Keyakizaka46: Their monthly 'Uni's on Air' game pics for June part two plus slightly more....

 

 This stretch of posts for J-Pop Idols shows no signs of slowing down and that's actually not a bad thing. Would prefer to have a bit more variety but how can there be more variety than what Idols do? They appear in so many dramas, are at events, have magazine spreads and photobooks, group TV shows, modeling pics and much more! So compared to actresses and gravure models it's been easier to have posts for my fave groups and Idols the last two months and think most viewers enjoy these types of posts. Though the ones for Keya seem to be geared more towards their bigger fans as there's been such a shortage of mag spreads and events as of late but all of the posts are truly terrific!

 At the top are Rei and Rena, have been trying to have some solo posts for them but it hasn't worked out as well as I would like. As a matter of fact would like to have some posts for other members but seems as of late have only been able to do them for Yui but as I've admitted work harder do have posts for her than anyone else. There is another Yui in Keya who is the 2G member Takemoto and don't mention her name too often in these posts. Have some group cards of Yui from earlier this year and would like to have more but none have been released the last few months.

 "Start Over!" is the title of the group's 14th single, sixth since the name change to Sakura. The last single came out in February and glad to see the group has become so much busier, those long gaps between singles and tours are a major reason for their drop in popularity. Karin will be the center for the single and know that pleases many fans, the song will be coming out on June 28th. The covers for the single just came out a few days ago which is this batch of pics. In the last group post had the PV for "Start Over!", I like the song but the video is just so-so but bet it's better in concert as the members move around too quickly. On May 4th Keya opened their second YT channel so after the pics have their latest video and this new channel will be more geared towards the members. The video is a behind the scenes one from the group's final concert on their Spring tour which ended a little over a week ago and I thought it was an enjoyable watch as it's been rare for them to have these kinds of videos.

 

 For the new single the members have brand new uniforms which look sharp. Here's everyone from the first and second generations, also added in four from the new 3G members.

 Since the name change to Sakura in late 2020 the group has had seven different uniforms. So have two 1G members here and the uniforms from oldest to newest, they're of Rina and Minami who I wish each had more pics in these posts. Not sure what my fave uniform is.... perhaps the one in red?

 Speaking of the first generation members they'll be having their own spread in the July issue of EX-Taishu which comes out late next week. Have never done a post with just the 1G gals so the plan is to have that first one in early July.

 Now on to part two of the promo pics for the 'Uni's on Air' web game, there's seven members with four pics each. Leading off is Hikaru who I've really come to like quite a bit, she's had a fair amount of solo posts and been trying to have a new one for her which just hasn't worked out. She's followed by Kira and seems the only time she smiles is in these game pics! Third up is Akiho and the theme for the June pics is Hidden Gig, rounding out the quartet is Hikari who is in hiatus for a few weeks.

 Here's the final three member's cards and once again one gal doesn't have any yet at the game's site. Leading off is Ten and as mentioned a few times is now no longer Keya's youngest member. Last two are Yui and did talk about her earlier in the post, final gal for the June pics is Marino and have to admit I really like the way she's been looking this year.

 Will end off with a quickie recap from the group's variety show and right above is the theme to this episode. Have only been picking certain shows to watch the last two months, been skipping the ones that just feature the new third generation members. This episode was #130 that aired on April 30th, the next two featured the new members so did skip those. If you read the recap for episode #129 you may recall the theme was improving the studio and other parts of the show, some of the suggestions were taken seriously. Such as a new theme song that Akiho had written called "Numa Song", it'll be used on some but not all episodes. Plus two members, Hikaru was one, got different chairs as they're so shorter and their legs couldn't touch the ground. The surprise was that Rena's suggestion was approved or at least for a while. She wanted to have a light on her at all times which did happen but as you can see she looked quite eerie and the light was removed which we may never see again.

 So as that above screenshot shows the theme was a skill the members could do better than anyone else. That 'anyone else' was your average person and filling that role for almost all of the challenges was Fuyuka who is a bit shy but good to see a first generation member get more screen time. The challenges were all about food, such as how fast someone could cut up a Zucchini, weigh rice, make Natto and various other things. Fuyuka wasn't all that fast at things but was always accurate and as mentioned was nice to see her in the spotlight for a change. The screenshots go in the exact order of the action so you can just view them to see what took place. In the final two minutes the show bid farewell to Yumiko as she graduated a week after this aired and the segment could have been longer, health reasons are why she departed.