: Position #4, the fetching yet sultry Kyoko Saito

 

Previous Positions

#16, Marie .... #15, Miyu .... #14, Sae .... #13, Yuki

#12, Rika .... #11, Nashiko .... #10, Risa Y .... #9, Miku

#8, Rena .... #7, Akari .... #6, Risa W .... #5, Mai

 Know her photobook had too many breathtaking photos to count but the first one above will always be my top one from her, whewwww!!!! This breaks the mini streak of three ex-Idols who graduated this year though number three will be the fourth and final member of that quartet. Kyoko is one of the brightest spots on the list and she keeps moving up as the years go on. By the end of 2019 she had only five solo posts but did have many things in group posts. But since then she had six solo posts in 2020, eight in 2021, eleven as of November 30th and two since then! I've been smitten with Kyoko since day one but she was so hard to post about for so long, Hiranaga46 breaking away from Keya was the best thing to happen for the group and now Hina has become more popular than their older sisters!

 So having a good amount of posts is so key to the yearly faves list, not just the quantity but ultra superb quality ones! Which is what Kyoko's posts are, the last three years she's gone from the 17th position to number six and now for this year number four!!!! Now that Hina has recruited eleven fourth generation members how long will it be until we see the long time members begin to leave? I really hope there's not a deluge of graduations as their stability is a key reason I've become such a fan of the group. But have said on occasion how I think Kyoko will be the first key member to go, she is 25 in age plus she is very popular but how high is that popularity outside of '46' fans?

 For the first time ever Kyoko was the center for a Hina single which was their latest one titled 'Midnight', wonder if management gave her the center position to keep her there longer? That single to date has sold 463,000 copies and it'll end up selling about the same as their previous single. One kind of pics that haven't been posted in a long time are her Hina group cards, have some here which are from September and October.

 Kyoko is the kind of gal I would love to see be #1 and next year may be her best shot. The three above her are not going to duplicate what they did in 2022 so may have to say she'd be the early front runner to be number one. Not many Idols post as many IG pics as she does, not only that but they're all so fabulous and these are from the past month.

 This post may have more new pics than any other position though number five may be very close. Kyoko's last post was done about five days ago and it was for her tremendous BLT White Graph mini photobook, here's some super outtake pics from the photo shoot.

 Kyoko has been a model for the ar magazine for over three years but there's been so few modeling pics at their site recently. However do have a pair of spreads from the magazine with the first one being from their November issue.

 Bit of a smaller set from the December issue of ar but that's okay as she used to just appear in every other issue, will have the January spread in her next post.

 No Hina member has made an appearance at the last three semi-major fashion shows though we've seen members from Keya and Nogi there. Don't know if it mattered all that much but if there were some sharp looking pics from those shows she could have moved up one spot. Have four new promo pics for the 'Uni's on Air' web game, of course you can see what the theme of the month is.

 We've hit the end and this was a huge post. Maybe Kyoko doesn't have as many posts as others but they are usually larger and to me often much better. There were seven new Christmas pics/cards above, will end the post with some oldies for the holiday. Guess what, no newish videos and isn't that often the case for Hina members? So after the pics have Kyoko's personal video for the May 2021 single "Kimi Shika Katan" which I don't think has ever been posted.