Hinatazaka46: A little(lot) of this and that for 2023 #5....

 

 Surprisingly it's been a rarity when there's been back to back group posts for Hina and Keya, perhaps it's never happened? Am working on a few other posts so this will be the only one for today but it'll be a massive one! Hina's ninth single comes out in nine days but won't be talking about it in this post, will have one for the single and other things right after it's April 19th release. 

 This really will be one very large post and once again have a nice variety of things so let's get right to them! Leading off of course is Hina Kawata and those pics are from her first photobook that came out a little over a year ago. It may not be my fave from a member but it's so darn close and it's easily been the most steamy book to date! Will have some new photos from her first which are from her IG page.

 Usually include IG photos from Konoka but didn't in the last group post. So have some brand new ones for today and to me she could be Hina's most attractive member.... how about those top pics!!!!

 Two posts ago had some New Year's cards as none had been posted. They are getting a bit dated but why not have a few more, first up is Mana because I rarely have pics for her. The bottom segment is from the most recent 'Aimashou' show and did learn in it that she used to live in England. The other member is Hiyori and will have her third solo post by the end of the month.

 Hina just did a pair of concerts for their fourth anniversary and the second was streamed. It took place on April 2nd at the Yokohama Stadium and have viewed about half of it. Here's some screenshots from it and as mentioned many times Hina puts on such a fun and energetic show. It lasted for 180 minutes though the first song didn't begin until the eleven minute mark and bet most of us wish we could have gone to school on a Hina bus.... or at least one with the members!

 Of course it can't be a Hina post without promo pics for the 'Uni's on Air' web game. These are for the game's 3.5 anniversary(?!) so guess these will be the pics for April. Have a quartet of members and will begin off with a pair of first generation members and all will have four pics. First up is Yuka and you'll be seeing more of her in this post, following her are more pics of Mana. Rounding out the foursome is Nao and Hinano.

 Finally have some new magazine spreads and would think there will be many more upcoming ones for the new single. Gracing the cover of the April 4th issue of SPA! is Yuka and she'll be graduating soon though no date has been set but her farewell concert will probably take place at the end of May. Yuka has some ear/hearing problems which is the main reason for her leaving but she will have a graduation photobook that will be coming out next month, the bottom two are promo pics for it.

 You don't see Ayaka in enough magazines but she has a mini spread in the April 21st issue of Young Gangan, she is overdue for a solo post.

 The cover girls for this edition of Young Gangan were Hina's captain Kumi along with Shiho, many years ago they shared some covers but this is their first one together in eons.

 Will end off with another semi mini recap for the group's 'Aimashou' variety show. This gets me caught up with the subbing team at Team Hinata, this was episode #204 that aired on April 2nd. In the last group post had a recap for a special Academic Test episode and didn't realize it was part one of two shows. So this is part two and wouldn't doubt if the upcoming episodes are to promote the new single. In part one there were two categories, one was for Japanese Literature which Yuka(of course) got the high score on, two fourth generation members had the high score in Math. Three more categories in this show and the first was to test the gal's score in English. In a surprise Kumi was tied for first but she did say she had attended ECC Junior which is an English language school, tying her for first was Mana and did mention she had lived in the UK. They had impressive scores getting 18/20 correct, Yuka was third with 17/20.

 However Yuka was first in the next two tests with the first being in Social Studies, she had an 18/20 score. In Science she tied for first with Nao and both had 14/20 correct, there was no grand ceremony at the end to crown Yuka but all knew going in, including me, she was by far the most intelligent Hina member. These tests were not so easy and have to say don't think I would have scored all that well in most categories. These screenshots go in order of the action to make it easy to follow, you can see many of the questions and they may be stumpers for you too!