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Monday, November 6, 2023
Keyakizaka46: Part one of their November 'Uni's on Air' game pics plus many more goodies....
That's Rika leading us off and haven't mentioned her name in eons, more on her coming up. The last Keya group post was done almost five weeks ago and since then there were only three posts for members. Figured with their latest single coming out on October 18th there would be so many things to post about but was mistaken as usual and I give up trying to make sense of things. Least the single "Shounin Yokkyuu" has been selling well with sales of close to 472,000 copies sold after two weeks so it's on pace to be their biggest selling single. Personally think it's just a so-so song but I tend to enjoy the B-side songs more and this single is no exception. Will have another group post coming up soon and hopefully many more for the members. The next 2-3 weeks I tend not to have all that many posts for those women who will be on the yearly faves list. So it'll soon be a perfect time to have posts for those Keya and Hina members who rarely have one and will start on some soon.
Think it was the Spring of 2017 when I first began to be interested in Keya, my intro to them was their first drama and as they saying goes the rest is history! My first favorite member was Rika and back in 2017 she even finished in the ninth position on the yearly faves list. I always continued to like her quite a bit though some other members passed her as far as my favorite members went. Rika graduated in December 2021 and kind of disappeared, at first she did announce she was retiring from show biz. But have noticed her here and there the last few months as she has made a return, back in June she did open her own site. So in future posts will be including what's been taking place with her over the last few months and here's a small batch of some IG pics, she didn't open a page until July.
When Rika was with Keya she was their oldest member, next May 16th she'll be hitting the age of 29. Some terrific news is that she's now a full time model for the Noela site and and a few of my other bigger faves also model for them. So here are some recent pics from their site and aren't these just so darn good? To me they are and there are so many more pics form them so perhaps if something else comes along can have a solo post for Rika which hasn't happened in years.
These are a bit late in coming which are Keya's monthly message pics for October which they post at the group site at the beginning of each month. There not being a group post for so long hadn't had a chance to post them. There is a solid reason for having these and other pics at times which is that my laptop is bursting with pictures! At times it makes it hard to keep track of what I have and by putting ones like these in a post can always go back to grab them. The labels at the bottom of a post are a good way to search for things, for example know these monthly pics will always be in a group post. These feature the first and second generation members but am missing one gal again. Who is Hikari and wonder what ever happened to her? She took her second hiatus back in June which was five months ago and haven't heard one word about her since, wonder if she's still with Keya? Third down is Minami and she too just went on hiatus for health reasons about ten days ago. Was going to do a birthday post for her as on November 14th she will be hitting the age of 25, may have to put that post on ice for a while.
Always begin and end those monthly message pics with the two Yui's, the top one of course will never need an intro! The bottom one above is Takemoto and have been saying for a while how her looks have really improved this past year. She has never had a solo post so guess she could be one who will have a post soon, few recent pics from her IG page.
Not every member who has never had a post will have one coming up, will probably just do a pair and the other posts will be for the members who have had some but very, very few. Kira won't be one having a post but I do like her quite a bit, especially on their 'Soko' variety show. Have always referred to her as the 'Unsmiling Member' and here's some group cards from earlier this year though the first two are for the current single.
Keya will soon have only four first generation members as Mizuho will be leaving in twenty days. Think she's had only one solo post to date so promise/hope to have one for her within the month, though just one solo post bet she's had 500+ pics in these group ones. There will be a graduation photobook coming out, pics here are promo ones for it and sure that third one will draw some interest.
That bottom pic above is a poster for her two graduation concerts that will be taking place on November 25th and 26th. Except for birthday pics there were none in October for the 'Uni's on Air' web game and I was worried that series may have been discontinued. But two days ago there were pics added for November though not for all of the Keya and Hina members yet, that's why this is called part one and will have the next batch when the other pics are released. Have two sets today and the first begins off with Mizuho, will this be her final pics for the game? She's followed by her first generation mate Rina and she will have the first in those upcoming solo posts as I really like her! After her in Rena who is so popular here but just haven't been able to do any posts for her lately. Last up is the captain Rina and did a birthday post for her a few weeks ago.
Odd theme for November, cleaning out a bathhouse?! Final set for today leads off with Hikaru and she's been moving way up on my fave member's list. She just had a post ten days ago but am planning on having another for her before the month ends. Following her is Akiho and she too has never had a solo post, will she have one coming up? Rounding out the set is Hono and she has eight pics versus the four for everyone else. Included are her October birthday pics and on the 21st she hit the age of 25, she's the oldest second generation member. Back in May Keya opened a second YT channel for the members to upload their own videos which have all been good but wish there were more of them. Didn't mention Rina I. in this post so after the pics have a solo video of her visiting Legoland, it's subbed in English and to me Rina has always appeared to be such a fun gal to hang out with.
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