Nao's top sixteen Faves for 2022: Position #1, the beguiling and unequaled Yui Kobayashi

 

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

#4, Kyoko .... #3, Hinako .... #2, Nene

 That first pic is another new one from her second photobook but the bottom photo has been my #1 of all time for well over two years!!!! So we've hit the finale and though this series does take some work I really enjoy doing these kinds of posts, bit sad to see it end. Perhaps I'm biased but think this year's list was the best to date, especially for the quality of women and many in the top five would have finished number one in other years. In a few days will do a wrap-up post for the countdown where I look at some stats, have some final comments and whatever else. Then after Christmas will have two more posts for 2022, one will be for who the ten most popular women were for the year which is determined by how many views their average post gets. The other will be for the most viewed posts of the year, haven't decided how big that list will be yet.

 Seeing Yui finish #1 is my most satisfying thing about the blog this year. Back at this time in 2021 Yui had just been coming off a three month hiatus from Keya and in all honesty had the sad feeling she would be graduating. Especially after the did so little in the first three months after her return but then she reverted back to her old happy, spunky, fun and interesting ways.... and better than ever for all of them! She had fifteen posts by November 30th which is when the 'Nao Year' ends and that's a new yearly record for her. Still had a sinking feeling for a while that Yui had graduation on her mind but don't think that'll be happening soon which she's said in some recent interviews. So I see another busy year coming up as Keya has a new single coming out in February, she's scheduled for a pair of upcoming fashion shows, has been doing more modeling as of late and will be the cover girl of an upcoming magazine..... is there any chance she could be #1 two years in a row?!?!

 This should be another super duper post and to my surprise all of them were for the list. Am going to hold one mag spread back along with a few modeling pics but this should be a huge and tremendous post! Think Yui's next one will be right around January 14th as she'll be at the 'Tokyo Girls Collection' show in Shizuoka, as you can see two other Keya members will be there. Her and all my other faves all look fabulous at these shows but the last three have had a Winter theme which means many are clad in parkas and other cold weather clothing so hoping this will have a Spring theme, there's a few older photos of some other shows.

 Those above four pics were from September 8, 2021 and two days later is when she went on hiatus. Here's a bonus batch of pics that had never been posted before! They're of Yui from the July TGC show held in Toyama, went back to check and only posted pics for one member from the show.

 Yui has her own IG page which she opened back in April, the photos are so stupendous but she never has enough of them. Have eight new ones here but the first two are from some months ago, they are so alluring in a demure way and both are among my top twenty pics of the year!

 Of course that bottom photo is for Christmas, there truly is only one present I wish Santa would leave me.... either that or need only one wish from a Genie in a lamp! Have plenty of older cards and such for the holiday though no new Keya cards have come out for this year.

 Yui's first solo post was done 36 months ago, this is her 35th one since then so she's just just shy of averaging one post a month and not many others have topped her in that stretch. Do have some new pics for Christmas which are these from the 'Uni's on Air' web game.

 Have a pair of new mag spreads and as mentioned am holding one back plus she will be the cover girl for another magazine. This first set is from the January issue of Bubka.

 Second set is from the January edition of ar and it's the first time she's appeared in that magazine, bottom three pics are from the photo shoot.

 Yui has been a model for the With site since July 2018, this past May they stopped having print editions. I think her photos at their site are exceptional and she's one woman who doesn't need to have gravure pics to get my attention. These pics here all from November, am holding back many for this month which you'll see in her next post. 

 We've hit the end and hope this post kind of shows why she was my #1 for the year and will say this was one close battle for the top spot. Yui's first photobook came out in March 2019, her second a little over two months ago. So the final set of pics will be a mixture from both photobooks, her second may be a bit better but think the best pics were in that first book. After the steamy pics have my top solo Yui video that came out in 2018. She's so fashionable and talks about that in this video which is a bit humorous too but she does look overly adorable! I have a subbed version of this video from a fan subbing site, that version isn't on YT but you really don't need subs to enjoy it.