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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Miona Hori: Another encore version of....𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵?
Was working on another post for today but have to put it on hold for a few more days, hopefully can squeeze another one in today. Try to have as many recent pics and news in posts though it doesn't always work out, today is an example of that though it should be a superb post. Do have close to forty new pics but they're from just two activities, some older pics may be new for here and why not have some ancient things for I bet many of you viewers may not have seen them or at least they've been completely forgotten about. Even though she hasn't been that busy as of late Miona is one woman who I keep tabs on quite closely as she is such a mega fave of mine. She only finished in th 13th position on my all time faves list done eighteen months ago which is impressive but had I done the list two years prior she may have had a shot at the top five!
There aren't many Nogi members who have more post than Miona but what makes the ones for her a bit more impressive is that most have been solo ones. But the posts have really dwindled the last 1 1/2 years, just three in 2023 and this is her first in over six months. It's now been three years since Miona graduated from Nogi, she was quite busy up until about a year ago. Since then she's done so little and that's surprising as to me it seems she does like to keep busy. Don't think she's a model for any site or magazine these days which is a shame, she is in a web reality show that began two weeks ago but won't check it out as I can't stand those things even though it does also star a huge ex-NMB fave of mine. Oh well, can't give any reasons why Miona has cut back on her activities this past year but sometimes have noticed when I do these kinds of posts it sort of breaks the ice and then all of a sudden the posts begin to come a bit more frequently.
When Miona was with Nogi she was extremely popular here, very close to being their most popular member. However after leaving Nogi her posts saw such a decrease in views which I notice often happen with Idols who leave their groups. It still being March let's being off with some older group cards for the month, the top three were her final ones for Nogi. My faves of this batch are the bottom three from 2019 and think many of these hadn't been posted before.
While with Nogi Miona was their best blogger, she posted more photos than any other member and always had news about her activities. She still does a good job these days at her IG page, this set is from the last six weeks with the third and fourth ones being from today. Two are from her 2024/25 calendar, she didn't hold an event for it and wonder if she will? You will notice her with a pair of second generation members in the bottom pics, Miona held a fan club event on February 24th and in an odd twist so didn't Hinako at the same venue.
The bottom two pics above aren't new but they do feature Mai and don't the pair look so terrific together! Haven't been able to do a post for Mai since her 32nd birthday in January but she's also someone I keep daily tabs on, we need to see more pics of the trio together. It's been over a year since Miona had a regular magazine spread and even after leaving Nogi she did appear in quite a few of them. Perhaps it's her decision as she still is popular though not at the level she was once at, here's one of her first spreads after leaving the group that's from the July 27, 2021 issue of Flash.
How about a real ancient mag spread and this huge one is from exactly seven years ago when Miona was the cover girl for the March 21, 2017 issue of Manga Action. Try not to live in the past but really miss those golden oldie days of Nogi.
Will end off with some sparkling new pics and in my eyes Miona looks just as good as ever. perhaps even better! On March 2nd she was at the Spring 'Tokyo Girls Collection' show that was held at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, she took her stroll on the Dazzy stage. Miona has her own YT Vlog and usually uploads 3-4 videos a month. After the pics is one from November when she took a four day trip to Korea, there's two other videos of the trip which are at her channel.
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